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Yusef Kirriem Hawkins (also spelled as Yusuf Hawkins, March 19, 1973 – August 23, 1989) was a 16-year-old black teenager from the neighborhood of East New York, [1] in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, who was shot to death on August 23, 1989, in Bensonhurst, a predominantly Italian-American working-class neighborhood in Brooklyn.
Frank Giacobbe (Soldier) — before merger was with 19th Hole-Bensonhurst crew; Members of the Brooklyn-Long Island Crew. Louis "Louie Jet" Gampero (Soldier) — was an associate to Ray Argentina and the Vario-Cutaia crew; inducted sometime in mid 2010s, becoming a member of the Brooklyn faction. He is now a member of Patty Dellorusso's crew.
South Brooklyn Boys (abbreviated as SBB) was a famous New York City street gang. In the 1950s, various Italian-American gangs were formed in South Brooklyn , New York City , and came together under the moniker of "South Brooklyn Boys" sometime around the 1950s.
Carmine Avellino (born July 15, 1944) is a caporegime operating a crew in Long Island. He is the younger brother to mobster Salvatore Avellino.On April 20, 1983, the FBI recorded a conversation between Carmine and his brother Salvatore Avellino Jr. as they discussed a dispute over a craps game that Carmine had was operating because mobster Aniello Migliore complained to Underboss Salvatore ...
Thomas "Tommy Boy" Ricciardi is a former soldier who is currently in witness protection. Both Thomas and his brother Daniel were associated with the Lucchese family's New Jersey faction before becoming government informants. [334] Ricciardi was a member of Michael Taccetta's inner circle and controlled the group's illegal gambling operations. [241]
In 1990, Spero ordered the murder of Louis Tuzzio, a Bonanno associate who had botched a mob killing. [4] An ambitious gangster, Tuzzio had offended Spero by demanding to become a made man . In January 1990, Tuzzio was found dead in his car in Brooklyn with a bullet wound in the back of the head. [ 5 ]
The son and grandson of a late Colombo crime family mob boss have been busted on federal weapons charges after a huge stash of ghost guns was found at their Staten Island home, law enforcement ...
Michael "Mikey Scars" DiLeonardo (born June 18, 1955) is a former Italian-American mobster who rose to position of caporegime in the Gambino crime family.In the early 2000s DiLeonardo turned government witness and decided to cooperate with the FBI and managed to convict over 80 mobsters.