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Alvin B. Lewis, Jr., Esq., Chairman Clifford C. Cooper, Esq. Thomas F. Lamb, Esq. Malcolm L. Lazin, Esq. Dean Wm Roach Malcom L. Lazin, Commission­ er, Philadelphia. He is a partner Wallace P. Hay, Executive Director Clifford C. Cooper, Commis­ in the Philadelphia law firm of Alvin B. Lewis Jr., Chairman, sioner, Pittsburgh. An attorney, Donald Johnson, Esq., Deputy Executive Fell, Spalding, Goff and Rubin. Lancaster, Pi:!. A graduate of the Mr. Cooper is a 1973 graduate of He graduated from Lebanon Val­ Director/Chief Counsel Choate School, Conn,ecticut, he the University of Pittsburgh Law ley College in 1965 and received received a B. A. from Lehigh Uni­ School and also received his Christopher M. Roberts, Special Assistant a J. D. from Boston University versity in 1954, and received an Thomas F. Lamb, Commission­ bachelor's degree in political sci­ Schoolnf Law in 1968. He served for Communications LL. B. from the Dickinson School er, Pittsburgh. He is an attorney ence at Pitt. His experience in­ as an assistant U. S. Attorney in of Law in 1957. He was District in practice with the firm of Beck, cludes work as an Ailegheny the U. S. Department of Justice Attorney of Lebanon County for McGinnis & Jarvis in Pittsburgh County Assistant Solicitor and in Philadelphia from 1970 Staff Nancy Monzi two terms beginning in 1961. In and is Director of Governmental as former director of the county's through 1974. Mr. Lazin received Sharon Beerman Joseph Morace 1976, he was appointed Special Relations for the University of Department of Community Serv­ the U. S. Attorney General's Dis­ Frank Booth Wasyl Polischuk Counsel to the House of Repre­ Pittsburgh. He was elected to the ices. He has served on the tinguished Service Award in Carl Brown Albert Risdorfer sentatives' Select Committee on Pennsylvania House of Repre­ boards of the Y.M.C.A., the 1972. A U. S. Army veteran, he is Deborah Brown Gerald Rockey Assassinations investigating the sentatives 1959 through 1964, Greater Pittsburgh Development active in community affairs. Willie C. Byrd Sharon Rockey murders of President John F. and to the State Senate in 1966. Corporation and the NAACP He was educated at St. James Nancy Checket Mary M. Russell Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther State Conference. He currently is Elementary and High School, Vincent Clemente Lois Ryals King. In 1977 hG was appointed Legal Redress Chairman for the the Committee's Acting Chief graduated from Duquesne Uni­ State Conference of NAACP Eileen Commons Connie Schaffer Counsel, directing investiga­ versity, and received an LL. B. Branches. Tom Connor Luke Schultz tions. He currently is with the law from Duquesne University Law John Contino, Esq. Diane Schwandt firm of Hartman, Underhill & Bru­ School. Mro Lamb served in the Wendy D'Agostino Gregory Smith baker in Lancaster. He has been U. S. Navy from 1942 through Michael D'Anie/lo Paul Spear active in many community and 1946. Christopher DeCree George Van Durick state affairs, both civic and of a Victor DiCicco Margaret Ward charitable nature. During 1967 he John Ditmore Joan Weiner, Esq. served as president of the Penn­ Daniel Fedeanis Michael Zaffiri sylvania District Attorneys Asso­ William Foran ciation. MAGLOCLEN William J. Fry, III Brooke Appleby Donna Groom Jean Degnan Dean Wm Roach, Commission­ Michael Hoey Marilyn B. Peterson er, Wayne, Pa. An alumnus of As­ Oliver Hunter Alexander J. Rock sumption College, Windsor, Can­ James Kanavy Wallace P. Hay, Executive Di­ Warren B. Surdam ada, he is a business executive Lee Kautzman rector, Southampton, Bucks Margaret Taylor who also is active in supporting County. A veteran of the Bureau Steven Keller educational institutions, includ­ of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire­ Gregory Kerpchar LEVITICUS ing Villanova Univen~ity, the arms, he was appOinted Execu­ Christopher M. Roberts, Gino Lazzari Julie Brinkley Catholic University of America Donald' E. Johnson, Deputy tive Director on Nov. 3, 1980. He Special Assistant for Communi­ Jeannie McBride Deborah Feurer and Valley Forge Military Acade­ Executive Director/Chief Coun­ is a native of New York City and cations, Wayne, P~. He joined Dwight McKee George Galovitch my. Mr. Roach served with the sel, Media, Pa. A graduate of holds a degree in accounting the Commission in January, Edward Mokos Bill Richett U. S. Army in Korea as a first lieu­ LaSalle College and Villanova from the University of Buffalo. 