Jack Tocco

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Giacomo "Black Jack" William Tocco

Giacomo "Black Jack" William Tocco (* around 1927 ; † July 14, 2014 ) was an Italian-American mobster of the American Cosa Nostra and for more than three decades the official head of the Zerilli family (Detroit Crime Family) , also known as Detroit Partnership or Detroit Combination . He is the son of the former boss from the early 1930s, Vito William "Black Bill" Tocco .

Life

Giacomo William Tocco was born as the son of Vito William Tocco and Rosalia Zerilli, who emigrated from Sicily to Detroit ( Michigan ) in the United States as early as 1910 . He grew up in Grosse Pointe Park ( Wayne County on) and made in 1949 a degree in finance at the University of Detroit .

"Black Jack" Tocco worked for the Mafia in Detroit and was the protégé of the head of the family Joseph Zerilli . After Zerilli's death in 1977, Giovanni "John" Priziola took the lead and appointed "Black Jack" Tocco as acting boss. Joseph Zerilli's son, Anthony Joseph Zerilli , has been named the new underboss .

Priziola died in 1979 at the age of 84 and "Black Jack" Tocco became his official successor. In the early 1980s, Black Jack named his brother Anthony Joseph Tocco , also known as "Tony T.", the new consigliere of the family. Because of this combination, or the Tocco-Zerilli regime, later the Detroit Combination was also used in addition to the Detroit Partnership .

Over time, Jack Tocco amassed an impressive real estate portfolio that he managed together with his brother "Tony T.".

1979 FBI surveillance photo of Jack Tocco (center), Vito Giacalone (left) and Anthony Corrado

On March 15, 1996, Jack Tocco was arrested along with 16 other suspected family members or associates. The government accused Jack Tocco, Anthony "Tony the Bull" Corrado and Vito William "Billy Jack" Giacalone, among others, of extorting illegal profits from the sale of two hotels in Las Vegas ; the Frontier Hotel and the Edgewater Hotel & Casino . Jack Tocco and Tony Corrado were found guilty of two conspiracies under the Rico Act . On December 23, 1998, Tocco was sentenced to one year in prison at the Federal Medical Center (Rochester) . His sentence was reduced through good behavior, and he was released in 1999 after approximately eleven months. On January 5, 2000, the United States 6th Federal Court of Appeals ruled that the judge who originally sentenced Tocco had been too lenient. Tocco was again sentenced to 34 months in prison, with the possibility of up to a year early release. On November 21, 2001, Tocco was released from federal prison.

Black Jack Tocco went into semi-retirement at the beginning of the new millennium and appointed Jack Vito Giacalone , also known as "Jackie the Kid", as street boss. Giacomo William Tocco died of natural causes on July 14, 2014, at the age of 87. After Tocco's death, Jack Giacalone became the new head of the family. Peter Tocco aka "Petey Specs" was appointed as the new street boss . Petey Specs is a nephew of "Black Jack" William Tocco.

The Detroit partnership has remained largely stable to this day and is still regarded as an extremely influential and criminal organization in the state of Michigan. Most of its members are related by blood or marriage; making it difficult for outsiders, including law enforcement agencies, to obtain information about them.

Familiar

Jack Tocco was married for more than 60 years, had 8 children and 17 grandchildren. He himself was one of seven siblings. He was related by marriage to Giuseppe “Joseph” Profaci from the Colombo family from New York City and also to Nicolò “Nick” Licata from the Dragna family from Los Angeles ; Jack's brother Anthony Joseph "Tony T." Tocco married Profaci's daughter Carmella Profaci in 1952 , and Jack's sister Grace Tocco married Licata's son Calogero "Carlo" Licata in 1953 .

Jack's cousin (grandson of Joseph Zerilli) Nove Tocco was the first Made Man of the Zerilli family to agree to cooperate with the state. He had the rank of soldier . He was convicted of multiple crimes in the late 1990s, so in 2000 he testified against Jack Tocco for a lighter sentence. He is currently in the witness protection program.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Viral Nova - 7 Mafia Families That Are not From New York Or Chicago
  2. ↑ The American Mafia - Detroit Crime Bosses
  3. ↑ The Detroit Mafia, Mario Machi .
  4. ↑ United States v. Paul Corrado; Jack Tocco; Vito Giacalone; Nove Tocco; Anthony Corrado (2000); US Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit
  5. ↑ AmericanMafia.com - Talking Tocco's. May 2000
  6. ↑ Reputed Detroit Mob Boss Jack Tocco Dead at 87 . Deadline Detroit. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  7. ↑ Gangster Deport - New Detroit mob boss Jack Giacalone appoints new mob hierarchy
  8. Jump up ↑ Gangster Report - Detroit Mob Associate In Hot Water Again
  9. ^ A b Organized Crime In Detroit: Forgotten But Not Gone . James Buccellato and Scott M. Burnstein.
personal data
SURNAME Tocco, Jack
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tocco, Giacomo William; Black Jack (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian-American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH around 1927
DATE OF DEATH July 14, 2014