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Re: Pete DiFronzo dead from Corona Virus

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Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
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SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
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Re: Pete DiFronzo dead from Corona Virus

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Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82

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Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
Even then, the sources for some of these guys being made are tenuous at best (Talarico, Rocco Lombardo). Probably only a dozen guys right now that we can point to as definitely being made and out of prison.
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Guys at the Club were talking about him Thursday and Friday about having COVID. I really wasn't paying all that much attention to it.
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What club?
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funkster wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:42 amWhat club?
I think FOH is talking about an Italian-American club, if I'm not mistaken.
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Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:18 am
Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
Even then, the sources for some of these guys being made are tenuous at best (Talarico, Rocco Lombardo). Probably only a dozen guys right now that we can point to as definitely being made and out of prison.
I think your right. I would add Dino mArino as a possible way more so than the other names on there besides Bellavia and nick cataudella. Other than that spot on and I think the real number is probably around 12ish as you said. I think Rocco Lombardo and talarico would be less likely to be made then Bellavia, Nick cataudella or Dino Marino.
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Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:59 am
funkster wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:42 amWhat club?
I think FOH is talking about an Italian-American club, if I'm not mistaken.
lol yeah, i'm hoping he'll spill the beans.
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Re: Pete DiFronzo dead from Corona Virus

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Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:18 am
Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
Even then, the sources for some of these guys being made are tenuous at best (Talarico, Rocco Lombardo). Probably only a dozen guys right now that we can point to as definitely being made and out of prison.
I'd think Spina, Panozzo Sr, and Carparelli warrant being under "possible members".
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PolackTony wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:04 am
Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:18 am
Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
Even then, the sources for some of these guys being made are tenuous at best (Talarico, Rocco Lombardo). Probably only a dozen guys right now that we can point to as definitely being made and out of prison.
I'd think Spina, Panozzo Sr, and Carparelli warrant being under "possible members".
Well, this is Wiseguy's list. I try to keep track of possible or suspected members in the Charts section. The problem is that the sourcing for this stuff is so poor. Compared to New York, where indictments almost always list the status of the defendants within the LCN structure, Chicago rarely ever does and the only time they did was when they had a witness who was able to testify to such. It's more of a dearth of cooperating witnesses than anything. I'm trying to collect files but as most of you know the intel on "live" members is almost redacted. After that, I can only go on what little shreds I pick up here or there or on less reliable sources such as the Chicago Crime Commission or Scott B's website, neither of which I put as much faith in as a federal document. We can make presumptions about guys like Sal Cataudella based on his position within the organization but Scott is the only source for that intel. It makes it tough. I'm thinking of splitting it up into buckets based on "confidence" but I'm not really sure.
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Re: Pete DiFronzo dead from Corona Virus

