 |
| c. 1985 |
Charles 'Bobby Milano' Caci was a member of the Los Angeles Family.
Born October 16, 1936 in Buffalo, New York to Alfonzo and Josephine Dina. Father from Porto Empedocle comune of Agrigento, Sicily. Mother from Palermo.
The Caci family resided at 82 10th St in Buffalo's West Village district. Alfonzo worked at the Curtiss-Wright plant located in the adjacent town of Kenmore.
During the 1950s Charles, using the name Bobby Milano, began what would be a lifelong involvement with the entertainment industry.
By the 1960s he was also one of several Caci brothers associated with Buffalo's Magaddino Family.
Eldest brother Onofrio aka 'Al' was a made member of the Family. Vincent aka 'Jimmy' and Salvatore aka 'Sam' were Associates.
In June 1967 Charles and others were indicted for Hobbs Act conspiracy concerning a planned robbery in Los Angeles. Co-defendants included Magaddino Underboss Frederico Randaccio, Capodecina Pasquale Natarelli and Associate Stephen Cino.
The group was convicted at trial later that year and Caci received a ten year sentence.
In mid-June 1985 the FBI included Charles Caci in a list of newly identified members of the Los Angeles Family.
 |
| Jimmy Caci (1984) |
He was likely sponsored for membership by his brother Jimmy, a Capodecina who joined the Family a couple of years prior.
In May 1987 the brothers were indicted by USAO Los Angeles on Federal racketeering charges.
Among the thirteen co-defendants were Family Boss Peter Milano, Underboss Carmen Milano, Capodecina Luigi Gelfuso Jr. and three other Family members, including fellow Buffalo transplant Stephen Cino. Also indicted was Bonanno Soldier Arthur 'Artie' Franconeri from Bayonne, New Jersey.
An article in The Desert Sun noted: "[Caci] and others allegedly obtained property from two gamblers by extortion and from a Palm Springs bookmaker." The article described a March 1985 meeting between Charles and the unnamed bookmaker: "[Victim was ordered] to give a portion of his gambling business to Caci or his business would be closed."
The Los Angeles Times reported: "[In] April 1985, one of the potential [Family] members was told that a man named Mike Murray had won money in a card game from [Caci]...Murray was to return the money 'or get his head broken'."
The Caci brothers and five others reached a global plea agreement in late March 1988.
On May 16, 1988 Charles and Jimmy were each given prison terms of one year and one day.
Nearly ten years later the brothers were named in another Federal racketeering case, this one out of Las Vegas.
On February 3, 1998 sixteen were indicted on various counts that included extortion, money laundering, fraud and murder conspiracy.
Returning co-defendants included Family Underboss Carmen Milano and Soldiers Stephen Cino and Rocco Zangari. Capodecina Louis Caruso and Magaddino Member Robert Panaro were also charged.
On January 8, 2001 Charles pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, admitting his role in a plot to sell fraudulent traveler's checks, and was sentenced to four months confinement at his residence in Palm Springs.
He died January 17, 2006 and was buried in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Cheektowaga, New York.
