Louie Tartaglione highlights from recorded conversations

[Browniety86]

I'm sure Frank Coppa, Frankie Lino, Lou Tartaglione and others gave useful information but Sal Vitale is really the one who broke that family...

[Mason_dixon]

I'm sure Frank Coppa, Frankie Lino, Lou Tartaglione and others gave useful information but Sal Vitale is really the one who broke that family...

Sal was who really put the puzzle pieces together. The guy put in his fair share of work too. Frank Fiordillino Says sal was a "damn good solider" and really kept the family going until Joe got out in the early 90s. Also interesting how he had 4 sons and I don't think any or then ever got involved

[Browniety86]

I wonder how in the hell the Bonanno's kept it secret from other families Vitale was an ex corrections officer? A person would think other families would be leary of doing business with Vitale when he was AB if privy to that information...

[SonnyBlackstein]

I wonder how in the hell the Bonanno's kept it secret from other families Vitale was an ex corrections officer? A person would think other families would be leary of doing business with Vitale when he was AB if privy to that information...

It's not like he was a cop. Sure, wouldn't have looked good, but many more grevious rules are bent or broken than a guy who worked at a prison.

[Rocco]

I don't think Montagna was really a "Bronx guy" and just ended up with that crew. I think he's from Bushwick/Ridgewood per Frank Fiordillino who says they grew up together. Seccafico was living on Staten Island but was in a Bronx crew; he could be a Bronx guy I don't know anything about him. Donato seems to have been around Basciano a really long time , kinda strange he calls him Little Anthony but who knows. It's either Seccafico or Donato ... if it's Seccafico, Basciano must have been his rabbi - he was getting praised by VB then 3-4 years later he gets killed

Seccafico grew up in Brooklyn moved to SI as an adult.

[JakeTheSnake630]

Really looking forward to reading these files! Thank you Chin for all you contribute!