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Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:19 am
PolackTony wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:04 am
Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:18 am
Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
Even then, the sources for some of these guys being made are tenuous at best (Talarico, Rocco Lombardo). Probably only a dozen guys right now that we can point to as definitely being made and out of prison.
I'd think Spina, Panozzo Sr, and Carparelli warrant being under "possible members".
Well, this is Wiseguy's list. I try to keep track of possible or suspected members in the Charts section. The problem is that the sourcing for this stuff is so poor. Compared to New York, where indictments almost always list the status of the defendants within the LCN structure, Chicago rarely ever does and the only time they did was when they had a witness who was able to testify to such. It's more of a dearth of cooperating witnesses than anything. I'm trying to collect files but as most of you know the intel on "live" members is almost redacted. After that, I can only go on what little shreds I pick up here or there or on less reliable sources such as the Chicago Crime Commission or Scott B's website, neither of which I put as much faith in as a federal document. We can make presumptions about guys like Sal Cataudella based on his position within the organization but Scott is the only source for that intel. It makes it tough. I'm thinking of splitting it up into buckets based on "confidence" but I'm not really sure.
Given the poor evidentiary base we have to work with, I think tiers or "buckets" of confidence is a reasonable approach.
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Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:19 am
PolackTony wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:04 am
Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:18 am
Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
Even then, the sources for some of these guys being made are tenuous at best (Talarico, Rocco Lombardo). Probably only a dozen guys right now that we can point to as definitely being made and out of prison.
I'd think Spina, Panozzo Sr, and Carparelli warrant being under "possible members".
Well, this is Wiseguy's list. I try to keep track of possible or suspected members in the Charts section. The problem is that the sourcing for this stuff is so poor. Compared to New York, where indictments almost always list the status of the defendants within the LCN structure, Chicago rarely ever does and the only time they did was when they had a witness who was able to testify to such. It's more of a dearth of cooperating witnesses than anything. I'm trying to collect files but as most of you know the intel on "live" members is almost redacted. After that, I can only go on what little shreds I pick up here or there or on less reliable sources such as the Chicago Crime Commission or Scott B's website, neither of which I put as much faith in as a federal document. We can make presumptions about guys like Sal Cataudella based on his position within the organization but Scott is the only source for that intel. It makes it tough. I'm thinking of splitting it up into buckets based on "confidence" but I'm not really sure.
Scott is not the only source for intel about Sal cataudella position. There was that federal document that came out about sarno and cataudella being the top 2 guys in the mob. The Mutt and Jeff article.
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Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:19 am
PolackTony wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 11:04 am
Snakes wrote: Mon Dec 07, 2020 8:18 am
Wiseguy wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:22 pm
SonnyBlackstein wrote: Sun Dec 06, 2020 11:18 pm Wow. Thanks for the post.
End of an era with both brothers gone.

Anything left of the outfit? Seems like NE, remenants.
This is the latest I've seen listed. Ages may be a bit older now. Some of these guys can't be far behind.

Members:

1. Joseph Andriacchi / 87
2. Bruno Caruso / 74
3. Frank Caruso / 73
4. Salvatore Cataudella / 66
5. Salvatore DeLaurentis / 80
6. Rudolph Fratto / 76
7. Nicholas Guzzino / 77
8. James Inendino / 78
9. Rocco Lombardo / 83
10. Michael Magnafichi / 57
11. James Marcello / 77
12. John Matassa, Jr./68
13. Michael Sarno / 61
14. Michael Spano, Sr./78
15. Michael Talarico / 67
16. Albert Vena / 71

Possible Members:

1. Robert Bellavia / 79
2. Nicholas Cataudella / 58
3. Gary Gagliano / 76
4. Michael Marcello / 63
5. Lawrence Pettit / 90
6. Jerome Scalise / 82
Even then, the sources for some of these guys being made are tenuous at best (Talarico, Rocco Lombardo). Probably only a dozen guys right now that we can point to as definitely being made and out of prison.
I'd think Spina, Panozzo Sr, and Carparelli warrant being under "possible members".
Well, this is Wiseguy's list. I try to keep track of possible or suspected members in the Charts section. The problem is that the sourcing for this stuff is so poor. Compared to New York, where indictments almost always list the status of the defendants within the LCN structure, Chicago rarely ever does and the only time they did was when they had a witness who was able to testify to such. It's more of a dearth of cooperating witnesses than anything. I'm trying to collect files but as most of you know the intel on "live" members is almost redacted. After that, I can only go on what little shreds I pick up here or there or on less reliable sources such as the Chicago Crime Commission or Scott B's website, neither of which I put as much faith in as a federal document. We can make presumptions about guys like Sal Cataudella based on his position within the organization but Scott is the only source for that intel. It makes it tough. I'm thinking of splitting it up into buckets based on "confidence" but I'm not really sure.
It's actually not my list. Though I do agree some guys, like Rocco Lombardo and Salvatore Cataudella, should be under "possible members."

I haven't seen Spina, Panozzo Sr, or Carparelli identified or even hinted as members by any official source. Just posters theorizing they could be, for whatever reason.
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