Mags

[CornerBoy]

Why was that guy mike magnafichi shelved. i'm from new york and don't that much about the outfit aside from Roemers books and Gus russo's the outfit. plus all the shit I've been reading on here for the better part of 20 yrs. Thanks so much

[outfit guy]

Didn't he testify?

[Snakes]

Did not testify. I believe there was some beef between he and others in the Outfit over some money.

[Patrickgold]

It was a combination of things but I believe the main reason is he is a alcoholic and he his addicted to pills. He has been arrested numerous times for shop lifting. Being on the bad side of DiFronzo did not help either.

[Villain]

I remember we having lots of talks about Mags but i dont remember if he stated anything about being traditionally made or not, or at least what year it occurred? 94? 95? The guy also said that he was allegedly one of Cerones drivers right?

[newera_212]

wasn't he a huge scumbag?

[Snakes]

wasn't he a huge scumbag?

He was an alcoholic and got busted for shoplifting at some point but I understand that he has cleaned himself up. There was a Sun-Times article a year or two ago about him. He also found religion, for whatever that is worth.

[Pete]

He said in that interview with fosco he was shelved for not keeping up his responsibilites with Joey a andriacchi which meant not kicking up the money he was supposed to and then he lied about why he couldn’t kick up and was cut off. I’ll throw this out cuz it was asked even though I got blasted before for saying this before but fosco told me privately mags was made in 94 or 95 can’t remember which at spavones restaurant on lake street in bloomingdale. No other people were mentioned as being made at the same ceremony so I can’t speak to that. Seems to be the last or one of the last difronzo did as mags said shortly after difronzo stopped making guys and essentially deactivated the elm wood park crew

[Confederate]

He said in that interview with fosco he was shelved for not keeping up his responsibilites with Joey a andriacchi which meant not kicking up the money he was supposed to and then he lied about why he couldn’t kick up and was cut off. I’ll throw this out cuz it was asked even though I got blasted before for saying this before but fosco told me privately mags was made in 94 or 95 can’t remember which at spavones restaurant on lake street in bloomingdale. No other people were mentioned as being made at the same ceremony so I can’t speak to that. Seems to be the last or one of the last difronzo did as mags said shortly after difronzo stopped making guys and essentially deactivated the elm wood park crew

Good info Pete. My only question would be: What is the point of making Mike Mags if DiFronzo then deactivated the Elmwood Crew shortly thereafter?
I believe DiFronzo eventually deactived the Elmwood Park Crew, but it seems like it was in 2003 when Marcello got out of Jail. That would make more sense than him deactivating the Crew in say 1995. No?

[Pete]

He said in that interview with fosco he was shelved for not keeping up his responsibilites with Joey a andriacchi which meant not kicking up the money he was supposed to and then he lied about why he couldn’t kick up and was cut off. I’ll throw this out cuz it was asked even though I got blasted before for saying this before but fosco told me privately mags was made in 94 or 95 can’t remember which at spavones restaurant on lake street in bloomingdale. No other people were mentioned as being made at the same ceremony so I can’t speak to that. Seems to be the last or one of the last difronzo did as mags said shortly after difronzo stopped making guys and essentially deactivated the elm wood park crew

Good info Pete. My only question would be: What is the point of making Mike Mags if DiFronzo then deactivated the Elmwood Crew shortly thereafter?
I believe DiFronzo eventually deactived the Elmwood Park Crew, but it seems like it was in 2003 when Marcello got out of Jail. That would make more sense than him deactivating the Crew in say 1995. No?

No I agree. I think it was a gradual thing I didn’t mean to say it was deactivated right then. Difronzo over time pushed guys into legitimate stuff and mags couldn’t make that work so he ended up out. Besides the fact he stiffed Joey A who was acting boss, capo, whatever you wanna call him he was one the top 3 guys for awhile

[outfit guy]

Did not testify. I believe there was some beef between he and others in the Outfit over some money.

It was Talarico that testified and was supposed to be the future.

[Patrickgold]

Did not testify. I believe there was some beef between he and others in the Outfit over some money.

It was Talarico that testified and was supposed to be the future.

Didn’t the feds say Talarico was acting boss of the 26th street crew after Jimmy LaPietra died? Talarico testified during the family secrets trial and admitted being a bookie and admitted paying a percentage to Nick Calabrese. Wasn’t very damaging but just the fact he testified tells me he’s not boss quality.

[Pete]

Did not testify. I believe there was some beef between he and others in the Outfit over some money.

It was Talarico that testified and was supposed to be the future.

I never heard Talarico was the future. I heard he tried to quit the outfit and Ronnie Jarrett beat the shit out of him and he changed his mind

[Patrickgold]

Did not testify. I believe there was some beef between he and others in the Outfit over some money.

It was Talarico that testified and was supposed to be the future.

I never heard Talarico was the future. I heard he tried to quit the outfit and Ronnie Jarrett beat the shit out of him and he changed his mind

Pete, I never heard that story. What year was this? Did you hear that he was acting 26th st boss after jimmy lapietra died in 1993? Not sure how true that was. I guess you can say he married into mob royalty when he married Nora Schweihs, who is a total nut job lol. Saw her working at VIPs/Crazy horse years ago. Last time I ran into her she was bartending at Sabatinos on Irving. Heard she is living in Florida now doing real estate

[Pete]

Did not testify. I believe there was some beef between he and others in the Outfit over some money.

It was Talarico that testified and was supposed to be the future.

I never heard Talarico was the future. I heard he tried to quit the outfit and Ronnie Jarrett beat the shit out of him and he changed his mind

Pete, I never heard that story. What year was this? Did you hear that he was acting 26th st boss after jimmy lapietra died in 1993? Not sure how true that was. I guess you can say he married into mob royalty when he married Nora Schweihs, who is a total nut job lol. Saw her working at VIPs/Crazy horse years ago. Last time I ran into her she was bartending at Sabatinos on Irving. Heard she is living in Florida now doing real estate

Not sure time frame Nick Calabrese talked about when he testified though