Kansas City Mafia

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Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by chill92 » September 16th, 2008, 2:53 pm

I searched boards and couldn't find anything recent and correct. I'm not even sure who the current boss is. I'm curious as to if anything really even goes on these days.

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Re: Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by thewestside » September 16th, 2008, 4:42 pm

chill92 wrote:I searched boards and couldn't find anything recent and correct. I'm not even sure who the current boss is. I'm curious as to if anything really even goes on these days.
Technically speaking, the Family is still there. Or what's left of it. But it isn't really considered a significant investigative priority by law enforcement. No political or labor union influence left. Mainly the same things the other smaller, weak Families are involved in - illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, drug trafficking, and legitimate businesses.

The current Boss is believed to be John Sciortino. The Underboss is Peter Simone. Average estimates have the Family at 20-30 members.

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Re: Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by chill92 » September 16th, 2008, 6:17 pm

awesome thanks! I'm from KC and it's just interesting. Any other notable families?

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Re: Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by thewestside » September 16th, 2008, 6:45 pm

chill92 wrote:awesome thanks! I'm from KC and it's just interesting. Any other notable families?
Are you talking nationwide?

At the top are the five New York Families - the Genovese Family, Gambino Family, Lucchese Family, Colombo Family, and Bonanno Family. Together they have about 750 of the remaining 1,100 Mob members in the U.S. They are the largest, wealthiest, and most powerful Mafia groups in the country. In addition to the staple rackets like illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and drug trafficking, they still have significant labor racketeering operations and influence in legitimate industries in New York such as the waterfront, garbage hauling, construction, trucking, etc. They have also been the most aggressive at moving into newer activities like stocks/securities fraud, telecommunications fraud, health care fraud, etc. The five New York Families have anywhere from 100-200 members each.

The "2nd tier" of LCN Families would include New England, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. In these areas there is still significant Mob activity but much less so than in New York. They are primarily involved in the traditional street rackets of illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and drug trafficking, as well as legitimate businesses. These Families have about 40-60 members each.

The "3rd tier" would include all the remaining areas where there are still members but the Families are considered weak and of low priority to law enforcement. They would include Buffalo, Northeast Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Tampa, New Orleans, Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles. The membership in these Families range from 35 members down to only a few.

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Re: Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by chill92 » September 17th, 2008, 8:05 am

I was actually referring to specifically Kansas City, but thanks for the information. How would you rank KC nationwide mafia organizations? I'm from Kansas City and I've been reading about its past... there are just litterally no signs of it today.

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Unread post by thewestside » September 17th, 2008, 4:51 pm

chill92 wrote:I was actually referring to specifically Kansas City, but thanks for the information. How would you rank KC nationwide mafia organizations? I'm from Kansas City and I've been reading about its past... there are just litterally no signs of it today.
Here is a fairly recent chart of the Family -

Boss: Joseph Sciortino
UnderBoss: Peter Simone
(Kansas City has never had the rank of Consigliere)

Current or recent Capains include William Cammisano Jr., Vince Civella, Angelo Porrello, James Duardi.

Soldiers/Associates -

1. Peter Tamburello
2. Jack Lascuola
3. Joseph Porrello
4. Nick DiGirlamo
5. Anthony "Tony" Simone
6. Philip "Phil" Simone
7. George Chiavola
8. Joseph "Joe" Ragusa
9. James Moretina
10. John Calia/61
11. Salvatore "Sal" Mandacina
12. Joseph "Joe" Mandacina
13. John Cuezze
14. Peter Ribaste
15. John Costanza
16. Carlo Cavallaro
17. Frank Tousa
18. Vince Picone
19. Eugene "Gene" Picone
20. Frank Deluna
21. Benjamin "Ben" Palmentere
22. Robert Gulotta
23. Joseph Barletta
24. Nathan "Nat" Brancato
25. Thomas Fontanello
26. Phillip Saladino
27. Nicholas LaBruzzo
28. Richard "Rick" DeLuna
29. John Termini
30. John Glorioso
31. Salvatore Agrusa
32. Pasquale Sellaro
33. Samuel Scardino



Here is some more in depth information on some members and assocaties of the Family supplied by someone on another forum -

Boss: John Joseph “Joe” Sciortino

Underboss: Peter Simone[/b]- I found this incorporation record from 1975 for an Avenue Social Club in Kansas City where Peter Simone is the registered agent. The address listed is 4419 Sunrise in KCMO. I'm not sure if that is the actual address of the club or not, but is an interesting piece of the puzzle.

