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The Streets Don't Love You Back's Blog – March 2010 Archive (108)

john gotti

John Gotti

Mug Shots

By age 31, Gotti was an acting capo for the Gambino family. Against the rules of the family, Gotti and his crew were dealing in heroin. When it was found out, family boss …

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:13pm — No Comments

john gotti

The following is a profile of John Gotti, former godfather of the powerful Gambino family.

Born: October 27, 1940 in Bronx, New York

Childhood Years

At the age of 12, his family moved to a rough part of Brooklyn, New York.
Gotti dropped out of school in the eighth grade and began his full time involvement in street gangs and petty crimes.

1960 - 1969

In his mid-twenties, he became…

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Gotti was sent to the U.S. Penitentiary at Marion, Illinois, and kept basically in solitary confinement. His cell, which was underground, measured eight feet by seven feet and he was allowed out of it for just one hour a day to exercise alone.

After being…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:06pm — No Comments

charlie workman

Charlie Workman "The Bug"

Mug Shot

Charlie (Charles) Workman was a hitman for Murder Inc. run by Louis Buchalter. Murder Inc., specialized in hiring killers for the Mafia. Workman's "fame" came when he and another hitman, Mendy Weiss, shot Dutch Schultz and three of his top…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 5:02pm — No Comments

joe valachi

Joe Valachi "Joe Cargo"

Congressional Photo

Joseph Michael Valachi was a member of Lucky Luciano's crime family from the 1930s until 1959 when he was convicted on…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:59pm — No Comments

Known for being the first New York Mafia boss to cooperate with authorities

Joseph C. Massino

Mug Shot

Joseph C. Massino (January 10, 1943) dubbed by the media as The Last Don, was the head of the Bonanno crime family starting in 1993 until he was convicted in July 2004, of racketeering, murder, extortion and other similar crimes. To avoid the death…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:56pm — No Comments

phllip leonetti

Phillip Leonetti

Mug Shot

Phillip Leonetti (b. March 27, 1953) seemed to pattern his life after his uncle, Philadelphia crime family boss Nicodemo Scarfo. In the 1980s, Leonetti was moving through the family crime ranks as a mob hitman, capo and then underboss to…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:54pm — No Comments

meyer lansky

Meyer Lansky

Mug Shot

Meyer Lansky (born Majer Suchowlinski, July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983) was a major figure in organized crime in the U.S. Referred to often as the "Godfather of Godfathers", Lansky, along with…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:51pm — No Comments

henry hill

Henry Hill

Mug Shot

Henry Hill has become somewhat of a celebrity after co-authoring with Nicholas Pileggi the 1986, true crime book, Wiseguy, which was later made into the 1990 movie…

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henry hill

Henry Hill

Mug Shot

Henry Hill was thrown out of the witness protection program in the early 1990s because of his inability to stay away from drugs or keep his whereabouts unknown.the streets dont love you…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:48pm — No Comments

henry hill

Henry Hill

1980 F.B.I. Mug Shot

Henry Hill grew up in Brooklyn, New York and at an early age ran errands for the local Lucchese crime family.

Being of Italian and Irish decent, Hill was never "made" into the crime family, but was a soldier of capo, Paul Vario, and participated…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:45pm — No Comments

sammy the bull

Salvatore Gravano

Mug Shot

After leaving the U.S. federal Witness Protection Program in 1995, Gravano moved to Arizona and started trafficking in ecstasy. In 2000, he was arrested and convicted of drug trafficking and received a 19-year sentence. His son was also convicted…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:43pm — No Comments

sammy the bull

Salvatore Gravano

Mug Shot

Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born March 12, 1945) became an Underboss of the Gambino crime family after teaming up with John…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:41pm — No Comments

why do drug dealers get a life sentence,but you can rape women and kids and kill them and get a out date,something is truly wrong with this picture

Dear President Obama, Attorney General Holder, and FBOP Director Lappin,

Thank you for taking the time to address my concerns. My (friends) brother-in-law, George Martorano has been a federal inmate for the past 27 years. He was arrested in 1983 on various drug offenses. He plead guilty and received a “draconian-like” prison sentence of LIFE…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 22, 2010 at 4:21pm — No Comments

PEOPLE TRULY DONT THINK

Chris Crego

On February 3, 2010, Chris Crego was arrested at his workplace in Terre Haute, Indiana, after he posted the details -- including his work hours -- to his Facebook and MySpace pages. Crego was previously arrested in the fall of 2009, in New York, for assault -- to which he pled guilty and promptly fled the state.

Detectives started looking for Crego on the internet and found a Facebook page and a MySpace account,…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 20, 2010 at 11:35am — No Comments

WATCH WHAT YOU POST PEOPLE

Robert Powell

In January 2007, Robert Powell was arrested for the murder of his friend Joseph Duprey, after he posted pictures of Duprey on his MySpace page with the words "Rest in Peace" and "LTM" ("Live Through Me") next to them -- before Duprey's death was reported to police. According to police, the murder was the result of a dispute over a gun Powell had…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 20, 2010 at 11:33am — No Comments

IF YOU ARE ON THE INTERNET AND DOING WRONG YOU WILL GET CAUGHT

Social Networks, Criminal Networks?

Mar 19, 2010 5:10 pm

One of Italy's 100 most wanted criminals was arrested in Isola Capo Rizzuto on Tuesday, thanks to his love of Facebook.

ABC News reports that police tracked mafia boss Pasquale "Scarface" Manfredi, 33, was tracked by…

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The FBI on Facebook: Watching every move you makeIt seems U.S. law enforcement wants to be your friend on Facebook, Twitter, etc. The good news? Personal privacy may actually be making a comeback, sa…

The FBI on Facebook: Watching every move you make

It seems U.S. law enforcement wants to be your friend on Facebook, Twitter, etc. The good news? Personal privacy may actually be making a comeback, says Cringe…

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Green Dragons Category: article Under questioning, Sonny Wong testifying at trial said, "You gotta know rules involving gangsters going up to take the stand." When the prosecutor asked what these ru…

Green Dragons

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Under questioning, Sonny Wong testifying at trial said, "You gotta know rules involving gangsters going up to take the stand." When the prosecutor asked what these rules were, Sonny answered,…

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A Trail of Bodies Category: article In the chronicles of the ever expanding gangsta files and criminal underworld, different crews at different times have gotten props for their various MO's whateve…

A Trail of Bodies

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In the chronicles of the ever expanding gangsta files and criminal underworld, different crews at different times have gotten props for their various MO's whatever they may be. Some crews are about territory,…

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Added by The Streets Don't Love You Back on March 5, 2010 at 4:13am — No Comments