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Former Mayor of Niles, OH charged with gambing operation
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Yeah if he was booking that far back he had to be paying murgie direclty or indirecly no?FriendofHenry wrote:Latest headline in today's Vindicator:
Roots of gambling run deep in Ralph Infante's Niles - See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/news-local/#s ... 4sM4k.dpuf
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To the best of my knowledge, everything from Niles went thru Joe Perfette to Charlie Murgie.
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FOH,
Wasn't Joe Perfette a contact for you?? Or you knew of someone that use Joe Perfette for some business?
Wasn't Joe Perfette a contact for you?? Or you knew of someone that use Joe Perfette for some business?
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I ran the first million dollar State of Ohio EEO road job in Downtown Niles in the late 70s. Charlie introduced me to Joe just so he knew I was close to "Uncle Charlie". I regularly had lunch at The Spot with most of the Niles Crew. There were times that Joe would tell me that I should go see my "Uncle".So I guess you could call him a contact for meFriendofFamily wrote:FOH,
Wasn't Joe Perfette a contact for you?? Or you knew of someone that use Joe Perfette for some business?
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Interesting that the Trumbull County Commissioner called Niles the "hub of gambling" for Northeast Ohio. Whiel I agree that Niles/Warren certainly was a large gambling center, Youngstown was bigger and had more action...especially after 1982 when most made members were out of Trumbull County except Charlie Imburgia. The All American Club Casino in Campbell made more money than all Niles bookmaking operations put together.
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Once again we agree. In the 80's I believe that The All American Club was considered the largest money producer in the country outside of Vegas.JCB1977 wrote:Interesting that the Trumbull County Commissioner called Niles the "hub of gambling" for Northeast Ohio. Whiel I agree that Niles/Warren certainly was a large gambling center, Youngstown was bigger and had more action...especially after 1982 when most made members were out of Trumbull County except Charlie Imburgia. The All American Club Casino in Campbell made more money than all Niles bookmaking operations put together.
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I also agree that Charlie was the last Pittsburgh "Made Man" standing after 1982 in Trumbull County, but lets not forget Tony Delsanter, Cleveland's last "Made Man" standing also in Trumbull County.
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Tony D died in the late 70's. But even when he was there in Trumbull County, Mahoning and Columbiana counties as well as Greater Youngstown had Jimmy Prato, Joey Naples, Lenny Strollo as made guys and operating enormous gambling operations...and lets not forget the Carabbia brothers and their family running all of Struthers, OH in Mahoning County.FriendofHenry wrote:I also agree that Charlie was the last Pittsburgh "Made Man" standing after 1982 in Trumbull County, but lets not forget Tony Delsanter, Cleveland's last "Made Man" standing also in Trumbull County.
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My point was that Trumbull County only had Charlie and Tony while there were several influential "guys" in Mahoning County.
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Re: Joseph Perfette (Source: 1990 Pennsylvania Crime Commission Report on Organized Crime)
Joseph Perfette Since the 1970s
the LaRocca/Genovese LCN Family
had been receiving tribute from gambling
enterprises operating in the
Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH,
area. During the mid-1980s, the
Family expanded its territory into
Trumbull County, OH. The gambling
operations here had long been controlled
by Joseph Perfette, who had
been paying tribute to the Cleveland
LCN. Those gambling enterprises
included illegal numbers and sports
betting operations, illegal gambling
casinos, and illegal gambling machines.
During the mid-1980s, the Pittsburgh
LCN, represented by member,
Charles Imburgia, struck an agreement
with the Cleveland LCN Family, represented
by Cleveland LCN member
Joseph "Peanuts" Tronolone. According
to the terms of the agreement,
Imburgia would assume control of
Trumbull County gambling operations.
The Pittsburgh LCN would then give
the Cleveland LCN, through its operatives
Joseph James lacobacci, Jr. and
Russell Papalardo, 50 percent of the
profits after all expenses were paid.
Imburgia assigned Jack Lorenzetti,
62, of Niles, OH, to help Joseph
Perfette run the gambling enterprise
and to ensure that the Pittsburgh and
Cleveland LCN Families received the
appropriate monies from those operations.
During late 1987 and early 1988,
the aforementioned Trumbull County
gambling enterprises were the subject
of a federal investigation which culminated
with the April 1990 indictment
of Joseph Perfette, of Warren,
OH, and four of his associates .
Indicted with Perfette were Thomas
Matash, Ronald Beal, Robert Dalson,
and Guy Paul Gaetano. The defendants
were charged with conducting,
financing, managing, and supervising
an illegal sports and numbers bookmaking
operation.
In May 1990, Perfette, Beal,
Matash, and Gaetano pled guilty to
federal gambling violations. Perfette
was subsequently sentenced to 14
months' incarceration; Beal and
Matash were sentenced to 12
months' incarceration; and Gaetano
was sentenced to 15 months. Dalson
was acquitted in a jury trial.
