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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: April 2015
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Mobster's Grandson Elected Mayor of New York Village. Sunday, 26 Apr 2015 10:56 PM. Philip Gigante, grandson of Genovese crime-family godfather Vincent "The Chin" Gigante is the new mayor of Airmont, New York, and not all the townsfolk are happy about it, the New York Post reports. It’s frightening for not just me but all village residents aware of his background," one businessman told the Post, but said he didn't want his name used, fearing "retribution.". Neither of G...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: October 2014
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Reputed mobster nabbed with Lyndhurst men followed in infamous father’s footsteps, authorities say. BEHIND THE STORY: Although his notorious father once remained a fugitive for 11 years, reputed Genovese crime family member Vincent Coppola was on the lam all of one day before New Jersey State Police nabbed him with two brothers from Lyndhurst at a Garden State Parkway rest stop this week. Whether the bust was pure coincidence or something more remains an open question.
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: Douglas LeVien, New York Detective Who Infiltrated the Mafia, Dies at 68
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Douglas LeVien, New York Detective Who Infiltrated the Mafia, Dies at 68. By MARGALIT FOXAUG. 8, 2015. Douglas A. LeVien Jr., a former undercover police detective who in 1972 infiltrated the meeting ground used by New York’s five Mafia families, a landmark operation that produced scores of convictions, died on July 30 while vacationing in Saratoga, N.Y. He was 68. 8220;He’s disarming,” Edward A. McDonald, a former federal prosecutor who worked with Detec...Detective LeV...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: Report: Alleged mobster pens jailhouse letter claiming his rants are therapeutic
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Report: Alleged mobster pens jailhouse letter claiming his rants are therapeutic. STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An alleged Staten Island mobster penned a jailhouse letter to a judge claiming his violent rants are therapeutic, according to a report in the New York Post. The 52-year-old wrote in the letter obtained by the Post. Santoro was part of the nine-man Bonanno-family crew that allegedly ran an off-shore gambling operation, engaged in loansharking and sold drugs. On sale n...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: September 2014
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. I'm taking a road trip for a few days and will be back Friday October 3, take care until then. Here's some books our company publishes, they are all available on Amazon or on our web site (LLRBooks.Com) JOHN. Http:/ www.amazon.com. Http:/ www.litchfieldliterarybooks.com/. Tax Fraud Blotter: Mob Mentality. In addition to time, Drossner received three years of supervised release and was ordered to pay a fine of $125,000. He is also required to notify the Pennsylvania ...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: March 2015
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Kanagawa cops arrest Inagawa-kai member in shooting of rival yakuza boss. An Inagawa-kai member allegedly shot a Yamaguchi-gumi boss in the abdomen near JR Fujisawa Station. KANAGAWA (TR) – Kanagawa Prefectural Police on Sunday announced the arrest of an organized crime member in the shooting of a boss of a rival gang in Fujisawa City the day before, reports TBS News (March 22). Police are now investigating whether the two gang members were involved in a dispute. Salvat...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: June 2015
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Uffizi paintings go on display in villa seized from Italian mobster in crime clan stronghold. OME — Eight paintings from the Uffizi Gallery in Florence are going on display in a villa seized from a mobster in a southern Italian town that's a stronghold of organized crime. The exhibit, entitled "Light conquers shadow," runs June 21-Oct. 21 in Casal di Principe, which has long been a power base for the Casalesi crime clan of the Camorra syndicate in the Naples area. The f...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: Mob rat with ties to real Bada Bing strip club beaten and robbed
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Mob rat with ties to real Bada Bing strip club beaten and robbed. March 23, 2015 9:05am. In a scene straight out of “The Sopranos,’’ a reputed mobster whose family owns the New Jersey jiggle joint featured in the hit HBO series was beaten and robbed for squealing on fellow wiseguys, court papers allege. 8220;It is obvious that the danger — including the possibility of future attacks — is ongoing for one whose cooperation was made public” by the media, ...Cardinalle had ...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: NJ mob boss who inspired ‘Sopranos’ dies at age 90
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. NJ mob boss who inspired ‘Sopranos’ dies at age 90. EDISON, NJ — A convicted leader of a New Jersey crime family long believed to be the model for “The Sopranos” has died. John M. Riggi was 90. Riggi died Monday at his home in Edison, Corsentino Home for Funerals said. A cause of death wasn’t disclosed. In September 2003, Riggi admitted his role in the 1989 murder of a Staten Island businessman that prosecutors said was supposedly carried out as a favor to John Gotti, t...
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News: Crime report suggests the yakuza are evolving
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John Tuohy's Mobsters in the News. Crime report suggests the yakuza are evolving. It appears the National Police Agency is serious about cracking down on organized crime. The annual White Paper on Crime, published this year on July 24, created its first separate section on organized crime since 2008 — the same year law enforcement officials acknowledged that organized crime had moved so far into the financial markets “it threatened the very economic foundations of Japan.”. Some, like the Aizukotetsu-kai ...