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#OTD (Sep 13)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

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#NewOrleans #Mafia boss Joseph #Agnello had survived previous assassination attempts. But, #OTD (Sept 12) in 1871, the odds (and his underworld rivals) caught up with him.

https://mobhistory.substack.com/p/bloody-ends-of-early-nola-bosses-5f4?r=12oapz

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#OTD (Sep 12) in 1931, bootlegger Joseph #Manino is shot to death in a #Brooklyn neighborhood known as Death Valley.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/09/death-valley-end-for-ambitious-gangster.html

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#OTD (Sep 12)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#NewOrleans #Brooklyn #CarbondalePA #Pittsburgh #BuffaloNY #Dallas #Philadelphia #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Sep 11)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#Brooklyn #SewickleyPA #EastHarlem #Poughkeepsie #Chicago #BuffaloNY #Florida #Milwaukee #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (July 25)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#HillsvillePA #CoraopolisPA #Missouri #Pittsburgh #Louisiana #AtlanticCityNJ #NewOrleans #YoungstownOH #Pennsylvania #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory

#OTD (Jan 25) in 1943, Gaetano #Lucchese becomes a naturalized citizen of the U.S.

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#OTD (Dec 20) in 1917, #LosAngeles police seek #Mafia gunman Mike #Marino in connection with the recent slaying of Pietro #Matranga.

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#OTD (Dec 18) in 2007, The #NewJersey attorney general uncovers links between the #Lucchese Crime Family and the #Bloods street gang.

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#OTD (Dec 17) in 1924, Gaetano #Lucchese and Jack #Spina are paroled from prison after serving sentences for grand larceny / automobile theft.

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#OTD (Dec 16) in 1917, #Detroit gangster Sam #Giannola is arrested for grand #larceny.

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#OTD (Dec 13) in 1924, Tommy #Lucchese is paroled from prison where he was serving a sentence for grand #larceny.

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#OTD (Nov 17) in 1967, Vincent #Rao, consigliere of the #Lucchese Crime Family, is convicted of #perjury.

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#OTD (Nov 17) in 1952, U.S. government begins an effort to denaturalize #NewYork crime figure Gaetano #Lucchese.

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#OTD (Nov 13) in 1972, Paul #Vario Sr. of New York's #Lucchese Crime Family is indicted for #bribery.

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#OTD (Nov 09) in 2006, #NewYork police announce the arrests of 11 people, including alleged members of the #Genovese and #Lucchese Crime Families, for running a gambling ring at the Hunts Point Market in the #Bronx.

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#OTD (November 3) in 2019, Louis #Eppolito, 71, a former #NewYork Police detective, died at the #Tucson Medical Center in Arizona. Eppolito and former partner Stephen #Caracappa had been convicted of working with the #Lucchese Crime Family.

https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2019/11/mafia-cop-eppolito-dies-in-federal.html

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#OTD (Nov 03) in 1938, Thomas #Galati of #Cleveland is the fourth of five suspects to be convicted of the murder of #YoungstownOH gangster Roy 'Happy' #Marino.

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#OTD (Oct 25) in 1972, #FBI arrests Paul #Vario Sr., a leading figure in the #Lucchese Crime Family, for #hijacking.

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#OTD (Oct 01) in 2009, two sets of law enforcement raids targeting the #Lucchese Crime Family of #NewYork result in 29 arrests.

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#OTD (Sep 29) in 1878, Salvatore #Marino, leader of a rebel #Mafia group in #NewOrleans, dies after suffering with Yellow Fever.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NOLA

#OTD (Sep 18) in 1984, #Lucchese Crime Family boss Anthony #Corallo and #Gambino Crime Family boss Paul #Castellano are charged with conspiring to control waste collection businesses on #LongIsland.

#MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

#OTD (Sep 17) in 1971, #Lucchese Crime Family capodecina James #Plumeri is found strangled to death.

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