This flower has been reported and will not be visible while under review. For nearly eight hours over two days, Lenny Strollo took the stand in the storied courthouse and gave a fascinating behind-the-scenes account of organized crime in northern Ohio. Of the 46 people indicted from a four-year FBI probe of organized crime and corruption in the Mahoning Valley, 42 people took plea bargains, including Lenine "Lenny" Strollo, a made man in the Pittsburgh Mafia who ran the Youngstown rackets. Weekly payouts! Username. Agents also heard Strollo discuss bribing county officials with O'Nesti, Traficant's mob connection. Strollo Dominic M & is a resident of Youngstown. Usergen May 20, 2021 YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) A former mob boss whose criminal enterprise helped earn Youngstown the name "Crimetown U.S.A" before turning federal witness has died at age 90. Financially strapped and with his campaign in need of funds, Appellant turned to Youngstown Mafia boss Lenine "Lenny" Strollo for help. As if bribes and campaign contributions weren't enough, one of Strollo's own lawyers, Gary Van Brocklin, was elected to that office in 1984. Chicago Include gps location with grave photos where possible. Amazingly, Gains was sworn in as Mahoning County prosecutor ten days later, bits of the bullet still lodged near his spine. Just before Altshuler, Riddle, and Turnage were marched out in their orange prison jumpsuits for sentencing, Milano sat on a court bench in an expensive gray suit, head cocked and leg resting on his knee, chatting with reporters. By 1998, Wilkins, Blair, and Harris had all pleaded guilty and agreed to testify about their roles in the shootings of Biondillo and Gains. "These people are a cancer on this society," he fumes. That's why he accepted the deal and broke omerta--the code of silence he took in Pittsburgh twelve years earlier--and why he could be out of prison in twelve to fifteen years, if his health allows it. He was convicted of bribes, money laundering and racketeering. Oops, we were unable to send the email. He pointed out the power of Charles "The Crab" Carabbia, who for 25 years helped run card and dice games for the Cleveland mob in working-class towns like Struthers and Campbell. Nearly fifty years later, "Big Ange" entered the witness protection program and became the highest-ranking mafioso to defect. . "What we've had here is institutional corruption. May 19, 2021. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/175814704/edina-m-strollo. What Gains didn't know was that Riddle, Harris, and Batcho were staking out his house. The list of bribes--a story in itself--is long and colorful. T The Criminal Underworld Compilation Youngstown, Ohio Mafia You are nearing the transfer limit for memorials managed by Find a Grave. When Lenny Strollo testified at the federal courthouse, he was only a few miles from where the old Hotel Statler used to stand. Are you sure that you want to remove this flower? How was the mob able to get black men in their twenties and thirties to work for white men the age of their grandfathers? Tags: Mafia, Members Only, mob, ohio, ohio mafia, ohio mob, pittsburgh, pittsburgh mafia, Pittsburgh mob, scott burnstein, tiny, youngstown, youngstown mafia, youngstown mob. His appearance hasn't changed much after slightly more than six years behind bars -- his hair is still dark with only tinges of gray at the temples, but he has developed a slight paunch. As manager of this memorial you can add or update the memorial using the Edit button below. He pleaded guilty to five more crimes in. When gambling kingpin Lenny Strollo spilled his guts in federal court last month, he broke the Mafia's decades-old grip on Youngstown and drew the final curtain on the fabled northern Ohio. His testimony touched on everything from his youth repairing vending machines to Cleveland's bloody mob war of the late 1970s to the series of Mafia-related shootings that erupted in Youngstown in 1996. Some speculate that Altshuler, at age 68, figured accepting a plea bargain and serving ten to fifteen years was the equivalent of a life sentence anyway. He occasionally wore a bulletproof vest--though even that wouldn't have helped him on the warm morning of August 3, 1996. Try again later. Youngstown was once among the biggest steel cities along with Cleveland and Pittsburg. "Jeff Riddle said, going into this case, 'Don't make me a snitch, and make my accusers look me in the eye,'" Milano says. All contact info about Lenine Strollo, 91 from Canfield, Ohio - address, e-mail, phone, public records, etc at Vericora FOR FREE Nine days later police found the car, but no Moceri. I thought you might like to see a memorial for Edina M. Dee Strollo I found on Findagrave.com. As Strollo prepared to go to prison in 1990, he met regularly with Naples. My last thought was, How's my mother going to handle this? That's from sixty years of being emboldened.". Waiting in the shadow of a nearby house were Cleveland Blair and George Wilkins. Addresses. cemeteries found in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA will be saved to your photo volunteer list. She was employed for many years as a production clerk for General Fireproofing Company. Lenny Strollo, the former mobster once credited by the FBI with operating America's biggest illegal casino, has died at age 90. He became a government witness in 1997 . He went to the meeting and was never seen again. Sotto voce planning sessions. 