He appointed Gaetano Vastola to oversee the family while he was behind bars, but Vastola was subsequently arrested shortly afterwards as well. Earlier in 1991, D'Amato's girlfriend, retaliating against D'Amato over an argument, told Anthony Rotondo that D'Amato was an active bisexual. Anthony "Tony" Capo was an American hitman in the DeCavalcante crime family who later became a government witness and entered the Witness Protection Program. Capo objected and Remy cursed at him. Joseph "Joey O" Masella was a mob associate in New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family and a friend of known mobster Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo. Like his predecessor before him, the law eventually caught up with Johnny the Eagle as well. One of them decided to cooperate and a dozen more were grabbed. Philip Abramo, also known as "The King of Wall Street" and "Lou Metzer", is a caporegime in the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family who was allegedly involved in security fraud and murder. The other Commission members had decided that Galante was bad for their business and gave Rastelli permission to remove him. He gained much respect because he held a place on the infamous Commission, a governing body for the American Mafia which included the Five Families of New York, the Chicago, LA and Florida. You then had the post world war II mob bosses from 1945 through to the beginning of the 1970's which included some more familiar names: Tony Accardo Frank Costello Albert Anastasia Angelo Bruno Nicholas Civella Mickey Cohen Joe Colombo Sam DeCavalcante Carlo Gambino Sam Giancana Vito Genovese Luciano Leggio Carlos Marcello Michele Navarra On the day of the attack, Capo, Gallo, and DeCavalcante mobster Joseph Masella went to Majuri's house to ambush him. He estimated up to 300 associates are active in the state, down from 800 at their peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s. OMalley explained that mobsters today are struggling to make money. Over the years, the DeCavalcante family earned a reputation for incompetence. Sam the Plumber, alleged Mafia family member whose phone conversations were taped by the FBI, is pictured here with his. Badami's underboss Filippo Amari began to run the illegal operations. Anthony Samuel Carollo ( / krlo / kar-AW-loh, [citation needed] Italian: [karllo]; November 24, 1923 - February 1, 2007) was an American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family and son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo. Hell do anything Carl wants him to do., DeCavalcante went on to say, Sometimes, Frank, the more things you see, the more disillusioned you become. The scene where the FBI breaks into Tonys basement to plant a bug was so realistic that an agent who happened to encounter two of the shows head writers at The Buffalo Club in Santa Monica asked where they got their information. [2] He had been the acting boss during the 1970s and became the official boss around 1982. Riggi is said to have given the go-ahead from prison for a killer named Anthony Capo to dispatch DAmato. Dominick Napolitano was later promoted to caporegime for his efforts. During prohibition and afterwards, several New Jersey families controlled their own city-wide networks, and crews associated with the Five Families in New York staked out a claim on rackets in Jersey as well. @ garyyounge. Its illicit activities include bookmaking, cement and construction violations, bootlegging, corruption, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, hijacking, illegal gambling, loan-sharking, money laundering, murder, pier thefts, pornography, prostitution, racketeering, and waste management violations. Guarraci is said by the FBI to have been inducted by Riggi in place of the hitman who screwed up with the license plates and otherwise would have been next to be made. Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo was an Italian-born American mobster and longtime underboss of the DeCavalcante crime family in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the imprisoned boss Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi. Originally dismissed by the large New York City crime organizations, the DeCavalcantes sought the opportunity to move up in the crime world . La famille de Philadelphie, plus connue comme famille Scarfo (ou famille Bruno-Scarfo ), est une organisation criminelle base dans la ville de Philadelphie ( Pennsylvanie) et l'une des 25 familles qui composent la mafia amricaine plus connue sous le nom de Cosa nostra . All rights reserved. Giacomo Jake Amari became the acting boss and thumbed his nose at the five families by recruiting new members in New York and operating a social club in Little Italy. It operates on the . Sam DeCavalcante was the boss of the DeCavalcante Family who became notorious for undercover FBI recordings at his plumbing office. It