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The Cleveland crime family, also known as the Scalish crime family or the Cleveland Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in Cleveland, Ohio, and throughout the Greater Cleveland area. The organization formed during the 1900s, and early leadership turned over frequently due to a series of power grabs and assassinations.
William James "Flip" Williams Jr. (November 9, 1956 – October 25, 2005) was an American mass murderer and suspected serial killer who was executed by lethal injection.He was convicted of the September 2, 1991, murders of three rival drug dealers and a visitor to their Youngstown, Ohio home.
He served as an associate and hitman for the Cleveland and Los Angeles crime families. Ferritto is best known for assassinating rival mobster Danny Greene in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1977 in order to prevent Greene from overthrowing the Cleveland Mafia, and subsequently becoming a government witness when implicated in the killing.
Thomas James Sinito, also known as "The Chinaman" (September 18, 1938 − December 21, 1997), was a powerful Caporegime in the Cleveland crime family who was once accused of plotting the assassination of then mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Dennis J. Kucinich in 1979. [1]
Kevin Sobnosky, 21, was an honors student at Youngstown State University when he died in a shootout on Oct. 30, 2022. Sobnosky got caught in the crossfire. Jury convicts man of murder in shooting ...
Among the eight murders discussed by DeCavalcante and his associates were the 1951 shooting of Willie Moretti in Cliffside Park, and the 1962 hand grenade killing of Charles "Cadillac Charlie" Cavallaro in Youngstown, Ohio.
A Youngstown man, 32, was arrested two years later but never convicted. David McNeal Sept. 1, 1928: David McNeal, 31, a laborer from Alabama, was killed following a quarrel at a pool hall at ...
The murder of candy heiress Helen Vorhees Brach and its connection to the champion racehorse murders. 03: 3 ... "Mob Hits and Misses" Youngstown, Ohio: