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Peter Salerno was released from prison in December 2008, and is back with his wife Gloria in Florida. Dominick Latella also lives in Florida; he is still on parole. [when?] A sociology textbook that included Pete Salerno among others, and focused on burglars and organized crime (The Criminal Elite by Howard Abadinsky) was published by Greenwood ...
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.
Frank "Skinny Frank" Salerno, also known as "Frankie", is captain of a crew operating in Westchester and the Bronx. [33] He is a nephew of former Lucchese captain Michael Salerno. In 1993, Frank Salerno was indicted along with others on federal charges of illegally dumping construction and demolition debris into landfills. [198]
Both Pat and Phelps die while Marilyn survives. Joyce Lukezic, the wife of Pat Redmond's business partner, Ron Lukezic, is charged with masterminding the murders. After going to jail, Joyce suffers a heart attack, is abandoned by her lawyer and husband, and is attacked in prison. She also attempts suicide.
The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno–Scarfo crime family, [19] the Philadelphia–Atlantic City crime family, [20] the Philadelphia Mafia, [21] [22] the Philly Mafia, [23] [24] [25] or the Philadelphia–South Jersey Mafia, [26] [27] [28] is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Michelle Eileen McNamara (April 14, 1970 – April 21, 2016) was an American true crime author. She was the author of the true crime book I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer, [1] and helped coin the moniker "Golden State Killer" of the serial killer who was identified after her death as Joseph James DeAngelo.
After Salerno's recovery from his stroke and the March 31, 1981, death of Genovese front boss Frank Tieri, Salerno succeeded him.Although law enforcement at the time thought that Salerno was the boss of the Genovese family, it was an open secret in New York Mafia circles that Salerno was merely a front man for the real boss, Vincent "the Chin" Gigante.
Antonio Rocco Caponigro (January 22, 1912 – April 18, 1980), also known as Tony Bananas, was the consigliere of Angelo Bruno in the Philadelphia crime family.He is known for ending the peaceful Bruno regime by ordering Bruno's murder over a dispute concerning the methamphetamine trade.