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Gennaro Angiulo
Gennaro Joseph "Jerry" Angiulo Sr. (Italian pronunciation: [dʒenˈnaːro ˈandʒulo]; March 20, 1919 – August 29, 2009) was an American mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Patriarca crime family of New England under Raymond L. S. Patriarca. He and his brothers oversaw the Boston, Massachusetts faction of the Patriarca family. Angiulo was convicted of racketeering in 1986 and was imprisoned until being released in 2007. According to Massachusetts State Police colonel Thomas J. Foley, Angiulo was "probably the last very significant Mafia boss in Boston’s history".
Gennaro J. Angiulo was born in 1919 to Italian immigrants Cesare and Giovannina "Jeannie" (née Fimiani) Angiulo, who owned the "Dog House", a mom-and-pop convenience store and luncheonette on Prince Street in the North End of Boston. He grew up with his siblings Nicolo, Donato, Francesco, Antonio, Michele and James. Even though he was from the North End neighborhood, he graduated from Boston English High School in 1936, where his ambition was to attend Suffolk Law School and become a criminal lawyer. Instead, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the beginning of World War II and served four years in the Pacific theater, achieving the rank of Chief Boatswain's Mate. Upon completion of his service, he returned to the North End of Boston.
Gennaro's brothers, who by now were all involved in Boston's criminal underworld, recruited him into their circle. Efforts by local authorities to arrest and prosecute operators of the "Italian lottery" created an opening for them; the Angiulo brothers found local businesses willing to serve as fronts for their bookies and gave them "discounts" on the bets in return, then reinvested their profits into legitimate enterprises such as nightclubs to launder them. The dominant Patriarca crime family co-opted the brothers, inducting them as members of the family and taking a cut of their action.
After the Kefauver hearings began in 1950, Joseph Lombardi, a senior member of the Mafia in Boston, ordered all bookmaking operations in the city to cease or to operate without a central layoff bank and without police protection, fearing the publicity from the hearings may expose his rackets. As a result, bookmakers lost the protection of the Mafia but gained freedom to operate independently. Angiulo obtained Lombardi's permission to enter the bookmaking rackets in 1951. The Mafia's overreaction to the Kefauver hearings, which ultimately had little effect on organized crime in Boston, allowed Angiulo to take control of the city's newly independent gambling operations.
By the late 1950s, Angiulo was being extorted by the mafioso Ilario "Larry Baione" Zannino. To end the shakedown, Angiulo paid $50,000 to Raymond "the Man" Patriarca, the boss of the Patriarca crime family in Providence, Rhode Island, in exchange for being inducted as a "made" member of the family, agreeing to pay an additional $100,000 per year. The payment allowed Angiulo to become a full-fledged member of the Mafia without having to commit a murder, which is typically required for prospective mafiosi. The relationship between Angiulo and Patriarca was strictly financial. Although Angiulo was not popular or well-respected in Providence, he retained the protection of Patriarca due to his high-earning status.
In around 1962, one mobster, Vincent "Fat Vinny" Teresa, drew the ire of Angiulo when he beat up an associate of Joseph Paterno, a New Jersey-based caporegime in the Gambino crime family. Paterno complained to Angiulo, who never like Teresa and solicited to have him killed over the beating. Only the intervention of Patriarca saved Teresa's life. Teresa became a confidential informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) afterwards.
The Angiulo brothers were first publicly named as members of the Mafia during the Valachi hearings in 1963. Gennaro's reputation for being a shrewd businessman, along with his successful racketeering, led to Patriarca appointing him underboss of the Patriarca family. From this perch, Angiulo headed up Boston's underworld from the 1960s to the 1980s. As family underboss, he oversaw all Mafia rackets between Boston and Worcester. Angiulo's closest capo was Zannino, who Angiulo relied on to provide "muscle" to the Boston faction of the family.
Gennaro and his brothers ran the criminal organization out of their headquarters, the "Dog House", located at 98 Prince Street in the North End, which was the location of the Angiulo family home and former premises of the luncheonette operated by their parents in the 1940s. Gennaro and his brothers were popular figures in the Italian enclave.
