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Bickelman was allegedly murdered by Bonanno associate Paul Gulino, an ambitious young mobster who ran the Bath Avenue Crew. [7] In 1993, Spero ordered Gulino's murder. In July of that year, during an argument with Spero at the Bath Beach social club, Gulino made physical contact with the inducted member, a cardinal sin of Cosa Nostra protocol.
Joseph Calco – former associate with the Bath Avenue crew, a follower and subgroup of the Bonanno crime family. He was the triggerman in the hit on childhood friend and Bath Avenue crew leader Paul Gulino on July 25, 1993. In 2001, Calco became a government witness and testified against Bonanno consigliere Anthony Spero. Calco then entered ...
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 ...
The Bath Avenue Crew operated in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York City; The Colombo crime family operates mainly in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. The family also maintains influence in Staten Island, Manhattan, The Bronx, New Jersey, Georgia, and Florida.
Thomas Pitera (/ p ɪ ˈ t ɛər ə /; born December 2, 1954) is an American mobster in the Bonanno crime family of New York. Pitera, a soldier and later on a captain of his own crew, was suspected by law enforcement of as many as 60 murders.
Chris Paciello (born Christian Ludwigsen, [1] September 7, 1971) is an American former Cosa Nostra associate, member of The Untouchables car-theft ring, and government informant who was convicted of racketeering.
Burke led his semi-independent Robert's Lounge Crew, from his bar Robert's Lounge. The Robert's Lounge crew was composed of numerous people who were involved in armed robbery, hijacking, and murder. Although Burke's crew was independent, many members were associates of the Lucchese family through Burke's and Vario's longtime friendship. [4]
After dropping out of high school in the 1950s he joined a violent street gang called the "Avenue U Boys". As a member of the "Avenue U Boys" Lino was involved in robberies. Lino first became associated with the La Cosa Nostra at the age of seventeen, and operated the local floating card games controlled by a Genovese crime family made soldier.