Johnny Joe spirito

[Hailbritain]

Been reading a lot about the bonnanos fading in the Bronx with the deaths of sal montagna and patty defillipo and also the jailing of Vincent basciano , seems like spirito who still has about 6 years to do in jail is the only respectable captain left in the Bronx with most of there operations being swallowed up by queens and Long Island . Anybody have any info on the bonnano Bronx operations and who is running spirito's crew while he is away ?? It it his son ? Any info appreciated

[B.]

I don't believe that Spirito ever became a captain when he was on the street. It seems that the DeFilippo crew likely went to Mancuso and then Montagna, though I guess it's possible that Spirito briefly may have gotten the promotion before he was arrested. The crew was believed to be in the hands of Frascone after all of that, and then more recently Capeci started saying that Spirito Jr. was an acting captain. If Spirito Sr. was promoted to official captain at any point, I would guess it was when he was already behind bars.

[Hailbritain]

Cheers for the info B , much appreciated

[Hailbritain]

I believe Anthony frascone is due out of prison later next year also

[B.]

Also, as far as the Bronx goes, it has been said for the past few years that the Bronx faction has been important in the reorganization of the family, with Mancuso being boss and we know of a number of new members who have been made from that area, including Frank Salerno, Ernie Aiello, Spirito Jr., and probably more. There are some who disagree, like the member East Bronx on here, as he lives in the area and says they don't have much of a presence anymore. Capeci has consistently reported on the Bronx group recently and seems to think they are an influential faction.

The Bonannos Bronx group has always been sort of an anomaly in the family. John "Bennett" Petrone was an early Bonanno member in the Bronx who seems to have had some influence. There is info about Joe Bonanno appointing Petrone to consigliere in the 1960s once the problems in that family started to happen but that's the only time I've heard about that.

Sometime in the 1950s most if not all of the Bronx members were put under Carmine Galante and the majority of them were newer recruits so it's not clear how much of a presence they had in the Bronx before that except for lone guys like Petrone. Joe Notaro, who took over for Galante, was the first captain to my knowledge that lived in the Bronx, but his crew included members from all over NYC and into Jersey, so it was hardly a "Bronx crew". During the Bonanno conflict is when we see the first true Bronx captains emerge, like Vito DeFilippo and Armando Pollastrino. DeFilippo ends up demoted for his loyalty to JB and Pollastrino becomes the primary Bronx captain for a number of years. Eventually this crew goes through a few hands before it ends up under Patty DeFilippo who had all of the more recent players under him.

[johnny_scootch]

Am I mistaken or was Ernie Aiello an acting captain for Nicky Mouth in Brooklyn?

[B.]

Am I mistaken or was Ernie Aiello an acting captain for Nicky Mouth in Brooklyn?

He was busted in that case and listed as being an acting captain along with Badamo, and maybe Aiello along with Badamo was acting for Santora, but Aiello is a Bronx guy.