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(Part 01) Hidden in Plain Sight: The Shocking Origins of the Jeffrey Epstein Case (2019-07-18)
https://www.mintpressnews.com/shocking- ... hn/260621/
(Part 02) Government by Blackmail: Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s Mentor and the Dark Secrets of the Reagan Era (2019-07-25)
https://www.mintpressnews.com/blackmail ... ra/260760/
(Part 03) Mega Group, Maxwells and Mossad: The Spy Story at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal (2019-08-07)
https://www.mintpressnews.com/mega-grou ... al/261172/
https://www.mintpressnews.com/shocking- ... hn/260621/
(Part 02) Government by Blackmail: Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s Mentor and the Dark Secrets of the Reagan Era (2019-07-25)
https://www.mintpressnews.com/blackmail ... ra/260760/
(Part 03) Mega Group, Maxwells and Mossad: The Spy Story at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal (2019-08-07)
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Please post only Mafia related articles in this thread. Nothing else.bingo wrote: ↑Sat Aug 10, 2019 9:01 pm (Part 01) Hidden in Plain Sight: The Shocking Origins of the Jeffrey Epstein Case (2019-07-18)
https://www.mintpressnews.com/shocking- ... hn/260621/
(Part 02) Government by Blackmail: Jeffrey Epstein, Trump’s Mentor and the Dark Secrets of the Reagan Era (2019-07-25)
https://www.mintpressnews.com/blackmail ... ra/260760/
(Part 03) Mega Group, Maxwells and Mossad: The Spy Story at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Scandal (2019-08-07)
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Ithica Journal
Wednesday, April 30, 1969
Mafia Leaders Pick Catena, But He’s Reluctant to Serve
Gannett News Service
ROCHESTER – A successor to Vito Genovese, the underworld’s late “boss of bosses,” was selected in the last three weeks during a secret Mafia cruise to Haiti, authorities in New York and Miami have learned.
The chosen heir is Gerardo (Jerry) Catena, 67, an old time Mafia leader who rules New Jersey rackets from his quiet suburban home in East Orange and a posh winter resort in Boca Raton, Fla.
The seaboard vote by his Mafia peers elevated Catena, the “acting boss” of the Genovese “family”, to the Mafia’s high commission.
But two days later Catena passed the word that he was reluctant to assume sole control of Genovese’s rich criminal empire, according to informant’s reports.
Authorities ere reluctant to reveal details of the cruise to Haiti other than to acknowledge that it occurred. They would not name who was on board when the ship sailed or give the port of departure.
They dd say, however, that the confusion spawned by Catena’s hesitance led Mafia bosses in New York City to a series of Manhattan meetings in an effort to curb a power scramble which could explode into a shooting war.
The most expedient solution would be a quick geographical division of Genovese’s territory with Catena continuing his reign in New Jersey and one of three other Genovese lieutenants taking over the family’s operations in the New York boroughs, one law enforcement official said.
The other three, who informants describe as the only serious contenders are:
Frank A. (Funzi) Tieri, 63, of Brooklyn, a rising darkhorse who is considered the only man other than Catena capable of taking over the organization.
Tieri was named as the most likely successor to Genovese, but his preference to the golf courses of the northeast and Florida could keep him from power.
Thomas (Tommy Ryan) Eboli, 57, of Ft Lee, N.J., the volatile, self-assertive “underboss” in the Genovese family.
Anthony DiLorenzo, age unknown, a Queens trucker who authorities claim obtains lucrative carting contracts at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports through extortion and coercion.
The latest developments brought a tense finish to what until recently was a quiet aftermath to the death of Vito Genovese Feb. 14 in a federal prison hospital.
Genovese, acknowledged as the Mafia’s most powerful man in or out of prison, was serving a 20-year sentence for narcotics smuggling.
From prison, Genovese dictated that three men, Catena, Eboli and Michele (Mike) Miranda, 72, of Forest Hills, Queens serve as caretakers of the family’s activities.
Catena was “acting boss,” but came to prefer a quiet life of golf and sun instead of ruling the family with a tight rein.
Catena was born Jan. 8, 1902 in Newark. Unlike many of the Mafia’s leaders he is a native American.
His criminal career began when he was I his early 20’s. His police record dates back to 1923 and includes arrests for assault, truck hijacking and a conviction for a 1934 bribe paid to a federal grand juror.
At an early age Catena began a close association with the late Abner Zwillman, the late ruthless leader of a free-wheeling prohibition mob, and Meyer Lansky, the Jewish financial wizard of the Mafia who drew up the blueprints for the Mafia’s infiltration of legitimate business.
These associations gained Catena entree to the exclusive membership roles of the Mafia. He is believed to have been sworn into the secret criminal organization in Bergen County, N.J., where he ran a gambling network.
By the late 1950’s Catena was shrewdly investing an illicit fortune from gambling and loansharking in legitimate business.
Today his suburban neighbors know him as a quiet, wealthy businessman. His Mafia associates more correctly regard him as one of the underworld’s wealthiest leaders.
