Thomas Agro

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Thomas Agro (* 1931 in New York City ; † 1987 ibid.), Also known as "Tommy A", "TA", "Tipp" and "Thomas Ambrosiano", was an American mobster from New York who was the Gambino- Belonged to family and worked mainly in Florida .

Mobster

According to the FBI , Agro was a short, stocky, and elegant man who was addicted to lithium . He is said to have inclined to uncontrolled outbreaks of violence and to have taken pleasure in slowly torturing his victims to death. He is said to have used sharp scissors.

Between 1975 and 1976 Agro was made a full member of the Mafia (am. Mafia slang: " made man "). He was accepted into the Gambino family and had "Joe" N. Gallo , the family consigliere, as a friend and mentor. Agro was part of the crew around Joseph Armone , a mafia member who was loyal to the controversial boss Paul Castellano .

Agro never managed to move up the hierarchy, but maintained a privileged relationship with the boss Castellano. He sat for a while in jail for illegal gambling as a bookmaker and worked from 1976 between New York and Palm Beach County in Florida.

Relationship with Joseph Ianuzzi

In Florida, Agro used the mobster Joseph Iannuzzi as his deputy. This was active in the areas of extortion , usurious credit business and the occasional break-in and robbery . Due to numerous visits to greyhound races , Iannuzzi was nicknamed "Joe Dogs". Iannuzzi took care of Joe N. Gallo when he visited Florida.

In 1980 a conflict began between Iannuzzi and Agro. The reason for this was that Iannuzzi Agro no longer regularly shared in its profits. On January 19, 1981, Agro severely abused Iannuzzi with a baseball bat in a pizzeria on Singer Island (on the Atlantic side of Palm Beach County, Florida). Iannuzzi then decided to work with the FBI . The FBI called the following investigation "Operation Home Run " - a reference to the baseball bat abuse.

The FBI raised Iannuzzi money and Iannuzzi paid Agro out. The latter forgave Iannuzzi and again expressed his confidence in him. Iannuzzi secretly recorded conversations with Agro using hidden microphones. In one of these recorded conversations, Agro Inannuzzi said that he only survived the attack with the baseball bat because the pizza shop owner's wife happened to enter the room. In a conversation, Agro allegedly confessed to the murders of Lucchese associates Anthony DeSimone and Thomas DeSimone . However, since this alleged conversation was never recorded, no further investigations could be carried out here.

Late years

In 1984 the results of the investigation were sufficient to charge Agro with attempted murder, usurious credit transactions and extortion. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison and fled to Québec , Canada. There he was captured by the Canadian authorities and extradited to the USA. Agro was imprisoned for two years. He was discharged in 1986 for an incurable brain tumor and on February 11, 1987 pleaded guilty to breaking RICO law in an interrogation held at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York . He died that same year.

In art

literature

  • O'Brien, Joseph F. and Kurins, Andris: Boss of Bosses: The Fall of The Godfather: The FBI and Paul Castellano, Pocket Books (1993) ISBN 0-671-71541-0
  • Ianuzzi, Joseph: Joe Dogs: The Life and Crimes of a Mobster, Simon & Schuster (June 1993) ISBN 0-671-79752-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ex-FBI Agent Rebut's Testimony for Gotti in The New York Times, February 12, 1987
personal data
SURNAME Agro, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American mobster
DATE OF BIRTH 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH 1987
Place of death New York City