Joseph Perfette Since the 1970s
the LaRocca/Genovese LCN Family
had been receiving tribute from gambling
enterprises operating in the
Youngstown, Mahoning County, OH,
area. During the mid-1980s, the
Family expanded its territory into
Trumbull County, OH. The gambling
operations here had long been controlled
by Joseph Perfette, who had
been paying tribute to the Cleveland
LCN. Those gambling enterprises
included illegal numbers and sports
betting operations, illegal gambling
casinos, and illegal gambling machines.
During the mid-1980s, the Pittsburgh
LCN, represented by member,
Charles Imburgia, struck an agreement
with the Cleveland LCN Family, represented
by Cleveland LCN member
Joseph "Peanuts" Tronolone. According
to the terms of the agreement,
Imburgia would assume control of
Trumbull County gambling operations.
The Pittsburgh LCN would then give
the Cleveland LCN, through its operatives
Joseph James lacobacci, Jr. and
Russell Papalardo, 50 percent of the
profits after all expenses were paid.
Imburgia assigned Jack Lorenzetti,
62, of Niles, OH, to help Joseph
Perfette run the gambling enterprise
and to ensure that the Pittsburgh and
Cleveland LCN Families received the
appropriate monies from those operations.
During late 1987 and early 1988,
the aforementioned Trumbull County
gambling enterprises were the subject
of a federal investigation which culminated
with the April 1990 indictment
of Joseph Perfette, of Warren,
OH, and four of his associates .
Indicted with Perfette were Thomas
Matash, Ronald Beal, Robert Dalson,
and Guy Paul Gaetano. The defendants
were charged with conducting,
financing, managing, and supervising
an illegal sports and numbers bookmaking
operation.
In May 1990, Perfette, Beal,
Matash, and Gaetano pled guilty to
federal gambling violations. Perfette
was subsequently sentenced to 14
months' incarceration; Beal and
Matash were sentenced to 12
months' incarceration; and Gaetano
was sentenced to 15 months. Dalson
was acquitted in a jury trial.
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To the best of my knowledge, prior to Joe taking a fall in 1990, he was the one who had direct contact with Charlie.
It would be reasonable that Jackie Lorenzetti was Charlie's contact after 1990 for whatever was left in Niles.
It would be reasonable that Jackie Lorenzetti was Charlie's contact after 1990 for whatever was left in Niles.
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If I'm not mistaken, the Lorenzetti and Nannicola family were inter-related somehow...I would have thought that Jack knew Charlie through the family connection...FriendofHenry wrote:To the best of my knowledge, prior to Joe taking a fall in 1990, he was the one who had direct contact with Charlie.
It would be reasonable that Jackie Lorenzetti was Charlie's contact after 1990 for whatever was left in Niles.
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"I figure I’m gonna have to do about 6000 years before I get accepted into heaven. And 6000 years is nothing in eternity terms. I can do that standing on my head. It’s like a couple of days here."
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This article was from June 7, 2002 in the Warren Tribune Chronicle in regards to Joe Perfette:
Warren search nets $455,000
By JOHN GRANT EMEIGH Tribune Chronicle
WARREN - Nearly a half million dollars in suspected proceeds from illegal gambling had gone undiscovered for at least 12 years before being seized by federal agents inside a Carlton Drive N.W. residence Wednesday afternoon.
FBI agents and Warren police officers found $455,000 in cash during a search of residence about 4:30 p.m., FBI Special Agent Jeff Sadlak said Thursday. Sadlak said investigators believe the money was left over from an illegal sports bookmaking operation that was run by Joseph Perfette of Howland in the 1980s.
''Crime does pay for a while, then it catches up to you,'' Sadlak said.
The money was found in the home of Joseph Perfette's brother and sister, Robert and Lucy Perfette. No one was arrested, and no charges have been filed.
Robert Perfette, who works in the engraving department of the Tribune Chronicle, declined to comment Thursday afternoon about the search.
Joseph Perfette, who resides at 332 Avalon Drive, Howland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in 1990 to running an illegal gambling business and signing a false tax return. According to affidavits filed by the FBI in 1990, Joseph Perfette was head of all organized crime gambling activities in Trumbull County at the time.
The FBI described him as a bookie who ran sports betting, a daily numbers game and various casino games and as having ties to organized crime families in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. These operations reportedly netted more than $3.5 million in wagers between December 1987 and January 1988, according to the FBI.
Two affidavits unsealed in 1990 said Perfette ran a sports-betting business out of an apartment above a hair salon on Parkman Road N.W. The operation ran under the name of J & P Novelty.
His was described as ''the large operation'' in Warren, with at least 20 bookmakers laying off bets to him.
Perfette also was charged with running a numbers bank at a club on East Market Street and an illegal craps game played in the back room of a club on Elm Road N.E.
