By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Like old Tiger Stadium and the Vernors plant, Vito (Billy Jack) Giacalone was a fixture in Detroit, one of the city’s best known mobsters — a Tony Soprano type whose mug occasionally graced the 6 p.m. news. He was a suspect in the Jimmy Hoffa disappearance. He…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Boston Globe reporters Kevin Cullen and Shelley Murphy have penned a new biography on mobster James “Whitey” Bulger , which reveals some interesting tidbits about the one-time fugitive accused of killing 19 people. The book, “Whitey Bulger: America’s Most Wanted Gangster and the Manhunt that Brought Him to Justice,” talks about…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A new biography on mobster James “Whitey” Bulger reveals some interesting tidbits about the one-time fugitive accused of killing 19 people. The Boston Globe reports that the book, “WHITEY BULGER: AMERICA’S MOST WANTED GANGSTER AND THE MANHUNT THAT BROUGHT HIM TO JUSTICE” by Globe staff writers Kevin Cullen and Shelley…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Lawyers for mobster James “Whitey” Bulger are seeking more evidence to bolster their claim that the accused serial murderer was given a license to kill by the federal government, the Boston Herald reports. Defense lawyers are asking U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns to order the release of all relevant correspondence between the…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Up for sale: Two story, lakefront Florida retreat riddled with bullets. The suggested starting price: $1 million. The frame house in rural Ocklawaha, about 60 miles northwest of Orlando, is where FBI agents killed legendary Ma Barker in 1935, Reuters reports. She was the mother of some gangsters of the Barker and…
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Accused mobster Joseph “Mousie” Massimino is suspected of conducting Mafia business from behind closed bars, the Philadelphia Daily News reports. Among the evidence is a letter that Massimino sent to a friend in 2005 while locked up in New Jersey’s South Woods State Prison. The letter advises a friend to “get in…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s the end of the line for Thomas Gioeli, the ex-acting boss of the Colombo crime family. A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Gioeli and family solidier Dino Caracino on Wednesday of racketeering conspiracy in a case that involved allegations of murder, witness tampering and obstruction of justice. In other words,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Was the late Godfather John Gotti a draft dodger? Well, kinda, sorta. His status with the military is included in 1,580 pages of FBI files on Gotti from 1964 to 1995, archived on a CD-ROM by the website paperlessarchives.com. Gotti was the boss of the Gambino crime family, nicknamed the “Dapper…