fell victim to its own hubris, and to new law enforcement technologies that allowed police and FBI agents to maintain relentless pressure on it. The DiMeo family had then been taken over by Jackie Aprile, who dies of cancer just like Jake Amari. Guarraci pleaded guilty and in January 2012 got off with six months of home confinement, followed by five years probation. Capo then stabbed Remy in the eye and the face. A longtime "soldier" to Simone "Sam the Plumber" DeCavalcante and later boss Giovanni Riggi, he became acting underboss for Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo following the imprisonment of many high-ranking members in 2003. [21] [22] Associates Rosario Pali and Nicholas DeGidio were convicted on April 4, 2017, after pleading guilty to distributing more than 500 grams of cocaine. Riggi was the leader of the "Elizabeth crew" in the family when he was a Caporegime. The Commission is the council of the crime bosses brought together to maintain order in the Mafia. The official criminal organization began with Simone DeCavalcante, known as "Sam the Plumber" and "The Count". Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi was a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. As Capo described it in court testimony in 2003, "Nobody's going to respect us if we have a gay homosexual boss sitting down discussing La Cosa Nostra business."[1]. Robert Occhipinti was a member of the DeCavalcante Family who ran into trouble when the infamous "Sam the Plumber" tapes were revealed. Umberto Gallo ran a private mob social club as a base and was partners with his older brother in the shylock rackets. [15], Toward the late 1990s, the Ruling Panel kept running the DeCavalcante crime family with Giovanni Riggi still behind bars as the boss. [2] Capo and Rotundo left the body at a safe house, where other mobsters disposed of it. But Guarraci and DeCavalcante and the others of that crime family are just criminals. After being recruited by Gambino crime family boss John Gotti to take over the family, he was suspected of engaging in homosexual activity and was murdered in January 1992. De Cavalcante Crime Family - History - John Riggi John Riggi After DeCavalcante left prison in the mid 1970s, he appointed Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi as acting boss of the family while he stayed semi-retired in Florida. [30], Longtime member Charles "Big Ears" Majuri is the current boss of the family. It operates on the opposite side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York. By 1990, Capo was working for John D'Amato and reputed capo Anthony Rotondo of the New York faction in labor racketeering, illegal gambling, extortion and loansharking activities. However, Majuri did not return home. "I had a. It is not known who is the boss in his absence. I dont mind your asking, but I hope you appreciate my feelings.. He became the boss of New Jersey's only homegrown mafia family, the Elizabeth-area family. "Today Newark FBI arrested 10 members of the DeCavalcante organized crime family, disrupting one of the most notorious crime families," FBI Special Agent in Charge Richard M. Frankel said. While incarcerated, Riggi attempted to maintain control of the DeCavalcante crime family, with uneven success. It is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the American Mafia. Jun 21, 2017 - Explore Barry Benstead's board "DeCavalcante", followed by 194 people on Pinterest. [12]. [4] Capo and Rotundo left the body at a safe house, where other mobsters disposed of it. The alleged MS-13 "regional director for the East Coast" had a home in the Jersey Shore's Long Branch. Prosecutors charged Capo with the 1989 Weiss murder, the 1992 D'Amato murder, and involvement in two other murders. [6] The New York City families had crews operating in New Jersey: the Masseria family's New Jersey faction, and the Reina family's Jersey crew. Seit dem Jahr 2008 gilt die Familie als inaktiv. John Riggi helmed the DeCavalcante ship with a steely resolve for nearly 35 years even while Gambino boss John Gotti sought to sink it. U.S. District Judge William H. Walls on Tuesday sentenced Stango, 73, a reputed capo in the DeCavalcante crime family, to 10 years in federal prison for using a telephone to plot a murder. Later in life, he became a writer and produced films for television about his family.Early lifeBonanno was the first child of Joseph and Fay (ne Labruzzo) Bonanno, born on November 5, 1932, in the Brooklyn . The Colombo crime family is an Italian American Mafia crime family and is the youngest of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City within the criminal organization known as the American Mafia. After DeCavalcante boss Giovanni Riggi was sent down in 1989, John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato became the crime family's acting boss. After longtime boss Giovanni Riggi went on to be indicted