In the last 15 years Catena used his wealth and Mafia muscle to gain direct, corrupting control over some New Jersey politicians and labor unions.
He began in Newark, where vending machines from a Catena-owned outfit were installed in virtually every city government office.
In 1965 a Newark grand jury revealed that the city police department’s public relations officer was also on the payroll of a Catena-owned firm. Automotive Merchants, Inc. The official was fired and then later reinstated by the State Civil Service Commission.
Last December Catena was named in a scandal in the New Jersey State Legislature as a man who controlled at least six legislators. The scandal forced the creation of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation headed by Andrew F. Phelan, former U.S. Attorney in Buffalo.
Phelan’s sworn goal is the successful exposure and prosecution of Catena.
The possibility of Phelan’s success may be one reason why Catena prefers to stay out of the spotlight turned on him by the passing of Genovese.
The full impact of his death is just now being felt, most directly in his own family and on the high commission, and indirectly in every community’s Mafia organization.
Here is what authorities in New York City, western New York, New Jersey, Florida and Arizona believe is happening in the highest and lowest councils of the Mafia.
Membership on the high commission is in flux. The commission, which acts as the Cosa Nostra’s board of directors in settling regional squabbles and personality disputes.
About a dozen men sit on the commission and rule over the activities of the nation’s 24 Mafia families.
In 1963 Stefano Magaddino of Buffalo was named chairman of the commission. His status may be in jeopardy today. Magaddino was arrested late last fall with nine key members of his operation and charged with conspiring to run an international gambling ring.
At the time of the arrests, the FBI confiscated more than $500,000 in cash from the home of Magaddino’s son, Peter, of Niagara Falls.
Members of the high commission reportedly looked with displeasure on the arrests and confiscation of so much Mafia cash.
In addition, Magaddino is gravely ill and, whether or not he stands trial, his usefulness is sharply limited.
If Magaddino’s stature were downgraded, as some authorities predict, an opening would appear on the commission which would not necessarily be filled by another Magaddino man.
It is known that Mafia bosses from Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City have formed an informal alliance and are pushing for an expanded Midwest voice on the commission.
A week after Genovese’s death, Anthony Giordano, boss of St. Louis’ Mafia, was to meet with New York City bosses in Manhattan. Fear of police surveillance and public exposure forced the sudden cancellation of the meeting. Communication has been maintained since through couriers and small, secret meetings of the leaders’ underlings.
Standing in the wings is Joseph (Joe Bananas) Bonanno, of Tucson, Ariz., who was stripped of his East Coast power four years ago.
Authorities for months have been predicting a Bonanno comeback and today they believe he is ready to reassert his power on the commission and perhaps even attempt to wrest some western New York rackets from Magaddino.
In the meantime, Mafiosi in cities throughout the East are gathering in small groups to assess the effect the Mafia’s period of transition will have on their own operations.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipp ... OzqZTqJ4mE
Wednesday, April 30, 1969
Mafia Leaders Pick Catena, But He’s Reluctant to Serve
Gannett News Service
ROCHESTER – A successor to Vito Genovese, the underworld’s late “boss of bosses,” was selected in the last three weeks during a secret Mafia cruise to Haiti, authorities in New York and Miami have learned.
The chosen heir is Gerardo (Jerry) Catena, 67, an old time Mafia leader who rules New Jersey rackets from his quiet suburban home in East Orange and a posh winter resort in Boca Raton, Fla.
The seaboard vote by his Mafia peers elevated Catena, the “acting boss” of the Genovese “family”, to the Mafia’s high commission.
But two days later Catena passed the word that he was reluctant to assume sole control of Genovese’s rich criminal empire, according to informant’s reports.
Authorities ere reluctant to reveal details of the cruise to Haiti other than to acknowledge that it occurred. They would not name who was on board when the ship sailed or give the port of departure.
They dd say, however, that the confusion spawned by Catena’s hesitance led Mafia bosses in New York City to a series of Manhattan meetings in an effort to curb a power scramble which could explode into a shooting war.
The most expedient solution would be a quick geographical division of Genovese’s territory with Catena continuing his reign in New Jersey and one of three other Genovese lieutenants taking over the family’s operations in the New York boroughs, one law enforcement official said.
The other three, who informants describe as the only serious contenders are:
Frank A. (Funzi) Tieri, 63, of Brooklyn, a rising darkhorse who is considered the only man other than Catena capable of taking over the organization.
Tieri was named as the most likely successor to Genovese, but his preference to the golf courses of the northeast and Florida could keep him from power.
Thomas (Tommy Ryan) Eboli, 57, of Ft Lee, N.J., the volatile, self-assertive “underboss” in the Genovese family.
Anthony DiLorenzo, age unknown, a Queens trucker who authorities claim obtains lucrative carting contracts at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy airports through extortion and coercion.
The latest developments brought a tense finish to what until recently was a quiet aftermath to the death of Vito Genovese Feb. 14 in a federal prison hospital.