Simone operated Be Amused Vending Company, which he used to launder gambling income. The incorporation record is found here:

https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/s ... sp?256849

Deceased Boss: Anthony "Tony Ripes" Civella

Here is Anthony Civella's obit. Lots of familiar names mentioned. Check out the pallbearers at the end.

http://www.legacy.com/KansasCity/DeathN ... d=16753972

"Anthony Thomas Civella Sr.
Anthony Thomas Civella, Sr., 75, Kansas City, MO, passed away Tuesday, February 14, 2006, in Phoenix, AZ, while enjoying a golfing vacation with family and friends. Funeral Mass will be 11 a.m., Monday, February 20, at St. Patrick Catholic Church, 1357 NE 42nd Terr., Kansas City, MO, 64116; entombment in Resurrection Mausoleum, Kansas City North. Visitation will be 3-9 p.m., Sunday, at Passantino Bros. Funeral Home, 2117 Independence Blvd., Kansas City, MO, 64124; where the rosary will be said at 6 p.m. The family requests no flowers. Tony was born in Kansas City, MO, on February 17, 1930, to Carl and Fannie Civella. He lived his entire life in the Kansas City area. On February 6, 1951, Tony married his childhood sweetheart, Molly DeLuna, and over the years fathered five children. Tony belonged to various organizations including the Tobacco Round Table. He owned several businesses and real estate during his life including restaurants and rental properties. Tony was devoted to his family, and was a man who liked to do things his own way. This trait endeared him to the people who knew him well and came to love him. Although he only fathered five children, Tony became a beloved father figure to many, many others. He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Fannie Civella; and son-in-law, John Sansone. Tony is survived by his wife of 55 years, Molly Civella; his children and their spouses, Carl and Bridget Civella, Nick A. Civella, Fanny-Jo Sansone, Vince and Savara Civella, Anthony T. Civella, Jr.; grandchildren, Molly Ann Civella, Stacie Civella, Tony Carl and Valerie Civella, Michael Sansone, Anthony Sansone, Anthony Joe Civella, Amalia Civella, Tony John Civella, Brianna Civella, Celia Civella, Zoe Stephens, Anthony T. Civella III, Francesca Civella, Spano Civella; great-grandchildren, Rianne Civella, Dante Civella, Nicolette Sansone; brother and sister-in-law, Carmen "Butch" and Barbara Civella; brothersin-law and sisters-in-law, Carl and Sandy DeLuna, Rosie and Ralph Siraguso, Frank and Sylvia DeLuna; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends, with a special mention and heartfelt thank you to his physician and close friend Dr. John Cascone. Pallbearers: Carl J. Civella, Sam Mirabile, Nick Palmentere, Peter J. Ribaste, Nick Simone, Vince Siraguso, Mark Sorrentino. Honorary Pallbearers: Bennie Palmentere, John Sciortino, Paul Silvio, Pete Tamburello, Paul Varsalona. (Arr: Passantino Bros. Funeral Home (816) 471-2844)
Published in the Kansas City Star from 2/18/2006 - 2/19/2006."

Link to Tony Ripes guestbook upon his death:

http://www.legacy.com/KansasCity/GB/Gue ... d=16753972

There is a photo at the bottom of this post showing Tony Ripes and George Chiavola from 1959 with caption provided by whoever added the picture to the guestbook.



Capos:

1. William “Little Willie” Cammisano Jr.
- Obviously well known, many have speculated that Willie Jr. may in fact be running the KC family right now. Here is a link to interesting stories involving the Cammisano's that also mentions several other KC family figures:

http://www.pitch.com/2005-01-06/news/badda-bam/full

Willie's son Carlo Cammisano is co-owner of The Copa Room, an Italian restaurant in Kansas City. Willie's ex-wife Kathy Fiorello, Carlo's mother, run's the kitchen there. Here is a link to a story about the restaurant and another link that has a picture of Carlo and gives more family background information.(I don't know if Carlo is officially involved in the family business. I have seen no other mention of his name):

http://www.pitch.com/2004-08-19/dining/his-way/full


http://home.kc.rr.com/coparoom/history

Willie's cousin, Charles "Vito" Cammisano, has an obituary from this year that mentions the "lunch bunch." Charles was shot to death in front of his home in last fall. Family members believe it was his ex-wife Lettie Cammisano-Strait who killed him. She was arrested after a standoff along with her new husband. Charles was employed at a Northland car dealership. A picture of Charles and his ex-wife and the house he was murdered at can be found in the following two links:

http://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2007 ... no-murder/

http://mylifeofcrime.wordpress.com/2007 ... erside-mo/

"The Lunch Bunch: Jerry Cammisano, Joe "Red" Cervello, Joe Moretina, Sam Marsalla, Frank Marsalla, Mike Fasone, Sam Scola, Jack Ancona, Joe Vigliaturo, Vince Civella, Mike Garozzo, Mike Lombardo, Steve Morgan, and Anthony Scavuzzo."

