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Joseph Zerilli. Joseph Zerilli (born Giuseppe Zerilli; Italian pronunciation: [dʒuˈzɛppe ddzeˈrilli]; December 10, 1897 – October 30, 1977) was an Italian-born American mobster who rose to power in the crime family known as the Detroit Partnership, leading from the 1930s through much of the 1970s. He immigrated to the United States from ...
The long criminal career of Papa John Priziola within Detroit's underworld was influential, but his time as the top boss in Detroit was short-lived, as he died of natural causes at the age of 84 on April 14, 1979, less than two years after his predecessor, Joe Zerilli. Joe Zerilli had demoted his son and chosen successor Tony as acting boss ...
Detroit Partnership. Anthony 'Tony' Joseph Zerilli (October 24, 1927 - March 31, 2015) was an Italian-American mobster from Sterling Heights, Michigan. From 1949 he was one of the majority owners of the highly profitable Hazel Park Raceway. In 1970 he succeeded his father Joseph Zerilli as head of the Detroit Partnership ("The Partnership ...
Jack Tocco. Giacomo "Jack" William Tocco (c. 1927 – July 14, 2014) was an Italian-American mobster and the longtime mob boss of the criminal organization known as the Detroit Partnership, based in Detroit, Michigan. He had numerous legitimate business holdings. Tocco was also convicted of horse doping at Hazel Park Raceway in 1970, as was ...
Peter Joseph Licavoli (June 7, 1902 – January 11, 1984), (nicknamed " Horseface " [1]) was an American organized crime figure in St. Louis, Missouri before moving to Detroit, Michigan. He controlled criminal operations in Detroit and Toledo, Ohio, throughout the Prohibition era. In the 1930s, Licavoli was convicted of bribing a federal ...
Vito Giacalone. Detroit Partnership member Vito Giacalone in 1992. Vito William " Billy Jack " Giacalone (April 16, 1923 [1] – February 19, 2012) was an American organized crime figure in Detroit who served as a capo in the Detroit Partnership. He was the younger brother of Anthony "Tony Jack" Giacalone, also a capo in the Detroit Partnership.
Tocco was born as Guglielmo Vito Tocco in Terrasini, Sicily on February 12, 1897. He was one of seven children born to Giacomo Tocco and Nicolina Moceri. In 1912, the Tocco family immigrated to the United States, and settled in Detroit, Michigan. [1] Tocco became a naturalized citizen after serving in the United States Army during World War I.
August 16, 2024 at 4:30 PM. AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Houston rapper BeatKing, whose booming voice and eccentric songs brought him fame in nightclubs and on social media, has died, his manager said ...