Detroit mafia brothers Giuseppe “Joe the Hood” D’Anna and Girolamo “Mimmo” D’Anna are finally set to begin their racketeering and extortion trial in October.
The Detroit mob duo was indicted by the feds back in 2013 but was able to delay the start of the trail through various legal motions and continuances. Guiseppe D’ Anna is a reputed capo for the mafia in Detroit heading up the Zip faction of the family while his brother Mimmo D’Anna is an alleged soldier.
“Girolamo D’Anna (front) and Giuseppe D’Anna (back)”
The brother were charged with attempted murder by the state for the 2011 near death beating of Pietro Ventilmiglia a rival business owner. Ventilmiglia owned Nonna’s Italian Kitchen a restaurant which sat across from Tirami Su Ristorante the headquarters of Joe the Hood. After rebuffing shake down attempts and warning to shut down from the mafia brothers Ventilmiglia was beaten with wooden baseball bats inside his restaurant in front of onlookers.
The state trial ended with plea deals and the mob duo getting sentences of less then three months each in prison and some home confinement. The feds then decided to hit them with racketeering and extortion charges and now they each face up to 20 years in prison. The brothers are first cousins of Salvatore D’Anna a mob boss in Sicily and nephews of now deceased Detroit mafia capo Anthony “Tony Cars” D’Anna.
these guys are VERY violent. Alot of guys in detroit fear these two the detroit mob is not a violent family in that they dont like open violence it gets feds attention they whacked that guy in 2003 partly beating a guy in a restaurent but this is differant Joe is very ambitius he wants one day to have a top postition and has loyal crew of hardcore wiseguys behind him these zips dont fear anyone jackie fears him its why him and jack tocco appeased him giving him capo if Joe beats this case he will be back on the streets and he will be a aggravation for the mob he is very close with the bikers. He has alleged links to the poltical system in detroit like others in that family i mean how when the state tried him a few years ago he got three months i still dont get. This was a spur in the moment attack but shows there ruthless side beating someone in a restuarent packed with people joe was apparently according to the indicment screaming “you know who i am” joe wants respect no one wants to mess with him. The others are also wary of him he is not part of what i call the “orginal guys” jackie, peter specs, big paul, ruggarieo brothers, la piana, chicago tony and the other timers these guys came up under the guys who started this family its only had three dons in its history. These guys my might be old men but they have come up learning from guys like jack tocco and the gicaconle brothers but joe and his brother they came to Detroit in the 90s they are not the orginals i mean jackie was told he would one day be boss in the 80s jack tocco had him as his sucsessor from day 1 jackie is smart guy only mistake shelving frankie bomb that caused all the problems with the bikers
Right that State case was a joke and its pretty clear they used so far reaching political connections there to get that very favorable plea deal. Def one of the more violent duo and your right they are more involved with the Zip faction of the family and not really “Jackie” guys per say as to coming up with him. Would be an interesting dynamic going forward if someone Joe or he and his brother get lucky and beat this case.
if they beat this case things could get tense jackie wont whack him the zips would go nuts so he has to appease him he is very trigger happy from what i hear they have been around the mob all there lifes. They have strong influence politcaly biggest example was jack tocco back in 1998 he got 15months when he should of got 20 years. To be honest i know they are weaker but there sports gambling operations are huge its there bread and butter i mean before the general died in 2014 hen was kicking up 300k just a christmas and 100k a month accroding to an indicment he faced i think around 2006. Jackie is doing very well he has always had money when his uncles died in 2010 and early 2000s he got all there rackets and he has been the street boss and underboss since 1995 jackie has a big house and what hear is doing very well for himself him and peter tocco got all of jacks rackets when he retried in 2013. The giacanoles as a whole have always been a flashy guys i mean anothny giaconle and billy jack were very flashy back in the day hanganig out with frank sintra and jackie was aswell but since the 2006 indicment (he was acquitted) he has gone into the shadows the only mistakes jack has done is the way he has treated the old guard such as frankie bomb he is missed. Tony La Piana and chiago tony are major in white collar as his some of guys la piana sold his medical company for 50mil.
Chiago outfit and the detroit mob are similar in how they do business they are close with one another in 1998 st louis mafia elected nino as there boss he had to get permission from jack tocco and John Difronzo in chiacgo before becoming boss. Chicago outfit is differant though in its VERY ruthless i mean albert Vena is nutjob you dont want to mess with that guy.
