Stanfa family chart request

[B.]

Associates: (any idea what crews these guys were with?)
Giuseppe Gallara, X
Salvatore Brunetti, X
Santo Bravata, X
Rod Colombo (killed in 1993),X
Leon "Yonnie" Lanzilotta, X
Gigi Capello (killed in 1993) X
Nicasio Zagone (killed in 1994) are some others. X
Jimmy Massimino X
Thomas Rebbie X
Anthony Zanghi X
Felix Bocchicchio Jr. X
Anthony "the Weasel" Viesti X
William Pulcinello X
Larry Veach X
Gary Tavella, X

Bravata was from Caccamo, Stanfa's birthplace in Sicily. Maybe he was with Tripodi's crew.

Rebbie and Gallara were most likely with the Pagano crew. By the way, there is a photo that has gone around for years labeled "Joe Stanfa" that is definitely not Joe Stanfa, John's son. However, Giuseppe Galaro had the nickname "Joe Stanfa", so I think that photo may be him.

Anthony Zanghi is interesting because there was an early Italian hoodlum with that same name in Philly during the 1920s. This one was probably a relative and I would put him with the Pagano crew. The Zanghis were from Messina I believe. William Pulcinello was probably part of the same crew,.

Larry Veach was close to Ronald Mazzone, so whoever they reported to would be the same I guess.

Anthony Viesti was soldier Bobby Lumio's cousin and Viesti was also Ralph Natale's best friend. You can put him with the South Jersey crew. Felix Bocchicchio Jr. could probably go there as well.

[Ivan]

Wow.

I just wanted to thank everyone for their contributions to this thread. All I did when I started it was ask for a Stanfa family chart, but you guys have performed far above and beyond the call of duty. I now have a much better understanding of the structure of things during the Stanfa years than before. Hats off!

[Ivan]

Borgesi always looks like a lesbian.

I think he looks like Bruce Jenner. I mean a lot.

[Angelo Santino]

I'm editing and updating the chart from a few pages back rather than reposting it.
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=808&p=13450#p13450

In regards to Joe Stanfa, is this him or Gallara? Whichever one do you have a pic of the other guy?

stanfajoe.jpg

Looks like a younger version of:

stanfajrrecent.jpg

Which leaves us with:
Salvatore Brunetti, - Frank Martines' cousin, helped with the dirty bomb..... Pagano Crew?
Rod Colombo (killed in 1993),- With Ron Mazzone?
Leon "Yonnie" Lanzilotta, -I'm going to speculate Pagano crew. We can add
Michael Forte as an associate in the same crew.
Gigi Capello (killed in 1993) -?
Nicasio Zagone (killed in 1994). - He was either Pagano or with Stanfa direct?
Jimmy Massimino - He could have been with Pagano or Merlino by way of Lucibello's association with Joe Mouse?
Gary Tavella.... Was either close with Bellochi or went out on jobs with him. So perhaps Tripodi?

Lanzilotta and Forte:
http://articles.philly.com/1993-09-17/n ... ice-garage

[B.]

Yep, that is the real Joe Stanfa. The one that isn't him is a guy without a mustache, has sort of slicked back hair with an early stage combover.

[Angelo Santino]

Yep, that is the real Joe Stanfa. The one that isn't him is a guy without a mustache, has sort of slicked back hair with an early stage combover.

Never seen it. No rush, but if and when you have time if you can locate it that'd be great.

[Pogo The Clown]

Yeah, but that nigga got more bodies on him than a Chinese cememtary.

For those who didn't get this was a line from The Wire. Proposition Joe talking about Brother Mazone.

Anthony Viesti was soldier Bobby Lumio's cousin and Viesti was also Ralph Natale's best friend.

Interesting how Viesti never got made considering how close he was to Natale. especially how the family was hurting for new members during that time.


Pogo

[B.]

Yeah, but that nigga got more bodies on him than a Chinese cememtary.

For those who didn't get this was a line from The Wire. Proposition Joe talking about Brother Mazone.

Anthony Viesti was soldier Bobby Lumio's cousin and Viesti was also Ralph Natale's best friend.

Interesting how Viesti never got made considering how close he was to Natale. especially how the family was hurting for new members during that time.


Pogo

I've come across a lot of guys like that... Italians who were close to the right people, maybe even related, and had more qualifications than some of the guys who got made, but they never got it.

Lumio is another topic... he was barely made before he passed away. I'd like to dig deeper into everything that was going on with the bartenders union earlier on. I feel like you could practically call the Philly family the "bartender mob". They've had a few bosses and a number of members who were once bartenders, controlled the bartender union, and 3/4ths of the membership have at various times been severe alcoholics.

