NOTES:
1) Updates will be made accordingly.
2) MADE members are underlined in bold text.
3) Red font indicates being featured on previous 1965 chart.
4)Blue font = Year Made.
5) Underlined = Made
FORMER:
1976-1985
Boss - James Licavoli Died in prison
Underboss - Leo Mocero- murderd in 76
Underboss - Angelo Lonardo - Acting boss in 1981
Consigliere - Anthony Delsanter - died 77
Consigliere - John Tronolone - acting boss 82-85
Crews -John Colandra - Made 1977 - Incarcerated 7-8-82; 14 years
--Ronald Carrabia- 5-23-82; Life
--Herbert Walsh - 11-85; 25 years
--Pasquale Cisternino - 5-23-82 Life
--Samuel Trovato - 4-24-78(???)
--Donald Ready - 2-28-78; 2-4 years
-Thomas Sinito- Made 1979 - Incarcerated 6-11-86; 31 years
--Charles Sinito - 8-3-31; 4 years
--Ronald Anselmo - 3-25-86; 13 years
--Albert Weiner - 3-6-82; 2-3 years
--Angelo John Lonardo - 10-26-84; 15 years
--Lester Williams - 1-27-86; 6 years
--Ronald Bey - 2-75; 3 years
-Joseph Gallo - Made 1979 - Incarcerated 1-25-85; life
--Glenn Pawley -
--Anthony Bardo -
--Samuel Bentempo -
--Raymond Triscaro
--Joseph Leanza
--Joseph Linzzo
--Richard Craven
--Donald Smith
--Walter Mitchell
others:
Carmen Zagaria - federal witness.
Kevin MCTaggary
Hans Graewe(?)
Gregory Hoven
-Anthony Liberatore - Made 1977 - Incarcerated 7-8-82; 14 years
--Thomas Lanci
--Dominic Pietro - Acting
--Martin Rini
--Chester Libertore
CURRENT (1985) 1985 Admin
Boss - John Tronolone - acting boss and consigliere
***Underboss - Angelo Lonardo - federal witness, position vacant
Unofficial Consigliere- Milton Rockman
INACTIVE: JImmy lafatch
Tony lafatch
Alfred polizzi
sal papalardo
slyvester papalardo
paul demaio
paul lamonge
dominic sospirato
Stefano Randazzo Anthony Panzarella
Ralph Carpinelli
ACTIVE: -Battista
-Joseph Iaccobaci - Made 1983
-Russell Papalardo - Made 1983 - Incarcerated 1-29-86; 6 years -Dominic Lonardo -Miami - is he WITH Buffalo or made IN Buffalo?
Immediate superior is either Iaccobaci or Pappalardo Associate Crews without Captains the "card shop" crew William "billy d" dileno
Martin "mutt " defabio
Gary "midget" compala George"gigi" argie
sam " bones" perconti
al "big Al " miccotroto
JOhn trunzo Joe "joe spags" spagnolo
The" Hotel sterling" crew
Sam lucarelli
victor nelli
mike panzarella
greg mascio william denova
biago oddo
james decore
joe nelli
robert schuman
Sanzo crew offshoot crew
gambling operated in geneva , ashtabula and stubenville as main areas based out of Collinwood Peter sanzo
collinwood guys tony delguyd
glen paulie
john iorillo
jonn olivero
ron lucarelli
Tony delmonti
Phil delmonti
Floyd Federico
Frank pericio jr
akron tony arnone
Last edited by Angelo Santino on Tue Sep 12, 2017 2:39 pm, edited 19 times in total.
You can add Russell Papalardo as a member. Also Moceri was killed in 1976.
Pogo
It's a new morning in America... fresh, vital. The old cynicism is gone. We have faith in our leaders. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all. It really boils down to our ability to accept. We don't need pessimism. There are no limits.
The 1970's hit CL and PT pretty hard. First you had the dying and attrition of older members, and given the hold on making new members there was something of a 30 year age gap before new ones were admitted. Which brings us to the ORV economy: the Pennsylvania Rail Road company has been broken up and those jobs had gone. Factories are relocating to China.
Would you guys say this economic downturn hit the local LCN just as hard as its elder members dying?
And with these four capos Calandra, Gallo, Sinito and Liberatore, what crew or crews did they inherit? Or was the entire family restructured at some point in the 1980's?
I recall reading somewhere that Tommy Sinito took over Angelo Lonardos Crew. I don't know how accurate that is. Being that Sinito was made about 3 years after Lonardo was promoted to UnderBoss it was probably not a direct succession. Of course by then there really wasn't much to succeed in terms of actual crews. Sinito probably took over some of Lonardos operations. Looks to me that the above 4 were just promoted to Capo by Licavoli without them having any actual crews (in terms of members).
Also Lonardo was Acting Boss until 1983.
Pogo
It's a new morning in America... fresh, vital. The old cynicism is gone. We have faith in our leaders. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all. It really boils down to our ability to accept. We don't need pessimism. There are no limits.
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 5:11 pm
I recall reading somewhere that Tommy Sinito took over Angelo Lonardos Crew. I don't know how accurate that is. Being that Sinito was made about 3 years after Lonardo was promoted to UnderBoss it was probably not a direct succession. Of course by then there really wasn't much to succeed in terms of actual crews. Sinito probably took over some of Lonardos operations. Looks to me that the above 4 were just promoted to Capo by Licavoli without them having any actual crews (in terms of members).
Also Lonardo was Acting Boss until 1983.