for labor racketeering and extortion charges in late 1989, Vastola stepped up as the new acting boss of the North Jersey Mafia while Riggi was on trial. In January 1992, Capo participated in the murder of acting boss D'Amato. Under his guidance, the DeCavalcante Family added dozens of made men to their ranks, and, Unfortunately for Sam the Plumber, his rise to power coincided with another development: more aggressive and sophisticated law enforcement efforts to take down organized crime. Also. D'Amato's body was never recovered. The longtime New Jersey mob godfather took over officially as boss in the early 1980's controlling the family for decades. Formed in 1953 to combat corruption, in recent years the Waterfront Commission has fought against New Jersey withdrawing from the commission, which operates under a joint arrangement between New Jersey and New York. [31], In July 2022, capo Charlie Stango was released from federal prison and went into a New York halfway house. Gambino BossFrancesco "Franky Boy"Cali was gunned down in Staten Island earlier this month. Chronicles of Events and Biographies Related to the American Mafia. The DeCavalcante family made its money by racketeering. He owned Kenilworth Heating and Air Conditioning in Kenilworth, New Jersey as a legal front and source of taxable income, for which he gained the nickname "Sam the Plumber". He led the organization from 1990 until his death on February 1, 2007. The criminal complaint alleges. [29], In 2016, Anthony Stango Jr. was sentenced to 6 years in prison after pleading guilty to using a telephone in interstate commerce to conduct a prostitution operation, conspiring to distribute five grams or more of cocaine, distributing more than $70,000 worth of cocaine, and possessing a shotgun as a convicted felon. Guarraci allegedly rose to acting boss as he continued to work as a foreman with a laborers union. They dont recognize more than five families, a law-enforcement expert notes. The FBI surveilled DeCavalcante and several of his associates, built an effective case against him, and in 1969 he was convicted on a variety of racketeering charges. He died of a heart attack in 1997 at age 84. Instead, at least five different crime families: New England's Raymond Patriarca Family, three of New York CIty's notorious Five Families (the Genovese, Gambino, and Colombo), as well as New Jersey's Simone DeCavalcante Family, all competed to grab various pieces of its territory, thereby carving up The Nutmeg State like a pizza pie. See more ideas about sopranos, crime family, mobster. The members include Vito Spatafore, who is killed after it becomes known he is gay, just as John DAmato was killed. The thugs had just been bemoaning the continued lack of respect they received from the five families. Muhammad Ali with major "the maj" coxson who was a drug kingpin from philly. He is now 87. The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York, and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey. However, long before the Sopranos there was an actual mafia network running criminal activities across the Hudson River that divides New Jersey from New York (and the Five Families who operated in the big city). Informed in prison of D'Amato's execution, Riggi appointed Amari as the new acting boss.[3][5][7]. had a home in the Jersey Shore's Long Branch. The DeCavalcante crime family, which he led, was accused of demanding payoffs for labor peace, imposing no-show jobs and promoting loan-sharking, sweetheart contracts and gambling, among. He landed in prison after seeking to curry favor with John Gotti by arranging the murder of a former newspaper editor turned toxic-waste dumper and potential informant. His mother, Santa, worked as a high school cafeteria chef. [16] This resulted in the arrest of 12 more men less than a year later, [16] decimating the crime family's hierarchy and putting it on the brink of extinction. DeCavalcante had hoped that he himself might get the honor and make his a sixth family. After acting boss Amari's death, Riggi organized a three-man ruling panel in 1998 to run the day-to-day business of the crime family, [14] consisting of Girolamo Palermo, Vincent Palermo (no relation), and Charles Majuri, [15] with Stefano Vitabile as the reputed consigliere and adviser to the three. The Familys real strength lie in their control and domination of several key union locals of the Laborers Union of America and the International Longshoremens Union (ILA), with several key Family soldiers holding official union posts such as business agent or secretary-treasurer. . Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, is said to be based upon Palermo. Simone DeCavalcante, a.k.a. den Stdten Scranton, Wilkes-Barre und Pittston aktiv. One other capo of notice is Anthony "Tough Tony" Provenzano. But that was forgotten as Anthony Rotondo rhapsodized about The Sopranos. After the first season, a crew of remaining family members were recorded praising the shows realism and acting. [ Want to keep tabs on crime in New Jersey? Biography Corky hit him, DeCavalcante said. While incarcerated, Riggi attempted to maintain control of the DeCavalcante crime family, with uneven success. US law enforcement even put Giovanni Riggi on trial, who was hoping to be released in 2003, and he was sentenced to 10 additional years in prison. Palermo and Gallo shot Weiss in the face as he was entering his car. It operates on the opposite side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York. [4] [5]. In contravention of Cosa Nostra rules on the killing of a family boss, the plotters did not ask permission to kill D'Amato from the Mafia Commission in New York. His aliases included Marshall Beach, Mathew Beach and Wade Beach. Like Sam the Plumber, Riggi also had strong connections to the Five Families in New York as well; he had a particularly close relationship with John Gotti, boss of the Gambino Family. Nicknamed Sam the Plumber because of the plumbing supply store he operated as a business front, DeCavalcante was an ambitious Mafioso who managed to organize New Jerseys rackets like never before, and make them profitable. Gallo was a strong ally and friend of Vincent Palermo's, and told him about Majuri's plans. The mansion originally went on the market at $4 million dollars . Carmelo (Melio) Cocchiaro was a soldier in the DeCavalcante Family who once made a youthful blunder after a string of supermarket robberies. In 1979, the imprisoned Rastelli who was still official boss of the family allegedly ordered Galante's murder. Vastolas successor, John DAmato, was reputed to be more loyal to the Gambinos than his own New Jersey associates. Is this supposed to be us?. All five of the New York City crime families, plus the New Jersey DeCavalcantes and the Philadelphia mob have people placed in the port, according to Walter Arsenault, executive director of the. The Panel infuriated longtime captain Charles Majuri, who had been a hardworking member of the family since his teens and felt that he was wronged when he was not selected as the only acting boss. Saying a thing and doing it are two different things.. [4], In December 1999, Capo and the DeCavalcante leadership were indicted on charges of labor racketeering, extortion, loansharking, murder, and conspiracy to commit murder. He is said by law enforcement to remain a boss who may outlast them all in the five families for the same reason that helped make The Sopranos such a hit. With D'Amato sitting in the back seat, Capo turned and shot D'Amato four times, killing him. However, Capo later testified that he slept during class and allowed the school's operator to take the test for him. The members of other crime families sometimes refer to Lucchese family members as "Lukes". It is also a message to La Cosa Nostra that FBI Newark will do everything . If you dont mind, Id rather not talk about it, she said. She opened the front door and spoke over the yapping of her schnauzer. The boss of the mafia family on which the Sopranos series is believed to be based was executed by one of his own soldiers because . In 2003, capos Philip "Phil" Abramo, Giuseppe "Pino" Schifilliti and the reputed consigliere Stefano Vitabile were charged in organizing various crimes, including the murder of D'Amato. Copyright 2019-2022. He took on the role after longtime reputed Boss Ercole 'Eckley' DiMeo was sent to prison in 1995. The family also Legalized sports gambling and a crackdown on opioids cut into their traditional cashflow. [7] [8] D'Amico fled the United States in 1937 after a failed assassination attempt ordered by Joseph Profaci. 1970s-1990s Organized Crime Jersey Style, After DeCavalcantes incarceration and apparent retirement, he appointed a trusted. Informed in prison of D'Amato's execution, Riggi appointed Amari as the new acting boss.[3][4][5]. Guarraci is 54. Today, the DeCavalcante Crime family is a shadow of its former self. The USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey learned the state remains a hunting ground for mobsters tied to Philadelphia and New York City. was gunned down in Staten Island earlier this month. He was convicted on a variety of extortion and labor charges in 1992, and sentenced to twelve years in prison. Download the Asbury Park Press app today. When questioned by a federal prosecutor about his knowledge of asbestos removal, Capo replied, "I wouldn't know asbestos if I was sitting on it. See more ideas about crime family, mobster, mafia gangster. And Tony Soprano was not a Michael Corleone. Capo was involved in extortion and loansharking activities. As with all of Cosa Nostra in the last 20 to 30 years, the DeCavalcante Family has fallen prey to the Rat Fever permeating through the ranks of all the mobbut the beat goes on! You know, honesty and honorability, those