Genovese, acknowledged as the Mafia’s most powerful man in or out of prison, was serving a 20-year sentence for narcotics smuggling.
From prison, Genovese dictated that three men, Catena, Eboli and Michele (Mike) Miranda, 72, of Forest Hills, Queens serve as caretakers of the family’s activities.
Catena was “acting boss,” but came to prefer a quiet life of golf and sun instead of ruling the family with a tight rein.
Catena was born Jan. 8, 1902 in Newark. Unlike many of the Mafia’s leaders he is a native American.
His criminal career began when he was I his early 20’s. His police record dates back to 1923 and includes arrests for assault, truck hijacking and a conviction for a 1934 bribe paid to a federal grand juror.
At an early age Catena began a close association with the late Abner Zwillman, the late ruthless leader of a free-wheeling prohibition mob, and Meyer Lansky, the Jewish financial wizard of the Mafia who drew up the blueprints for the Mafia’s infiltration of legitimate business.
These associations gained Catena entree to the exclusive membership roles of the Mafia. He is believed to have been sworn into the secret criminal organization in Bergen County, N.J., where he ran a gambling network.
By the late 1950’s Catena was shrewdly investing an illicit fortune from gambling and loansharking in legitimate business.
Today his suburban neighbors know him as a quiet, wealthy businessman. His Mafia associates more correctly regard him as one of the underworld’s wealthiest leaders.
In the last 15 years Catena used his wealth and Mafia muscle to gain direct, corrupting control over some New Jersey politicians and labor unions.
He began in Newark, where vending machines from a Catena-owned outfit were installed in virtually every city government office.
In 1965 a Newark grand jury revealed that the city police department’s public relations officer was also on the payroll of a Catena-owned firm. Automotive Merchants, Inc. The official was fired and then later reinstated by the State Civil Service Commission.
Last December Catena was named in a scandal in the New Jersey State Legislature as a man who controlled at least six legislators. The scandal forced the creation of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation headed by Andrew F. Phelan, former U.S. Attorney in Buffalo.
Phelan’s sworn goal is the successful exposure and prosecution of Catena.
The possibility of Phelan’s success may be one reason why Catena prefers to stay out of the spotlight turned on him by the passing of Genovese.
The full impact of his death is just now being felt, most directly in his own family and on the high commission, and indirectly in every community’s Mafia organization.
Here is what authorities in New York City, western New York, New Jersey, Florida and Arizona believe is happening in the highest and lowest councils of the Mafia.
Membership on the high commission is in flux. The commission, which acts as the Cosa Nostra’s board of directors in settling regional squabbles and personality disputes.
About a dozen men sit on the commission and rule over the activities of the nation’s 24 Mafia families.
In 1963 Stefano Magaddino of Buffalo was named chairman of the commission. His status may be in jeopardy today. Magaddino was arrested late last fall with nine key members of his operation and charged with conspiring to run an international gambling ring.
At the time of the arrests, the FBI confiscated more than $500,000 in cash from the home of Magaddino’s son, Peter, of Niagara Falls.
Members of the high commission reportedly looked with displeasure on the arrests and confiscation of so much Mafia cash.
In addition, Magaddino is gravely ill and, whether or not he stands trial, his usefulness is sharply limited.
If Magaddino’s stature were downgraded, as some authorities predict, an opening would appear on the commission which would not necessarily be filled by another Magaddino man.
It is known that Mafia bosses from Chicago, St. Louis and Kansas City have formed an informal alliance and are pushing for an expanded Midwest voice on the commission.
A week after Genovese’s death, Anthony Giordano, boss of St. Louis’ Mafia, was to meet with New York City bosses in Manhattan. Fear of police surveillance and public exposure forced the sudden cancellation of the meeting. Communication has been maintained since through couriers and small, secret meetings of the leaders’ underlings.
Standing in the wings is Joseph (Joe Bananas) Bonanno, of Tucson, Ariz., who was stripped of his East Coast power four years ago.
Authorities for months have been predicting a Bonanno comeback and today they believe he is ready to reassert his power on the commission and perhaps even attempt to wrest some western New York rackets from Magaddino.
In the meantime, Mafiosi in cities throughout the East are gathering in small groups to assess the effect the Mafia’s period of transition will have on their own operations.
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Catena Now Expected to Meet Gambino
Aug. 21, 1975
TRENTON, Aug. 20 – Gerardo Catena, the reputed Mafia boss who was released from a state reformatory after five years yesterday, will have to meet soon with Carlo Gambino, the New York crime family boss and the dominant underworld figure in the Metropolitan area, according to state and county law enforcement officials.
One state police expert on organized crime said such a meeting was “inevitable” if only to establish guidelines to straighten out the muddled underworld picture that followed Mr. Catena’s jailing on March 4, 1970, for his refusal to talk to the State Commission of Investigation.
In the absence of Mr. Catena, who law enforcement sources say became the boss of the New Jersey portion of the Vito Genovese family following the death of the former “boss of bosses” in 1969, some of Mr. Gambino’s lieutenants began moving into northern New Jersey rackets.
