Nove Tocco General

[JoePuzzles234]

Figured it was probably a good idea to have a general thread for info from Nove Tocco. As a start, these are some random notes I’ve saved from various Patreon videos.

Previous threads:
Nove Tocco livestream notes (28 Feb)
Nove Tocco Q&A notes (31 Jan)
Nove Tocco now on YouTube/Patreon with Scott B

Bernard Marchesani:
• Scott B calls him a made member and Tocco does not push back on it (did not know him either way)

On Ceasar Badalamenti (1925-1998):

A builder, originally a carpenter and to my knowledge, he was a made guy in Detroit

John Sciarrotta:
• Called both Johnny Bananas (antics) and Johnny Pyjamas because when Tocco and Big Paulie Corrado would show up to his house, often he’d be half-awake in his sleeping clothes
• His father Anthony was a bookmaker around the family, not a made guy as some have claimed
• Tocco and others were upset about his latest drug conviction

Footage of Joe Zerilli funeral, with some attendees as identified by Nove and Scott:

Joe Zerilli’s nephew Sam Serra (son of Salvatore J.?)
Domenic Bommarito (d. 2017)
Pasquale Carlini aka Patty Cars
Jack Vito Giacalone
Anthony Joseph Corrado
Anthony Joseph Zerilli (Joe’s son)
Paul Anthony Corrado (Big Paulie)
Peter Dominic Tocco (d. 2024)
Samuel William Bagnasco

Additional Zerilli funeral attendees included “people” from Chicago, New York (Profaci relatives) and possibly St. Louis


Identified Pallbearers:

Nove Tocco
Joseph N. Tocco (Nove’s brother)
Mike Licavoli (cousin of Nove and Joseph, son of Dominic Joseph?)
Danny Rubino (Joe Zerilli’s grandson-in-law, son of Matthew?)
Anthony Zerilli (Tony Z’s son)
Eugene Baratta (Tony Z’s son-in-law)
Joe Zerilli (relation not identified)
Marino Cusenza [ph.] (Joe Zerilli’s grandson-in-law)

Joseph? v. Tawn Tocco:
Nove does not say it was his brother but “someone” was slapped by Anthony J. Tocco, then assaulted him and around 2 years later there was retaliation where this person was beaten

Joe Zerilli near death:
• Tocco visited Joe Zerilli in the hospital with his sister in the days prior to his death
• As Zerilli’s health began to fail, he would speak mostly Sicilian
• Anthony Zerilli warned his sons, Nove and others that they should closely watch Joe Zerilli because he suspected someone would try build their reputation by harming him in his old age
• The FBI had stopped surveilling him by this point

Misc:
• Paul (Big Paulie) and brother Peter Jack Corrado went to the same high school as Madonna and were apparently friends with her because she had been a cheerleader and they both played football
• Anthony J. Tocco apparently had an altercation with the FBI at his father’s funeral

[B.]

Thanks for staying up on this and sharing the info, Joe.

[JoePuzzles234]

Thanks for staying up on this and sharing the info, Joe.

No problem. I plan to continue my Patreon subscription for a few months more at this rate, so there will probably be a bunch more stuff added over time (at least from my side)

[JoePuzzles234]

The most recent video concerned the Gametax bust, here is some stuff that was of interest to me

Paul Joseph Tocco:
Nove on his father being indicted for extortion:

He had been in Nove’s bugged car during a car ride during a collection, Tocco told him to sit in the driver’s seat and then leave immediately when he came back

• He would also take his father to meetings with Peter Vitale and Jimmy Quasarano because they often spoke a Sicilian dialect where Nove would miss details because English was his first language
• Paul Joseph Tocco and Tony Giacalone had been childhood friends and were from the same neighbourhood
• He also knew Billy Jack, the Bagnasco brothers and Anthony D’Anna
• When he was arrested in Florida, he put on an Italian accent and pretended to not be able to speak English, Anthony Zerilli had to translate for him in front of the judge during arraignment
• Zerilli was Paul’s best man at his wedding

Scott makes a lot of comments around Paul Tocco just being a neighbourhood guy, despite his appearance in Motor City Mafia as a member – need to get this clarified

Gametax Trial:
• Left for Arizona the day after the indictment
• Sold one of his homes to build up money for the legal costs and tried telling his associates to also prepare financially - Big Paulie Corrado listened to his advice
• Did not believe that the Tocco brothers knew the weight of the indictment, especially Anthony but thinks Jack W. eventually made arrangements
• The court and lawyer costs eventually began to add up and a lot of Gametax extortion victims also began cooperating
• Jack Tocco did not like that Anthony Giacalone hired Bruce Cutler and was upset about that as well as Giacalone getting new suits
• Nove Tocco was represented by Bill Bufalino Jr. because he owed him a lot in gambling debts
• Jack W. told Nove that he should not wear pinky rings in court
• After an argument with Jack and Tawn in the courtroom, Anthony Zerilli received a phone call about it and when pressed, Nove said he was done with the disrespect