Editor's RatingSysGauge is a handy system monitor that allows users to keep a close tab on the performance of both local and remote computers. The software provides statistics about six different categories by default but you can add others.Using SysGaugeSince there were different versions for 32-bit and 64-bit systems, we downloaded and installed the appropriate one for our computer. The installation process took only a few seconds.When we launched the performance monitor, it displayed a small window in front of the main one, which displayed different types of information that it was loading for a couple of seconds. The process was so fast that we could hardly read the information.The main application window featured menus on the upper side, gauge and graph on the middle left and middle right parts respectively, the various categories on the lower side and statistics at the bottom.The system monitor initially displayed the CPU Usage category by default. Both the gauge and graph displayed information in real time, with percentage shown below the gauge. We also got more information on the lower part, including instance, computer (whether local or remote), current, average, minimum and maximum readings.Other categories that the program showed us included memory usage, disk space usage, disk activity, disk transfer rate and network transfer rate. It displayed information about network cards but not WiFi connections.Double-clicking a category or counter brought up a window where we could edit it.
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We added the action that we wanted the performance monitor to execute when the specified measures were met. For example, we could configure it to show a warning when the current value of CPU usage exceeded a specified percentage.Right-clicking a counter displayed a context menu that allowed us to add counter, edit counter, move counter up or down, and delete the selected counter or all counters.When we wanted to monitor a remote computer, we simply specified the computer's IP address and selected the types of counters that we wanted to monitor. We could also specify the way we wanted the program to display the results.We could save reports as HTML, CSV, XML, Excel, PDF or text files. The application let us choose the mode in which we wanted to save our report. We could choose complete monitoring data report mode, monitoring history statistics report mode or short summary report mode. We could also configure the program to save status reports at specified intervals and even send periodic email notifications.ConclusionSysGauge is a powerful system monitor that displays and saves statistics in various formats.
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Mafia family based in PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia crime family Founded byFounding location,Years active1911–presentTerritoryVarious neighborhoods in, the, and (especially ), including, andEthnicityMen of descent. Other ethnicities employed as 'associates'Membership (est.)40-50 approx, 100 associates approx. (2017 estimates) Criminal activities, and, and.AlliesRivals, various other throughout Philadelphia area, including their allies, occasionally and the.The Philadelphia crime family, also known as the Bruno-Scarfo crime family, the Philadelphia Mafia, the Philly Mob/Mafia, or the Philadelphia-South Jersey Mafia, is an based in,.
Formed and based in, the primarily operates in various areas and neighborhoods in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area and, especially. The family is notorious for its violence, due in particular to its succession of violent and multiple mob wars.As the Bruno crime family under the 20-year reign of boss (1959–1980), the family enjoyed an era of peace and prosperity.
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Bruno became known for his cool-headed and deliberate approach to handling business disputes and preferring traditional rackets such as, labor,. A complex dispute involving disgruntled subordinates and territory claims by 's led to Bruno's murder in 1980.
The killing triggered an internal war for control of the Philadelphia family, leading to a gradual decline in the family's power and a rise in mob violence in Philadelphia.Bruno's death led to an internal war for control of the crime family. Bruno was immediately succeeded by his loyal friend,; however, within a year of Bruno's murder, Testa was also assassinated, killed in a explosion in 1981. When the dust settled from Bruno's death, became the boss of the crime family. During Scarfo's reign, the family was known as the Scarfo crime family. Scarfo's 10-year reign saw the family grow in power, but also become highly dysfunctional.
Unlike Bruno, Scarfo was infamous for his short temper and penchant for violence. Scarfo increasingly involved the family in and demanded that all criminals pay a street tax for operating in his territory. Scarfo also did not hesitate to order people murdered over moderate disputes.
The dramatic rise in violence attracted increased attention from the,. Increased violence and law enforcement prosecutions also convinced several mobsters to in order to escape death or prison. Scarfo's downfall came in 1988, when he and most of his top allies were arrested and sentenced to long prison terms.Scarfo's imprisonment eventually led to another internal mob war. With the backing of the in New York, was named boss of the Philadelphia family in 1991. However a faction of young mobsters led by disputed Stanfa's ascension, and by 1992 yet another war within the family was underway. The war ended in 1994, when Stanfa and most of his supporters were arrested by the FBI.
