[13] Riggi continued to run the family from his jail cell, but he appointed Giacomo "Jake" Amari as his new acting boss. If Guarraci is indeed an acting boss, it seems he is the only one still out there being a gangster a la the fictional Tony Soprano, at however small a scale. Simone DeCavalcante also known as Sam the Plumber was a New Jersey mob boss in the 1960's and 1970's before retiring to Florida. We encountered an issue signing you up. In March 1972, Vastola was convicted of extorting the dice game operators and was sentenced to 30 months in prison. From city to city and state to state, Button Guys of The New York Mafia breaks down the history of organized crime in America. D'Amato was later revealed to have participated in homosexual acts and was murdered in 1992. A resident in Bayonne, New Jersey prior to his conviction in 2002, Rago was reportedly inducted into the North Jersey-based DeCavalcante crime family after he, along with fellow soldiers Anthony Capo and Louis Consalvo . [16] This was the fourth indictment of the family since 1999. 20122015 "Horse" mentioned by Charles Stango in December 2012 wiretaps. What follows below is a list of in-depth biographies for many of their more interesting members and associates. He would quickly utilize his position and popularity to help expand the influence and geographic reach of this borgata. A welcome email is on its way. On several occasions between Dec. 12, 2014, and March 9, 2015, Stango and various conspirators were audio or video recorded conducting drug transactions with an undercover law enforcement officer. Do not over Speak the Don or Higher Ranks than you. DeCavalcante will soon be moving to Los Santos Either in October 2012 or Sometime in 2013. Still, they boast around 40 made men and around 50 associates and have maintained strong alliances with the Gambinos, Philly and the Patriarca crime family in New England. You were screaming You had pearls on Everything was so screwed up Mary [his wife] woke me upsomething about pearls I dont remember.. ]. We ask you to keep your comments relevant and respectful. Giacomo Jake Amari became the acting boss and thumbed his nose at the five families by recruiting new members in New York and operating a social club in Little Italy. James Gandolfinis parents came emigrated from Italy to New Jersey. Stefano "Steve" Badami became the boss of the Elizabeth-Newark family. After one plot fell through, the murder was eventually called off. Nicholas (Nicky Dell) Delmore was one of the original powers in Northern New Jerseys underworld - a very well-respected mafioso who eventually became boss. [15] To gain complete control of the DeCavalcante family, Majuri decided that he should murder Vincent Palermo, leaving himself in charge of the family. "They are a very close-knit. [19] Longtime acting boss Francesco Guarraci died of cancer in 2016. They operate in the realm made mythic by The Godfather and their bosses are figures of legend. The Genovese and the Gambino families were and are among the five New York families, the Ivy League of the Mafia. And in New Jersey, the DeCavalcante Family ran the show. A Colombo Family Legend March 25, 2020 2023 American Mafia History [20], In March 2015, the FBI arrested 10 members and associates of the crime family on charges of conspiracy to commit murder and distribution of drugs, including 71 year-old captain Charles "Beeps" Stango and 72 year-old consigliere Frank Nigro. SNP treasurer Colin Beattie has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the funding and finances of the Scottish National Party.. Police Scotland revealed this morning that . Joseph La Selva was underboss of the DeCavalcante Family along with Frank Majuri, which was a rarity in a Cosa Nostra Family. He estimated up to 300 associates are active in the state, down from 800 at their peak in the late 1980s and early 1990s. families in New York - the boss, underboss, captains and soldiers are depicted on different levels of the chart Among them are street boss Andrew Russo and acting underboss Benjamin Castellazzo from the Colombo family, and Bartolemeo Vernace and Joseph Corozzo from the Gambino family. The Mafia once infiltrated New Jerseys political system and some elements of law enforcement, according to Lee Seglem, executive director of the New Jersey State Commission of Investigation, a 51-year-old arm of state government dedicated to rooting out organized crime and corruption. [31], In July 2022, capo Charlie Stango was released from federal prison and went into a New York halfway house. Under his guidance, the DeCavalcante Family added dozens of made men to their ranks, and, Unfortunately for Sam the Plumber, his rise to power coincided with another development: more aggressive and sophisticated law enforcement efforts to take down organized crime. When the transcripts were unsealed in court, it became apparent that the affair with secretary was just one of many liaisons. It also helped send him to prison. Unauthorized distribution, transmission or republication strictly prohibited. The DiMeo family had then been