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In 1931, Fresina was murdered and members of the Pillow gang continued fighting with the Russo gang and the Green Ones. [3] The Pillow gang was taken over Thomas Buffa, who became boss of the St. Louis Mafia family. [3] The rival gangs continued fighting until the end of Prohibition, when the various Mafia factions began functioning as one ...
Pages in category "Gangs in St. Louis" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bottoms Gang; E.
The Hogan Gang was a St. Louis–based criminal organization that sold illegal liquor during Prohibition in addition to committing labor slugging, voter intimidation, armed robbery, and murder. Although predominantly Irish-American , the Hogan Gang included several Italian and Jewish mobsters amongst their ranks; most notably, Max "Big Maxie ...
Federal agents around St. Louis announced a coordinated effort to disrupt a large trafficking organization Monday. Authorities say over a dozen members of a south St. Louis gang, named 55 Boyz ...
Egan's Rats was an American organized crime gang that exercised considerable power in St. Louis, Missouri, from 1890 to 1924.Its 35 years of criminal activity included bootlegging, labor slugging, [clarification needed] voter intimidation, armed robbery, and murder.
Pages in category "Gangsters from St. Louis" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
In 1950, the Saturday Evening Post described the Sheltons as "America's Bloodiest Gang". [citation needed] Ancestors of the Shelton Brothers Gang trace their roots back to Ireland, under the surname "Hunter". There are still some descendants living in the St. Louis, Fairfield, IL and Bloomington IL area today.
In 2014, St. Louis was ranked as the 19th most dangerous city in the world by the Mexican aid organization CCSP-JP (El Consejo Ciudadano para la Seguridad Publica y la Justicia Penal). [32] As of 2017, St. Louis is ranked as the most dangerous city in America. There were 66 homicides per 100,000 residents.