Interviews with officials of the State Attorney General’s office, the State Police, the State Commission of Investigation and county police officials familiar with the operation of organized crime produced a consensus that a meeting between the two bosses would soon take place, but speculation differed on what Mr. Catena’s stance might be at the meeting.
John Matthews, project director of the Newark-Essex County organized crime task force, has said Mr. Catena was still consulted on crime family business while at the Yardville correction center and Clinton Reformatory and during the more than 100 days of leave he was granted for holidays and medical checkups, but did not oversee the day-to-day operations of his organization. A state police source said he wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Catena, who is 73 and described as being in failing health, would retire and move to Florida.
“Our information was he didn’t really want it anyway,” he said, referring to Mr. Catena’s ascendancy from his role of one of two underbosses to Mr. Genovese.
The other underboss, Thomas Eboli, alias Tommy Ryan, of Fort Lee was gunned down on a Brooklyn street in July 1972 while Mr. Catena was behind bars, and some New York law enforcement officials believe the killing could be traced to the Gambino family.
Other officials interviewed today said they didn’t believe Mr. Catena was ready to step down and looked for him to again exert his influence in north Jersey construction and trucking industries and in gambling and loan-sharking rackets in Newark, Bergen County and the northern shore resort counties of Monmouth and Ocean.
While Mr. Catena was in prison, Ruggiero Boiardo of Livingston, who is in his 80’s and semi-retired after a brief prison stay, reportedly tried to become more active to “keep the cap on” for Mr. Catena in the face of the intrusion by Gambino forces.
His son, Anthony Boiardo, was expected by some law enforcement officials to also become more active in Mr. Catena’s absence. But the younger Boiardo has his case severed from a federal extortion conspiracy trial in 1970 for health reasons and the United States Attorney’s office stands ready to bring him to trial if he shows signs of improved health or increased activity.
The most visible sign of Mr. Gambino’s attempt to pull together elements of the Genovese family under his own influence was the emergence of Joseph Paterno of Newark as the man whom many f the Genovese family members turned to after Mr. Catena was jailed.
Mr. Paterno, who is listed by the United States Justice Department as a lieutenant of the Gambino family, moved to Florida two years ago apparently to avoid an investigation commission’s subpoena and soon the visits by New Jersey underworld figures to Florida reportedly became more frequent.
“We know there was one meeting called in Florida to discuss how to respond to our subpoenas,” an investigation commission official said.
Surveillance of the Florida trips also helped the Bergen County prosecutor’s office and the state police to establish the importance of Anthony Carminati, a relatively unknown figure until his arrest in May, along with several associates, on gambling conspiracy charges.
Joseph C. Woodcock, the Bergen County Prosecutor, said the meetings between Mr. Carminati and Mr. Paterno enabled law enforcement officials to identify Mr. Carminati as a Gambino lieutenant.
Mr. Catena was freed by the State Supreme Court, saying, in a 5 to 2 decision, that the indefinite incarceration had lost its “corrosive power” in Mr. Catena’s case and there was no “substantial likelihood” that he would change his mind and talk to the commission.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sidney Schreiber said Mr. Catena should be kept in jail and not allowed to substitute the underworld code of silence for a legislative mandate to the commission to find out all it could about organized crime.
Mr. Woodcock said Mr. Catena’s release with his oath of silence intact “gave for members of the underworld what they couldn’t do themselves; they admire that kind of performance.”
But if Mr. Catena stands to be lionized by his associates, other bosses of crime families operating in New Jersey aren’t faring as well.
In addition to the Gambino and Genovese families, the only Mafia families known to be active in New Jersey are those headed by Simone DeCavalcante of Princeton Township and Angelo Bruno of Philadelphia.
Mr. Bruno was jailed for three yeas along with Mr. Catena but was released for medical reasons in 1973 and reportedly is scheduled to undergo surgery. Mr. DeCavalcante is under subpoena to appear before the commission, probably in the fall, and is reportedly keeping out of public view.
One law enforcement official said there were some indications Mr. DeCavalcante might be considering retiring, but another said he is just being more careful since a series of police wiretaps in one of his business offices became part of a public court record and brought him unwelcomed notoriety in the late nineteen-sixties.
Law enforcement officials said one problem that stems from the successful jailing of the top organized crime figures is the uncertainty about who is taking over. “You don’t know who the Young Turks are and that’s always a problem,” one official said.
Catena Now Expected to Meet Gambino
Aug. 21, 1975
TRENTON, Aug. 20 – Gerardo Catena, the reputed Mafia boss who was released from a state reformatory after five years yesterday, will have to meet soon with Carlo Gambino, the New York crime family boss and the dominant underworld figure in the Metropolitan area, according to state and county law enforcement officials.
One state police expert on organized crime said such a meeting was “inevitable” if only to establish guidelines to straighten out the muddled underworld picture that followed Mr. Catena’s jailing on March 4, 1970, for his refusal to talk to the State Commission of Investigation.
In the absence of Mr. Catena, who law enforcement sources say became the boss of the New Jersey portion of the Vito Genovese family following the death of the former “boss of bosses” in 1969, some of Mr. Gambino’s lieutenants began moving into northern New Jersey rackets.
Interviews with officials of the State Attorney General’s office, the State Police, the State Commission of Investigation and county police officials familiar with the operation of organized crime produced a consensus that a meeting between the two bosses would soon take place, but speculation differed on what Mr. Catena’s stance might be at the meeting.
John Matthews, project director of the Newark-Essex County organized crime task force, has said Mr. Catena was still consulted on crime family business while at the Yardville correction center and Clinton Reformatory and during the more than 100 days of leave he was granted for holidays and medical checkups, but did not oversee the day-to-day operations of his organization. A state police source said he wouldn’t be surprised if Mr. Catena, who is 73 and described as being in failing health, would retire and move to Florida.
“Our information was he didn’t really want it anyway,” he said, referring to Mr. Catena’s ascendancy from his role of one of two underbosses to Mr. Genovese.
The other underboss, Thomas Eboli, alias Tommy Ryan, of Fort Lee was gunned down on a Brooklyn street in July 1972 while Mr. Catena was behind bars, and some New York law enforcement officials believe the killing could be traced to the Gambino family.
Other officials interviewed today said they didn’t believe Mr. Catena was ready to step down and looked for him to again exert his influence in north Jersey construction and trucking industries and in gambling and loan-sharking rackets in Newark, Bergen County and the northern shore resort counties of Monmouth and Ocean.
While Mr. Catena was in prison, Ruggiero Boiardo of Livingston, who is in his 80’s and semi-retired after a brief prison stay, reportedly tried to become more active to “keep the cap on” for Mr. Catena in the face of the intrusion by Gambino forces.
His son, Anthony Boiardo, was expected by some law enforcement officials to also become more active in Mr. Catena’s absence. But the younger Boiardo has his case severed from a federal extortion conspiracy trial in 1970 for health reasons and the United States Attorney’s office stands ready to bring him to trial if he shows signs of improved health or increased activity.
The most visible sign of Mr. Gambino’s attempt to pull together elements of the Genovese family under his own influence was the emergence of Joseph Paterno of Newark as the man whom many f the Genovese family members turned to after Mr. Catena was jailed.
Mr. Paterno, who is listed by the United States Justice Department as a lieutenant of the Gambino family, moved to Florida two years ago apparently to avoid an investigation commission’s subpoena and soon the visits by New Jersey underworld figures to Florida reportedly became more frequent.
“We know there was one meeting called in Florida to discuss how to respond to our subpoenas,” an investigation commission official said.
Surveillance of the Florida trips also helped the Bergen County prosecutor’s office and the state police to establish the importance of Anthony Carminati, a relatively unknown figure until his arrest in May, along with several associates, on gambling conspiracy charges.
Joseph C. Woodcock, the Bergen County Prosecutor, said the meetings between Mr. Carminati and Mr. Paterno enabled law enforcement officials to identify Mr. Carminati as a Gambino lieutenant.
Mr. Catena was freed by the State Supreme Court, saying, in a 5 to 2 decision, that the indefinite incarceration had lost its “corrosive power” in Mr. Catena’s case and there was no “substantial likelihood” that he would change his mind and talk to the commission.
In a dissenting opinion, Justice Sidney Schreiber said Mr. Catena should be kept in jail and not allowed to substitute the underworld code of silence for a legislative mandate to the commission to find out all it could about organized crime.
Mr. Woodcock said Mr. Catena’s release with his oath of silence intact “gave for members of the underworld what they couldn’t do themselves; they admire that kind of performance.”
But if Mr. Catena stands to be lionized by his associates, other bosses of crime families operating in New Jersey aren’t faring as well.
In addition to the Gambino and Genovese families, the only Mafia families known to be active in New Jersey are those headed by Simone DeCavalcante of Princeton Township and Angelo Bruno of Philadelphia.
Mr. Bruno was jailed for three yeas along with Mr. Catena but was released for medical reasons in 1973 and reportedly is scheduled to undergo surgery. Mr. DeCavalcante is under subpoena to appear before the commission, probably in the fall, and is reportedly keeping out of public view.
One law enforcement official said there were some indications Mr. DeCavalcante might be considering retiring, but another said he is just being more careful since a series of police wiretaps in one of his business offices became part of a public court record and brought him unwelcomed notoriety in the late nineteen-sixties.
Law enforcement officials said one problem that stems from the successful jailing of the top organized crime figures is the uncertainty about who is taking over. “You don’t know who the Young Turks are and that’s always a problem,” one official said.
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Huh?In addition to the Gambino and Genovese families, the only Mafia families known to be active in New Jersey are those headed by Simone DeCavalcante of Princeton Township and Angelo Bruno of Philadelphia.
All roads lead to New York.
