Showing posts with label dragonetti. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dragonetti. Show all posts

Sunday, February 17, 2008

Former NYPD officers nabbed in Gambino bust

Two former New York police officers were among the scores of people arrested in Feb. 7 raids against the Gambino Crime Family, according to a story by John Marzulli of the New York Daily News.

Ronald Flam, 35, is charged with participating in a bookmaking ring, which included reputed Gambino bigshots Nicholas Corozzo and Leonard DiMaria. Frank Vassallo, 38, is charged with operating illegal Joker Poker machines in partnership with reputed Gambino soldier Vincent Dragonetti.

Flam worked in the 63rd Precinct for less than two years. Vassallo was a detective in the 83rd Precinct before retiring ona disability pension.

Posted by Tom Hunt at 2/17/2008 07:00:00 AM

0 comments

Keywords: , , , , ,

Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)

US Mafia was born in New Orleans

book cover

SILVER MEDALIST - 2008 INDEPENDENT PUBLISHER AWARDS

Deep Water:
Joseph P. Macheca and the
Birth of the American Mafia
Written by Thomas Hunt and Martha Macheca Sheldon, Deep Water captures the life and times of Joseph P. Macheca. It finally sets the record straight on the man who was a warrior for the corrupt New Orleans Democratic machine, a pioneer of the Crescent City’s fruit trade, a Confederate privateer and the legendary “godfather” of the first Mafia organization to germinate in American soil.
While answering at last the questions surrounding the 1890 assassination of Police Chief David Hennessy and the subsequent Crescent City lynchings, Deep Water establishes the factual details of Macheca’s life and sets them against the vivid backdrop of Gilded Age New Orleans. Published by iUniverse.


Click for more information or to order.

Some of Our Favorite Books


About Me

My Photo
Tom Hunt
Tom is coauthor of "Deep Water: Joseph P. Macheca and the Birth of the American Mafia," silver medal winner in the 2008 Independent Publisher Book Awards. He publishes several sites related to organized crime: the American Mafia history website (www.onewal.com); CagedWolves: History of the Morello Mob (www.cagedwolves.com); and the MobNews current events blog (mob-news.blogspot.com). In addition, he moderates a Yahoo discussion group on Mafia topics (groups.yahoo.com/group/americanmafia/) and edits organized crime and crime publications categories for the Open Directory Project (dmoz.org). He has written and co-written articles on organized crime for the On the Spot Journal.
View my complete profile