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Gennaro Angiulo
Gennaro Joseph "Jerry" Angiulo Sr. (Italian pronunciation: [dʒenˈnaːro ˈandʒulo]; March 20, 1919 – August 29, 2009) was an American mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Patriarca crime family of New England under Raymond L. S. Patriarca. He and his brothers oversaw the Boston, Massachusetts faction of the Patriarca family. Angiulo was convicted of racketeering in 1986 and was imprisoned until being released in 2007. According to Massachusetts State Police colonel Thomas J. Foley, Angiulo was "probably the last very significant Mafia boss in Boston’s history".
Gennaro J. Angiulo was born in 1919 to Italian immigrants Cesare and Giovannina "Jeannie" (née Fimiani) Angiulo, who owned the "Dog House", a mom-and-pop convenience store and luncheonette on Prince Street in the North End of Boston. He grew up with his siblings Nicolo, Donato, Francesco, Antonio, Michele and James. Even though he was from the North End neighborhood, he graduated from Boston English High School in 1936, where his ambition was to attend Suffolk Law School and become a criminal lawyer. Instead, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy at the beginning of World War II and served four years in the Pacific theater, achieving the rank of Chief Boatswain's Mate. Upon completion of his service, he returned to the North End of Boston.
Gennaro's brothers, who by now were all involved in Boston's criminal underworld, recruited him into their circle. Efforts by local authorities to arrest and prosecute operators of the "Italian lottery" created an opening for them; the Angiulo brothers found local businesses willing to serve as fronts for their bookies and gave them "discounts" on the bets in return, then reinvested their profits into legitimate enterprises such as nightclubs to launder them. The dominant Patriarca crime family co-opted the brothers, inducting them as members of the family and taking a cut of their action.
After the Kefauver hearings began in 1950, Joseph Lombardi, a senior member of the Mafia in Boston, ordered all bookmaking operations in the city to cease or to operate without a central layoff bank and without police protection, fearing the publicity from the hearings may expose his rackets. As a result, bookmakers lost the protection of the Mafia but gained freedom to operate independently. Angiulo obtained Lombardi's permission to enter the bookmaking rackets in 1951. The Mafia's overreaction to the Kefauver hearings, which ultimately had little effect on organized crime in Boston, allowed Angiulo to take control of the city's newly independent gambling operations.
By the late 1950s, Angiulo was being extorted by the mafioso Ilario "Larry Baione" Zannino. To end the shakedown, Angiulo paid $50,000 to Raymond "the Man" Patriarca, the boss of the Patriarca crime family in Providence, Rhode Island, in exchange for being inducted as a "made" member of the family, agreeing to pay an additional $100,000 per year. The payment allowed Angiulo to become a full-fledged member of the Mafia without having to commit a murder, which is typically required for prospective mafiosi. The relationship between Angiulo and Patriarca was strictly financial. Although Angiulo was not popular or well-respected in Providence, he retained the protection of Patriarca due to his high-earning status.
In around 1962, one mobster, Vincent "Fat Vinny" Teresa, drew the ire of Angiulo when he beat up an associate of Joseph Paterno, a New Jersey-based caporegime in the Gambino crime family. Paterno complained to Angiulo, who never like Teresa and solicited to have him killed over the beating. Only the intervention of Patriarca saved Teresa's life. Teresa became a confidential informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) afterwards.
The Angiulo brothers were first publicly named as members of the Mafia during the Valachi hearings in 1963. Gennaro's reputation for being a shrewd businessman, along with his successful racketeering, led to Patriarca appointing him underboss of the Patriarca family. From this perch, Angiulo headed up Boston's underworld from the 1960s to the 1980s. As family underboss, he oversaw all Mafia rackets between Boston and Worcester. Angiulo's closest capo was Zannino, who Angiulo relied on to provide "muscle" to the Boston faction of the family.
Gennaro and his brothers ran the criminal organization out of their headquarters, the "Dog House", located at 98 Prince Street in the North End, which was the location of the Angiulo family home and former premises of the luncheonette operated by their parents in the 1940s. Gennaro and his brothers were popular figures in the Italian enclave.