Come to thank of it, maybe that's why I've always been so interested Philly... glug glug

[Angelo Santino]

Yeah, but that nigga got more bodies on him than a Chinese cememtary.

For those who didn't get this was a line from The Wire. Proposition Joe talking about Brother Mazone.

Anthony Viesti was soldier Bobby Lumio's cousin and Viesti was also Ralph Natale's best friend.

Interesting how Viesti never got made considering how close he was to Natale. especially how the family was hurting for new members during that time.


Pogo

I've come across a lot of guys like that... Italians who were close to the right people, maybe even related, and had more qualifications than some of the guys who got made, but they never got it.

Lumio is another topic... he was barely made before he passed away. I'd like to dig deeper into everything that was going on with the bartenders union earlier on. I feel like you could practically call the Philly family the "bartender mob". They've had a few bosses and a number of members who were once bartenders, controlled the bartender union, and 3/4ths of the membership have at various times been severe alcoholics.

Come to thank of it, maybe that's why I've always been so interested Philly... glug glug

They were opium addicts in the 50's before they were alcoholics under Scarfo. Marco Reginelli, if not part of the "may-fia" would have been considered a junkie. They were always a blue-collar family and Chester, S Philly, S Jersey and N Jersey were more often then not friendly with each other but they all had an independent streak in that they wanted to be left alone.

[Angelo Santino]

Also..

Gigi Capello (killed in 1993)
Jimmy Massimino

Were these guys Stanfa or Merlino? After that I believe I got everything. Pogo, B, Ivan, WillyCicci (sp) were a tremendous help in all this.

[Ivan]

Pogo, B, Ivan, WillyCicci (sp) were a tremendous help in all this.

Yeah if it weren't for me, you would have confused Esposito with Lucibello! Crisis averted.

Did you ever determine the identity of the guy I thought might be either Brunetti or a zip?

[B.]

Also..

Gigi Capello (killed in 1993)
Jimmy Massimino

Were these guys Stanfa or Merlino? After that I believe I got everything. Pogo, B, Ivan, WillyCicci (sp) were a tremendous help in all this.

I hesitated to really mention Massimino, since I don't think he was involved in any family affairs aside from working for his brother and doing some other small time stuff near the Italian market. But it would depend on where Joe Mouse was aligned from prison, if he even aligned with anyone. I would be more likely to put him with Merlino since his good friend Lucibello joined that side and as we know Massimino was an important guy later on among the Merlino-Ligambi people. We don't see many Stanfa loyalists in high positions once Stanfa went away.

Louis Gigi Cappello had been on record with Gino Milano during the Scarfo years, and I'm not too sure about the details of his death, but I believe he was paying Stanfa and then the Merlino/Chang guys killed him for not paying them. Cappello was married to JR Forline's ex-wife (Forline being the Ciancaglini/DelGiorno associate who "mysteriously" was murdered, allegedly by Tommy Del), so two of her ex-husbands were killed by the mob in less than a decade. Not sure if he's related to the more well-known Philly Cappellos.

[Angelo Santino]

Pogo, B, Ivan, WillyCicci (sp) were a tremendous help in all this.

Yeah if it weren't for me, you would have confused Esposito with Lucibello! Crisis averted.

Did you ever determine the identity of the guy I thought might be either Brunetti or a zip?

If Chucky or B. don't know, who knows!

[B.]

The tough thing with Philly is how much of the structure is just for show. Sure guys have officially held spots, soldiers have reported to their designated capo, etc., but throughout the entire history going back to Sabella's time you've had soldiers and associates working directly with the boss and everyone mingling when it comes to business. This was especially true in the Stanfa years.

[Pogo The Clown]

Anthony Viesti was soldier Bobby Lumio's cousin and Viesti was also Ralph Natale's best friend.

Interesting how Viesti never got made considering how close he was to Natale. especially how the family was hurting for new members during that time.

I've come across a lot of guys like that... Italians who were close to the right people, maybe even related, and had more qualifications than some of the guys who got made, but they never got it.[/quote]


Another guy who I'm surprised hasn't been made is Anthony Accardo. In the 90s he was all over the surveillance footage with Merlino, Mazzone, Borgesi, etc and he was of course one of those busted with them in the 2000 inictment. He did his time and stood up yet he was never made. Unless of course he was one of the Merlino guy's that Ligambi didn't want to make because he didn't know them well enough. There were 3 of those I believe. He may have been one of them.


Pogo