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Reputed Second Generation Genovese ‘Wiseguy’ Anthony T is NYS Senator Shelley Mayer’s Chauffeur
By HEZI ARIS
Alleged Genovese Mobster Arrested in November 11, 1997 Yonker’s Murder of Alleged FBI Confidential Informant Richard Ortiz
YONKERS, NY — September 15, 2018 — Almost 21 years after John Tortora, Jr., a/k/a Johnny T, an alleged Genovese crime family mobster, was arrested August 2, 2018. The cold case involve the multiple stabbing death of supposed FBI Confidential Informant Richard Ortiz. It is further suggested that Federal Authorities intend to prove Johnny T. had been part of a plot to embellish the Genovese crime family’s power and influence.
Tortora was arrested on the morning of August 2, 2018 by FBI Agents assisted by Yonkers Police Department Detectives. It should however be stressed that this is the third case in recent months where the FBI did not inform the Yonkers Police Department of any pending cases it is involved. The case has been assigned to United States District Judge Sidney H. Stein.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman advised, “As alleged in the indictment, the defendant was responsible for the stabbing death of Richard Ortiz over 20 years ago. Today, thanks to the remarkable dedication and perseverance of the FBI and the Yonkers Police Department, the defendant faces charges for his crimes.”
FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said: “The arrest of John Tortora should remind everyone that justice delayed is not justice denied. Whether a crime was allegedly committed decades ago or just days ago, the FBI will maintain the same tenacity and we will be relentless toward ensuring those who commit violent crimes be held accountable for their actions. The FBI’s New York Office never does these investigations alone, and we want to thank the Yonkers Police Department for their help in successfully solving a case from more than 20 years ago.”
Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner said: “This arrest for the 1997 murder of Mr. Ortiz demonstrates the resolve and commitment of law enforcement to hold those accountable for their actions and serves as a warning to all members of La Cosa Nostra engaging in violent criminal activity in our communities. We will continue to work with our federal partners to aggressively target alleged criminals and criminal enterprises operating in our City.”
According to the allegations in the indictment and statements made in court: “From in or about 1997 up to and including in or about 2018, Tortora, an associate and later a member of the Genovese Crime Family, along with other members and associates of La Cosa Nostra, committed a wide range of crimes, including murder, extortion, gambling, and narcotics trafficking. In particular, Tortora hired others to kill Richard Ortiz in order to further the goals of the Genovese Family. As a result, on November 11, 1997, Ortiz was brutally stabbed multiple times, causing his death. Tortora hired several individuals to kill Richard Ortiz, court papers say.
“Tortora, 61, of Yonkers, New York, is charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and murder for hire. A chart showing the charges and maximum penalties for each count of the Indictment is below. The statutory maximum penalties are prescribed by Congress.
COUNT/CHARGE
MAXIMUM PENALTY
Conspiracy to commit racketeering
Life in prison
Murder in aid of racketeering
Mandatory life in prison or the death penalty
Murder for hire
Mandatory life in prison or the death penalty
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica Lonergan, Jessica Fender, and Lauren Schorr are in charge of the prosecution. The case is being handled by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit.
Ortiz, was a landscaper, living in an apartment on Lockwood Avenue. Witnesses said he had been drinking in the Mill Tavern on Lockwood Avenue, in Yonkers, NY, when he got into an argument with men inside the bar. The argument moved outside, escalated and Ortiz was stabbed multiple times in the stomach and left for dead under a Saw Mill River Parkway underpass less than 100 feet away. Yonkers detectives believed at the time it was a mob hit, that Ortiz had been working for a gambling operation run by Tortora. That Tortora suspected Ortiz of both stealing from the operation and providing information about it to police. Ortiz’s family said that a few weeks before Richard Ortiz’s murder, family members had visited him and discovered he showed signs of having recently been beaten up. They said he told them he had instead slipped and fallen.
Four days after his killing, Yonkers Police arrested then-31-year-old former convict Abdill Saez, but the Westchester County District Attorney felt they needed more evidence to move forward with a case and the charges were eventually dropped. Tortora was among dozens connected to the Genovese crime family arrested by the FBI in 2001 after an undercover NYPD detective infiltrated the mob posing as a trucking company owner named Big Frankie.
On the night of his death Ortiz was found by a young woman who thought he was a pile of clothes or garbage on Lockwood Avenue near the Mill Tavern. He would be pronounced dead three-hours later at St. Joseph’s Medical Center after doctors attempted surgery for his numerous stab wounds. It seems a fight that originated at the Mill Tavern spilled outside where Ortiz was stabbed.
Murray Richman, Tortora’s lawyer, said his client has no knowledge of Ortiz’s death and had never been involved in gambling. Richman says he believes the arrest is probably a result of the FBI arresting someone recently and then offering them a deal. Somehow his client’s name came up. Tortora was arraigned in Federal court in Manhattan and ordered held without bond. If convicted of the charges the 61-year-old Tortora would spend the rest of his life in prison.
Johnny T’s brother, Anthony T, is employed by International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 456, in what may best be described as a “little need to show” job. Anthony T. is also afforded a union paid for car, and an expense account. While Lou Picani, is President of Local 456, the power still resides with Eddie Doyle, Sr., who remains the “boss”.