25020 Divot Dr, Bonita Springs, FL 34135, lived here in 2017 $1,360: C. 21825 . Prato did the same for the Pittsburgh mob, with help from Joseph "Little Joey" Naples and Strollo. The Irishman--who wore only green clothes, wrote in green ink, and drove a green car--was killed leaving his dentist's office in Lyndhurst. Lenny was born April 21, 1931, in Youngstown, the son of the late Dominic and Antoinette Cavallo Strollo and . When Biondillo turned down Murdock Street off Himrod Avenue, he couldn't get his rose-colored Cadillac through the narrow street. From information like that, the FBI got a search warrant for Strollo's home, and, in January 1997, agents seized more than 40,000 pages of documents, including financial and gambling records. Jul 16, 2020 - Explore Joe Ortiz's board "Youngstown mob" on Pinterest. "I made the phone call," Strollo said. By then, the disheveled Traficant had crafted a populist message, which struck a chord with Youngstown's unemployed mill workers, and he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. He's still in Washington, the ultimate outsider, railing on the House floor about the need to put tanks on the Mexican border to keep out illegal immigrants and the need to increase tariffs to keep out foreign steel. "But the drug dealers they were ripping off started turning on them.". The Porrellos asked to have a meeting with Lonardo, but when he arrived at a barbershop, two gunmen appeared from the back and opened fire, killing Big Joe and his brother, John Lonardo. "Bernie the Jew," as his mob associates called the 68-year-old Altshuler, looked bored as he entered the courtroom, resigned to the fact that his lifetime of crime would end in prison. He fared less well in tax court, though. Even though the mob lost its grip on the local government after Lenny Strollo turned state's witness in 1999, corruption still persists in Youngstown. Further information withheld at the owner's request. By the time Strollo was finished, the consensus was that Altshuler, Riddle, and Turnage had about as much chance of being acquitted as Biondillo did of surviving the shotgun slugs and pellets that were pumped into his body: None. A final wave of indictments from the Youngstown investigation is expected any day. Dee was also the cherished aunt of many nieces and nephews; as well as a great-aunt and great-great aunt of many more.Besides her parents, Dee was preceded in death by a sister, Alice Palermo; and two brothers Dante and Dominic Strollo.Family and friends may pay their respects on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, from 10 until 10:55 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Boardman.Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery in Youngstown.Arrangements have been entrusted to the professional care of the Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, 4221 Market St. in Boardman (new location).In lieu of flowers and to honor Dees life, the family requests material donations be made to Hospice of the Valley, 5190 Market St., Boardman, OH 44512.Dees family wants to thank the dedicated staff of Sunrise Assisted Living in Poland, as well as the caring angels and staff at Hospice of the Valley for their love and dedication throughout these last months.Family and friends may visit www.rossisantuccifh.com. There is a problem with your email/password. 0 cemeteries found in Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, USA. Watch the Scribbler podcasts about Strollo and the a. Strollo became a government snitch in 1999 after being indicted in December 1997 on Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations violations of aggravated murder, casino-style gambling and numbers lottery. "There was a tremendous amount of hard work that went into this case, but also some luck," says Morford, a forty-year-old who looks younger. The second shot missed Gains but hit his caller ID box, knocking out his home phone. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Edina Strollo (175814704)? East Coast Id buy something for a buck or buck and a half, give them the 10 and get the change, Armstrong recalled in a telephone conversation from his home outside Ohio. The men were found guilty and sentenced to life without parole. Save to an Ancestry Tree, a virtual cemetery, your clipboard for pasting or Print. The Strollos were a major force in the Youngstown underworld in the 1970s through to the early 1990s, controlling gambling and extortion rackets. It had all the hallmarks of the mob stories in movie theaters: colorful gangsters with nicknames like "Lemons" and "The Crab." The government was able to build its case by convincing lower-echelon criminals to roll over on their superiors. You can unsubscribe at any time. To view a photo in more detail or edit captions for photos you added, click the photo to open the photo viewer. The moment Biondillo was trapped, they pulled down their ski masks, brandished shotguns, and rushed his car. The quarter-mile, one-way street, just east of downtown, has almost as many cars on blocks as it has houses, and certainly more dogs than people. Strollo also fingered Riddle and Turnage, black street thugs Strollo had used to recruit drug dealers to gamble in the various card and dice games controlled by the Youngstown mob. