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| 1969 |
Peter Carlo was an Associate murdered by members of the Lucchese Family's New Jersey crew in 1975.
Born May 31, 1945 to Anthony (29y) and Angela Ciuffi (27y).
By April 1950 family resided at 653 Hamilton Ave in South Orange, New Jersey. Father owned trucking company.
Born May 31, 1945 to Anthony (29y) and Angela Ciuffi (27y).
By April 1950 family resided at 653 Hamilton Ave in South Orange, New Jersey. Father owned trucking company.
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| Aug. 1965 |
On August 26, 1965 arrested in Ocean County, New Jersey on unspecified charge.
On December 16, 1969 among fifty-five indicted by US Attorney's Office in Newark on Federal gambling charges.
Others indicted included DeCav Boss Simone 'Sam' DeCavalcante and Colombo - DeCav Member Alessio 'Al Bar' Barrasso as well as DeCav Associates Joseph 'Joe C.' Caruano, Joseph 'Jo Jo' Ferrara, Joseph 'Joe Ipp' Ippolito and Charles Majuri. (The latter four would be inducted into the DeCavalcante Family after the books opened in 1976.)
By 1971 resided at 57 Patton Drive in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
On March 15 of that year sentenced by USDC Newark Judge Leonard Garth to two years Federal imprisonment following guilty plea in 1969 indictment.
After his Federal sentence was completed Carlo served an additional year at Trenton State Prison for an Essex County lottery conviction. Released in September 1972.
On April 4, 1974 arrested by Bloomfield PD on charges assault with intent to kill and illegal possession revolver.
In June 1974 married Rose Marie D'Agostino (34y) in Newark. Bride's father from Casalvieri comune of Frosinone, Lazio.
Around that time working as salesman at jeep dealership located in Maplewood, NJ.
By 1975 the couple and their three children resided at 19 Edison St in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
On December 16, 1969 among fifty-five indicted by US Attorney's Office in Newark on Federal gambling charges.
Others indicted included DeCav Boss Simone 'Sam' DeCavalcante and Colombo - DeCav Member Alessio 'Al Bar' Barrasso as well as DeCav Associates Joseph 'Joe C.' Caruano, Joseph 'Jo Jo' Ferrara, Joseph 'Joe Ipp' Ippolito and Charles Majuri. (The latter four would be inducted into the DeCavalcante Family after the books opened in 1976.)
By 1971 resided at 57 Patton Drive in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
On March 15 of that year sentenced by USDC Newark Judge Leonard Garth to two years Federal imprisonment following guilty plea in 1969 indictment.
After his Federal sentence was completed Carlo served an additional year at Trenton State Prison for an Essex County lottery conviction. Released in September 1972.
On April 4, 1974 arrested by Bloomfield PD on charges assault with intent to kill and illegal possession revolver.
In June 1974 married Rose Marie D'Agostino (34y) in Newark. Bride's father from Casalvieri comune of Frosinone, Lazio.
Around that time working as salesman at jeep dealership located in Maplewood, NJ.
By 1975 the couple and their three children resided at 19 Edison St in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
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| T. Ricciardi |
By late January Carlo had separated from his wife and was dating the sister of Lucchese Associate Thomas Ricciardi.
For reasons not explained in the available sources, this led Ricciardi, Lucchese Associate Michael Taccetta and possibly others to plan Carlo's murder.
Carlo was told he was to go with Ricciardi to a meeting on January 30.
That day, he waited in his car parked at the scheduled pickup spot in front of 450 Kerrigan Blvd in Newark's Vailsburg section.
Upon arriving at the scene, Ricciardi shook Carlo's hand, got into the car and, after a few moments of small talk, pulled out a revolver and shot Carlo 'four or five' times in the head.
On February 1, 1975 The Star-Ledger reported: "[Essex LE] said a rag with powder burns was found near Carlo's automobile and it is believed the rag might have been used to muffle the shots that killed the Bloomfield man. [LE] said Carlo left his wife three weeks ago and took up residence at the Town and Campus in West Orange where detectives seized a number of documents late yesterday." It was also noted that Carlo suffered an additional gunshot wound to his left hand; press speculated this was a defensive wound sustained when Carlo attempted to protect himself from the gunfire.
On February 2, 1975 The Times reported: "[Newark PD Det Sgt] indicated that police are planning to question members of the DeCavalcante organization about Carlo's death...[Carlo] moved out of his Bloomfield home last month and had been living in a $70-per-week room at a West Orange motel. A room clerk there said Carlo was 'a pleasant type' and 'a gentleman'. Detectives sealed off Carlo's motel room and spent most of Friday [1/31] going through documents found there...An officer in the homicide bureau [said] that such apparent gangland murder cases are almost never solved."
