Detroit mafia leader Anthony Palazzolo recently passed away of natural causes according to reports. The 78-year-old mobster was known to be low key and elusive during his long career in the mafia. He served as a captain in the Cosa Nostra family for years before getting bumped up to consigliere approximately five years ago. He … [Read more…]
The Detroit mafia lost one of its former capos with the recent passing of Frank “Frankie the Bomb” Bommarito. The 87-year-old mobster was hospitalized with due to symptoms of heart and kidney failure before passing away. Bommarito was once the right-hand man of now-deceased mob leader Vito “Billy Jack” Giacalone and for years acted … [Read more…]
Girolamo “Mimmo” D’Anna and Giuseppe “Joe the Hood” D’Anna alleged members of the Detroit mafia have agreed to a plea deal and are headed to prison. The Sicilian-born The Sicilian-born Detroit mob brothers agreed to plead guilty in their racketeering case which included the beating of a rival restaurant owner they were attempting to … [Read more…]
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’ … [Read more…]
Anthony “Tony Z” Zerilli the former underboss and acting boss of the Detroit Mafia passed away of natural causes in Florida at the age of 87. He was the son of Joseph “Joe Uno” Zerilli himself a former Detroit mob godfather and the son-in-law of one-time New York mafia don Joe Profaci. He was … [Read more…]
The Detroit mafia is now firmly under the control of a new regime lead by new official boss Jack “Jackie the Kid” Giacalone as its latest transition period winds down. The Detroit mob is going to be downsizing from having 5 crews on the streets down to four at least temporarily according to sources … [Read more…]
Going into the new year of 2015 who do you think is the most powerful mafia family outside of the five families of the New York mafia ? An interesting question that is often asked to many people in and around mob circles and that is often disagreed upon by most. Many of the … [Read more…]
Anthony “Nino” Parrino died November 3rd of natural causes dealing what could be one of the last blows to the already shaky St Louis mafia. The mob family in St Louis has been on the ropes for years and now is said to contain less then 10 made members according to reports. Parrino is … [Read more…]
Anthony “Tony Pal” Palazzolo has been appointed as the new official consigliere of the Detroit mafia. Previous consigliere Dominic “Uncle Dom” Bommarito has stepped down into retirement after holding his post during the recent leadership transition. Newly named boss Jack “Jackie the Kid” Giacalone has now fully taken the reigns of the family and … [Read more…]
Giacomo “Black Jack” Tocco the longtime boss of the Detroit Mafia passed away of natural causes in an unexpected bit of mafia news. Tocco took power of the mob in Detroit back in 1979 and was the longest tenured mafia boss in the country. He was known as a very low key old school … [Read more…]
The Detroit mafia also known as the Detroit Partnership for the first time in over thirty years now officially has a new boss. Former boss Giacomo “Jack” Tocco has now retired and the family is now being lead by new boss Jack “Jackie the Kid” Giacalone. The change over in power has been rumored … [Read more…]
The Detroit mafia also known as the Detroit partnership has always been a very low key La Cosa Nostra family avoiding much of the media attention attached to other families in cities like New York, Philadelphia, and Chicago. With much of its membership and hierarchy having family ties the Detroit mob family has been … [Read more…]
Reputed Detroit Mafia soldier Joseph “Jo Jo” Ruggirello passed away from diabetic related illness at the age of 82. The Ruggirello family has deep family roots tied to the Detroit crime family as his father Antonio “Big Tony” Ruggirello longtime driver and bodyguard of one time Detroit mob boss William “Black Bill” Tocco and … [Read more…]
In another twist to the long-running search for the body of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa new information surfaces from a reputed former Detroit mobster. Tony Zerilli who feds say was once the underboss of the Detroit mafia says he knows where Hoffa was buried after his murder in 1975. Hoffa said he was heading … [Read more…]