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

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On this date, Oct 07...
• in 1906, the deathbed statement of New Castle PA shooting victim Pietro Romeo implicates Calabrian racketeer Rocco Esposito.
• in 1915, East Harlem underworld leader Ippolito Greco is shot to death.
• in 1917, Salvatore LaFata, former Utica NY business partner of Joseph Aiello, is found murdered in Buffalo.
• in 1928, Brooklyn grocer Joseph Martorello is murdered.
• in 1931, Pittsburgh bootlegger Jack Palmere is fatally shot from behind. Rumrunners Bill Price and Skip Flanagan are found murdered in Brooklyn.
• in 1932, Angelo DiRenzo of Youngstown OH is sentenced to 25 years for the Pittsburgh assault and robbery of a postal clerk.
• in 1943, William Bioff testifies about a plot among Chicago Outfit leaders to extort the motion picture industry.
• in 1946, Venero Mangano of Manhattan is fined for bookmaking.
• in 1959, Gregory Scarpa is arrested for consorting with known criminals.
• in 1965, mobster Joseph DiCarlo is severely injured in a traffic accident in Williamsville NY.
• in 2008, human remains discovered in Farmingdale NY are identified by federal investigators as long-missing Colombo Crime Family leader William Cutolo Sr.
• in 2009, federal agents round up members and associates of the Bonanno Crime Family including reputed ruling council member Joseph Sammartino of New Jersey.
Image of William Cutolo Sr.

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