On February 2/3, 1975 wake held at Lytwyn and Lytwyn Home for Funerals located at 801 Springfield Ave in Irvington, NJ.
Buried in Glendale Cemetery located in Bloomfield.
Thomas Ricciardi and Michael Taccetta were inducted into the Lucchese Family in the early 1980s and 1977 respectively.
Ricciardi, who rose to Acting Captain of the Jersey crew, became a cooperating witness around September 1993.
For reasons not explained in the available sources, this led Ricciardi, Lucchese Associate Michael Taccetta and possibly others to plan Carlo's murder.
Carlo was told he was to go with Ricciardi to a meeting on January 30.
That day, he waited in his car parked at the scheduled pickup spot in front of 450 Kerrigan Blvd in Newark's Vailsburg section.
Upon arriving at the scene, Ricciardi shook Carlo's hand, got into the car and, after a few moments of small talk, pulled out a revolver and shot Carlo 'four or five' times in the head.
On February 1, 1975 The Star-Ledger reported: "[Essex LE] said a rag with powder burns was found near Carlo's automobile and it is believed the rag might have been used to muffle the shots that killed the Bloomfield man. [LE] said Carlo left his wife three weeks ago and took up residence at the Town and Campus in West Orange where detectives seized a number of documents late yesterday." It was also noted that Carlo suffered an additional gunshot wound to his left hand; press speculated this was a defensive wound sustained when Carlo attempted to protect himself from the gunfire.
On February 2, 1975 The Times reported: "[Newark PD Det Sgt] indicated that police are planning to question members of the DeCavalcante organization about Carlo's death...[Carlo] moved out of his Bloomfield home last month and had been living in a $70-per-week room at a West Orange motel. A room clerk there said Carlo was 'a pleasant type' and 'a gentleman'. Detectives sealed off Carlo's motel room and spent most of Friday [1/31] going through documents found there...An officer in the homicide bureau [said] that such apparent gangland murder cases are almost never solved."
On February 2/3, 1975 wake held at Lytwyn and Lytwyn Home for Funerals located at 801 Springfield Ave in Irvington, NJ.
Buried in Glendale Cemetery located in Bloomfield.
Thomas Ricciardi and Michael Taccetta were inducted into the Lucchese Family in the early 1980s and 1977 respectively.
Ricciardi, who rose to Acting Captain of the Jersey crew, became a cooperating witness around September 1993.
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| M. Taccetta |
The following month Michael Taccetta pleaded guilty in Ocean County Superior Court in Toms River, NJ to racketeering charges that included conspiring in the Carlo murder.
On August 10, 1994 he was sentenced to forty years in New Jersey State Prison with the requirement that he serve at least half before being eligible for parole. This sentence was in addition to a twenty-five-year term handed down in a separate Federal racketeering case.
On February 1, 1995 Thomas Ricciardi pleaded guilty in Ocean County Superior Court to racketeering charges that included involvement in the murder of Peter Carlo and seven others.
In April 1996 Superior Court Judge Manuel Greenberg sentenced Ricciardi to twenty years imprisonment. Five days prior Ricciardi had been given a ten-year Federal sentence resulting from a similar racketeering plea made in US District Court Newark.
In July 2009 Ricciardi testified as a prosecution witness in the Federal racketeering trial of Genovese Captain Michael Coppola. During cross-examination he admitted his involvement as the shooter in Carlo's murder but provided no further explanation for the hit, except to agree with the lawyer that he was unhappy about Carlo dating his sister.
On August 10, 1994 he was sentenced to forty years in New Jersey State Prison with the requirement that he serve at least half before being eligible for parole. This sentence was in addition to a twenty-five-year term handed down in a separate Federal racketeering case.
On February 1, 1995 Thomas Ricciardi pleaded guilty in Ocean County Superior Court to racketeering charges that included involvement in the murder of Peter Carlo and seven others.
In April 1996 Superior Court Judge Manuel Greenberg sentenced Ricciardi to twenty years imprisonment. Five days prior Ricciardi had been given a ten-year Federal sentence resulting from a similar racketeering plea made in US District Court Newark.
In July 2009 Ricciardi testified as a prosecution witness in the Federal racketeering trial of Genovese Captain Michael Coppola. During cross-examination he admitted his involvement as the shooter in Carlo's murder but provided no further explanation for the hit, except to agree with the lawyer that he was unhappy about Carlo dating his sister.
There was also no clarification as to whether the murder was authorized by Joseph Abate, then-Captain of the Lucchese Family's Jersey crew.
Taccetta was released from Federal prison in April 2016.
More Lucchese Family posts can be found in the Index.
