6 charged in Genovese bust

[Wiseguy]

Balsamo served a sentence after pleading guilty to narcotics trafficking. Ardito crew has always been heavily involved in that. Falcetti's promotion to capo roughly coincided with Bellomo becoming boss. Falcetti was first IDd as a capo in September 2013, so he most likely got the straps sometime between December 2011 and September 2013.

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyo ... n-sharking

True about the Balsamo cocaine bust, though Larca was also busted for moving a mountain of marijuana.

[eboli]

Balsamo served a sentence after pleading guilty to narcotics trafficking. Ardito crew has always been heavily involved in that. Falcetti's promotion to capo roughly coincided with Bellomo becoming boss. Falcetti was first IDd as a capo in September 2013, so he most likely got the straps sometime between December 2011 and September 2013.

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyo ... n-sharking

True about the Balsamo cocaine bust, though Larca was also busted for moving a mountain of marijuana.

Yeah, the Bellomo crew dabbled in drugs, and Larca was part of these operations, but they were on a much smaller scale compared to the Ardito crew. Also, in the Peluso wiretaps, Ardito pushed Bellomo to transfer two of his guys to the Ardito crew. One of them was Larca. There's a possibility that Larca has been with that crew for the last 20 years.

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[Wiseguy]

Balsamo served a sentence after pleading guilty to narcotics trafficking. Ardito crew has always been heavily involved in that. Falcetti's promotion to capo roughly coincided with Bellomo becoming boss. Falcetti was first IDd as a capo in September 2013, so he most likely got the straps sometime between December 2011 and September 2013.

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyo ... n-sharking

True about the Balsamo cocaine bust, though Larca was also busted for moving a mountain of marijuana.

Yeah, the Bellomo crew dabbled in drugs, and Larca was part of these operations, but they were on a much smaller scale compared to the Ardito crew. Also, in the Peluso wiretaps, Ardito pushed Bellomo to transfer two of his guys to the Ardito crew. One of them was Larca. There's a possibility that Larca has been with that crew for the last 20 years.


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Good point.

Come to think of it, in that 2006 bust that picked up Bellomo, Ardito, Balsamo, etc., Pasquale DeLuca was indicted as a soldier. In 2007, Capeci referred to DeLuca as a captain. Considering Ardito had recently died, and a 2008 FBI memo said DeLuca was in a different crew than the Bellomo one, I wonder if DeLuca took over from Ardito and, at some point, Balsamo took over from DeLuca?

[SonnyBlackstein]

Calisi is the guy that I referred to a few years back that took over Denti Jr's crew. Known as Nicky Slash on the streets. He came up under Joe Denti Sr, I figured he was a bit younger than that. Real serious no nonsense kind of guy.

Good info Charlie. Cheers.

[SB1825]

Ok so I was scrollling through old threads and came across this one viewtopic.php?f=50&t=1019&p=15615#p15615 and HairyKnuckles posted the following in the thread:
(From Herald Statesman, Feb 26, 1978)

"Four indicted in bar shoot-out"

"A grand jury in White Plains Friday indicted four Bronx teen-agers in connection with a shoot-out at a New Rochelle bar last month. The grand jury dismissed charges against two Westchester and three Bronx teen-agers arrested in the same incident, which occurred Jan. 12 at the Lallipop bar on Main Street.
The incident started when an argument broke out inside the bar shortly after midnight. It ended when police arrested nine teenagers after two separate car chases. The grand jury, which acted after hearing the testimoney of two civilian witnesses, three patrolmen and a New Rocbelle detective, charged Nicholas J. Porcelli. 19. of 2449 Tiemann Ave., and Zef Mustafa, 16, of 2359 Cambreleng Ave., the Bronx, with assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon.
It charged Thomas Hartv, 18, of 560 E. 189 St.. arid Nicholas Tellone, 16, of 2409 Cambreleng Ave., the Bronx, with reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon.
The grand jury dismissed charges against Michael Magnotta, 21. of 2312 Hughes Ave., Nickv Calisi, 19. of 2742 Holland Ave., and Richard Martin. 18. of 2408 Cambreleng Ave., all the Bronx; Filippo Granito. 21, of 15 Breglia St.. Yonkers; and Salvatore Locascio, 18. of 240 Garth Road, Eastchester.
The charges against Porcelli, Mustafa, Harty and Tellone will be prosecuted in County Court."

Could this be the same Nicky Calisi in this bust? The ages seem to match up.

[eboli]

Balsamo served a sentence after pleading guilty to narcotics trafficking. Ardito crew has always been heavily involved in that. Falcetti's promotion to capo roughly coincided with Bellomo becoming boss. Falcetti was first IDd as a capo in September 2013, so he most likely got the straps sometime between December 2011 and September 2013.