Included in that list is at least one KC family member, and several VERY prominent local businessmen. I'm not sure if it means anything, but I want to keep the names handy for future reference. The full obituary can be found here:

http://www.legacy.com/KansasCity/DeathN ... d=93884108


More information that suggests the possibility of mob involvement from this story:

http://www.kctv5.com/news/14071259/detail.html

"This year, a neighbor said Strait told her, "the Italian mafia would take care of things."

Strait said, "I was married to the mob for 23 years. I went to prison for them. I kept my mouth shut. I wouldn't cooperate with federal officers."

KCTV5 reported Thursday night about the conviction about which she talked.

Friday, KCTV5 News found out that she and her co-conspirators were prosecuted by the Organized Crime Strike Force.

That drug trafficking case involved her, Cammisano and a Kansas City, Mo., fire captain."


Also, Charles Cammisano's niece Alaena Cammisano is the registered agent for Birdies Duffers Sports Bar in KC. I'm not sure if that means anything yet.

2. Vincent “Vince” Civella- Vince is involved as the registered agent for local home development company Coventry Court LLC. Note on the incorporation record linked below that Tony Ripe's son, Anthony Civella Jr. and the Antoinette Cammisano Trust (Antoinette was Willie "The Rat" Cammisano Sr.'s wife and Willie Cammisano Jr.'s mother.

https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/s ... asp?619361

Also, here is the link to the website for the home development of Coventry Court:

http://www.cbkc.com/communities/coventrycourt/


3. James Duardi[/b]- Contrary to some posts, Duardi is still alive. He actually was in the middle of a minor controversy in 2005 involving Jackson County Executive Kathryn Shields, who recently ran for Mayor unsuccessfully then got indicted. The link to that story is here:

http://www.pitch.com/2005-04-07/news/ka ... grate/full

4. Angelo Porrello (IP)



Soldiers:

1. Salvatore Agrusa
- Sal owns Paramount Pest Control in KC. His incorporation record can be viewed here:

https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/s ... asp?620101

2. Joseph Barletta

3. Nathan “Nat” Brancato
- Brancato is the owner of Brancato's Catering, a very well known KC business.

I found this great story about a music festival put on in Sedalia by Sal and Nathaniel Brancato to deal drugs and launder KC Mafia money in 1974. It's long but pretty interesting. Sal and Nathaniel are related to Nat, just haven't firmed up how yet.

http://rodsievers.googlepages.com/ozarkmusicfestival

The Brancato family operated Fairyland Park, an amusement park open in Kansas City from 1923-1977 at 75th/Prospect.

4. John Calia (IP)- Here is a link to somrthing posted by Calia online from prison:

http://www.november.org/thewall/cases/c ... lia-j.html

5. Carlo Cavallaro

6. George Chiavola

7. John Costanza


8. John Cuezze- Cuezze's wife JoAnne is the official owner of Vivace, an Italian restaurant in the River Market. John Cuezze is listed as "staff" in an article in the Pitch. I hung out quite a bit for a while at the restaurant with co-owner Joe "JoJo" Amaro. JoJo was an acquaintance of a girl I worked with and ran with quite a bit, so we spent a lot of time over a six month period at the restaurant. I spent a few nights drinking with these guys afterhours at the restaurant. At the time I didn't know about John's involvement in the KC family, but looking back there was definitely that kind of vibe with these guys.

The following Pitch article talks about Vivace, and had a very interesting blurb I highlighted below.

http://www.pitch.com/2004-06-10/dining/ ... ivace/full

"The neighborhood we now know as the River Market slowly went dead for a century, but it's experiencing a post-millennium renaissance, with expensive loft condominiums, an antique mall, snazzy little shops and the newest see-and-be-seen restaurant, Vivace. One of the restaurant's staffers, John Cuezze, might debate the theory that this north-of-the-loop neighborhood ever got too sleepy, because he had a great-uncle who played piano in one of the saloons that occupied the front half of Vivace. That poor relative was shot dead by a ricocheting bullet. "It was either 1928 or 1938," Cuezze says. "And in those days, there was still a brothel upstairs."

The building has been home to a wide variety of tenants (including a lesbian bar) over the past few decades. And if the ghost of Cuezze's great-uncle Phil is still hanging around, he's probably amazed at the changes that new owners JoAnne Cuezze (John's wife) and her business partner, Joe Amaro, have made."

9. Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna (Inactive)- Link detailing Tuffy's ban from Missouri casinos in 2005:

http://www.labor-unions.net/LOCALS/LU11 ... ssouri.htm
"Longtime Kansas City mob figure Carl Angelo "Tuffy" DeLuna on Wednesday was barred from Missouri's riverboat casinos.

Missouri Gaming Commission investigators said DeLuna, 77, had frequented area casinos since his release from federal prison in 1998. He served 12 years on multiple racketeering and other convictions related to skimming profits from Las Vegas casinos in the 1970s and '80s.