1982, after serving 16 years as a tenant in the infantry. He is spe­ LaW' School, he joined the Com­ Mr. Hay was with ATF for 26 writer and editor with The As­ cial executive for Planning and mission in the fall of 1981. Prior years, serving in New York, Atlan­ sociated Press. He began his AP Development, Office of the State to that, he served as a Deputy At­ ta, Washington and Philadelphia, career in New Orleans, and later Attorney General, and recently torney General in Harrisburg, where as Special Agent in served as the wire service's This report is published pursuant to the Act of was appointed by President Rea­ handling grand jury and trial Charge he directed operations in News Editor in Iowa and as Cor­ .\ October 4, 1978, P. L. 876 No. 169, which mandates gan to the National Institute of work. He also was employed as a the Bureau's six Pennsylvania of­ respondent in Cleveland. He that an annual report on the status of organized Justict~; trial attorney and special prose­ joined AP'.s Philadelphia staff in , crime in the Commonwealth be presented to the fices. He also served in the Of­ Legislature by the Crime Commission each April. cutor with the District Attorney's fice of Special Investigations in 1971. He is a graduate of Wake Office in Delaware County. the United States Air Force. Forest University. 2 3 I . I~ Sr' I , ------.';Y' ---_.__ ._.

The Pennsylvania Crime Com­ After careful analysis, the Commis­ Contents The Challenge The Past mission Act of 1978(P. L. 876, No. 169) sion decided to alter the current struc­ became effective on December 4, ture of its staff to include a centralized The Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ Crime Commission Background ...... 5 The Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ 1978. It gave the Crime Commission investigative group. This group is com­ sion is mandated by statute to investi· Assessment of Crime in Pennsylvania...... 7 sion was created by the General As­ several powers and duties including: prised of technically specialized per­ gate organized crime. Their task is not Public Hearings...... 8 sembly in 1968 and restructured a dec­ 1. inquiring into the activities of sonnel including accountants, ana­ only to find the facts, but morr:Nmpo!,­ Crime Statistics...... • .. 9 ade later as an agency independent persons engaged in or associ­ lysts, covert operators, etc. It will con~ tantly to convince the general Crime Trends ...... 12 pub~/c from the executive branch of state gov­ ated with organized crime. centrate its efforts on the investiga­ that organized crime is not .a mythIC, Investigative Follow-through ...... 14 ernment. 2. inquiring into public cbrruption. tion of selected statewide or sectional film land story line. The public seems The Task Force Approach ...... 14 The change took. place on October 3. making a detailed written report organized crime and public corruption ambivalent in their belief in the exist­ La Cos a NOl>tra in Pennsylvania ...... 15 4,1978. The reformed Commission still of every completed investiga­ situations. The central group is locat­ ence of an organized, orderly, efficient Philadelphia's Gangland War ...... 19 has five members, but their appoint­ tion. ed at the Commission's headquarters family of men, devoted ta crime. MAGLOCLEN ...... 