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@mobhistory.substack.com Oct 10, 2026, 11:30 AM

#OTD (Oct 10)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#QueensNY #WorcesterMA #Brooklyn #LasVegas #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Oct 10...
• in 1891, future Buffalo crime boss Stefano Magaddino is born in Castellammare del Golfo, Sicily.
• in 1911, Giuseppe Costabile is convicted in New York of carrying a bomb.
• in 1925, Frank LaPuma is found murdered in New York City. Vito Genovese is arrested in Queens NY for homicide, later discharged.
• in 1927, Raymond L.S. Patriarca is arrested at Worcester MA for bootlegging.
• in 1928, boss of bosses Salvatore 'Toto' D'Aquila is shot to death in Manhattan. Mike Abbatemarco of Brooklyn is given an elaborate, well attended funeral.
• in 1930, Thomas Reggione of New York begins a lengthy prison sentence for armed robbery. Murdered Brooklyn mobster Carmelo Piraino is buried.
• in 1935, a federal grand jury at New York indicts Dutch Schultz on 11 counts of failing to file income tax returns.
• in 1957, New York crime boss Joseph Bonanno is observed in Italy, traveling under an alias and accompanied by four men.
• in 1963, an informant tells the FBI that mafiosi Tommy Eboli and Gerry Catena have paid Joseph Valachi's wife $10,000 to give the press negative information about her husband.
• in 1971, Frank Rosenthal becomes an employee of the Las Vegas Stardust at an annual salary of $190,000.
• in 1973, two New York television cameramen are beaten when they attempt to film the funeral for Paul Vario's son.
Image of Joe Bonanno.

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@egtours.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:56 AM

Queens was alive last night. An Afro-Andean funk band turned the room into one long groove, Peru meeting Africa meeting Latin
#AfroAndean #AfroAndeanFunk #PeruvianMusic #AfricanMusic #LatinMusic #AfroLatin #Funk #LiveMusic #QueensNY #Queens #WorldMusic #AndeanMusic #AfroPeruvian #LatinFunk

@egtours.bsky.social Oct 5, 2026, 3:55 AM

Queens was alive last night. An Afro-Andean funk band turned the room into one long groove, Peru meeting Africa meeting Latin soul, horns cutting through
#AfroAndean #AfroAndeanFunk #PeruvianMusic #AfricanMusic #LatinMusic #AfroLatin #Funk #LiveMusic #QueensNY #QueensNightlife #NYCMusic

@mobhistory.substack.com Sep 25, 2026, 10:15 AM

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

#LosAngeles #Pittsburgh #RhodeIsland #Michigan #NewJersey #QueensNY #MiamiBeachFL #Bronx #Chicago #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 25...
• in 1906, Joseph Cuccia is fatally shot in Los Angeles.
• in 1919, Pittsburgh merchants J.C. Catalano, Philip Catalano and Orazio Leone are arrested in connection with the Gregorio Conti murder.
• in 1930, Rhode Island revokes parole granted to Raymond L.S. Patriarca months earlier.
• in 1931, after questioning, James Alascia is held as a material witness to the Salvatore Maranzano murder.
• in 1933, Joe Bommarito and James Licavoli are given 90-days for violating Michigan Public Enemy Act.
• in 1935, Dutch Schultz is arrested on suspicion in New Jersey.
• in 1950, Frank Livorsi and others are charged with tax offenses connected with illegal wartime sugar sales.
• in 1957, Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa is indicted for perjury.
• in 1959, Anthony 'Augie Pisano' Carfano and Mrs. Janice Drake are shot to death in Carfano's car in Queens.
• in 1960, Johnny Rosselli introduces secret CIA intermediary Robert Maheu to 'Sam Gold' (Sam Giancana) and 'Joe' (Santo Trafficante) at Miami Beach FL.
• in 1963, within a Bronx apartment, police find files relating to Vincent Alo loansharking operations.
• in 1971, Felix Alderisio of Chicago dies during an exercise period at the Marion IL federal prison.
Image of Dutch Schultz.