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyo ... n-sharking

True about the Balsamo cocaine bust, though Larca was also busted for moving a mountain of marijuana.

Yeah, the Bellomo crew dabbled in drugs, and Larca was part of these operations, but they were on a much smaller scale compared to the Ardito crew. Also, in the Peluso wiretaps, Ardito pushed Bellomo to transfer two of his guys to the Ardito crew. One of them was Larca. There's a possibility that Larca has been with that crew for the last 20 years.


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Good point.

Come to think of it, in that 2006 bust that picked up Bellomo, Ardito, Balsamo, etc., Pasquale DeLuca was indicted as a soldier. In 2007, Capeci referred to DeLuca as a captain. Considering Ardito had recently died, and a 2008 FBI memo said DeLuca was in a different crew than the Bellomo one, I wonder if DeLuca took over from Ardito and, at some point, Balsamo took over from DeLuca?

The timeline makes sense:

- Deluca is indicted as a soldier in February 2006
- Ardito dies on December 31, 2006
- Capeci refers to DeLuca as a captain in 2007
- former FBI Agent Jack Garcia says DeLuca is a captain and a street boss in 2008
- Balsamo inherits the crew at a later date

Ok so I was scrollling through old threads and came across this one viewtopic.php?f=50&t=1019&p=15615#p15615 and HairyKnuckles posted the following in the thread:
(From Herald Statesman, Feb 26, 1978)

"Four indicted in bar shoot-out"

"A grand jury in White Plains Friday indicted four Bronx teen-agers in connection with a shoot-out at a New Rochelle bar last month. The grand jury dismissed charges against two Westchester and three Bronx teen-agers arrested in the same incident, which occurred Jan. 12 at the Lallipop bar on Main Street.
The incident started when an argument broke out inside the bar shortly after midnight. It ended when police arrested nine teenagers after two separate car chases. The grand jury, which acted after hearing the testimoney of two civilian witnesses, three patrolmen and a New Rocbelle detective, charged Nicholas J. Porcelli. 19. of 2449 Tiemann Ave., and Zef Mustafa, 16, of 2359 Cambreleng Ave., the Bronx, with assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon.
It charged Thomas Hartv, 18, of 560 E. 189 St.. arid Nicholas Tellone, 16, of 2409 Cambreleng Ave., the Bronx, with reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon.
The grand jury dismissed charges against Michael Magnotta, 21. of 2312 Hughes Ave., Nickv Calisi, 19. of 2742 Holland Ave., and Richard Martin. 18. of 2408 Cambreleng Ave., all the Bronx; Filippo Granito. 21, of 15 Breglia St.. Yonkers; and Salvatore Locascio, 18. of 240 Garth Road, Eastchester.
The charges against Porcelli, Mustafa, Harty and Tellone will be prosecuted in County Court."

Could this be the same Nicky Calisi in this bust? The ages seem to match up.

Yes, it's the same guy. Property records are a match.

[Cheech]

I thought Balsamo was connected with Vinny TV?

wrong boro and family

[Bruno187]

Ok so I was scrollling through old threads and came across this one viewtopic.php?f=50&t=1019&p=15615#p15615 and HairyKnuckles posted the following in the thread:
(From Herald Statesman, Feb 26, 1978)

"Four indicted in bar shoot-out"

"A grand jury in White Plains Friday indicted four Bronx teen-agers in connection with a shoot-out at a New Rochelle bar last month. The grand jury dismissed charges against two Westchester and three Bronx teen-agers arrested in the same incident, which occurred Jan. 12 at the Lallipop bar on Main Street.
The incident started when an argument broke out inside the bar shortly after midnight. It ended when police arrested nine teenagers after two separate car chases. The grand jury, which acted after hearing the testimoney of two civilian witnesses, three patrolmen and a New Rocbelle detective, charged Nicholas J. Porcelli. 19. of 2449 Tiemann Ave., and Zef Mustafa, 16, of 2359 Cambreleng Ave., the Bronx, with assault, reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon.
It charged Thomas Hartv, 18, of 560 E. 189 St.. arid Nicholas Tellone, 16, of 2409 Cambreleng Ave., the Bronx, with reckless endangerment and possession of a weapon.
The grand jury dismissed charges against Michael Magnotta, 21. of 2312 Hughes Ave., Nickv Calisi, 19. of 2742 Holland Ave., and Richard Martin. 18. of 2408 Cambreleng Ave., all the Bronx; Filippo Granito. 21, of 15 Breglia St.. Yonkers; and Salvatore Locascio, 18. of 240 Garth Road, Eastchester.
The charges against Porcelli, Mustafa, Harty and Tellone will be prosecuted in County Court."

