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The Matranga crime family, established by Charles (1857 – October 28, 1943) and Antonio (Tony) Matranga (d. 1890), was one of the earliest recorded American Mafia crime families, operating in New Orleans during the late 19th century until the beginning of Prohibition in 1920.
According to New Orleans Police Department, gang related homicides spiked in 2007, which drove the city's homicide rate to a record high. [2] Some of the most vicious cliques, like the Dooney Boys and the 9th ward G-Strip Gang, moved to other cities and clashed with each other in violent gun battles.
Carlos Joseph Marcello [1] (Sicilian Italian);[Mor-sel-lo] born Calogero Minacore [kaˈlɔːdʒero minaˈkɔːre]; February 6, 1910 – March 3, 1993) was an Italian-American crime boss of the New Orleans crime family from 1947 to 1983.
Murders aren't the only crime subsiding. According to the New Orleans city council crime dashboard auto theft is down 48%, vehicle burglary is down 47%, and carjacking is down 42%, all of which ...
Byrd Gang, Young Melph Mafia, Ride Or Die, 110ers, Taliban Gang, Dooney Boys The " 39ers gang, " is a “hybrid” force of the Upper 9th Ward's G-Strip (Gallier Street) gang and 3-N-G, a notorious Central City drug gang named for its stronghold around Third and Galvez streets.
Nix was also convicted of murdering wealthy New Orleans grocery owner Frank Corso. At the time of the murder, Nix was believed to be employed by Darrel Ward in Clarksville, Texas . Ward was a noted associate of Chicago Mob boss Sam Giancana , and is thought to have controlled organized crime and bootlegging throughout Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas ...
New Orleans was possibly the site of the first Mafia incident in the United States that received both national and international attention. [28] On October 15, 1890, New Orleans Police Superintendent David Hennessy was murdered execution-style.
Two days later, he was tracked down to a hotel in New Orleans East and taken into custody around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday by Jefferson Parish deputies, the New Orleans Police Department and the U.S ...