U and John grant know your shit. I grew up in the wrong area. These smaller families seem to catch less heat n still have the political pull, I mean detriots got some serious crime issues so I can see why the Feds and the state aren’t as concerned about them. I love reading this shit guys. Keep up the good knowledge. Like I said. I’m a north jersey guy with major friends over here and with ties to philly. A few ny guys too but aside from the tri state n philly I don’t know nobody or how those borgata’s move or operate. This site is great. I love ed’s sight too but for different reasons. I notice most guys follow both as do I. Grazie Fratelli.
i dont like eds every time i go on that site i get filled with all these adds and i find in unaccreute he speculates alot about what is going on
The problem with the smaller familys like detroit is that they are very tight knit getting involved with them is very hard. The outfit was the same till recently but it has been recrucitng since the family secrets trial in 2006.
Now New York is where most of the LCN money and power is i mean the money the five familys make is unbelievable. The Westside(Genovese nickname) Gambino and lucheses are VERY powerful today.
Steven Crea the lucheses boss is one of the most respected mobsters in the country he runs construction trade in New York. I know this is offtopic but nicky jr is a HUGE earner and the bosses love him its why the lucheses, gambinios and colambos backed him to take out joe ligambi in 2006 nicky jr is one of the biggest earners i have seen in a long time not just from that 12mil scam he ran loads of construction in new york for the bosses its why he was taken down as North jeresy leader in 2008. The problem was nicky jr was not a violent guy its why hewas very close with vic amuso i know he was meeting with top amuso guys nicky was tolerated and backed to take over philly as new york saw nicky jr as a chance to make philly into open terrirorty. I dont care what phlip leonetti says nicky jr was not looked down apon he might have been in the 80s but not now. Nicky was taken down for not kicking up money he was suposed and perna taking advantage of the situation saying that nicky jr (good point) could not run philly and new jeresy but nicky jr even if he had whacked joe ligambi i think he would of ended up dead guys like nicdemeo(on the street at this time) and stanio would not have accepted this and nickys philly crew was small he tried to get joe cicaganclie to join him the guy is crippled come on
gambino have dom celfeau he is very hidden. He is very hidden i mean this guy is in the shadows you never seem him and he is VERY powerful dont let people make you believe he is just a figure head he runs everything him and frankie cali 48 underboss run everything those guys are making tens of millions but i do think indicments will come soon if they do they have both had a good run 2011-2015 not bad four years made themselves VERY rich but they could last longer they have a group of street bosses and with the feds focusing more on terrisom(rightly so) they could have few more yea
I like Ed’s site to but take a lot of it with a grain of salt. He often wants to seem like he has all of these sources etc and is in the know when he is simply guessing and post info not looking to be as accurate as possible but to make a splash and attract traffic from those who don’t know better. But i can’t be critical of all he does because he gets in some solid work as well so def some credit there as long as it is from a credible source which is documented.
And i agree mafia the smaller families like Detroit have had to stay much more low key to survive as they have less room for error with any major busts being drastically more damaging to them as a smaller sized family.
That Detroit family is a hard nutt to crack as the mafia mentioned they are extremely tight knit bunch and make few members who aren’t family or as close as family. It has limited their growth over the years but so far at least for now has been enough to keep them profitable and operating. I think the gang probs etc in Detroit and some other area’s have taken some of heat away from the low key families like Det from local law enforcement and the feds have been scaled back across the board in recent years with resources and money being taken from OC units and fed into anti-terrorism. This has def breathed a little extra life into not only some of NY families but some of the smaller ones as well, allowing them to sit back and stabilize.
to be honest detroit has bigger problems than the LCN at the moment who are really a major bookmaking and some whitcollar crime family. Half of there income comes from legit business there is alot worse than the mob i mean they last kiling was allegly in 2009 a alleged intentional overdose of this guy and before that that was in 2002 i mean they are not violent compared to the five familys
yearh the feds putting money into investigating terrisom (rightly so) is making less resources into the mob its why last few years have been good
This wasn’t a spur of the moment attack as he had previous talks Nona s owner. Where do u get “VERY violent?? Yes this was a violent attack in this situation. Mimmowas standing by the door(not sure how that’s constitutes violence). Joe being the older brother definitely is the more vocal of the 2 and more aggressive as most older brothers tend to be.