things., Majuri replied, Yeah. Famille de Philadelphie. And in New Jersey, the DeCavalcante Family ran the show. Giovanni Rocco, a New Jersey police officer, detailed as an FBI undercover operative, infiltrated the notorious DeCavalcante Cosa Nostra crime family in New Jersey. It operates on the other side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York, but it maintains strong relations with many of them, as well as with the . (Gotti was later convicted of this conspiracy.) Mob Boss: The First Boss to Turn Government Witness. Riggi's passing at age of 90 leaves an opening atop the . He retired to Florida upon his release. ignored and then continued working, the indictment notes. John was active as a "wire-room" rigger for bookmaking rings throughout LI and Queens. [8], To avoid a life sentence for murder, Capo became a government witness. He was allegedly killed the Philly black mafia. Organized Crime Task Force. Francisco Frank Guarraci hailed from Simone DeCavalcantes ancestral hometown of Ribera. The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York, and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey. He was a knockaround Jersey guy rising to power in the fictional DiMeo family, founded by Ercole DiMeo, who had been sent to prison just like Simone DeCavalcante. Riggi, nicknamed Johnny the Eagle brought lucrative union and construction connections to the familys illicit portfolio. He had been released from prison almost three years ago and peacefully died at home surrounded by his family. [32], A "street boss" will sometimes run several crews at once. Based on more than 1000 hours of secretly recorded conversations, this book tells the story of New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family. Comello's attorney told theNetwork the incident is related to hate online, "including right-wing conspiracy websites and public comments made by politicians,Robert Gottlieb said. La Cosa Nostras reign has waned in the last 10 to 15 years, diminished by prosecutions and infighting between criminal factions. Seglem explained they still make money with traditional ventures likelabor racketeering taking control of workers at a construction site and demanding a payout from the builders. Great acting.. Join. By David Amoruso Longtime New Jersey mob boss John Riggi passed away on Monday. He plead guilty to operating a gambling racket turning over $20 million a year. After DeCavalcante left prison in the mid-1970s, he appointed Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi as acting boss of the family while he stayed semi-retired in Florida. D'Amato's body was never recovered. [15] Guarino spent ten years undercover working for the FBI. [6] Reputed men involved in the murder conspiracy, Palermo, Capo and Rotondo would later testify about this murder against their former associates. All was seemingly settled until Amari became ill and died slowly of stomach cancer in 1997. That all changed in the 1960s, when Simone Rizzo DeCavalcante came on the scene. Soon, Riggi was convicted of his charges and sentenced to 15 years in 1990, which meant that Vastola kept running the day-to-day activities. T Francesco "Frank" Polizzi was a New Jersey mobster and captain in the DeCavalcante crime family. The high turnover of mafia leadership that gave rise to the DeCavalcante family in the 1960s played a key part in its precipitous decline four decades later. Joseph Guerriero was a smart and capable soldier in the DeCavalcante Family and a rackets boss of the New Britain section of Connecticut. All five of the New York City crime families, plus the New Jersey DeCavalcantes and the Philadelphia mob have people placed in the port, according to Walter Arsenault, executive director of the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor. His obituary reads, "John M. Riggi, Laborers Local 394 business agent, Army Air Corps veteran, dedicated his life to his family." Though the obit refers to his blood relatives, it . Angelo Gallo was active in loanshark rackets and was associated with the Gallo Gang faction of the Colombos. Underboss Frank Majuri was recorded telling Simone DeCavalcante that he shouldnt run around because Catena and Gambino dont. Majuri meant Gerardo Catena of the Genovese family and Carlo Gambino of the family of that name. DeGidio was sentenced to 1 years in prison, and Pali was sentenced to over 6 years. But, he could turn instantly savage when his authority was challenged. Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo is an Italian American former mobster who was de facto boss of the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family before becoming a government witness in 1999. DeCAVALCANTE FAMILY BUILT ITS REPUTATION ON MURDER FOR HIRE. Riggi ran a well-structured borgata until he, too, fell afoul of law enforcement. He ruled until early in the 1970's. He was succeeded by John Riggi, who is currently imprisoned. Capo was involved in extortion and loansharking activities. Joseph Miranda became an alleged acting underboss/acting boss -- at the age of 83 -- after the mass 2003 arrests of the Family. It is part of the nationwide criminal network known as the American Mafia. [26], In March 2017, Stango was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit murder. After Riggi was indicted in 1990 for labor racketeering and extortion, he appointed Gaetano "Corky" Vastola as the new acting boss. Samuel DeCavalcante was the most prominent boss of the New Jersey LCN. Unfortunately for Sam the Plumber, his rise to power coincided with another development: more aggressive and sophisticated law enforcement efforts to take down organized crime. In his absence, a little known but extremely well-liked and capable caporegime stepped up, first as underboss, then acting boss, and ultimately to formally head the Family, John (The Eagle) Riggi, Sr., the well-groomed son of a veteran member named Emmanuel Riggi, had served the Family for decades as business agent of Local #394 Laborers & Hod Carriers Union (AFL-CIO) and several other labor unions. Riggi used his power and influence to place subcontractors and workers at various construction projects around the state, and the DeCavalcantes were able to steal from union welfare and pension funds. He might not have been the most sophisticated mafioso to ever walk the streets of Brooklyn, but Rudy Farone was certainly one of Cosa Nostras most dedicated. [72] [73] The family was the subject of the CNBC program Mob Money, which aired on June 23, 2010, [74] and The Real Sopranos TV documentary directed by Thomas Viner for the UK production company Class Films. The Mafia"capo"had an employeeproblem. The capoplannedto paytwo motorcycle gang members $25,000 each to kill the Elizabeth man, but the hit never came. He became a boss of acting as he played an acting boss. Claiming descent from the Italian royal family, DeCavalcante was nicknamed "The Count". The people in New Jersey who are really worth admiring are people such as the actual family that gave us the actor who summoned their example of hard, honest work as he so brilliantly played the fictional gangster Tony Soprano. Daily News page 43 - October 20, 2000 - Headline: N.J. Crime family indicted - Boss, 11 others charged with murder and racketeering - DeCavalcante. There were several bosses in North Jersey during the Prohibition era controlling transportation of alcohol and whiskey into New York City, and there were two Mafia families based in New Jersey: the Newark family headed by Gaspare D'Amico, and the Elizabeth family headed by Stefano Badami. Delmore kept running the organization until he became ill in the early 1960s. After several hours, the hitmen drove away. Law enforcement authorities seized 3,200 pounds of cocaine valued at $77 million at Port Newark in late February, though they havent yet named who they suspect of importing the drugs. In addition, many family members believed that D'Amato was controlled by Gambino boss John Gotti. When he took it over, that was when the FBI was naming families by who was in charge, so it became. Joe Lolordo was a member of the Sam DeCavalcante Family and was reportedly involved in the St. Valentine's Day Massacre of 1929. However, in the 1960s the New Jersey mob was riding high. By far the smallest Mafia Family in the New York/New Jersey area, the tight-knit DeCavalcante mob, nonetheless, always maintained an inducted membership of anywhere from 35 to 50 made members and upwards of 100 close associates. On September 11, 1989, Capo drove DeCavalcante mobsters Vincent Palermo and James Gallo to Weiss' apartment. In 1989, Capo participated in the murder of Fred Weiss, a Staten Island, New York developer and newspaper publisher. Antonio Caruso was a member of the DeCavalcante Family active in gambling operations on the Lower East Side with policy and card games. Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi was a New Jersey mobster and member of the DeCavalcante crime family since the 1940s, before the family had acquired its name. Courtesy of Giovanni Rocco The fear of reprisal took a. He died in 1964, and his nephew Simone DeCavalcante was installed as new boss of the officially recognized "DeCavalcante crime family" of North Jersey. Delmore attended the infamous 1957 Apalachin Convention to represent the small New Jersey crime family, with underbosses of Elizabeth and Newark Frank Majuri and Louis "Fat Lou" LaRasso. After one plot fell through, the murder was eventually called off. Only after Riggi's conviction, Vastola was convicted in major extortion charges and sentenced to eight years in prison. . He had to meet death, concluded the reputedcaporegime, the Italian term for captain in the underworld. Gay bosses, Sicilian recruits, FBI bugs. 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