taken over by Jackie Aprile, who dies of cancer just like Jake Amari. He is the last mafia boss of clout in the DeCavalcante crime family. Stango's case stands among the latest federal prosecutions of New Jersey Mafia figures, showing that despite the rise of other gangs, the old mob is still active in the Garden State. However, long before the Sopranos there was an actual mafia network running criminal activities across the Hudson River that divides New Jersey from New York (and the Five Families who operated in the big city). Unfortunately for Sam the Plumber, his rise to power coincided with another development: more aggressive and sophisticated law enforcement efforts to take down organized crime. The Sopranos is often hailed as the greatest TV show of all time. That all changed in the 1960s, when Simone Rizzo DeCavalcante came on the scene. Visit our Community Guidelines for more information and details on how to adjust your email settings. He appointed Gaetano Vastola to oversee the family while he was behind bars, but Vastola was subsequently arrested shortly afterwards as well. Gallo was a strong ally and friend of Vincent Palermo's, and told him about Majuri's plans. Hearing Impaired: 856-968-4983 On Thursday, March 12, 2015, authorities arrested ten members and associates of the DeCavalcante crime family, including Stango and his son, and Frank Nigro, the family's consigliere. All Rights Reserved. [15], Toward the late 1990s, the Ruling Panel kept running the DeCavalcante crime family with Giovanni Riggi still behind bars as the boss. Unsurprisingly, the DeCavalcante Family were fans of the show. He was recorded telling Majuri of going with fellow mobster Gaetano Corky Vastola to visit someone who had failed to come in for a chat when summoned. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. Law enforcement authorities seized 3,200 pounds of cocaine valued at $77 million at Port Newark in late February, though they havent yet named who they suspect of importing the drugs. He relocated to Sicily and was replaced by Nicholas "Nick" Delmore. The DeCavalcante family isnt the powerhouse it once was, and some in law enforcement argue the organizations criminal tool box hasnt kept pace with Asian, Russian, and African mobsters. While incarcerated, Riggi attempted to maintain control of the DeCavalcante crime family, with uneven success. 19311955 Filippo "Phil" Amari promoted to boss, 19551956 Nicholas "Nick" Delmore promoted to boss, 19561957 Francesco "Fat Frank" Majuri stepped down and became consigliere, 19571983 Francesco "Fat Frank" Majuri died in 1983, 19832006 Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile sentenced to life in 2006, overturned in 2008, released in 2013, 2006present Frank "Goombah Frankie" Nigro arrested 2015, This page was last edited on 3 April 2023, at 04:19. Nicknamed Sam the Plumber because of the plumbing supply store he operated as a business front, DeCavalcante was an ambitious Mafioso who managed to organize New Jerseys rackets like never before, and make them profitable. Seglem explained they still make money with traditional ventures likelabor racketeering taking control of workers at a construction site and demanding a payout from the builders. He died of natural causes in 1997. The USA TODAY NETWORK New Jersey learned the state remains a hunting ground for mobsters tied to Philadelphia and New York City. Around the end of the first season, an actual FBI electronic device carried by an informant recorded members of the DeCavalcante family chatting about the show as they drove to a sit-down. While incarcerated, Riggi attempted to maintain control of the DeCavalcante crime family, with uneven success. John LaMela was a DeCavalcante Family soldier active in liquor bootlegging, narcotics, and garbage rackets. The alleged MS-13 "regional director for the East Coast" had a home in the Jersey Shore's Long Branch. Several customers became alarmed and exited the restaurant, without paying their bills. Critics have praised the hit series, about a mob boss and his family, for its writing, cast, style and themes.. Violence, sex, drugs and money all feature heavily in the six-season American crime drama, which ran from 1999 to 2007. An Amico Nostro is an Amico Nostro.. As with all of Cosa Nostra in the last 20 to 30 years, the DeCavalcante Family has fallen prey to the Rat Fever permeating through the ranks of all the mobbut the beat goes on! They were charged with various plots to commit murder, distribute drugs, and run a prostitution business. Unlike New York's infamous Five Families, the Chicago mob consists of only one family, often referred to as the "Outfit.". But still, the mob reigns eternal. OMalley said he didnt think the killing had the markings of a sanctioned mob hit. The nightmares and panic attacks suffered by Tony Soprano as played by James Gandolfini seemed authentic enough to anybody who had listened to the FBI recordings of a real-life New Jersey mob boss in the 1960s. Guarraci allegedly rose to acting boss as he continued to work as a foreman with a laborers union. Simone