Let’s see “Zip faction” and “no history”… Well their Uncle was a long time member in Detroit and Joe used to come over and drive for the boss back in the 80’s. As far as zip faction, these 2 have for as long as Inve known them (mid 90’s) been freinds/business associates/aquaintances of nearly everyone you ve mentioned and a whose who of many of the power players both business and political wise in Macomb County.
The lack of members?? How do u know how many members there are?? Up until this incident u won’t find one article or mention of these 2 being made. Probably best u quit “keyboard quarterbacking” it’s obvious u have zero first hand knowledge. And the reason for the initial light sentence was the fact they were grossly over charged. RICO requires predicates, besides this incident Joe had one incident in the 80’s regarding mortgages. That hardly is a slam dunk for “an ongoing criminal enterprise”.
Both of these guys are hard working men having worked hard running legitimate businesses (both owned a car wash and had a smaller Tirami Su restaraunt to start). They both come from Terrasini Sicily which is the hometown of many relatives of people of Italian heritage in Metro Detroit and hometown of most of the alleged LCN members.
everything i have on them comes from gangstereport written by scott B who is a detroit mob investigator (and you have zero inside knowledge your just quoting him lol) and even scott has said they are lacking young guys its a dying family if you think they are some powerful family i have a bridge to sell you.
There cousin is a mafia boss in Sicily and there uncle who brought them over in the 80s your right was a capo who introduced them to Tony Zerlli. Alot of mobsters are from that area of sicily that is correct i dont see why you brought that up though
Actually if you had read details about the case the feds had they had other witnesses who were going to testify about there antics one witness was going to testfied that while he was employed at there restaurant when he tried to leave joe shoved a shotgun in his face and told him he cant leave that he runs that neighborhood. The DEA were running an investigation into his links to drug trafficking in macomb country.
Your right they were trying to get street tax from the guy for ages but he wouldent pay so they battered him i dont think the beating was planned though it was very messy not really Detroit mob standere
they battered the guy with a bat hitting him over and over i think that is quite violent plus what other witness have said
He also shares a restaurent with Paul Corrado. If you think they are completly legit then i dont know what to say trying to get street tax of an innocent business man and beating him when he refused is not being legit…………
your right i dont have any inside knowledge dont live in detroit only get from what i read but dont pretend you have any sort of “inside” knowledge of that family
Anything I know that has not already made the Internet will not be mentioned. I’m just stating that you are openly slandering people you do not know based on articles you have read from someone else you do not know who does not know them either.
All I ll say is odd on street is a lot more to this story then what has been reported. Ventimiglia wasn’t exactly innocent himself.
And to think they got off with a slap on the wrist when originally charged look up Eric Smith the county prosecutor. He s not type to let anyone of easy especially anything of high profile that would help his future political aspirations. These are not the Marlinga days.
I have never stated that Detroit is some powerful mafia family. Just stating that I have known them for 20 yrs and have worked for them and you are painting an ugly picture of 2 hard working individuals you do not know. Being a small business owner and lifelong Macomb County resident of Italian American heritage I know many of people listed in many of these articles and majority are college graduates and successful business owners. Which is reason why the Feds haven’t done much more than go after them for sports gambling. Which if you really look majority are not even Italian in nationality. Sports gambling happens all over the world and is even legal in many places so to treat individuals as harden criminals from such activities is laughable.
Burnstein writes some great articles and has some decent information sources. However, a guy from West Bloomfield is not exactly the closest source to the streets. He did not even know where the original Tirami Su was locate, 19 & Garfield built from a converted quarter car wash.
Detroit has only had a very active presence during prohibition and when milking Teamsters funds. Those days are long past with them Moravian Golf, Wolverine Golf, Carlo const., Four Bears, Hazel Park near closing, Fern Hill Country Club barely hanging on, Spahgetti House gone.
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this was Joe D`anna resturarent where he used to allegedly holds court the rrestaurantacross the street nonnas italien kitchen was where the guy who got beaten up worked joes resturaent has recently closed because of the trial and was a popluar place in the neighborhood the beating was because nonnas kitchen was taking away the profits joe was making from hs rrestaurantand when joe demanded protection money the guy said no leading joe and his brother to beat the guy badly