22 ment meUlod differs. Now one Com­ 4. submitting each April an annual in suburban Philadelphia, and is head­ Immense fortunes from every type Leviticus ...... : ...... 22 missioner is appointed by the Gover­ report on the status of organized ed by an Assistant Director for Investi­ of crime are laundered into the fabric Investigations ...... : ...... 23 nor the President Pro Tem of the Sen­ crime at a joint public hearing of gations. of our economic lives. The Crime Com­ Investigations by Other State Agencies ...... 27 ate: the Speaker of the House, the Mi­ the House and Senate Judiciary The Commission is, however, con­ mission can report, seek prosecution Pizza and Cheese Probe ...... 28 nority Leader of the Senate and Minor­ Committees. Investigative re­ tinuing the operations of its regional and hope that technical rules that Public Appearances ...... 28 ity Leader of the House. ports should be presented at offices. Those offices, located in Pitts­ strangle our judicial machinery will not Recommendations ...... 28 The new statute directs that no public hearings of the appropri­ burgh, Harrisburg, Scranton and sub­ yield further disrespect and therefo~e Assisting Other Agencies ...... 30 Commissioner may hold elected pub­ ate House and Senate commit­ urban Philadelphia, will conduct local­ disbelief in the existence of what IS Help In Return ...... 31 lic office and that not more than three tees. ized investigat·jons, maintain liaison nowa product of our lives. Published Reports 1969-1981 ..•.. Inside Back Cover Commissioners may be members of 5. requiring the attendance and with other law enforcement agencies, Political corruption, white collar the same political party. Commis­ testimony of witnesses and the al")d participate in combined investiga­ crime must be prosecuted and pun­ sioners now serve for three-year terms production of documentary evi­ ished' without exception if we are to ti6ns with other offices. They are each and may succeed themselves. dence relative to any investiga­ headed by a Special Agent-in-Charge. maintain the inherent respect and so· The new Commission became tion by subpoena. cial sanction necessary for our courts. The headquarters staffing will re­ functional in May of 1979 when its new The Commission is also allowed to main basically unchanged. It includes Organized families of crime must be members were appointed. After this directly request an immunity order an intelligence unit, iegal department, pursued through every avenue t~at reformation, the Commission's staff from any judge of the Commonwealth communications office and adminis­ nourishes its existence, both foreIgn was restructured and plans for expan­ Court to grant immunity to witnesses trative offices. and domestic. sion were drawn so it could fulfill its whose testimony is necessary to the There is unhappily, no better cure duties as an independent state agen­ public interest. than long imprisonment for those con: cy. Once witness immunity has been victed. We have too frequently expert· granted, if the witness still refuses to enced that fines, probation and at· testify, he or she will be in civil con­ tempted economic sanctions have tempt and may be jailed until he or she failed. Society cannot expect that agrees to testify. such profitable crime will banish and Other provisions of the law include desist by any method short of long iso· the declaration that all statements and lation from the society they corrupt. disclosures made by the Commission The Crime Commission is to be com· are privileged and, as such, they are mended for persistence and growing immune from legal action. skill. During 1981, a comprehensive re­ James T. McDermott view of the structure, functions and Justice, Supreme Court of operations of the Pennsylvania Crime Pennsylvania Commission was made. This review re­ sulted from the Commission's recog­ nition that budgetary constraints necessitated optimal usage of existing personnel to maximize the agency's effectiveness.

