. De Souza is a former Vindicator columnist who for years followed the local trail of public corruption that started with people like Strollo and led all the way to the U.S. Capitol. "I think the prosecutors very effectively used the threat of very long prison sentences against each other. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio A former mob boss who helped Youngstown earn the name "Crimetown U.S.A" has died at age 90. Son of the late Michael & late Gladys nee: Kirchoff. [13][3][15] LaRocca was born in 1901 in Sicily and moved to the United States in 1910, he later moved in 1933 with his wife to Pittsburgh. (20072010) lacndb.com, La Cosa Nostra: John Bazzano Jr. (20072010) lacndb.com, La Cosa Nostra: Antonio Ripepi. All rights reserved. ", But when it comes to mapping the so-called "end" of organized crime syndicates in the Mahoning Valley, Lawson said, "there really is no 'end.'". Jim was devoted to family and friends through thick and thin. A true stand up man. God bless you both. Thank God that his organization has been completely abandoned., 2023 Trib Total Media | All Rights Reserved, Architect named to Pittsburgh's revamped Art Commission, Oakland zoning package gains final approval, Pittsburgh man pleads guilty to robbing a Dormont bank in December, Vento's Pizza, home of 'Franco's Italian Army,' to close, Heinz offers to buy boat for sailor who survived on ketchup while lost at sea, Pa. Chick-fil-A bans customers under 16 from dining in restaurant without adults, Review: Michael B. Jordan delivers a brawler in Creed III, Western Pennsylvania's trusted news source. Lenny Strollo, the former mobster once credited by the FBI with operating America's biggest illegal casino, has died at age 90. [9] After Conti's death, his nephew Peppino Cusumano, led the Pittsburgh Mafia group, but worked in the shadow of Salvatore Calderone, who became the most powerful boss in the Western Pennsylvania's Mafia network. 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