#dragna — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dragna, aggregated by home.social.
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#OTD (Dec 08) in 1952, U.S. officials prepare to deport #LosAngeles crime boss Jack #Dragna.
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#OTD (Nov 14) in 1980, five southern #California #Mafia defendants - Dominic #Brooklier, Louis Tom #Dragna (shown), Michael Rizzitello, Samuel Sciortino and Jack LoCicero - are convicted of #racketeering offenses but acquitted of the murder of informer Frank #Bompensiero.
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#OTD (Nov 14) in 1958, a #California rackets committee orders contempt proceedings against Mickey #Cohen (shown), Louis #Dragna, Nick #Licata and others for refusing to testify in hearings on infiltration of legitimate business.
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#OTD (Oct 24) in 1980, at a trial of alleged southern #California #Mafia leaders, #FBI agents testify that defendant Louis Tom #Dragna admitted Mafia membership when interviewed by them.
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#OTD (Oct 15) in 1931, #LosAngeles bigshot Joe #Ardizzone disappears and is presumed dead, leaving Jack #Dragna (shown) uncontested leader of the LA mob.
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#OTD (Oct 14) in 1980, #LosAngeles #Mafia leaders Dominic #Brooklier (shown), Louis #Dragna, Michael Rizzitello, Jack LoCicero and Samuel Sciortino go on trial for murder conspiracy and extortion.
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#OTD in 1956: Jack #Dragna, longtime underworld boss of southern #California, was found dead of an apparent heart attack in a #LosAngeles hotel room.
Read about it:
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2023/02/los-angeles-boss-dragna-found-dead-in.html