Merlino subsequently took control of the family and has allegedly been running the family to varying degrees ever since. Unlike most of his Mafia contemporaries, Merlino was extremely prolific and never camera-shy, and was frequently seen at local social events. Inevitably, the Philadelphia family has been weakened over the past thirty years due to violence, government turncoats, and law enforcement action following the passage of the. Despite this, the family still remains one of the most active and powerful Mafia groups in the country. Contents.History The beginning In the early 20th century, several Italian immigrant and South Philadelphia street gangs joined to form what would eventually become the Philadelphia crime family. Was the first leader of the group that would later bear his name. They busied themselves with, and, and it was during the era that Sabella and his crew were recognized as members of the wider crime syndicate of New York.
Sabella retired in late 1931.John Avena and Joe Dovi After Sabella's retirement, two of his top lieutenants, and, began a five-year war for control of the family. Scarfo mobsters congregating. Included in the photo are, Joey Pungitore, Philip Narducci and Nicholas Milano.Bruno's successor, his underboss lasted just under a year before he was killed by a on March 15, 1981. Testa's murder was orchestrated by Frank Narducci in yet another attempt to take control of the family. Afterwards, Peter Casella and, Testa's underboss and consigliere respectively, were both vying to take over the family.
Scarfo was close with Genovese family consigliere and approached the Genovese hierarchy with his suspicions that Narducci orchestrated Testa's murder. The Genovese family setup a meeting with Scarfo and Casella, where Casella confessed that Narducci killed Testa so that they could take over the family. Narducci was killed and Casella being banished from the Mob and fleeing to Florida. Scarfo was a Bruno crime family mobster who operated in. The city witnessed a boom in its economy when it enacted measures allowing casino gambling in the late 1970s. Scarfo was able to expand his power base by infiltrating the expanding construction and service industries in Atlantic City. In return for their support for him as boss, Scarfo let the Commission operate in Atlantic City under his discretion.
Scarfo named as his underboss and as his consigliere. Scarfo demoted Bruno's mob captains and replaced them with Testa, Lawrence 'Yogi' Merlino and Joseph 'Chickie' Ciancaglini, Sr.The last person to stand in Scarfo's way was well respected, long-time mobster. Riccobene believed Scarfo was an unfit, greedy boss and he refused to pay tribute to Scarfo. While Bruno never asked Riccobene for a regular share of his illicit profits, Scarfo demanded a typical 'kick up' tribute. With Scarfo off the street serving a brief prison term in Texas, the 'Riccobene War' ensued between 1982 and 1984. The Scarfo faction was able to kill three of Riccobene's men. The Riccobene faction was able to kill Scarfo's consigliere Frank Monte, while Riccobene himself survived two attempts on his life.
In 1984, the two gunmen in the Monte murder, along with Riccobene's brother, were arrested and agreed to cooperate with authorities. They testified at trial that Riccobene ordered Monte's murder. Riccobene was convicted and sentenced to life in prison, ending the war.When Scarfo became Boss, he wanted to unify organized crime in the area and dreamed of running a smooth criminal empire. He soon installed a 'street tax' on Philadelphia/south Jersey criminals. Although financially extorting criminals is a common Mafia racket, it was a somewhat alien practice in Philadelphia. Enforced by soldiers and associates of the family, the tax was paid by criminals working independently from the Mafia. Criminals such as drug dealers, bookmakers, loan sharks, pimps, and number runners operating in territory that Scarfo deemed his own were forced to pay his street tax weekly.
Those who refused to pay the tax were usually murdered. Loan shark, drug dealer and pawn shop owner John Calabrese was killed by Joseph Ciancaglini, Sr., Tommy DelGiorno, Frank Iannarella and Pat Spirito. Frankie 'Flowers' D'Alfonso was brutally beaten by Salvatore Testa and Joey Pungitore for refusing to pay the street tax. He was later murdered in 1985.The crime family's biggest racket were control of labor unions. During Bruno's and Scarfo's reigns, the Philadelphia crime family maintained some degree of influence over Local 30, Local 405, Local 332 and Locals 107, 158, 331 and 837. The crime family used this influence to extort businesses, steal from the union treasuries and receive paychecks and benefits for little to no work. Scarfo also got the crime family heavily involved in methamphetamine trafficking, which was the drug of choice in the Philadelphia/south Jersey area.
