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Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco (July 28, 1932 – March 28, 2019) was an American mobster who became the acting boss of the Lucchese crime family in New York City. He was the first boss, acting or otherwise, of a New York crime family to become a government witness.
The early history of the Lucchese crime family can be traced back to the Morello crime family which was based in East Harlem and the Bronx. Durning the 1910s, the bosses of Morello family lost power and control which allowed Gaetano "Tommy" Reina, along with Salvatore D'Aquila and Joe Masseria, to split off and form their own crime families.
Joseph E. "Joe Bikini" Brocchini (1933 – May 20, 1976) was a soldier under Joseph "Joe Brown" Lucchese in the Corona crew. Born and raised in Corona, Queens, he was arrested as a 17-year-old along with four other youths for carrying out a series of burglaries that robbed eight businesses in north Queens of $26,000 during a week-long spree in 1950.
The Lucchese crime family operates mainly in The Bronx, Manhattan, Brooklyn, and New Jersey. The family also maintains influence in Queens, Long Island, Staten Island, Westchester County, and Florida. Cutaia Crew operates in Brooklyn, Queens, and Long Island. Lucchese crime family New Jersey faction operates throughout New Jersey.
Lucchese crime family - Chart 1991. Joseph "Joey" Giampa a former capo operating in the Bronx. [152] Giampa ran an auto shop on Boston Post Road in the Bronx. [152] Along with his brother Santo "Jay" Giampa, he ran a loan sharking racket in Hunts Point Markets in the Bronx. [152] In 1982, Giampa was inducted into the Lucchese family. [153]
Taccetta, 72, of Florham Park, a reputed soldier in the Lucchese crime family, is seeking a new trial based on claims that the state withheld exculpatory evidence from the defense during the trial.
An unsealed federal indictment alleges that the gambling enterprise operated for 15 years under the protection of the Lucchese crime family. 5 charged in illegal gambling operation allegedly run ...
Thomas Gagliano (born Tommaso Gagliano, Italian: [tomˈmaːzo ɡaʎˈʎaːno]; May 29, 1883 − February 16, 1951) was an Italian-born American mobster and boss of what U.S. federal authorities would later designate as the Lucchese crime family, one of the "Five Families" of New York City. He was a low-profile boss for over two decades.