DEA surveillance photo taken June 7, 1979.
Those depicted:
1. Antonio 'Tony Bananas' Caponigro (1912-1980): Newark-based Member elected Consigliere upon the death of Joseph Rugnetta in 1977. Orchestrated the March 1980 murder of Family Boss Angelo Bruno in the hopes of usurping leadership for himself. The next month he and his brother-in-law, Member Alfred 'Freddy' Salerno, were found beaten and shot to death in New York.
2. Ralph 'Blackie' Napoli (1914-2005): Member from Newark. In 1973 an informant described Napoli and Dominick 'Tommy Adams' DiNorscio as the last two from that city inducted into the Bruno Family prior to the books re-opening in the 1970s. Completed a seven-year New Jersey State Prison term for contempt around June 1978. Appointed Capodecina by Boss Nicodemo Scarfo, then demoted and re-appointed over the following years. Died in 2005.
3. Frank Sindone (1927-1980): Member from South Philadelphia. Believed inducted around 1976. Joined in Caponigro's plot against Bruno and murdered on orders of Philip Testa, Bruno's successor, in October 1980.