At first, the family extorted money from local meth dealers. When Greek-American mob boss Chelsais Bouras began horning in on the methamphetamine trade in Philadelphia and refused to pay Scarfo's street tax, Scarfo had him killed. Bouras was eating dinner with his girlfriend, friends and Scarfo soldier when a hit team ambushed and killed him and his girlfriend. The crime family then started controlling the meth trade in the area by supplying illicit (the key meth ingredient) to meth manufacturers. By controlling the supply of P2P the Philadelphia crime family was generally able to control the methamphetamine trade in the Philadelphia/South New Jersey area. Some criminals borrowed money from Mafia members to finance meth operations (and benefited from working with the Mafia instead of being extorted by them). The crime family also had some involvement in cocaine and marijuana trafficking.Scarfo became notorious for his ruthless, paranoid nature.
Scarfo demanded complete allegiance to him and ordered people murdered over signs of disrespect, insubordination or resistance. Described by a former crime family member:if you were in good graces with him, he loves you and you love him. You understand? But you never knew from one day to the next.
He'd turn on anybody, and he drew no lines when it came to killing. Most Mob bosses were not like him.
The Mob is basically run the same in every city, but our 'family' was unusual in that it was a very paranoid family because we all feared each other and feared Scarfo the most. He held grudges. If you didn't say hello to him 20 years ago, he never forgot.
He used to say, 'I'm like the turtle. I get there.'
You know, we were the best of friends. He believed in me, and I believed in him. But he was very, very paranoid. He betrayed himself. His own nephew turned.
— Nicholas 'The Crow' CaramandiSoon after his promotion to boss, the number of organized crime related murders escalated in the 1980s. Philadelphia mobster turned government witness Nicholas Caramandi described Scarfo's violent nature in a 2001 interview: 'Scarfo was a cowboy. He didn't want a guy taken in a house and shot easily in the back of the head. He wanted it outside, in broad daylight, with a million people around. Restaurants, funeral homes, anywhere. Then it gets written up in the papers, and it puts fear in people. He loved that cowboy stuff.'
Avenged the death of his father Philip in 1982. Despite serving faithfully under Scarfo, Scarfo granted permission to kill Salvie Testa for breaking off his engagement to Merlino's daughter.Scarfo had recently inducted member murdered in 1983. During the Riccobene War Spirito switched sides and aligned himself with Scarfo, but was killed for turning down a murder contract on Riccobene's brother. On September 14, 1984, Scarfo loyalist was murdered.
Despite serving faithfully under Scarfo and committing several murders on his behalf, Scarfo granted his underboss Salvatore Merlino permission to kill Testa for breaking off his engagement with Merlino's daughter. After Merlino's drinking problem got out of hand, Scarfo demoted him to soldier and promoted his nephew as his new underboss.In November 1988, Scarfo and 16 of his men were convicted of racketeering, 10 murders, 5 attempted murders, extortion, gambling and narcotics trafficking. Along with Scarfo, underboss Philip Leonetti, three of the family's four capos or captains, Joseph Ciancaglini, Francis Iannarella Jr. And Santo Idone, and soldiers such as Albert Pontani, Salvatore Merlino and Charles Iannece were arrested. The prosecutions were strengthened by Mafia members and Nicholas 'Nicky Crow' Caramandi agreeing to cooperate with law enforcement and testify at trial for the government in order to escape long prison terms and Scarfo's ruthless regime.
15 of the defendants received prison sentences ranging from 30 to 55 years. In 1989, six members, including Scrafo and two others in the previous indictment, were convicted for Frank D'Alfanso's murder.
Successful investigations and prosecutions decimated some of the crime family's most profitable criminal operations. Law enforcement severely crippled the Mafia's influence on local labor unions, the local mob's biggest money maker. Police also broke up numerous mob-run illegal sports betting operations that took in bets totaling hundreds of millions of dollars a year.Scarfo's underboss and nephew was the next defector who agreed to cooperate with the FBI after being sentenced to 45 years in prison. Many more mobsters would later be sentenced to long prison terms for crimes such as racketeering, narcotics trafficking and murder.
This caused the number of Mafia members in the family to dwindle in the 1990s, with fewer new guys available to replace all those being convicted of serious crimes. By 1990, 21 members were incarcerated, 11 were under indictment and six turned government witnesses. The Pennsylvania Crime Commission reported that there were only 24 members who were free and not facing criminal charges.Second Philadelphia Mafia War. John Stanfa (right) talking to Tommy 'Horsehead' Scafidi.With all of Scarfo's loyalists serving lengthy prison terms, it became clear that Scarfo would not be able to maintain control of the family from prison much longer. To avoid a total power vacuum in the Philadelphia Mafia, -born mobster helped run the family for Scarfo. With the support and endorsement of the influential in New York, Stanfa was named boss of the Philadelphia crime family in 1991. To many older Mafia members, and especially in the eyes of the New York crime families, Stanfa had substantial mafia credentials.