@mobhistory.substack.com Sep 23, 2026, 10:15 AM

#OTD (Sep 23)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#ArthursburgNY #WorcesterMA #BuffaloNY #QueensNY #Denver #Cleveland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 23...
• in 1910, New York gangster Kid Dropper is shot and seriously wounded by Johnny Spanish.
• in 1919, Antonio 'Little Cooch' Deluca is fatally shot outside his father's saloon on Second Avenue in Manhattan.
• in 1931, an unidentified male murder victim is found shot through the head and burned near Arthursburg NY.
• in 1932, Raymond L.S. Patriarca and two others are charged in Worcester MA with armed bank robbery.
• in 1936, Buffalo gangster Joseph DiCarlo is arrested for assaulting Roman Kroll.
• in 1937, New York Police Officer John Wilson is shot to death after interrupting the burglary of Rudisch Refining Company on Fulton Street.
• in 1960, Gambino Crime Family capodecina Vincent Squillante disappears.
• in 1966, the 13 mafiosi arrested in a raid at La Stella Restaurant on Sept 22 are released on bail totaling $1.3 million.
• in 1982, Eugene Smaldone of Denver is charged with federal racketeering, weapons and tax evasion offenses.
• in 1986, former Cleveland Mafia underboss Angelo Lonardo testifies in the Mafia Commission trial in New York.
Image of Angelo Lonardo.

@mobhistory.substack.com Sep 22, 2026, 11:00 AM

#OTD (Sep 22)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#QueensNY #MadisonWI #BuffaloNY #NassauNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 22...
• in 1888, New York Whyos gang leader Owen Bruen gets nine-plus years in prison for first degree assault.
• in 1920, DOJ agents observe as Queens gangster Giacomo Caruso and five other men commit a robbery at a Waterbury CT restaurant.
• in 1926, mafioso Nicola Gentile boards the S.S. Roma in Naples for a return to the U.S.
• in 1929, a shotgun-wielding gunman in Madison WI wounds bootlegger Joe Gelosi and kills his young son.
• in 1965, the beaten and shot body of Buffalo real estate agent Charles Gerass is found in the trunk of his wife's car.
• in 1966, police raid the LaStella Restaurant in Queens to discover a meeting of top Mafia leaders Carlo Gambino, Tommy Eboli, Joe Colombo, Joey Gallo, Mike Miranda, Aniello Dellacroce, Santo Trafficante, Carlos Marcello and others.
• in 1967, Frank Livorsi passes away in Nassau County NY.
• in 2005, Gambino Crime Family lieutenant Dominick Pizzonia is charged with the 1992 murders of Thomas and Rosemarie Uva.
Image of Dominick Pizzonia.

@mobhistory.substack.com Sep 21, 2026, 10:15 AM

#OTD (Sep 21)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#TaftMN #Idaho #SewickleyPA #QueensNY #EriePA #Pittsburgh #Chicago #LakeZurichIL #BuffaloNY #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 21...
• in 1881, after months of hearings into his identity, escaped Sicilian bandit Giuseppe Esposito is deported.
• in 1908, a murdered man found near Taft MN is identified as Idaho bartender Louis Fava. Giacomo Reina, son of Gaetano Reina, is born in Manhattan.
• in 1925, Frank Valenzi of Sewickley PA goes on trial for the murder of Michael Rosato.
• in 1931, the funeral of Vito Genovese's first wife Donata features an elaborate procession from Manhattan into Queens.
• in 1932, a federal grand jury at Erie PA indicts Angelo DiRenzo for the assault and robbery of a Pittsburgh mail clerk.
• in 1946, Vincenzo 'the Cheese King' Benevento of Chicago is shot to death in a cabin hideout at Lake Zurich IL.
• in 1952, New York newspapers report that recently murdered mobster Eugene Giannini had been an informant for federal narcotics agents.
• in 1961, Aniello Dellacroce of the Gambino Crime Family is assaulted at a Manhattan restaurant by Gallo gangsters of the Profaci Crime Family.
• in 1965, Buffalo-area real estate agent Charles Gerass disappears on his way to a meeting with Joseph Todaro.
Image of Aniello Dellacroce.

