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The DeCavalcante crime family, also known as the North Jersey crime family or the North Jersey Mafia, is an Italian-American Mafia crime family that operates mainly in northern New Jersey, particularly in Elizabeth, [2] Newark, West New York [4] and the surrounding areas.
Criminal penalty. 30 years imprisonment. Giacomo "Jackie" DiNorscio (July 20, 1940 – November 14, 2004) was a member of the Philadelphia and later the Lucchese crime families. He acted as his own lawyer ( pro se) in the United States v. Anthony Accetturo et al. RICO trial, famous for being the longest federal trial in history (at 21 months).
The Genovese crime family's New Jersey faction is a group of Italian-American mobsters within the Genovese crime family who control organized crime activities within the state of New Jersey. The New Jersey faction is divided into multiple crews each led by a different caporegime who oversees illegal criminal activities in labor racketeering ...
Vincent Palermo. Vincent " Vinny Ocean " Palermo (born June 4, 1944) is an American former mobster who was de facto boss of the New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family before becoming a government witness in 1999. Fictional mob boss Tony Soprano, the protagonist of the HBO series The Sopranos, is said to be based upon Palermo. [ 1]
According to Paul D'Amato, the family's attorney who obtained the records from NJ Transit, Valiante was hit by the train at 11:12 p.m. at mile marker 45. Two engineers, a senior and a student ...
Sam DeCavalcante. Simone Paul Rizzo DeCavalcante (April 30, 1912 – February 7, 1997), known as "Sam the Plumber", was an Italian-American mobster who was boss of the DeCavalcante crime family of New Jersey. Claiming descent from the Italian royal family, DeCavalcante was nicknamed "The Count ". [ 1] The McClellan hearings later named the New ...
Born in Newark, New Jersey in 1951, Martin Taccetta is the son of Anthony Taccetta, a self-employed building materials supplier who allegedly belonged to the Lucchese family. Martin's older brother Michael "Mad Dog" Taccetta is a capo in the Lucchese family who later served as boss of the Jersey Crew. During the early 1960s, Martin Taccetta ...
Carmine Avellino (born July 15, 1944) is a capo and younger brother to mobster Salvatore Avellino.On April 20, 1983, the FBI recorded conversation between Salvatore Avellino Jr. and his brother Carmine Avellino about a craps game that Carmine opened up, it caused Aniello Migliore to complain to Underboss Salvatore Santoro about the game cutting because it was cutting into his profits ...