He was born in Sicily to a family, he was an old friend of Gambino boss, and he had served as a bodyguard and driver for the respected late Angelo Bruno starting in the 1960s. However, Stanfa was less respected in Philadelphia, especially among the new generation of young Philadelphia street mobsters. The New York Mafia's intrusion in Philadelphia Mafia affairs was not well received by many of these mobsters, who saw Stanfa as an outsider who had not worked his way up in the organization due to being imprisoned during the entire Scarfo era.
Many of these young mobsters, born and raised on the streets of Philadelphia, were the next generation of jailed Scarfo lieutenants and capos. Deeply resentful of having been overlooked by the meddling New York families and dismissed by many of the older, more traditional Philadelphia mobsters, the new generation of mobsters felt it was their turn to run the crime family. This group of young, ruthless, overly ambitious men were led by, the son of former underboss. Stanfa recruited John Veasey as an enforcer during the war with Merlino. Veasey would later become a government turncoat and testify for the prosecution at Stanfa's trial.While serving prison time together in 1990, Merlino met. Natale was an older mobster who used to be friends with deceased boss Angelo Bruno.
It was in prison with Natale that Merlino first discussed taking over the Philadelphia family. The plan was for Merlino to start a war for control of the crime family, then have Natale named boss when he was released with the support of the. When Merlino was released from prison, he recruited his best friend Michael Ciancaglini and his other childhood friends into the plan.
Stanfa was aware of the divide in his family and tried to find a peaceful solution. He named Michael's older brother Joseph, Jr., as his new underboss. Stanfa hoped that this would appease the Merlino faction and bring them under his banner. However, tensions escalated and by 1992 another war for control of the Philadelphia crime family was underway. Merlino loyalists shot and incapacitated Joseph Ciancaglini, Jr. While Stanfa's faction killed Michael Ciancaglini.
They continued attacking each other for months, including a freeway ambush Stanfa survived and several failed attempts on Merlino's life. The Stanfa faction was still solidifying its control of the crime family and recruited a lot of outside hitmen to fight in the war. The Merlino/Natale faction was a much smaller, tightknit group, but was just as ruthless. They had allies in other Philadelphia criminal organizations and convinced some members of the Philadelphia crime family to switch sides.On March 17, 1994, Stanfa and 23 of his men were arrested on racketeering related chargers. This was the second major indictment on the crime family in seven years. The Federal case was the largest prosecution of an organized crime group in Philadelphia history.
The second major indictment against the crime family was another strong case for the prosecution. A key piece of evidence was two years of recorded conversations Stanfa would have with mobsters in his attorney's office and doctor's office.
Believing and would protect him, Stanfa openly talked about important Mafia business with his men. However, the FBI was able to get a to place in both offices once they figured out they were being used to aid criminal conspiracies. The secretly recorded conversations implicated Stanfa and his men of many criminal acts. The star witness at the trial was John Veasey, who was recruited by Stanfa to fight in the war against Merlino and eventually was inducted into the family.
Before this, Veasey had no connection to the Mafia or organized crime. Three other men Stanfa inducted into the family, Philip Coletti, and Sicilians Rosario Bellocchi and Biagio Adornetto also agreed to cooperate with the government following their arrests.Stanfa was sentenced to life in prison while most of his co-defendants were each sentenced to decades in prison in 1995. Earlier that year, Natale was released from prison. With most of Stanfa's supporters being convicted and locked up in 1995, Natale and Merlino grabbed control of the Philadelphia crime family. Natale was named boss of the Philadelphia crime family, Merlino was named underboss and Ronald 'Ronnie' Turchi became consigliere.Natale turns informant and Merlino takes over. George Borgesi is a childhood friend of Joey Merlino and the nephew of.
He fought for the Merlino faction and eventually rose to consigliere in the late 1990s.Stanfa's conviction capped off a 15-year period that saw the family become decimated after experiencing two bosses get murdered, two internal wars, two major federal crackdowns on the family and nonstop violence. While Natale had the support of the Genovese family, he was unfamiliar with the current criminal landscape of the Philadelphia/South Jersey area due to his 15-year imprisonment. Merlino was charged with running most of the depleted crime family's day-to-day activities. However, it soon became clear that Merlino held more power in the Philadelphia Mafia than Natale.