In the weeks working on verifying the facts, the Yonkers Tribune learned that Anthony T was chauffeuring New York State Senator Shelley Mayer about. He is not employed by her in any fashion. He approached her and asked if she could use a driver. It is evident she agreed since she uses his services in that capacity.
Yet it is incongruous, especially for long-time resident of Yonkers, that Senator Mayer had not previously heard of the Tortora Family and their being known to be members of the Genovese crime syndicate. Did Sen. Mayer properly vet Anthony T.? Does he have a valid driver’s license, did his alleged family ties to the Genovese Crime family not raise any concerns for Sen. Mayer? Does he have a criminal record?
Since Sen. Mayer must contend with many sensitive issues as a New York State Senator is she not concerned that her conversations with someone in the car or by telephone can be overheard by Anthony T as he chauffeurs her to and fro?
The Genovese organization is one of the ‘Five Families’ that dominate mafia activity in New York and New Jersey, although their influence has greatly declined in recent decades.
The Genovese organization are the largest of the five crime syndicates,p a position that has led to them being nicknamed the ‘Rolls Royce’ or ‘Ivy League’ of organized crime.
They were founded by Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano in the 1930s and focused on the West Side of Manhattan.
Their boss, Vincent ‘the Chin’ Gigante, would feign insanity by walking around in a bathrobe and muttering to himself, a habit that earned him the nickname of ‘Oddfather’.
Recently the family has moved into Internet-based illegal gambling.
Eleven alleged members of the gang were indicted in 2016 for a ‘smorgasbord’ of offenses from loansharking to unlicensed check cashing and money laundering.
It is therefore illogical to infer that Sen. Shelley Mayer, representing the communities comprising Senate District 37, vetted Anthony Tortora Jr. thoroughly? If so, did she decide to overlook his family connections and alleged involvement with organized crime? Perhaps Sen. Mayer chose to overlook the obvious. Why?
Reputed Second Generation Genovese ‘Wiseguy’ Anthony T is NYS Senator Shelley Mayer’s Chauffeur
By HEZI ARIS
Alleged Genovese Mobster Arrested in November 11, 1997 Yonker’s Murder of Alleged FBI Confidential Informant Richard Ortiz
YONKERS, NY — September 15, 2018 — Almost 21 years after John Tortora, Jr., a/k/a Johnny T, an alleged Genovese crime family mobster, was arrested August 2, 2018. The cold case involve the multiple stabbing death of supposed FBI Confidential Informant Richard Ortiz. It is further suggested that Federal Authorities intend to prove Johnny T. had been part of a plot to embellish the Genovese crime family’s power and influence.
Tortora was arrested on the morning of August 2, 2018 by FBI Agents assisted by Yonkers Police Department Detectives. It should however be stressed that this is the third case in recent months where the FBI did not inform the Yonkers Police Department of any pending cases it is involved. The case has been assigned to United States District Judge Sidney H. Stein.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman advised, “As alleged in the indictment, the defendant was responsible for the stabbing death of Richard Ortiz over 20 years ago. Today, thanks to the remarkable dedication and perseverance of the FBI and the Yonkers Police Department, the defendant faces charges for his crimes.”
FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said: “The arrest of John Tortora should remind everyone that justice delayed is not justice denied. Whether a crime was allegedly committed decades ago or just days ago, the FBI will maintain the same tenacity and we will be relentless toward ensuring those who commit violent crimes be held accountable for their actions. The FBI’s New York Office never does these investigations alone, and we want to thank the Yonkers Police Department for their help in successfully solving a case from more than 20 years ago.”
Yonkers Police Commissioner Charles Gardner said: “This arrest for the 1997 murder of Mr. Ortiz demonstrates the resolve and commitment of law enforcement to hold those accountable for their actions and serves as a warning to all members of La Cosa Nostra engaging in violent criminal activity in our communities. We will continue to work with our federal partners to aggressively target alleged criminals and criminal enterprises operating in our City.”
According to the allegations in the indictment and statements made in court: “From in or about 1997 up to and including in or about 2018, Tortora, an associate and later a member of the Genovese Crime Family, along with other members and associates of La Cosa Nostra, committed a wide range of crimes, including murder, extortion, gambling, and narcotics trafficking. In particular, Tortora hired others to kill Richard Ortiz in order to further the goals of the Genovese Family. As a result, on November 11, 1997, Ortiz was brutally stabbed multiple times, causing his death. Tortora hired several individuals to kill Richard Ortiz, court papers say.
“Tortora, 61, of Yonkers, New York, is charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering, murder in aid of racketeering, and murder for hire. A chart showing the charges and maximum penalties for each count of the Indictment is below. The statutory maximum penalties are prescribed by Congress.
COUNT/CHARGE
MAXIMUM PENALTY
Conspiracy to commit racketeering
Life in prison
Murder in aid of racketeering
Mandatory life in prison or the death penalty
Murder for hire
Mandatory life in prison or the death penalty
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Jessica Lonergan, Jessica Fender, and Lauren Schorr are in charge of the prosecution. The case is being handled by the Office’s Violent and Organized Crime Unit.
