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#OTD (Dec 11) in 1975, Stephen #Andretta of the #NewJersey #Teamsters is granted immunity for testimony before a #Detroit federal grand jury investigating the disappearance of former Teamsters President James #Hoffa (shown).

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#OTD (June 23) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Monk's killer is released, #Baltimore mobster is found murdered, #Hoffa is acquitted of wiretapping, "Tony Pro" and others are indicted in #NewJersey for kidnapping & murder, #Spilotro remains are identified, #Gambino leaders get life terms, press reports possible clue to #Petrosino assassination.

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Image of John J. Gotti. Text reads: On this date, June 23...
in 1910, imprisoned counterfeiters Ignazio Lupo and Antonio Cecala are given three days in solitary after attempting to bribe a guard to mail unauthorized letters.
in 1919, Michael Gallo of Syracuse NY confesses to killing Donato Scarafino.
in 1920, Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter begins a prison sentence for attempted burglary.
in 1922, Jeremiah Bohan of Brooklyn, sentenced to manslaughter for killing Monk Eastman, is released after serving 17 months of a 3-year-10-month term.
in 1927, future New England crime boss Luigi Manocchio is born in Providence RI.
in 1952, Anthony Messina, also known as Tony Mangano, is found murdered in Baltimore.
in 1953, immigration agents arrest and plan to deport New York racketeer Louis Shomberg, known as Dutch Goldberg.
in 1958, a federal jury acquits Jimmy Hoffa and two codefendants of illegal wiretapping.
in 1969, A New Jersey commission subpoenas suspected leaders of the DeCavalcante Crime Family.
in 1976, federal grand jury in New Jersey indicts Anthony Provenzano, Salvatore Briguglio, Harold Konigsberg and George Vangelakos for kidnapping and killing Anthony Castellito.
in 1986, autopsies confirm the identities of two discovered corpses as brothers Anthony and Michael Spilotro.
in 1992, Gambino boss John J. Gotti and his lieutenant Frank Locascio are sentenced to life in prison for racketeering and murder.
in 2014, press reports clue to Petrosino assassination.

#OTD (June 16) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Capone agrees to plea deal but judge does not, #SanFrancisco police question two about DeJohn murder, #FBI listens as #Hoffa talks to Dio, #Valachi seeks protection of solitary, #Boston and #Milwaukee leaders meet, #NewEngland mobster Grasso is killed while Salemme is wounded.

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Image of William Grasso. Text reads: On this date, June 16...
in 1857, while New York City and state officials quarrel about authority over the police department, street gangs engage in bloody battles on Bayard Street near the Bowery.
in 1928, authorities note that Al Capone has returned to his estate at Palm Island FL.
in 1931, Al Capone pleads guilty to tax evasion as part of a plea deal, but Judge James Wilkerson refuses to be bound by the deal. Guy Brock of Kansas City pleads guilty to bootlegging conspiracy.
in 1947, Sebastiano Nani and Ciro Gallo are questioned by San Francisco police about the murder of Nick DeJohn.
in 1953, FBI eavesdrops on a telephone conversation between Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa and New York mobster John Dioguardi.
in 1962, fearing a Mafia death sentence, federal prisoner Joseph Valachi asks to be put into solitary confinement. He finds that Atlanta Prison officials are preventing him from communicating with the outside world.
in 1965, Youngstown OH racketeer Jasper 'Fats' Aiello is convicted of aiding in illegal abortions.
in 1966, Sam Giancana of Boston is observed meeting with Frank Balistrieri at a Milwaukee night club.
in 1986, Anne Spilotro reports to police that her husband Michael has been missing for two days.
in 1989, The corpse of leading New England mafioso William Grasso is found in a grassy area near the Connecticut River in Wethersfield CT. In Saugus MA, 'Cadillac Frank' Salemme is wounded in a mob assassination attempt.

#OTD (May 30) in #OrganizedCrime #History: two are killed in #Philadelphia shooting, #Bronx gangster Coll is shot to death in his car, 'Buster' Domingo is killed in lower #Manhattan, #NewOrleans boss is deported, #Chicago gangster dies on #Florida fishing trip, #FBI calls off search for #Hoffa remains.

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Collection of crime history items from May 30. Image of Sam Carolla.

#OTD (May 9) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC coroner lacks evidence against #BarrelMurder suspects, #Detroit mobster found murdered, Shapiro begins extortion sentence, DeJohn's body found in car trunk in #SanFrancisco, #Hoffa is indicted for jury tampering, Basciano is convicted of racketeering conspiracy.

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Collection of crime history items from May 9. Image of Vincent Basciano.

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Salvatore "Sally Bugs" #Briguglio was murdered in Manhattan's Little Italy #OTD in 1978. A Teamsters official, Briguglio was suspected of involvement in the disappeance of Jimmy #Hoffa.

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#OTD (March 7) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Lupo is named as kidnapper, #Buffalo mobster stands trial for extortion, #Lansky is freed of shooting charge, Lucania pays $1K fine in #Miami, #Philadelphia mob leaders are acquitted of killings, Scarpa faces hijacking charge in #Brooklyn, #Hoffa enters prison for jury tampering.

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Collection of crime history items from March 7

#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Hoffa is born, #Camorra trial begins in #Brooklyn, #Capone massacres #Chicago rivals, #Sinatra returns from #Cuba, #Kefauver hears from #Lansky, #Genovese dies in prison, Civella of #KansasCity dies on vacation.

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Collection of crime history items from February 14.

#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: #Coll blamed for two #Bronx murders, #Patriarca pardon investigated, #Kefauver heard from #Costello, #Zwillman jury bribers arrested, #Valachi and others sentenced for drug conspiracy, #Hoffa testified in #LosAngeles, mafiosi gathered in #SanJoseCA

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Collection of crime history items from February 13.

#OTD in #OrganizedCrime #History: feud victim in #Dallas, #Torrio guilty of bootlegging in #Chicago, poison alcohol in #NewYork, #Hoffa jury can't decide, Carabbia caddy in #Cleveland.

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Collection of crime history items from December 20.

#OTD (Dec. 13) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #DiFronzo is born in Italy, #Hoffa is indicted for conspiracy, bosses meet in #NewJersey, #YoungstownOH mobster disappears, ex #Boston boss "Cadillac Frank" passes in prison.

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Collection of crime history items from December 13.

#OTD in 1988: #NewJersey labor racketeer "Tony Pro" #Provenzano dies while in federal custody. He had been both ally and foe of Jimmy #Hoffa.

Read about him:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/exit-of-hoffa-foe-tony-pro-provenzano.html

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#OTD (Dec. 7) in #OrganizedCrime #History: early #Mafia noted in #SanFrancisco, #Lupo asks to get out of prison, #Hoffa indicted for mail fraud, gangland killing in #Boston.

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Collection of crime history items from December 7

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#OTD in 1988: Longtime #NewJersey labor racketeer Anthony "Tony Pro" Provenzano died following a heart attack while in federal custody in California. Provenzano was considered a suspect in the 1975 disappearance of Teamsters ex-President James #Hoffa.

Read about Provenzano:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/12/exit-of-hoffa-foe-tony-pro-provenzano.html

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