Jack Tocco By Allan Lengel Deadline Detroit DETROIT — Giacomo “Black Jack” Tocco, the reputed head of the Detroit Mafia for more than three decades, who kept a relatively low profile — more so than infamous mob brothers Vito and Anthony Giacalone — died Monday night at age 87, mob expert Scott Burnstein of the Oakland…
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 was known…
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…
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCxhbVpyo6c WEEKEND STORIES OF INTEREST FBI Serves Terrorism Warrants in Minn. and Chicago (NY Times) U.S. Officials Defend State Secrets Claim in al-Aulaqi Suit (Washington Post)
Greg Stejskal served as an FBI agent for 31 years and retired as resident agent in charge of the Ann Arbor office. He is a columnist for ticklethewire.com. By Greg Stejskal ticklethewire.com I joined the Detroit FBI surveillance squad in 1977. Two years later, on June 11, 1979 , we witnessed an event- its historical…