DeCavalcante was the boss of the crime family that bore his name and a FBI bug recorded his every word to his secretary when he arrived at his office one morning in 1964. Amanda Humphreys, 24, of Seaside Heights and Jason Vella, 37 of Berkeley Township who were also arrested. He appointed Gaetano Vastola to oversee. Riggis hope to put the DeCavalcante family back on the map with the killing was dashed when it became known that when stealing license plates to put on a getaway car, one of the hit squad had inadvertently chosen the plates of a vehicle belonging to the wife of a well-known mobster. Then he hit him another one. "LaCosa Nostra" (Italian for "our thing") doesn't enjoy the same power it hadin decades past. Its illicit activities include bookmaking, cement and construction violations, bootlegging, corruption, drug trafficking, extortion, fencing, fraud, hijacking, illegal gambling, loan-sharking, money laundering, murder, pier thefts, pornography, prostitution, racketeering, and waste management violations. Pete Galletta was a "sleeper" DeCavalcante member who was involved in the Family's gambling rackets, yet unknown to law enforcement. He was convicted on a variety of extortion and labor charges in 1992, and sentenced to twelve years in prison. We have enabled email notificationsyou will now receive an email if you receive a reply to your comment, there is an update to a comment thread you follow or if a user you follow comments. Between June 6, 2013, and Nov. 6, 2013, Oliveri bought multiple cases of untaxed cigarettes from undercover law enforcement officers. [15] Guarino spent ten years undercover working for the FBI. All was seemingly settled until Amari became ill and died slowly of stomach cancer in 1997. Riggi used his power and influence to place subcontractors and workers at various construction projects around the state, and the DeCavalcantes were able to steal from union welfare and pension funds. Nearly 1 pound of drugs and a loaded 9mm FEG Model PGK-9HP gun with 12 rounds were seized during the raids in September, said U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito. By 1964, with the death of Delmore, his nephew Simone (Sam the Plumber) DeCavalcante would be selected as the new boss of this Family. Since then, several other top mobsters agreed to become government witnesses in exchange for being given lenient or no sentences at all. Unions, construction, bootlegging, waste management, porn, gambling, prostitution, drugs, and much, much more. [16] Other top members, like Anthony Rotondo and Anthony Capo, also agreed to become government witnesses. And Tony Soprano was not a Michael Corleone. ', GOLDSTEIN: A strike by federal workers? Mob historians claim Stefano Badami, in the 1920s, was the first capo over a group of Mafiosi which later were more formally organized under the auspices of Filippo (Phil) Amari, and later during the late 1940s through the early 1960s era, one Nicholas (Nicky Dell) Delmore, a well-respected old-line bootlegger and labor racketeer who commanded the Family. And under his lead, the DeCavalcante spread money around to local politicians and often presented a veneer of legitimacy Riggi helped develop little league baseball fields and supported many charitable causes even as the family was committing serious crimes, extortion, and fraud across the state. After nearly two and a half years of undercover investigation, Giovanni Rocco sat in the spacious home of his mentor, Charlie Stango, eating sauteed shrimp made by one of the most powerful people in the DeCavalcante mafia family. Hey, whats this f-ing thing, Sopranos? Joseph Tin Ear Sclafani asked. John Capozzi, 34, of Union, New Jersey; Mario Galli, 23, of Toms River, New Jersey; and Nicholas Degidio, 37, of Union, New Jersey, were also charged with cocaine distribution. The downfall of the DeCavalcante family was precipitated in 1998, when an associate named Ralph Guarino became an FBI informant, in an effort to avoid a long prison sentence in connection with taking part with two others in a heist of $1.6 million from the World Trade Center. Tracing its origins to Ribera, Sicily, and with its home base in the town of Elizabeth, New Jersey, the DeCavalcante Family is the only Cosa Nostra group able to claim true Jersey origins. One of them decided to cooperate and a dozen more were grabbed. I had a terrible dream about a bunch of cops! he exclaimed, adding that the secretary had featured in it. Whatever the truth of his lineage, DeCavalcante did have a certain courtly touch when he settled disputes or helped a younger mafioso through a rough patch in his marriage. Have a question about Government Services? Facebook Dressed in cargo shorts and a T-shirt and. The opening sequence of the first episode in 1999 made clear that this was New Jersey. It operates on the opposite side of the Hudson River from the Five Families of New York. The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia organized crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, Newark, West New York, and various other North Jersey cities and the surrounding areas in North Jersey. 