In reality, Merlino and his allies decided to allow Natale to become boss in hopes of drawing the attention of law enforcement away from themselves and redirecting it towards Natale. While Merlino outwardly positioned himself as merely an 'underboss,' Ralph Natale, a seemingly newcomer on the rise in the Philly underworld, would become the new focus of law enforcement attention.While Natale ran the family, Merlino and his young allies maintained control on the street, collecting extortion payments and profiting from rackets and schemes Natale was not made aware of. Merlino was also the crime family's main link to many of the other criminal groups in Philadelphia including the and the.
Merlino was only 32 years old, a young age for any Mafia member, let alone a leader of a Mafia family. Merlino and his allies were all young and inexperienced in running a criminal organization of such magnitude. They were also flashy, violent and loved the limelight. Merlino was often spotted by reporters and cameramen on the streets of South Philadelphia followed by a large entourage.
Merlino's high-profile brought a lot of attention from the press and law enforcement. The crime family itself was unstable, with things poorly managed by Merlino's crew whose violent reputation was used to keep things in order. The Merlino faction's arrogance and aggressiveness turned off a lot of criminals from working with the crime family. Merlino's associates were also involved in drug deals in Philadelphia and Boston while overseeing the crime family's gambling, loan sharking, stolen goods and extortion rackets.In June 1998, Natale was jailed for a parole violation; Merlino subsequently took control of the family and cut off support to the imprisoned boss. Angered by this, Natale offered to secretly record conversations with Merlino, but it was not until September 1999, when he was indicted for financing drug deals, that he formally struck a deal to cooperate. In doing so, Natale became the first sitting boss in the history of the American Mafia to become government informant.Between 1999 and 2001, Merlino, along with his underboss Stephen Mazzone, his consigliere George Borgesi, Martin Angelina, John Ciancaglini and others were arrested and put on trial for racketeering, illegal gambling, loan sharking, extortion, murder and attempted murder.
Natale testified against Merlino during his 2001 racketeering trial, but was unable to secure a conviction for the murders he claimed Merlino committed. On December 3, 2001, Merlino was however convicted of racketeering charges and given a 14-year prison sentence. In 2005, Natale was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment for drug dealing, racketeering and bribery. He was released in May 2011, and placed in. The rise of Ligambi In 1997, was released from prison after he successfully appealed his murder conviction and was acquitted at retrial. After 10 years in prison, Ligambi returned to a much different Mafia family that saw two violent regime changes and the family under the control of a group of young mobsters. Ligambi, who is Borgesi's uncle, was a Scarfo era soldier when he was imprisoned in 1987 and was also mentored by Merlino's father, Salvatore.
Upon his release, Ligambi went right back to work for the crime family. He was well respected among his peers for staying strong when sentenced to life in prison instead of betraying his crime family to the authorities to escape prison time. When Merlino and company were arrested, Merlino named Ligambi acting boss of the family.
Ligambi continued as acting boss after their convictions on racketeering related crimes in 2001.Ligambi stabilized the family when he took over, maintained membership and restored relations with the New York families. Ligambi was smart and unlike previous leaders, maintained a very low profile and was less likely to resort to violence to settle disputes. Ligambi created a tight-knit group around the family's new leadership, rarely conducting business without going through intermediaries, thereby insulating himself from law enforcement scrutiny. His inner circle includes longtime Philadelphia mobsters Joseph 'Mousie' Massimino, Gateon Lucibello, and Anthony Staino.
When Merlino faction leaders were released from prison in the 2000s (decade), they all fell in line with Ligambi. With many people approving of the way Ligambi ran things, law enforcement believed that he had taken over the family permanently. However, the FBI would later learn that Merlino maintained control of the crime family while in prison.Ligambi was left to deal with the damage had done to the family's relationship with illegal bookmakers, who refused to do business with the Philadelphia crime family because Merlino use to make huge bets, then never paid when he lost.
By the mid-2000s, the family consisted of approximately 50 members, half of whom were incarcerated, in addition to almost 100 associates. During Ligambi's tenure, around a dozen made men were released from prison, filling the ranks. Many of these men had been young players who fell victim to the family's unstable history and are now middle-aged.
