Thursday, October 9, 2025

Pittsburgh Surveillance (1980)

June 9, 1980 FBI surveillance taken in the vicinity of Pittsburgh Boss John LaRocca's Allegheny Car Wash:

L to R: Thomas Ciancutti, John LaRocca, Louis Volpe
LaRocca (L) and Volpe (R)
LaRocca (L) and Ciancutti (R)
LaRocca (L) and Ciancutti (R)

John LaRocca (1901-1984) had by that time headed the Family for decades.
 
Louis Volpe (1901-1987), a longtime member, served as President of Versailles Amusement Company in McKeesport, Pennsylvania. Joseph Sica, later identified as the Family's Consigliere, was the company's Vice President.
 
An FBI report from January 1977 noted: "[Volpe] dominates racket matters in the Turtle Creek Valley area from his residence in Wilmerding, Pennsylvania."
 
A Federal chart from 1985 lists Volpe as a Captain.
 
Thomas 'Sonny' Ciancutti (1929-2021) is also named as a Captain in the 1985 chart and may have run the Family at some point after the early to mid 2000s.
 
The last confirmed member by the summer of 2021, his death that July left the Pittsburgh Family officially defunct.

Pittsburgh Surveillance (1980)

June 9, 1980 FBI surveillance taken in the vicinity of Pittsburgh Boss John LaRocca's Allegheny Car Wash: L to R: Thomas Ciancutti, John...