Word: salerno
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crime bosses, who could spend most of their remaining years behind bars, are Anthony (Fat Tony) Salerno, 75, boss of the Genovese family; Anthony (Tony Ducks) Corallo, 73, don of the Lucchese clan; and Carmine (Junior) Persico, 53, head of the Colombo family. Persico, who acted as his own defense attorney, received a separate 39-year sentence last week for an earlier racketeering conviction; his top aide, Colombo Underboss Gennaro (Gerry Lang) Langella, 47, was convicted in the commission case and sentenced to 65 years in the earlier one. A fourth crime family, the Bonannos, was hit by the conviction...
Genovese. Vincent ("the Chin") Gigante, 58, a former prizefighter, is capo in the family and considered by some to be just as tough as, if not tougher than, convicted Boss Salerno. One of the few veterans not under indictment, he was acquitted of trying to kill Mob Boss Frank Costello in 1957 when Costello, who retired after the rub-out attempt, refused to identify him as one of his attackers...
...aging bosses seated at the defense table in the packed federal courtroom in lower Manhattan look harmless enough to be spectators at a Sunday-after noon boccie game. Anthony (Fat Tony) Salerno, 75, the reputed head of the Genovese crime family, sits aloof and alone, his left eye red and swollen from surgery. White-haired Anthony (Tony Ducks) Corallo, 73, the alleged Lucchese family chief, is casual in a cardigan and sport shirt. Carmine (Junior) Persico, 53, is the balding, baggy-eyed showman of the trio. Elegant in a black pinstripe suit, a crisp white shirt...
According to Lisa Salerno, director of development at Americares, "Melendez made the road smooth for us in Colombia...
...communities are buying door bolts, locking windows and organizing neighborhood watch groups. The killer is believed to be a man with curly hair between the ages of 30 and 35. Police have been pursuing him with a task force led by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Sergeant Frank Salerno, who in 1979 helped solve the "Hillside Strangler" sex slayings of ten female victims. Last week police said they believe the Night Stalker traveled north to San Francisco earlier this month, where he entered an open window and attacked a sleeping couple, shooting to death Accountant Peter...