Could this be the same Nicky Calisi in this bust? The ages seem to match up.

Wow....good find. That's the same guy. As Charlie pointed out, hung out with Joe Dente Jr and was in the father's crew from the beginning. But interesting that Tore and his guys, (Martino, Zef, and Porcelli) were hanging out with future Genovese guys when they were in their teens.
The other guy they mentioned Tommy Harty was a psycho and was always on his own and never "with" anybody.
One day in the early 80's the cops came to arrest him where he lived at 189th street and there was a shoot out. He took one in the leg and jumped out the window into the backyards of the private houses next to the building. They eventually got him, but he was a fucking maniac willing to shoot it out with cops. I don't know what ever became of him.

[TSNYC]

Murray Richman once told me Joe Dente (assuming Sr) was basis for Sonny character in Bronx tale. Who knows if he was just telling tales.


This indictment wasn’t too detailed. Assuming there will be story tomorrow from capeci. Curious if case is really just some gambling stuff which is largely legal at this point.

[JohnnyS]

This is from August 2021

https://casetext.com/case/falcetti-v-wa ... y-harbor-2

The Commission also reports in its statement of material facts, see R. 4:46-2(a), that "[p]laintiff's father, Pasquale Falcetti, Sr., has been identified by numerous law enforcement agencies as a capo in the Genovese organized crime family."

viewtopic.php?f=29&t=8032&p=206241

I've seen these. In regards to the Falcetti Jr. case, it's not 100% clear (at least to me) if it's in reference to past or present. Immediately following the sentence above, they refer (as a basis for the accusation) to cases in 2003 and 2014, the latter where he was indicted as a captain.

Generally speaking, the Waterfront Commission reports have a lot of good info. But some things bring up questions. For example, in that same 2018-2019 report, they labeled Anthony Ciccone a captain. The guy is pushing 90 (old by even LCN standards) and hasn't been indicted in 20 years (though he was obviously named in the 2005 RICO complaint by the feds when they tried to take over the ILA). It makes me wonder if they're labeling him a captain because that's the last rank he was known having before falling off the radar.

The Gangland article is more clear. Though Capeci refers to Falcetti's case back in 2001, when he was charged as a soldier, him labeling him a "capo" is obviously present tense. But it's like the Waterfront reports above. While Capeci generally has good info, some things bring up questions. For example, in 2019 and 2020 he labeled Alphonse Malangone a capo. Allie Shades is also in his mid 80's and hasn't been charged in over 25 years. Is he really still a captain or is Capeci being a loose with the terminology?

While, as Pogo said, Balsamo taking over the Ardito crew is a possibility, it just seems he's always been closer to identified people from the Bellomo crew, including his brother in law Sal Larca. That's what leads me to wonder if Balsamo took over that crew.

Balsamo served a sentence after pleading guilty to narcotics trafficking. Ardito crew has always been heavily involved in that. Falcetti's promotion to capo roughly coincided with Bellomo becoming boss. Falcetti was first IDd as a capo in September 2013, so he most likely got the straps sometime between December 2011 and September 2013.

https://archives.fbi.gov/archives/newyo ... n-sharking

Makes sense I think you're right.

I just remembered too that Falcetti was named a captain in the Campos indictment.

Outside of the diner, officers also observed, among others, Pasquale “Patty” Falcetti, a captain in the Genovese family,

[Bruno187]

I found the clipping from the 1981 event with Tommy Harty when the cops came to arrest him.
Tried to upload it, but I'm not sure if I've been successful. I guess we'll see.

[Cheech]

Murray Richman once told me Joe Dente (assuming Sr) was basis for Sonny character in Bronx tale. Who knows if he was just telling tales.


This indictment wasn’t too detailed. Assuming there will be story tomorrow from capeci. Curious if case is really just some gambling stuff which is largely legal at this point.

Nope. Looks like he wrote all about John Gotti

Bruno, it did upload. Thanks for sharing. Hope all is well with you.

[TommyGambino]

Balsamo seems to be one of the more active Genovese guys or the feds have a hard on for him as he seems to be caught up in a more of the recent genovese busts. 2006, East Coast LCN case and now this one

Or he's just extremely active and easier to indict

[sisterray]

Or the guy has the kind of mug you’d wanna indict

[Pmac2]

They must have came rite to him with you can go free start a new life. Take all your money sell all your property and will pay you for a decade just give us barney