DeLuna could not be reached for comment Wednesday.

He has 30 days to appeal his listing in Missouri's "Black Book" of undesirables.

Kevin Mullally, commission director, said that DeLuna's gambling came to the commission's attention and that a check of player- tracking records at area casinos confirmed it.

DeLuna becomes the eighth person to be listed by the commission, and the first since 1997."


10. Frank DeLuna

11. Richard “Rick” DeLuna

12. Nicholas “Nick” DiGirlamo
- This info from the union case DiGirlamo was involved in ties together a few guys on this list

"In United States v. International Bhd. of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of Am. ("DiGirlamo"), 824 F. Supp. 410 (S.D.N.Y. 1993), DiGirlamo was the bookkeeper for IBT Local 41 in Kansas City, Missouri and the evidence therein established that he associated with four men -- Charles Moretina, James Moretina, Peter Simone ("Simone"), and Frank Tousa ("Tousa") -- whom he knew to be members of the Kansas City LCN. Id. at 414-416 (discussing association with C. Moretina, J. Moretina, P. Simone and F. Tousa).

DiGirlamo's car was observed by the FBI outside of Charles Moretina's house during working hours. He also attended Charles Moretina's criminal trial and visited him several times in prison. Id. at 416. James Moretina and Simone hired DiGirlamo as an accountant for their business -- Be Amused Vending Company-- and he would occasionally go to Simone's illegal gambling hall to pick up the company's books. In fact, during his tenure as the company's accountant, the FBI seized illegal gambling equipment which the company owned, and James Moretina and Simone were eventually convicted for money laundering and illegal gambling. Id.

DiGirlamo also visited James Moretina's home and spoke with him daily on the telephone. Id.

DiGirlamo and Simone had known each other since childhood. They had participated in community sporting and charity events together, and had spent time at one another's homes. Id.

DiGirlamo had also prepared Tousa and his wife's personal tax returns and had spent time in the Tousas' home while doing so. Id."


13. Thomas Fontanello

14. John Glorioso

15. Robert Gulotta

16. Nicholas LaBruzzo
- Own's Chubby's Restaurant. Here is a Pitch article about the restaurant, just confirms LaBruzzo is the owner.

http://www.pitch.com/2000-08-10/dining/fat-city/full

17. Jack LaScuola

18. Joseph “Joe” Mandacina (IP)
_ Owns popular KC strip joint Diamond Joe's. Here are two links to stories about the club and Joe and a building he owns that house a local French Restaurant:

http://www.pitch.com/2001-12-20/news/pr ... ixens/full

Mandacina was also somehow involved with 901 Mississippi St and Shenanigans in Lawrence, KS in 1976. I grew up in and currently live in Lawrence, so I will try and find out more info.

Following up on Joe Mandacina in Lawrence, as of 2001 he still owned the building at 901 Mississippi, which now houses the Cork & Barrel liquor store (owned by different people).

Here is the link confirming as much:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/jul/0 ... barrel_to/

"Allison Vance Moore, an agent for Grubb & Ellis/The Winbury Group in Lawrence, said that she received several inquiries from people interested in subleasing the building for use as a bar or nightclub.

But neither the Merc nor the building's ownership group led by Michael Messina and Joe Mandacina wanted to lease to such businesses."

19. Salvatore “Sal” Mandacina (IP)

20. James Moretina- Charles Moretina was involved with Phoenix Investment Group in Lenexa, KS and Moretina Diversified at 28th/State Ave, in Kansas City, KS in 1997.

21. Benjamin “Ben” Palmentere
- Ben and Joe Palmentere was the head of Palmentere Brothers Distributing, who is big into trucking, vending and soft drink distribution in the area.. Ben actually sold the business to what appears to be legit new owners in 1994. A link to the business is found here:

http://www.palmenterebros.com/

A story about the new owners and transaction is here:

http://www.bizjournals.com/kansascity/s ... allb1.html


Here is some background on Palmentere (I believe his father is Baldasaro, not 100% on that though):

"Local 64 HRE - Kansas City. This local was formed as a result of a merger of 4 locals by the International. During the two years it was in receivership, the local was run by Michael Salerno, hand-picked by Hanley. Salerno is under investigation for allegedly embezzling organizing funds disbursed to him by the International. When the local was taken out of receivership in 1976, Baldasaro Palmentere, former bagman for Nick Civella's right hand man, Danny Lawson, appeared as the Secretary Treasurer of the local. Hanley supported Palmentere who according to DOL is trying to gain control over all the locals' funds."

22. Eugene “Gene” Picone

23. Vincent “Vince” Picone
- Possiblty recently deceased in a car accident, if this is him:

http://www.kansascity.com/news/breaking ... 15257.html

Owner of Quality Detail and Auto sales at 326 Olive.