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4 5 Unfortunately, Pennsylvania must They later discovered that the drug . be ranked near the top when it comes underworld uses the same kind of ma­ Crime Assessment to states afflicted by organized crime. chines. ~ __~~ ______REPORTS Fiscal 1981 Burglary, both residential and com­ The syndicate has reached out to Like many firms and institutions, mercial, was ranked by local lawen· strangle the free enterprise system. organized crime is diversifying. Some Expenditures forcement agencies as the major crime Pennsylvanians have been destroyed of the money is going back Into crimi'" The Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ :------OFFIcE RENTALS, problem in Pennsylvania in 1981. The financially, maimed, burned or mur­ nal activities. But an increasing sion completed its second full fiscal EQUIPMENT, burglary problem is supported and en­ dered with such frequency that in amount is being put into legitimate year under the new Act on June 30, MAINTENANCE, couraged by the disposition and fenc­ some cities these terrors have become business. 1981. The two charts on this page give UTILITIES, ETC. ing of stolen goods, most notably pre­ a way of life. The money flows where the inv8st­ percentage breakdowns of expendi­ cious metals, and by trafficking in ille­ And it is the violence, or the mere ment is easiest, where the growth i3. It tures for fiscal year 1981. gal narcotics. threat of it, that makes organized moves from vending machine com­ Chart one shows the percentages Other crimes, given high rankings, crime so effective. It is swift, absolute, panies into casinos, from narcotics of overall expenditures in relation to were: theft (including auto), robbery, with no room for appeal. into brokerage houses. an actual amount of total expenses. assault, rape and homicide. Aladena "Jimmy the Weasel" Fra­ Organized crime figures become The second shows a breakdown of sal­ It was generally acknowledged by tianno, a self-styled La Cos a Nostra "made" members not to ride around in ary expenses by type of function with­ many of the law enforcement agencies member and hitman who has been in big black cars or practice their marks­ in the Commission. surveyed that organized crime has the Federal Witness Protection pro­ manship, but to make money. The dif­ 72.9%-- had, and continues to have, an influ­ gram since 1JI77, talked about violence ference is they don't worry about ence in their communities, either di­ as a weapon at a Pennsylvania Crime whethertheiroperation is legal. rectly or indirectly. Commission hearing in July of 1981. Violence, or threat of violence, may Areas of Major Organized Crime In­ Excerpts from the hearing trans­ be the main difference between legiti­ fluence and Control in the Common­ cript: mate and illegitimate business. But it wealth: Q: They (La Cosa Nostra) control is only a means to an end, a manage­ 1. Illegal gambling-a traditional everything, is what you're saying? ment tool, like inventory controls, dis­ organized crime moneymaker, Fratianno: They control it. That's counted cash flow calculations, or ad­ still extensively controlled byor­ correct. One family controls the truck­ vertising. ganized crime. ing industry, another family controls Daniel F. Dunn, Pennsylvania State • Court reporter services, travel, automobiles, surveillance 2. Involvement in the purchase, the garment industry. It's different Police Commissioner, points out that Expenditures Fiscal 1981 equipment, research materials, etc. fencing and disposition of things. So in a period of years you, you "present socio-economic factors are stolen property, particularly pre­ not conducive to crime reduction and Total Expended $1,831,774.78 accumulate a lot of money. cious metals and gems. Q: How do they maintain and pro­ there is always an increased demand a. Traditional organized crime tect that enterprise? How do they con­ for the services offered by organized b. Motorcycle gangs trol that inflow of money? crime during periods of economic de­ 3. Infiltration of legitimate F.ratianno: What do you mean, how pression." business do they control it? However, Dunn feels that if con­ 4. Financing narcotics operations Q: How do they protect or con­ tinuous enforcement pressure is Ii and trafficking tinue it on constantly, generally sPfJak­ exerted at all levels of the organized 5. Loansharkinglcollection of ing? crime hierarchy, its growth can be im­ debts by extortion. Fratianno: Well, who's going to peded. ./--__::::.....:~ ______INTELLIGENCE 6. Arson bother them? If somebody bothers And J. Alan Johnson, U. S. Attor­ 7. Murder them, they'll find themselves in the ney, Western District of Pennsylvania, In addition to the traditional organ· lake, in the ocean, you know. notes that "tremendous benefits can __~ _____-ADMINISTRATION ized crime groups, outlaw motorcycle Q: So violence does become the be realized when state and federal gangs appear to be becoming a more ways and the means, is the bottom agencies cooperate with respect to substantial and visible organized line, so to speak? significant organized criminal activ­ crime concern. They appear to influ­ Fratianno: I say, if