Joseph Armone

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Joseph "Piney" Armone aka Shorty (born September 13, 1917 in Manhattan , New York City , † February 23, 1992 ) was a mobster of the Gambino , which belongs to the five families of the American Cosa Nostra . He held the position of underboss there and was involved in the assassination of boss Paul Castellano in 1985 .

Life

background

Joseph Armone was born on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and was nicknamed "Piney" in the 1930s for extorting money from Christmas tree sellers. He was the younger brother of Stephen Armone , a simple full member (it .: " Soldato ") of the Gambino clan.

Armone married Josephine DiQuarto - a relative of the Capo Regime Dominick DiQuarto , the Genovese crime family - with whom he had two children. They had a marriage with no known affairs.

Early career

1957 allegedly asked the underboss Joseph Biondo Armone and two other gangsters of the same Mafia clan to murder the boss of the Albert "Mad Hatter" family Anastasia . Armone was arrested for drug offenses prior to the perpetration.

Biondo reportedly chose brother Stephen Armone as a substitute and the killers murdered Anastasia. In 1964, Armone survived an assassination attempt. On October 1, 1964, Armone and eleven other Mafiosi were involved in the so-called French Connection case. Armone and the others were accused of smuggling $ 20 million worth of heroin from France to the United States. Diplomats, seamen and businessmen are said to have been used as smugglers between 1956 and 1965.

During the process, one of the jury members was approached by Patricia DeAlesandro, a friend of Armone. Armone is said to have tried to bribe him. Armone later admitted this and was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

On June 22, 1965, Armone was convicted of being involved in the drug trafficking of the French Connection . In July 1965 Armone was sentenced to 15 years in prison. After ten years in prison, Armone was released and, as Paul Castellano Boss, was appointed by him to the Capo regime.

Gotti era

In 1985 Armone took part in the conspiracy against Castellano together with the Capo Gotti. He helped Gotti kill Castellano, which made Gotti the boss of the family. Underboss Frank DeCicco was murdered in April 1986, an assassination attempt that was actually aimed at Gotti. Armone was then promoted to underboss by Gotti and sent to Florida to control the activities of the Gambinos.

On December 22, 1987 in New York was convicted of: racketeering , extortion of protection money , bribery . The judiciary offered Armone mitigation if he would testify against the Gambino family as a key witness and Pentito , which the latter refused. He was sentenced to 15 years in federal prison and fined $ 820,000.

On September 24, 1988 Armone was in another proceedings for extortion, loan usury and Racketeering in Broward County convicted.

death

On February 23, 1992 Armone died in prison of natural causes. He was buried on Staten Island in the Cemetery of the Resurrection .

Adaptations

literature

  • Joseph F. O'Brien and Andris Kurins: Boss of Bosses: The Fall of the Godfather: The FBI and Paul Castellano , Pocket Books (1993) ISBN 0-671-71541-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information, Misinformation, Disinformation ... Part I . In: Gangsters Inc. . Archived from the original on December 12, 2005. Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  2. ↑ United States Treasury Department, Bureau of Narcotics; foreword by Sam Giancana: 0-06-136385-5 & hl = en & sa = X & ei = j1PuTsiGHKbs0gHu2_HQCQ & ved = 0CDEQ6AEwAA # v = onepage & q = Armone & f = Mafia: the government's secret file on organized crime , false ed .. 2007, Collins, Collins ISBN 0-06-136385-5 , p. 346.
  3. ↑ Joseph Biondo . In: La Cosa Nostra Data Base . Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  4. ↑ US Indicts 12 in Smuggling of $ 20 Million in Narcotics . In: New York Times , October 1, 1964. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
  5. ^ Ex-Bunny Sentenced for Bribe Attempt . In: New York Times , January 4, 1966. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
  6. ↑ 4 Convicted and 2 Freed In Smuggling of Heroin . In: New York Times , June 23, 1965. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
  7. ↑ 363 F. 2d 385 - United States v. Armone. . In: Open Jurist . Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  8. ↑ Sammy Gravano . In: La Cosa Nostra Data Base . Retrieved December 18, 2011.
  9. ^ Leonard Buder: 4 Convicted At Mob Trial In Brooklyn . In: New York Times , December 23, 1987. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
  10. ^ Leonard Buder: A 10-Year Term Given by Judge To Crime Figure . In: New York Times , February 10, 1988. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
  11. ^ Leonard Buder: Mob Figure Gets 15 Years; He is Also Fined $ 820,000 . In: New York Times , February 23, 1988. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
  12. ↑ Amy Strombert: Jury Convicts 8 Tied To Crime Family . In: Sun Sentinel.com , September 24, 1988. Retrieved December 18, 2011. 
personal data
SURNAME Armone, Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Armone, Piney (nickname); Shorty (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American gangster
DATE OF BIRTH September 13, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Manhattan , New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 23, 1992