Thursday, September 1, 2022

Los Angeles Misc Info (1980s)

Misc info from FBI reports on the Los Angeles Family during the 1980s:

- March 2, 1983: "[Recent] information has been developed at Los Angeles from Title III intercepts and source information that the following individuals [have] become members of the Los Angeles LCN Family: [Redacted Name], Nicholas Nardi; Michael Comparetti."

- August 9, 1983: "[Recent] information received at Los Angeles from two separate and independent sources, one being a member source, that the following individuals have become members of the Los Angeles LCN Family: Luigi Gelfuso; Vincent Dominic Caci, aka Jimmy Caci. It is noted that Caci has previously been identified as a member of the Buffalo LCN Family."

- December 7, 1983: In regard to the above names, the FBI noted: "[This] increases identified Los Angeles LCN Family members to a total of 15. Recent intelligence information at Los Angeles indicates additional members have been made and efforts are continuing to substantiate this information."

- June 21, 1985: Additional names, including Carmen 'Flipper' Milano, Charles 'Bobby Milano' Caci and Stephen Anthony Cino are added as members: "[This] increases the Los Angeles Family to a total of 20 members and includes the deletion of [Redacted], Angelo Polizzi (totally inactive), Dominic Phillip Brooklier (deceased), and the addition of 7 new members into the Los Angeles Family, and the inclusion of 3 members active in the San Diego area, as well as 1 member active in the San Jose area."

- April 29, 1988: The death of Los Angeles Member Nicholas Anthony 'Nick' Nardi is reported: "...Therefore, Nardi is being deleted from the membership of the Los Angeles LCN Family which brings the total now to 20 members."

Joseph Abate (Lucchese)

c. 1970s Joseph Abate was a Captain in the Lucchese Family. Born July 8, 1902 in Marsala comune of Trapani, Sicily to Giuseppe and Catherine...