He named Anthony Staino, his closest and most loyal associate, as his underboss. Under Ligambi's direction, the family was able to muscle in on several video poker gambling machine businesses in the Philadelphia area. In 2007, 23 people including four men connected to the Philadelphia crime family, were charged with running an illegal sports betting operation out of a poker room at the Casino in Atlantic City. The operation was accused of taking in $60 million in bets in a 20 month period. Most of those involved pleaded guilty and received sentences ranging from probation to five years.Merlino was released from prison on March 15, 2011, and served out his three-year parole in Florida. In May 2011, Ligambi and 14 other members and associates of the crime family were indicted by the FBI on racketeering charges related to illegal gambling operations, video poker gambling machines and loan sharking. Seven of those indicted pleaded guilty to lesser charges.
One became a government witness and seven went to trial in October 2012. The defendants were acquitted on 45 counts and found guilty on five counts, and 11 counts were undecided. Joseph Licata was acquitted of his only charge and Staino, facing a retrial on the charges he was not convicted of, took a for a lighter sentence. Ligambi and Borgesi beat all the remaining charges against them at a retrial and were released in January 2014.List of casaulties during Merlino era NameDateReasonLouis 'Louie Irish' DeLucaMay 24, 199055-year old DeLuca worked for former Scarfo-era Francis 'Snuffy' Iannarella and Charles Iannece.
Ralph Natale allegedly set-up the murder for Merlino with Michael Ciancaglini and Gaetano 'Tommy Horsehead' Scafidi serving as the hitmen, shot DeLuca 3 or 4 times and killed while parking his car on Shunk Street, South Philadelphia.Felix 'Little Felix' BocchinoJanuary 29, 1992Bocchino and Tony Ferrante reportedly transported the shotgun used in the 1980 Angelo Bruno murder from to. He was a in the and was reportedly in line to serve as. He was shot 3 times in the neck and head behind the wheel of his 1977 Buick car, and killed by Michael Ciancaglini and Steven Mazzone.James 'Jimmy Brooms' DiAddorioMay 20, 1992Philly mob associate and loyalist. Shot to death by two men while speaking on the phone at Vulpine Athletic Club in Philadelphia for refusing to pay street tax from his bookmaking business and drug operations, and for negatively talking about Merlino and his crew in several local bars.Francesco DiGiacomoNovember 29, 1992Philly mob associate and Stanfa crew loyalist. Shot and killed in New Jersey by Rosario Bellocchi for not repaying a debt to the Stanfa crew.Billy Shear1993Philly mob associate based in North-Jersey. Killed by Philip 'Philly Fay' Casale in for being a suspected police informer.Rod ColomboJanuary 7, 199329-year old Philly/ associate, shot 3 times in the back of his head in while sitting in his Cadillac car.January 28, 1993Philly mob and older brother of.
Killed by the Stanfa crew after he testified in 1984 and entered the, and later returned to South Philadelphia.Michael 'Mikey Chang' CiancagliniAugust 5, 1993Philly mob, 10 to 15 shots were fired at him and Joey Merlino by Philip Colletti and John Veasey on a South Philadelphia street corner as they left a mob social club. Ciancaglini died from gunshot wounds to the chest and lungs and Merlino was shot in the buttocks.Frank 'Frankie Bronze' BaldinoSeptember 17, 1993Shot 5 to 7 times in the head and torso by John Veasey outside the Melrose Diner in South Philadelphia; Frank Martines and Giuseppe Gallara accompanied Veasey in the drive-by shooting.William 'Crazy Willie' GantzMay 8, 1994Philly mob associate. 44-year old Gantz served as a driver and bodyguard to Philadelphia crime family Joseph Sodano.Michael 'Mikey Ice' BrennanDecember 6, 1994Philly mob associate.
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2004,. Anastasia, George. Goodfella Tapes. Anastasia, George. The Last Gangster.
Wagman, Robert J. Blood Oath.
Morello, Celeste Anne. Book One Before Bruno: The History of the Mafia and La Cosa Nostra in Philadelphia.
Publication date: Apr 28, 2000,. Morello, Celeste Anne. Book Two Before Bruno: The History of the Philadelphia Mafia, 1931-1946. Publication date: Nov 28, 2001,.
Morello, Celeste Anne. Book Three Before Bruno and How He Became Boss: The History of the Philadelphia Mafia, Book 3-1946-1959. Publication date: Aug 28, 2005,External links.
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