24. Joseph Porrello (IP)

25. Joseph “Joe” Ragusa

26. Peter Joseph Ribaste (Las Vegas)
-Peter is among the most well known KC guys because of the Vegas contacts. He owns several strip clubs through Ziegfield's Entertainment in the KC area. Most notable among those is Totally Nude Temptations Downtown, which is attached to The Cigar Box, where his brother Louis Ribaste is involved. For reasons not known to me, Peter transferred ownership of Temptations to John Ribaste in 2003, but is still very involved in the club's operations.

Louis has also been involved in various local restaurants, including Cafe New Yorker. The family also owns the KnobtownFruit Market at 8540 Noland Road.

Louis Ribaste was actively involved in Lawrence until at least 2002 with (I'm not making this up) The Bada Bing Strip Club. I do not know anything about Peter Bengimina, a KC businessman mentioned in the article, but I'm very curious about him.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2002/mar/09/briefcase179/

Gala Hospitality Corp., owner of the strip club formerly known as Gala Cabaret, has signed a letter of intent to acquire Bada Bing in Lawrence.

The Bada Bing strip club is owned by a company controlled by Kansas City businessman Peter Bengimina, who bought it from Louis Ribaste a few months ago. Bengimina could not be reached for comment.

Gala Hospitality, with headquarters in Miami, was formerly known as Xpedian Inc., a small public company previously involved in Web-based financial planning businesses.

Jeff Stoller, president of Gala Hospitality, said the purchase price was still being negotiated. The deal is subject to approval by liquor control authorities in Lawrence.

Another article quoting Ribaste about The Bing:

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2001/mar/17/bada_bing_to/

The following Pitch article details some of this, with the most interesting blurb below. I think it would be a decent assumption that Louis Ribaste is very actively involved with the KC family.

http://www.pitch.com/2005-02-24/news/it ... world/full

"In the mid-'70s, Louis Ribaste had owned a cocktail lounge called Judge Roy Bean's at Fourth Street and Wyandotte in the River Quay (now the River Market). An explosion leveled it, along with the entire block -- which was owned by mob snitch Fred Bonadonna -- in March 1977. Ribaste collected insurance money. Three months later, his other downtown club near Ninth Street burned to the ground. Police never determined who was responsible for the bombing or the suspected arson.

Another member of the Ribaste family, Peter Ribaste, moved to Las Vegas in 1989 after doing six months in prison for mail fraud; he had failed to disclose $90,000 in Las Vegas gambling debts on loan applications to buy a Kansas City car dealership. In 1998 the Las Vegas Gaming Commission, citing mob ties, banned Peter from local casinos. In 2003, according to news reports, Peter transferred his ownership interest in Totally Nude Temptations, the strip club adjoining the Cigar Box, to his wife, who transferred the ownership to another family member, John Ribaste.

John Pisciotta has owned the Cigar Box since it opened in 1997. He bought the land beneath the club from Louis Ribaste in 2001. The Pitch could not locate Ribaste to request an interview.

Regardless of whether the Cigar Box deserves its reputation, plenty of the partiers there buy into the club's underworld allure. When asked about it, people who could dispel any such notions suddenly turn goodfella, invoking a code of silence.

Bring up the club's rumored mob connections and Latta becomes visibly agitated, like an actor threatening a young punk about asking too many questions. Pisciotta shuns the press. Pisciotta's attorney, Richard Bryant, strongly discourages mafia-related questions. No one brings trouble here, says the club's only enforcer, the gray-haired, hulking bouncer who works the humidor.

"What people do, that's their own thing," Latta says of the Cigar Box's reputation. "It's like anything else. You fuck with the wrong people, you get hurt. I never asked anybody what they do. Everybody always liked me, and I always liked everybody."

The mythology surrounding the club hasn't hurt Latta's stage persona -- barroom lore even has it that his years performing at the Cigar Box are to pay off debts to the mob. "No, that's so far from the truth," Latta says. "If that's what they think, it's crazy."

His love and loyalty lie with Pisciotta."

Pete Ribaste is shown as incorporating the Market Social Club located at 106 E. 5th Street in KCMO in 1986 and dissolving it in 1987. That site is now home to Solaris Massage, which does not appear to be affiliated in any way with Ribaste. That record is found here:

https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/s ... asp?670456

John Ribaste holds the liquor license at Pure, a bar located on 350 Hwy.

27. Philip Saladino- Owns PS Surfaces, a recently formed floor laying company. Incoration record found here:

https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/s ... p?2019906

Also owns Mercy Properties. Incorporation link found here:

https://www.sos.mo.gov/BusinessEntity/s ... sp?2019906

28. Samuel Scardino

29. Pasquale Sellaro

30. Anthony “Tony Simone
- Owner of Necco Coffee. This guy is a real prick. I did advertising for them. Doesn't pay his bills and takes it personally if you cancel his shitty coffee service.