Informants tipped off the FBI, and agents tapped telephone lines, listened to thousands of calls, then conducted raids in February 1988. Investigators speculated that the $3 million-a-year business may have been the biggest bookmaking and numbers ring in northeast Ohio.
Informants also linked the operations to Pittsburgh and Cleveland mob families. Informants told agents the Pittsburgh family's attempt to gain control over Perfette's operations in 1978 touched off a gang war that left six dead and gambling in Warren under Cleveland control.
A dispute in 1986 ended with mob factions sharing profits but left the Cleveland family unhappy with the arrangement, informants said.
The FBI also reported Joseph Perfette made false statements on federal income tax returns in 1987 and 1988 by failing to report his occupation and under-reporting the income he derived.
Joseph Perfette was sentenced to 14 months in prison, a $10,000 fine and three years supervised probation.
A federal search warrant was obtained Wednesday from U.S. Magistrate George J. Limbert to search the home on Carlton Drive. Sadlak wouldn't say how agents were tipped off about the money or where in the home they found the money. Detective Fred Hoolihan of Warren Police Department assisted in the search, but referred all questions to the federal agency.
The search warrant was ordered sealed by the judge, meaning it was not available to the public.
Sadlak said the FBI will begin civil forfeiture procedures to determine where the money will go. If the money turns out to have been obtained through criminal activity, the money could go to the various law enforcement agencies who participated in the investigation to be used for operational expenses.
http://www.vindy.com/news/2002/jun/07/w ... rom/?print
Warren search nets $455,000
By JOHN GRANT EMEIGH Tribune Chronicle
WARREN - Nearly a half million dollars in suspected proceeds from illegal gambling had gone undiscovered for at least 12 years before being seized by federal agents inside a Carlton Drive N.W. residence Wednesday afternoon.
FBI agents and Warren police officers found $455,000 in cash during a search of residence about 4:30 p.m., FBI Special Agent Jeff Sadlak said Thursday. Sadlak said investigators believe the money was left over from an illegal sports bookmaking operation that was run by Joseph Perfette of Howland in the 1980s.
''Crime does pay for a while, then it catches up to you,'' Sadlak said.
The money was found in the home of Joseph Perfette's brother and sister, Robert and Lucy Perfette. No one was arrested, and no charges have been filed.
Robert Perfette, who works in the engraving department of the Tribune Chronicle, declined to comment Thursday afternoon about the search.
Joseph Perfette, who resides at 332 Avalon Drive, Howland, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in 1990 to running an illegal gambling business and signing a false tax return. According to affidavits filed by the FBI in 1990, Joseph Perfette was head of all organized crime gambling activities in Trumbull County at the time.
The FBI described him as a bookie who ran sports betting, a daily numbers game and various casino games and as having ties to organized crime families in Cleveland and Pittsburgh. These operations reportedly netted more than $3.5 million in wagers between December 1987 and January 1988, according to the FBI.
Two affidavits unsealed in 1990 said Perfette ran a sports-betting business out of an apartment above a hair salon on Parkman Road N.W. The operation ran under the name of J & P Novelty.
His was described as ''the large operation'' in Warren, with at least 20 bookmakers laying off bets to him.
Perfette also was charged with running a numbers bank at a club on East Market Street and an illegal craps game played in the back room of a club on Elm Road N.E.
Informants tipped off the FBI, and agents tapped telephone lines, listened to thousands of calls, then conducted raids in February 1988. Investigators speculated that the $3 million-a-year business may have been the biggest bookmaking and numbers ring in northeast Ohio.
Informants also linked the operations to Pittsburgh and Cleveland mob families. Informants told agents the Pittsburgh family's attempt to gain control over Perfette's operations in 1978 touched off a gang war that left six dead and gambling in Warren under Cleveland control.
A dispute in 1986 ended with mob factions sharing profits but left the Cleveland family unhappy with the arrangement, informants said.
The FBI also reported Joseph Perfette made false statements on federal income tax returns in 1987 and 1988 by failing to report his occupation and under-reporting the income he derived.
Joseph Perfette was sentenced to 14 months in prison, a $10,000 fine and three years supervised probation.
A federal search warrant was obtained Wednesday from U.S. Magistrate George J. Limbert to search the home on Carlton Drive. Sadlak wouldn't say how agents were tipped off about the money or where in the home they found the money. Detective Fred Hoolihan of Warren Police Department assisted in the search, but referred all questions to the federal agency.
The search warrant was ordered sealed by the judge, meaning it was not available to the public.
Sadlak said the FBI will begin civil forfeiture procedures to determine where the money will go. If the money turns out to have been obtained through criminal activity, the money could go to the various law enforcement agencies who participated in the investigation to be used for operational expenses.
http://www.vindy.com/news/2002/jun/07/w ... rom/?print
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