History Rochester crime family

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1 history

1.1 splitting buffalo
1.2 valenti regime
1.3 russotti era





history

the rochester family s first known official boss constenze stanley valenti. in 1957, after apalachin conference, stan , brother frank both jailed civil contempt, because refused answer questions meeting. in 1958, stan sentenced 16 months in prison, , jake russo became next boss.


splitting buffalo

in 1964, frank valenti returned rochester brother stan, , pittsburgh associate angelo vaccaro. frank became associate in pittsburgh crime family in john larocca s family. stan valenti married antonio ripepi s daughter, capo in pittsburgh family. time, frank valenti taking on rochester family. end of year, russo went missing , body has never been found. in 1970, valenti wiped out last russo soldier billy lupo. frank valenti told buffalo crime family boss stefano undertaker magaddino rochester become independent family. prior this, rochester crew answered maggadino s buffalo crime family.


the valenti regime

valenti created well-organized crime family promoting samuel russotti underboss, rene picarreto consigliere , salvatore gingello, dominic celestino, thomas didio, angelo vaccaro , dominic chirico capos. trusted ally capo chirio, gave special tasks carry out. divided family s illegal activities of gambling, extortion, loan sharking, insurance fraud, arson, narcotics , weapon trafficking among capos ensure peace.


valenti created master plan in 1970 called columbus day bombings . set special crew bomb various churches , public buildings draw heat away family. in 1972, valenti approached underboss samuel red russotti, consigliere rene piccarreto, , highly powerful capo salvatore sammy g gingello. 3 accused valenti of skimming profits , asked him step down boss; refused. valenti felt pittsburgh family him , chirico crew muscle. unknown him consigliere, picarreto, had made secret alliance members of bonanno crime family. valenti s trusted capo , bodyguard, domenic chirico, shot , killed on augustine street. instead of fighting allowed move phoenix, arizona , retire. after retiring valenti arrested , convicted of extortion, later died on september 20, 2008.


the russotti era

after valenti fled city, samuel russotti became boss, piccarreto remained consigliere, , gingello became underboss. family strong until january 1977 when police fabricated evidence indict upper echelon. convictions put russotti, piccaretto, gingello, thomas marotta , eugene defrancesco away murdering vincent massaro 25 years life sentenced. when happened, thomas didio became acting boss. russotti thought able manipulate didio, created monster. didio began demoting russotti loyalist while receiving advice imprisoned former boss valenti. when truth came out fabricated evidence, top guys got out of prison. created team , b team war. part of team russotti, piccarreto, gingello, richard marino, thomas marotta , others. part of b team thomas didio, rosario chirico (domenic s brother), stan valenti, angelo vaccaro , others.


on april 23, 1978, salvatore sammy g gingello killed when bomb detonated when entered car, parked outside of blue gardenia off empire boulevard. on july 6, 1978 thomas didio murdered gunman using machine gun. after these 2 murders fbi decided time crack down on situation, rico coming play took down of remaining key players. in 1988, angelo amico , loren piccarreto both indicted under racketeer influenced , corrupt organizations act (rico). angelo amico acting boss, , loren piccarreto (son of rene piccarreto) underboss.








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