Necco Coffee Website (note Tom Sciortino is prominent in the company):

http://www.neccocoffee.com/home.asp


Link that contains pictures of Anthony Simone:

http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp ... co_raiders

Interesting background from a 1991 story:

http://www.firedupmissouri.com/roe_nace_mob_fundraiser

"Federal authorities contend the mob used this company’s [Necco's] office in 1973 as the headquarters for a multimillion-dollar bookmaking operation.

A federal jury convicted the company’s president, Anthony Simone, of gambling charges. Simone pleaded guilty to another federal charge in 1984 after authorities found him with coffee stolen from an interstate shipment.

Anthony Simone is the cousin of reputed mob lieutenant Peter J. Simone. Phil Simone is their uncle"

Here is a link to a story involving Anthony:

http://www.pitch.com/2003-05-08/news/bean-counters/full

Here is a link to a blog describing a fundraiser for a Mayoral candidate that involved the Simone's and Brancato's and was held at The Cigar Box.

http://kcbuzzblog.typepad.com/kcbuzzblo ... aisin.html

31. Philip “Phil” Simone

32. Peter Tamburello- The Tamburello family owns Marty's BBQ in the Northland on Vivion Road, as well as Talk More Wireless on N. Highland. Marty's BBQ has been there for over 23 years.

33. John Termini- Termini currently is involved with Cater Time Vending in Kansas City. He is banned from Missouri Riverboat Casinos, detailed here:

http://www.globalgamingnews.com/index.p ... &Itemid=66

More info on his current gambling habits here:

http://www.beloblog.com/KMOV_Blogs/n4id ... _list.html

"John Termini, who is on the Missouri Exclusion List, told me that he travels to Nevada and Mississippi to gamble in casinos in those states."
34. Frank Tousa- Tousa started two Social Clubs. Columbus Park Social Club was in 1969, and Northview Social Club Association preceded that in 1964. Both clubs were located at 1048 East 5th Street in KC. Curiosly enough, the following linked story details a bank robbery in 1930 where one of the assailants lived at that exact address. That story is linked here:

http://www.sodalofts.com/funeral.htm

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Re: Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by chill92 » September 18th, 2008, 9:33 am

That's awesome man! Thanks for all the time and effort you put in doing that for me. Very interesting stuff and lots of familiar names! There's really not much more to ask considering you covered about every aspect. One more question I do have though... Do all these 20-30 members communicate with eachother as if they are one group, or is it more like a bunch of small little groups with there own agendas. From what I've found from research of the "old' mafia there is alot of profit sharing and communication between crews and meetings with the group as a whole. Just curious, and again thank you very much. This is the best resource I've been able to find. PM me if you'd like.

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Re: Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by Richboy17 » September 18th, 2008, 1:38 pm

thewestside wrote:
chill92 wrote:awesome thanks! I'm from KC and it's just interesting. Any other notable families?
Are you talking nationwide?

At the top are the five New York Families - the Genovese Family, Gambino Family, Lucchese Family, Colombo Family, and Bonanno Family. Together they have about 750 of the remaining 1,100 Mob members in the U.S. They are the largest, wealthiest, and most powerful Mafia groups in the country. In addition to the staple rackets like illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and drug trafficking, they still have significant labor racketeering operations and influence in legitimate industries in New York such as the waterfront, garbage hauling, construction, trucking, etc. They have also been the most aggressive at moving into newer activities like stocks/securities fraud, telecommunications fraud, health care fraud, etc. The five New York Families have anywhere from 100-200 members each.

The "2nd tier" of LCN Families would include New England, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Detroit. In these areas there is still significant Mob activity but much less so than in New York. They are primarily involved in the traditional street rackets of illegal gambling, loansharking, extortion, and drug trafficking, as well as legitimate businesses. These Families have about 40-60 members each.

The "3rd tier" would include all the remaining areas where there are still members but the Families are considered weak and of low priority to law enforcement. They would include Buffalo, Northeast Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Tampa, New Orleans, Cleveland, Kansas City, St. Louis, Milwaukee, and Los Angeles. The membership in these Families range from 35 members down to only a few.
Buffalo should be in the 2nd tier. They have about 30-40 members and double that amount of associates.

