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John "Big John" Castellucci (born June 18, 1959), (surname alternatively spelled Castelucci), he is also known as "John Castelle", [85] is the former capo of the "Brooklyn faction". [86] Castellucci has two brothers, Eugene Castelle, a member of the Bensonhurst crew, and Anthony Castelle, the owner of "Coney Island Container", a private carting ...
In 1992, Frankos falsely claimed to author William Hoffman he took part in the murder of Jimmy Hoffa, with a hit team consisting of him and Irish-American mobsters John Sullivan and James Coonan. [318] According to Frankos's story, Hoffa was lured by his close friend Chuckie O'Brien to a house owned by Detroit mobster Anthony Giacolone.
Zappola took over the Brooklyn faction that was once controlled by former capo John "Big John" Castellucci [142] [114] He was leading the New Jersey crew for a brief time. Zappola was a close ally to Anthony Casso and a powerful member of the Brooklyn faction. In 1996, Zappola sentenced to 22 years in prison on several murder charges.
John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. Together with Doug Clifford , Stu Cook , and his brother Tom Fogerty , he founded the swamp rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR), for which he was the lead singer, lead guitarist, and principal songwriter.
Creedence Clearwater Revival, commonly abbreviated as CCR or simply Creedence, was an American rock band formed in El Cerrito, California.The band consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty, his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty, bassist Stu Cook, and drummer Doug Clifford.
John Buscema (1927-2002), American comic book artist; John Castelle (born 1959), American mobster, a capo of the Lucchese crime family; John Cornyn (born 1952), U.S. Senator from Texas
The five Mafia families in New York City are still active, albeit less powerful. The peak of the Mafia in the United States was during the 1940s and 50s, until the year 1970 when the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO Act) was enacted, which aimed to stop the Mafia and organized crime as a whole. [ 23 ]
John Gotti, the prime suspect in Castellano's assassination, quickly assumes leadership of the Gambino crime family. December 19 – Michael Franzese , a top capo in the Colombo crime family , is indicted under the RICO Act in connection to selling gasoline to retailers while failing to pay federal, state, and local taxes.