Antonio “Toto” Ruggirello died this week from COVID-19 at the age of 83. Ruggirello was a soldier in the Detroit mob and the last of the notoriously tough Ruggirello brothers who once controlled the organized crime in Genesee and Washtenaw counties. One of the secrets Toto may have taken to the grave is what he … [Read more…]
The Detroit Mafia also referred to as the Tocco-Zerilli crime family or the Detroit Partnership has a long and interesting history dating back to the 1900s. The mid-west organization was recognized by The Commission and became one of the 24 original Mafia families that comprised Cosa Nostra in America. The mafia in Detroit grew in … [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…]
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…]