Pogo
Interesting you mentioned that. Going back to Jack Licavoli in the 60's, he was a Capo but it seemed like he had less of a crew and more like a network of people overseeing gambling operations throughout northeast OH including YT. It really makes you re-evaluate the idea of a capo and how it was utilized in a non-urban i.e. non New York setting.
Would you say that CL circa 1980's could be compared to Philly under Stanfa (without the war) in terms of structural instability?
Yeah that is a good comparison in terms of how depleted the crews were. Though it was even worse in Cleveland since by the early 80s there were probably less than 10 active members on the street. So the above 4 were Capos over nothing.
Pogo
It's a new morning in America... fresh, vital. The old cynicism is gone. We have faith in our leaders. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all. It really boils down to our ability to accept. We don't need pessimism. There are no limits.
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 6:55 pm
Yeah that is a good comparison in terms of how depleted the crews were. Though it was even worse in Cleveland since by the early 80s there were probably less than 10 active members on the street. So the above 4 were Capos over nothing.
Pogo
Agreed but throughout the histories of CL and PT, soldiers haven't been indicative of a captain's power. In many some, while having two or three formally made members under him, also had a entourage of relatives, in laws and non-made associates that functioned as representatives. Someone like Jack Licavoli in 1960's probably had less than 10 made guys under him but essentially controlled eastern Ohio.
Granted none of these 80's guys can be compared to Licavoli circa 1960 but it could be viewed as a smaller version of a longer tradition. In fact, after Scalish died, didn't they only initially make 2 members and they didn't even recall how to conduct a ceremony?
I'm not sure that was the tradition in Cleveland. Since they had 50-60 made members at one time they must have had several Capos with actual crews under them.
And yeah after Scalish died they only made 2 new members (thouth they got the OK from NY to make 10 and more if they wanted so evidently they initially planned to make several more). According to Frattiano it had been so long since they helf a ceremony in Cleveland (almost 30 years) that they had forgotten how to do it.
Pogo
It's a new morning in America... fresh, vital. The old cynicism is gone. We have faith in our leaders. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all. It really boils down to our ability to accept. We don't need pessimism. There are no limits.
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2017 7:35 pm
I'm not sure that was the tradition in Cleveland. Since they had 50-60 made members at one time they must have had several Capos with actual crews under them.
That's true. But of that 50-60, about 1/3 of them were spread out across the state and about 4-5 were in Florida/MX and another 5 were semi-retired, leaving us with about 20-25 made members in Cleveland city. That would have fallen under Brancato and possibly Lonardo. Akron appears to be have been the secondary city most active in outside of CL and that goes back to the 1910's also.
In the 1920's Gentile spoke of two captains in CL, not sure if there were more or that's all there was in the city.
1965 is going to be two separate charts, the first one will be a map with names/photos, the second one hierarchical.
I'm not sure whether or not two charts for 1985 is necessary. Outside of Cleveland, Akron and maybe Youngstown, that's basically it. Weren't all four captains: Sinito, Calandra, Liberatore and Gallo all in and around Cleveland city? If so, just a hierarchy one is needed.
Seems the Cleveland family was all chiefs and no indians by the early 80s. In 1981 the only active members were
Boss: Jack Licavoli
UnderBoss: Angelo Lonardo
Consiglieri: John Tronolone
Capos: Tony Liberatore, Tommy Sinito, Joe Gallo and John Calandra
Active Soldiers: ????? - Maybe Charlie Carisi. He helped Lonardo conduct the 1983 ceremony but I don't know how active he was. Maybe Joseph Pieri is another one. Any others? Iacobacci and Papalardo were made in 1983 after Licavoli, Liberatore and Calandra were imprisoned.
Pogo
It's a new morning in America... fresh, vital. The old cynicism is gone. We have faith in our leaders. We're optimistic as to what becomes of it all. It really boils down to our ability to accept. We don't need pessimism. There are no limits.
Chris Christie wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 8:46 am
Strocco, FriendofFamily, JCB:
1965 is going to be two separate charts, the first one will be a map with names/photos, the second one hierarchical.
I'm not sure whether or not two charts for 1985 is necessary. Outside of Cleveland, Akron and maybe Youngstown, that's basically it. Weren't all four captains: Sinito, Calandra, Liberatore and Gallo all in and around Cleveland city? If so, just a hierarchy one is needed.
Thoughts?
you will only need one chart ,
"if he's such A sports wizard , whys he tending bar ?" Nicky Scarfo
Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Thu Aug 31, 2017 5:56 pm
Seems the Cleveland family was all chiefs and no indians by the early 80s. In 1981 the only active members were
Boss: Jack Licavoli
UnderBoss: Angelo Lonardo
Consiglieri: John Tronolone
Capos: Tony Liberatore, Tommy Sinito, Joe Gallo and John Calandra
Active Soldiers: ????? - Maybe Charlie Carisi. He helped Lonardo conduct the 1983 ceremony but I don't know how active he was. Maybe Joseph Pieri is another one. Any others? Iacobacci and Papalardo were made in 1983 after Licavoli, Liberatore and Calandra were imprisoned.
Pogo
There is noCharlie carisi , it was Charles cassaro who helped with the ceremony when they couldn't remember it in 76 or 77 and he died shortly later
Carmen basile, bones Batista Jimmy la fatch few active made guys
Jospeh pieri was with Buffalo and close to peanuts tronolone
"if he's such A sports wizard , whys he tending bar ?" Nicky Scarfo