Ortiz, was a landscaper, living in an apartment on Lockwood Avenue. Witnesses said he had been drinking in the Mill Tavern on Lockwood Avenue, in Yonkers, NY, when he got into an argument with men inside the bar. The argument moved outside, escalated and Ortiz was stabbed multiple times in the stomach and left for dead under a Saw Mill River Parkway underpass less than 100 feet away. Yonkers detectives believed at the time it was a mob hit, that Ortiz had been working for a gambling operation run by Tortora. That Tortora suspected Ortiz of both stealing from the operation and providing information about it to police. Ortiz’s family said that a few weeks before Richard Ortiz’s murder, family members had visited him and discovered he showed signs of having recently been beaten up. They said he told them he had instead slipped and fallen.
Four days after his killing, Yonkers Police arrested then-31-year-old former convict Abdill Saez, but the Westchester County District Attorney felt they needed more evidence to move forward with a case and the charges were eventually dropped. Tortora was among dozens connected to the Genovese crime family arrested by the FBI in 2001 after an undercover NYPD detective infiltrated the mob posing as a trucking company owner named Big Frankie.
On the night of his death Ortiz was found by a young woman who thought he was a pile of clothes or garbage on Lockwood Avenue near the Mill Tavern. He would be pronounced dead three-hours later at St. Joseph’s Medical Center after doctors attempted surgery for his numerous stab wounds. It seems a fight that originated at the Mill Tavern spilled outside where Ortiz was stabbed.
Murray Richman, Tortora’s lawyer, said his client has no knowledge of Ortiz’s death and had never been involved in gambling. Richman says he believes the arrest is probably a result of the FBI arresting someone recently and then offering them a deal. Somehow his client’s name came up. Tortora was arraigned in Federal court in Manhattan and ordered held without bond. If convicted of the charges the 61-year-old Tortora would spend the rest of his life in prison.
Johnny T’s brother, Anthony T, is employed by International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 456, in what may best be described as a “little need to show” job. Anthony T. is also afforded a union paid for car, and an expense account. While Lou Picani, is President of Local 456, the power still resides with Eddie Doyle, Sr., who remains the “boss”.
In the weeks working on verifying the facts, the Yonkers Tribune learned that Anthony T was chauffeuring New York State Senator Shelley Mayer about. He is not employed by her in any fashion. He approached her and asked if she could use a driver. It is evident she agreed since she uses his services in that capacity.
Yet it is incongruous, especially for long-time resident of Yonkers, that Senator Mayer had not previously heard of the Tortora Family and their being known to be members of the Genovese crime syndicate. Did Sen. Mayer properly vet Anthony T.? Does he have a valid driver’s license, did his alleged family ties to the Genovese Crime family not raise any concerns for Sen. Mayer? Does he have a criminal record?
Since Sen. Mayer must contend with many sensitive issues as a New York State Senator is she not concerned that her conversations with someone in the car or by telephone can be overheard by Anthony T as he chauffeurs her to and fro?
The Genovese organization is one of the ‘Five Families’ that dominate mafia activity in New York and New Jersey, although their influence has greatly declined in recent decades.
The Genovese organization are the largest of the five crime syndicates,p a position that has led to them being nicknamed the ‘Rolls Royce’ or ‘Ivy League’ of organized crime.
They were founded by Charles ‘Lucky’ Luciano in the 1930s and focused on the West Side of Manhattan.
Their boss, Vincent ‘the Chin’ Gigante, would feign insanity by walking around in a bathrobe and muttering to himself, a habit that earned him the nickname of ‘Oddfather’.
Recently the family has moved into Internet-based illegal gambling.
Eleven alleged members of the gang were indicted in 2016 for a ‘smorgasbord’ of offenses from loansharking to unlicensed check cashing and money laundering.
It is therefore illogical to infer that Sen. Shelley Mayer, representing the communities comprising Senate District 37, vetted Anthony Tortora Jr. thoroughly? If so, did she decide to overlook his family connections and alleged involvement with organized crime? Perhaps Sen. Mayer chose to overlook the obvious. Why?
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givememysocks
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^ Looks like the Genovese has some control over teamster local 456 for Johnny T's brother to have a no show job there.
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The Genovese have had influence in that local for decades.givememysocks wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2019 2:31 pm ^ Looks like the Genovese has some control over teamster local 456 for Johnny T's brother to have a no show job there.
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An interesting article I found. According to the article the decedent's hands might have been intentionally preserved for identification purposes.
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Another interesting article.
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Wow! Now we have Mafia related articles about crime scene forensics and legal medicine too? This forum is becoming pretty highbrow. I read both articles and couldn't understand half of what I read and the other half that I did understand gave me a headache. I dropped out of high school twenty five years ago and after wrestling with those two articles I feel like I just graduated from college. Thanks Black Hand Forum!