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Re: Kansas City Mafia

Unread post by thewestside » September 18th, 2008, 5:07 pm

chill92 wrote:That's awesome man! Thanks for all the time and effort you put in doing that for me. Very interesting stuff and lots of familiar names! There's really not much more to ask considering you covered about every aspect. One more question I do have though... Do all these 20-30 members communicate with eachother as if they are one group, or is it more like a bunch of small little groups with there own agendas. From what I've found from research of the "old' mafia there is alot of profit sharing and communication between crews and meetings with the group as a whole. Just curious, and again thank you very much. This is the best resource I've been able to find. PM me if you'd like.
Relatively recent reports, what little there are of them, have said that the Kansas City Family is pretty tight knit.
Richboy17 wrote:Buffalo should be in the 2nd tier. They have about 30-40 members and double that amount of associates.
I used to think that but not anymore. I would put Buffalo at the top of the "3rd tier" Families, with Kansas City second. Buffalo still has about 35 members or so but that is due in large part to the fact that they are in the Northeast where the largest pool of recruits is. The Family lost it's labor union control when Laborers Local 210 was put under federal trusteeship in 1999 and 32 Family members and associates were removed from it. There have continued to be some indictments over the last decade - illegal gambling, drugs, stolen goods, etc. - but the Family and it's operations don't appear to be very cohesive. And the FBI has not listed Buffalo as an area where there is still "considerable LCN activity" like the "2nd tier" Families listed.

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Unread post by midtowntony » October 14th, 2008, 8:49 am

Westside: I just happened upon this site today. I find your information and attention to detail fascinating! Do you simply have a passion for this type of information or are you/have you researched the information for a book or movie script? Whenever I finish reviewing some of the links you provided I’d like to compare notes with you.

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Unread post by thewestside » October 14th, 2008, 6:12 pm

midtowntony wrote:Westside: I just happened upon this site today. I find your information and attention to detail fascinating! Do you simply have a passion for this type of information or are you/have you researched the information for a book or movie script? Whenever I finish reviewing some of the links you provided I’d like to compare notes with you.
I sent you a PM.

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Unread post by midtowntony » October 15th, 2008, 9:31 am

Westside. I tried to open it; however, it was blank. I'm showing a pm, but no information is there. Can you send it again? I'm new to this site so any direction you can offer in case I'm doing something wrong would be great......

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Unread post by thewestside » October 15th, 2008, 9:35 am

midtowntony wrote:Westside. I tried to open it; however, it was blank. I'm showing a pm, but no information is there. Can you send it again? I'm new to this site so any direction you can offer in case I'm doing something wrong would be great......
I resent the PM.

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Unread post by irishkc » October 21st, 2008, 12:52 am

It should be noted that all of the information posted above about the Kansas City family is my research. This was all pulled from Real Deal and was all completed by me over the last year.

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Unread post by TeeKay » October 21st, 2008, 1:04 am

I Think westside already gave the heads up to you on another thread,but respect on the info IrishKC.

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Unread post by irishkc » October 21st, 2008, 1:09 am

Ok, that's cool. I just came across my stuff on a google search for something else.

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Unread post by thewestside » October 21st, 2008, 7:02 pm

irishkc wrote:Ok, that's cool. I just came across my stuff on a google search for something else.
Just for the record, I got the above from your post over on the Real Deal, as we both post there.

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Unread post by Azure9920 » October 22nd, 2008, 1:08 pm

The New Orleans family isn't that powerful?

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Unread post by thewestside » October 22nd, 2008, 1:10 pm

Azure9920 wrote:The New Orleans family isn't that powerful?
Not anymore. There are a only a few remaining members still alive.

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Unread post by sicilianNick » October 28th, 2008, 11:54 pm

What about Los Angeles?

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Unread post by thewestside » October 29th, 2008, 1:00 pm

sicilianNick wrote:What about Los Angeles?
What's left of the Los Angeles Family is about the size of a single crew now -

Boss: Peter "Shakes" Milano

Vincent "Jimmy" Caci
Louis "Little Man" Caruso
Steven "Steve the Whale" Cino
Michael "Porno Mike" Esposito
Tommaso "Tommy" Gambino
Russell "Rusty" Massetta
Paulo "Paulie Tattoos" Rossi
James Testa
John "Johnny V" Vaccuro
Rocky "Bigfoot" Zangari

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Unread post by sicilianNick » October 29th, 2008, 5:34 pm

That's a damn shame. I've heard there's some New York guys running crews out here and kicking up to N.Y.

Milano's like 83, who's gonna take over when he passes? When those guys get convicted and face state time, who do they roll with when they get locked up?

Didn't Milano try to beef up the crews in the 90's?

How active are these guys? From hollywood mafia that Kenny Gallo runs, they all sound old and retired.

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Unread post by woodyrivers » December 4th, 2008, 2:45 pm

Where were the homes north of the river known as "the compound"? I had heard there were underground passages between these homes. Any truth to that?