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio A former mob boss who helped Youngstown earn the name "Crimetown U.S.A" has died at age 90. The money came from Cleveland, and Strollo gave Armstrong and others thousands of dollars to launder. Uncategorized Informants told the FBI that Strollo feared Naples would try to take over his gambling operations while he was away. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio A former mob boss whose criminal enterprise helped earn Youngstown the name "Crimetown U.S.A" before turning federal witness has died at age 90. [6] In 2021, the boss Thomas "Sonny" Ciancutti died, he was also the last known made . based on information from your browser. Dee leaves to cherish her memories, her beloved sisters Jennie Dundee and Vilma Cramer as well as her loving brother and sister-in-law Lenny (Antoinette) Strollo. We will review the memorials and decide if they should be merged. It's easy to view the mob as a romantic relic--with images of Al Pacino talking to Marlon Brando in a vegetable garden--or to simply write it off as an insular faction that runs a few gambling operations and rarely uses violence outside its own ranks. Riddle may have garnered himself a place in local lore, in what was quite possibly the last Mafia trial Cleveland will ever see. The first two ended with hung juries. But his monopoly of the corn sugar business was threatened when the Porrello brothers moved here from Sicily. That raid led to Youngstown gambler Michael Sabella, who six months later agreed to wear an FBI wire and record his conversations with bookie Michael Serrecchio. Canfield - There will be a Mass of Christian Burial held on Monday, January 30, 2017 at 11:00 am at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 7345 Westview Dr., Boardman, with Father Philip Rogers officiating for Edina M. "Dee" Strollo, 87, of Canfield, who passed away peacefully Thursday morning, January 26, 2017 with her . On May 17, 1977, Nardi was blown to bits when a car packed with explosives was detonated next to his in the parking lot of the Teamsters building. Edina M. "Dee" Strollo. One year before he died, though, Prato offered Naples and Strollo official induction into La Cosa Nostra. Translation on Find a Grave is an ongoing project. Armstrong said he was supposed to rob the 13th Frame bar on the West Side, but things went wrong. The only question that remained was why the trio did not take the plea bargains offered by the government, as 42 others did. In addition, University Heights attorney Stewart Mandel pleaded guilty last year to filing a false corporate income tax return. At least that's how Milano sees it. Its marble pillars and ornate gold, green, and maroon fixtures give the building an air of nobility. Turnage, 27, seemed terrified, while 39-year-old Riddle, who hoped to become the first black man ever inducted into the Mafia, appeared amused--either too cocky or too stupid to realize he was about to be sent away for life. Learn more about merges. "As long as I'm in office or alive, I'm still a concern to them," he says of the Young-stown mob. "In other cities, maybe they have some of it. But in March 1996, five months before the Biondillo killing, the unthinkable happened. Court documents show that the 1995 Super Bowl raid Strollo dismissed as an annoyance actually provided the springboard to the investigation that made a defector out of the Strollos and Garono and sent Altshuler, Riddle, and Turnage to prison for life. Questioned later by prosecutors, the jeweler said the ring Wilkins pawned was tough to forget--after all, not many have the initials "EB" spelled in diamond nuggets. Sensing the Cleveland mob had larger problems to deal with, the Pittsburgh family began encroaching on its turf in Youngstown, leading to a four-year feud that killed ten people. Officials hobnob openly with criminals.". 99 CA 147 PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, ) ) - VS - ) OPINION ) JEFF RIDDLE, ) ) . Share this memorial using social media sites or email. "Approximately when did this occur? Dogged investigators. To the "young lady who spoke [Rich]," he hoped that the good Lord would give her comfort. Morford asked Strollo. Carabbia's killing came with consequences, though. She also loved her Golden Girls sisters trips to many casinos and enjoyed spending family time with everyone.Dee leaves to cherish her memories, her beloved sisters, Jennie Dundee and Vilma Cramer; as well as her loving brother and sister-in-law, Lenny (Antoinette) Strollo. Vacant lots are littered with shattered beer bottles and plastic wrappers. 6 + 4 equals?*. [2] [5] The LaRocca family is one of the original 26 mafia families in United States. Photos larger than 8Mb will be reduced. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. . My Kind of Crime Town An email has been sent to the person who requested the photo informing them that you have fulfilled their request, There is an open photo request for this memorial. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - Notorious Youngstown mob boss Lenny Strollo has died. On August 9, 1982, Traficant was indicted for accepting bribes and filing a false income tax return. He said it had been that way for more than 50 years, with more than 50 mob-related murders, long before Strollo. By episode 11, Congressman Traficant hopes to free a man facing convictions of being a Nazi war criminal. Family and friends may visit www.rossisantuccifh.com. You know what? 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