#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: Authorities learn of a new #NYC boss, Fontana gets life for killing his friend, #Cleveland police break up a gang war council, police smash Abbatemarco policy ring in #Brooklyn, #Adonis is guilty of perjury, #KansasCity boss's home explodes, #NewJersey charges dozens with running #Genovese gambling ring.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #PuebloCO posse kills Black Hander, #KansasCity police arrest 18 for extortion, Castaldo pleads guilty to #NYC artichoke racket, #Ohio racketeer is fatally shot, undercover agent takes down #WhitePlains NY gang, #Genovese boss has sentence extended.
#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NewYork mobsters swear to avenge a murder, #Brooklyn's Lauritano gets 5 years, #Albany grand jury indicts still operators, Anna #Genovese testifies about husband's rackets, jury hangs in #Zwillman tax trial, #KansasCity mobsters arrive in #Miami, #Civella is paroled.
#OTD (Feb 18) in #OrganizedCrime #History: ambush in #Harlem, mistrial in #Brooklyn, murder in #SewickleyPA, #BlackHand bombing in #Pittsburgh, boss eliminated in #Denver, #Genovese burial in #QueensNY, #Sinatra testimony in #NewJersey, deaths of #Costello and Amato.
#OTD (Feb. 12) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Mafia plan to assassinate #Petrosino is overheard at #HighlandNY; Corallo is born, Celentano is stabbed in #NYC, #artichoke case ends with hung jury, Miranda charge is dismissed in #Brooklyn, Coppola gets prison for #TaxEvasion, #Genovese crew is nabbed at #GarrisonNY.
#OTD (Feb. 11) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #BlackHand is blamed for #YoungstownOH fire, brothers are charged with Lucchino shooting at #PittstonPA, #Brooklyn boss Lauritano pleads guilty to perjury, #Lansky faces #bootlegging charge, #Sinatra goes to #Cuba with mobsters, #NewEngland boss #Patriarca testifies, #Genovese enters #Atlanta federal prison at start of drug sentence.
#OTD (Jan. 29) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC police release #BarrelMurder suspect, #Genovese is busted on weapons charge in #Brooklyn, #Manhattan gangster says #Lansky and #Siegel tried to kill him, Albergo bros become casualties of Gallo-Profaci War, #Ohio judge directs acquittal of mob arsonist.
#OTD (Jan. 17) in #OrganizedCrime #History: births of #Masseria and #Capone, #Volstead enforcement begins, arrests of #Genovese and #Torrio, a photo shows Capone and #Nucky in #AtlanticCity, #LuckyLuciano Lucania is urged to cancel a movie deal, the #Dallas boss dies.
