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Gangs of St. Louis: Men of Respect. Charleston: The History Press, 2010. ISBN 978-1-59629-905-4; Auble, John. A History of St. Louis Gangsters: A Chronology of Mob Activity on Both Sides of the River Ranging from the Egan Rats to the Last Mob Leader on Record. The National Criminal Research Society. 2002. ISBN 097-1340-900; Bureau of Narcotics.
When family boss John Vitale retired in 1960, Giordano took over the St. Louis crime family. [5] By the 1960s, Giordano had assumed a lower profile as a blue-collar worker. He and his wife lived in a conservative home in southwest St. Louis. Giordano was often seen in work clothes at his rental properties performing carpentry or plumbing chores.
John Joseph Vitale (May 17, 1909 – June 5, 1982) was a Sicilian-American boss and under-boss [1] of the St. Louis crime family. During his lifetime, Vitale was the boss of the St. Louis crime family. [2]
Randy "Junior" Badolato – Kansas City soldier & St. Louis crime family street capo, enforcer and grandson of deceased St Louis capo Ralph "Bottles" Badolato who was a former teamster and long time protége of Anthony Giordano. Junior Badolato, who was deemed inactive in the mid 2000s, was allegedly one of the top earners in both Kansas City ...
A day after he learned he was named in a lawsuit filed by a former housing authority commissioner and her police officer husband, the East St. Louis Democratic chairman relayed a much different ...
Matthew Trupiano was born on November 8, 1938, in Detroit to a Sicilian-American family. [1] [2] His father immigrated from Messina and met his future wife in Detroit.Trupiano eventually ran into gambling problems with the Detroit Partnership, the local Cosa Nostra organization, and was forced to leave the city.
The homicide is the 16th reported by the BND in East St. Louis this year. East St. Louis woman, 21, found fatally shot, Illinois State police say Skip to main content
Aveon N. White, 28, of Florence Street, East St. Louis, was pronounced dead at the scene at 4:12 p.m., ... Get sweaters on sale for the whole family during Nordstrom's Half-Yearly Sale: Up to 60% ...