970 Broad Street, 7th Floor He was a knockaround Jersey guy rising to power in the fictional DiMeo family, founded by Ercole DiMeo, who had been sent to prison just like Simone DeCavalcante. La Cosa Nostras reign has waned in the last 10 to 15 years, diminished by prosecutions and infighting between criminal factions. [Colombo] sits like a baby next to Carl [Gambino] all the time, DeCavalcante said. Riggi is said to have given the go-ahead from prison for a killer named Anthony Capo to dispatch DAmato. Simone DeCavalcante was the boss of the crime family that bore his name and a FBI bug recorded his every word to his secretary when he arrived at his office one morning in 1964. After DeCavalcante left prison in the mid-1970s, he appointed Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi as acting boss of the family while he stayed semi-retired in Florida. Stango, a captain in the DeCavalcante family, allegedly sought and obtained permission from Nigro, the crime familys consigliore or counsel and other upper-echelon members of the crime family, to kill a rival member living in New Jersey. Stefano Badami was stabbed to death in a New Jersey clam house in 1955. Carmelo (Melio) Cocchiaro was a soldier in the DeCavalcante Family who once made a youthful blunder after a string of supermarket robberies. DeGidio was sentenced to 1 years in prison, and Pali was sentenced to over 6 years. He sounded like any worried father when he fretted aloud about his three sons. Download the Asbury Park Press app today. Sep 16, 2020 - Explore AmericanMafiaHistory.com's board "DeCavalcante Crime Family", followed by 512 people on Pinterest. DeCavalcante crime family capo Louis "Fat Lou" LaRasso went missing on Nov. 11, 1991, after shopping with his wife for his upcoming birthday party, and having dinner in their pregnant daughter . US law enforcement even put Giovanni Riggi on trial, who was hoping to be released in 2003, and he was sentenced to 10 additional years in prison. A lot of what is reported and wrote about is watered down, wrong, or sensationalized. 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John Riggi helmed the DeCavalcante ship with a steely resolve for nearly 35 years even while Gambino boss John Gotti sought to sink it. During prohibition and afterwards, several New Jersey families controlled their own city-wide networks, and crews associated with the Five Families in New York staked out a claim on rackets in Jersey as well. Francesco Majuri was a well-respected member of the underworld who started out as an alcohol bootlegger in the 1920s and 1930s. U.S. Attorney's Office, District of New Jersey, Ten Members and Associates of Decavalcante Organized Crime Family Arrested, Third Circuit Vacates Child Abuse Sentences, Orders Resentencing and Reassignment, Pennsylvania Man Admits Robbing Two Camden County Banks, U.S. Attorney Sellinger Announces Implementation of New Voluntary Self-Disclosure Policy. Gambino BossFrancesco "Franky Boy"Cali was gunned down in Staten Island earlier this month. He declared that This Thing of Ours and Our Friends were the same, whether it be among the five families of New York or his family in New Jersey. Today, the DeCavalcante Crime family is a shadow of its former self. Umberto Gallo ran a private mob social club as a base and was partners with his older brother in the shylock rackets. Simone Rizzo DeCavalcante - The Count Of New Jersey The next issue of Your Midday Sun will soon be in your inbox. TRENTON - An associate of the DeCavalcante crime family Monday pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine with the intent to . The members include Vito Spatafore, who is killed after it becomes known he is gay, just as John DAmato was killed. He was an in-law by marriage to Nicholas Delmore, the former head of the New Jersey, crime family whose nephew was Simone DeCavalcante, also a New Jersey mob family leader whose daughter he married. In addition to Badami, the Jersey crew has frequently done hits for other families because of their low profile. Their reward was to see their son enter Rutgers. A very unique hierarchy chart depicting the entire Brooklyn faction of NJ's Sam DeCavalcante Crime Family. Official websites use .gov Respect the Don and All Family Members. But there is a sixth family just across the Hudson River who are equally greedy and bloodthirsty. There were several bosses in North Jersey during the Prohibition era controlling transportation of alcohol and whiskey into New York City, and there were two Mafia families based in New Jersey: the Newark family headed by Gaspare D'Amico, and the Elizabeth family headed by Stefano Badami. [26], In March 2017, Stango was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit murder. Gregory "Georgie" Rago (born 1959) is a New Jersey mobster and "soldier" in the DeCavalcante crime family. Two of the notorious five New York crime families Lucchese and Genovese operate in New Jersey, mob experts said. After college, the son discovered his calling. 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