@mobhistory.substack.com Sep 20, 2026, 2:22 PM

#OTD (Sep 20)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#NewOrleans #CiceroIL #Chicago #Cleveland #Pittsburgh #RochesterNY #QueensNY #Philadelphia #Houston #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 20...
• in 1867, New Orleans mafioso Salvatore Rosa is arrested for the stabbing murder of a minor local official.
• in 1921, New York gangster Herman Kalman is fatally shot as he leaves a movie theater.
• in 1926, Al Capone survives the drive-by shooting of his headquarters in Cicero IL.
• in 1934, an effort by New York gangster Ernest Rupolo to kill William Gallo leaves Gallo wounded but alive.
• in 1952, Eugene Giannini of New York is murdered by hit men assigned by Joseph Valachi.
• in 1958, police claim a list of telephone numbers - from Chicago, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Rochester NY - was found with the body of murdered Fred Aquino.
• in 1967, a New York judge dismisses criminal contempt indictments against Michele Miranda, Thomas Eboli, Dominick Alongi and Anthony Carillo - four of the seven arrested attendees at a Queens NY mob meeting a year earlier.
• in 1983, Theodore DiPretoro confesses to assisting the late Rocco Marinucci in the 1981 bombing murder of Philadelphia Mafia boss Philip Testa.
• in 2008, Frank J. Valenti, longtime underworld boss of Rochester, New York, dies at a Houston, Texas, nursing home.
Image of Frank Valenti.

@indivisiblequeens.bsky.social Sep 17, 2026, 2:20 PM

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#Woodside #QueensNY #HumanityFest #CommunityDefense #IWQ #MutualAid #ProtectOurNeighbors

@resist47.news Sep 16, 2026, 10:05 AM

ICE raids targeting day laborers at a Queens mobile soup kitchen have led to nearly a dozen arrests and widespread workplace absences.

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@joy4schools.bsky.social Sep 10, 2026, 3:32 PM

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@mobhistory.substack.com Sep 7, 2026, 10:09 AM

#OTD (Sep 07)
Events in U.S. organized crime #history.

#HillsvillePA #Brooklyn #Detroit #Chicago #Miami #California #Boston #QueensNY #Cleveland #NewYork #Mafia #MafiaHistory 🗃️ #Skystorians

On this date, Sept 7...
• in 1892, Michael Tenora of Hillsville PA is indicted for murder.
• in 1916, Nicholas Morello and Charles Ubriaco are shot to death on their way to meet with a Brooklyn Camorra group.
• in 1923, Chester Lamare of Detroit is held by police for killing Sol Conrad and wounding four others.
• in 1928, Chicago Unione president Antonio Lombardo and bodyguard Joseph Ferrara are killed.
• in 1929, Thomas Walsh is murdered in Miami.
• in 1957, Joseph Scalise, brother of murdered Mafia leader Frank Scalise, is reported missing.
• in 1958, New York racketeer John Robilotto is fatally shot after leaving a Brooklyn restaurant.
• in 1967, a federal grand jury in California investigates Johnny Rosselli's past.
• in 1973, Sam Battaglia of Chicago dies of cancer eleven days after his parole.
• in 1978, the bodies of two men, fugitives from Boston, are found in the trunk of a car left in Queens NY. A court ruling causes the Justice Department to drop indictments against James Licavoli and other Cleveland mobsters.
Image of Johnny Rosselli.

@shinemycrown.com Sep 6, 2026, 8:05 PM

‘It’s So Heartbreaking’: Queens Mother Fights to Save House Facing Emergency Demolition After Repeated Flooding: A Queens mother is fighting to save the Hollis home where she raised her children and watched her family grow… #Flooding #EmergencyDemolition #QueensNY #SaveOurHomes #CommunitySupport