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Unread post by thewestside » December 4th, 2008, 4:12 pm

woodyrivers wrote:Where were the homes north of the river known as "the compound"? I had heard there were underground passages between these homes. Any truth to that?
Supposedly the Civellas, Sansones, Palmenteres etc. own virtually every house between the 1500-1700 blocks of NE 50th St. and NE 50th Terrace in Northeast Kansas City. I've read of the underground passages back in the day but don't know if the two are the same area.

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Unread post by leftykc » December 5th, 2008, 1:15 pm

I sodded johnny Greens lawn in the late 60's on a sat. while there that day, we were getting some materials down in the basement and opend this one door it was a passage that ran next door to Nick Civella's..no joke ...

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Unread post by woodyrivers » December 16th, 2008, 2:57 pm

We also used to go to a bar near 51st & Main called "Mothers" in the 70s and there were some pretty shady characters in there.

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Unread post by woodyrivers » December 27th, 2008, 4:20 pm

Here are a couple of interesting facts about the property at 33rd and Woodland and its owner. Since the early 1960’s the property and the building, which contained the liquor store and a beauty shop, had been owned by Dorothy Bruno, owner of Bruno’s bonding. In the book Battle Behind the Badge, retired KCPD Captain Robert B. Heinen described the Bruno family business. In 1961, Bruno was the only woman called before the same Grand Jury that indicted Bernard Brannon. In January 1979, approximately nine months before UMKC Police Sgt. Mary Cooper purchased the liquor store, Bruno sold the property. The liquor store known as Big Joe’s, was formerly owned by Joseph A.Cipolla and Joseph C. Mandacina, and had been in business since the late 1960’s. In 1976, Mandacina was found guilty of mail fraud, having been a target of the U.S. Department of Justice Crime and Racketeering Section, commonly known as the Strike Force. Currently, Mandacina owns Diamond Joe’s, the former Chouteau Inn, which is the only bar in Kansas City-North with a permit for topless dancers. Source: Jackson County Department of Records, Boston Heights, Lot 1; K.C. Times, 4-25-1961, p.1; Office of the Secretary of State, Charter No. X00067105 and 00148708; and, K.C. Star, 1-6-1994, page 1.

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Unread post by woodyrivers » December 27th, 2008, 4:22 pm

Kansas City Star, “Fire damages liquor store, nearby buildings,” June 16, 1980. page 3A.

In 1983, the property was re-acquired by Dorothy Bruno from the same individual to whom she had sold it three years earlier. Currently the property is a vacant lot, owned by a church to which Bruno bequeathed it prior to her death in March 1999. Source: Jackson County Department of Records, 1983K 0587239. The fire was not investigated as arson due in part to a shortage of trained arson investigators on Kansas City’s Police and Fire Department’s at the time. See: Myron Levin, “Officials Cite Profits From Arson,” Kansas City Star, October 14, 1979, page 54A.

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Unread post by chill92 » January 14th, 2009, 11:08 pm

Anything new on the KC scene???

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Unread post by thewestside » January 15th, 2009, 12:56 pm

chill92 wrote:Anything new on the KC scene???
Not really. It's basically one of the "remnant" families now. Meaning there are only remnants left of the family and not really in a formally structured organization. There hasn't been a major case since the 1990's. Kansas City appears to still have more members remaining than the other midwest families, except for Chicago and Detroit, but it's no longer considered a significant organized crime threat.

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Unread post by MotoTxtoMo » January 26th, 2009, 9:45 pm

Do you recall When David Bonadonna was killed in July 1976? Where was he buried? I have been trying to find out for years with no success. I don't live in KC area anymore and any time up there is very limited.

I recall hearing about a man who worked for a law enforcement group, not local authorities, who worked checking into the KC mob back in the 70's when they were skimming the casinos in Vegas. He said he had a lot of respect for them, they were very professional and very good at what they did. There was no way they would be able to find all the money skimmed and they were professional in their laundry and would probably be laundering money for the next 20-30 years, based on the amount that was determined they skimmed and how well they launder it.

You can go the the Nevada Gaming Commission web site and get info on various folks who have been Black Booked/exlusion listed, including William Dominc Camissano and Peter Ribaste of KC with mug shot and data. Go to URL

http://gaming.nv.gov/loep_main.html

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Unread post by MotoTxtoMo » January 26th, 2009, 10:49 pm

Also found this if you are interested, gives more info on some current (several from Las Vegas skimming days) KC Mafia, that are on Missouri's Exclusion List, less detail than the Nevada site, but still interesting (of course a lot younger).

The state took the gambling monies away from the family.

https://www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/CasinoExclus ... yName.aspx

did a search and came up with-

MGC Exclusions | Home
Missouri Exclusion List. It is recommended that this website be viewed with ... Access to the Missouri Gaming Commission Exclusion List website is provided ...
www.mgc.dps.mo.gov/CasinoExclusionsweb

Which lead me to the first URL above.

Hope that helps in research.

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