they have to. ity." ence, and in many cases control, But people know what they're doing. ,--_____ LI:.IJAL * pornography, prostitution, illegal traf­ You know, they ain't going to buck 0' ficking in firearms, auto thefts and anybody. They know what's going to chop shops. And today, many of them happen to them. have abandoned their bikes for vans, or I uxury cars. Estimates of gross income pock­ While organized crime in the public eted nationally by organized crime mind appears to be gangster-related, rival the auto industry in size and influ­ NVESTIGATION state law gives it a broader scope: ence. Yet organized crime generates "The unlawful activity of an associa­ little or no tax revenue. tion trafficking in illegal goods or serv­ Organized crime is big business. ices, including, but not limited to, Big money. The federal government gambling, prostitution, loansharking, found out just how big in the fall of controlled substances, labor rack­ 1981 when it implemented a new idea eteering or otherunlawful activities." for nailing the kingpins of nar­ Also, the term relates to "any con­ cotics-forget the drugs and follow tinuing criminal conspiracy or other the money. unlawful practice which has as its ob­ In September, federal agents in a jective large econom ic gain through narcotics raid seized $3.6 million in small bills in an office building In • Legal personnel worked as pari of the Investigative team fraud or coercive practices or improp­ Base Salaries Fiscal 1981 to develop anc1 analyze investigative leads In the er governmental influence." Miami. Then, ten agents had to spend da}'·to·dayoperatlons. eight hours counting the money-and .\ , they were using the kind of bill-count­ ing machines that banks use. ,

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A.M.M.A., for example, was able to 5. Pennsylvania-based health care E. Union members should have the Liquor Licensing ability to initiate a civil action to H3COV­ Crime Statistics Public Hearings loan nearly $160,000 to companies plan organizations have been involved The Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ which had close ties to Its owners over in financial transactions which re­ er trust fund money that has been lost sion spent considerable time In 1981 Annually, local police agencies In a three-year period. In some cases duced the financial soundness of the through either criminal or negligent Investigating organized crime's infil­ the Commonwealth report on the oc­ Health Care Fraud conduct of the trust fund trustees or these loans were interest-free and organization. Several of these transac­ tration of bars and restaurants in the currence of specific types of criminal ! In July of 1981, the Pennsylvania administrator. ! were not repaid. tions involved loans to or through indi­ Commonweaith. offenses to state and federal officials. ') Crime Commission held three days of viduals with close ties to the health F. In the case of public sector A series of hearings were held in These statistics, known as Uniform hearings into the influence of organ­ Conclusions unions, the governmental unit that ized crime in the field of prepaid health care plan organizations. early 1982 in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia Crime Reports (UCR), are complied 6. Pennsylvania law does not regu­ supplies the funds for the purchase of and Scranton and other hearings were and published by the Pennsylvania .1:;~ care services and the questionable As a result of the Crime Commis­ benefit programs should have the abil­ business activities engaged in by sion's investigation, the following con­ late profit making pre-paid health care planned. Through these hearings the State Police and the Federal Bureau of plan organizations. Loopholes in the ity to Initiate a civil action to recover Crime Commission was able to Investigation. some health care plan providers. The clusions were reached: health and welfare fund money that ~how hearings were the result of a three-year 1. Traditional and non-traditional current law encourage the types of how underworld figures and asso­ The PennsylVania Crime Commis­ questionable activities found in this re­ has been lost through criminal or ciates are able to circumvent state sion, using the Pennsylvania State Po­ investigation by the Commission organized criminals have Infiltrated negligent conduct by trust fund port. laws in obtaining liquor licenses. lice UCR reports, has analyzed statis­ which looked into three companies~ pre-paid health and dental care plan or­ trustees or administrators. Labor Heaith Pians, Inc., of Chicago; ganizations throughout the country. 7. Municipalities in the Common­ Ownership of a bar or restaurant by tics relating to the following urlmes in G. The government should have an attempt to determine the impact of the A.M.M.A. Health Center, Inc., in These organized criminals and their wealth have no authority over the an organized crime figure is attractive the ability to recover on behalf of common organized crime on various Philadelphia; and American Health associates have diverted millions of award and administration of health because it serves as a kind of insula­ care benefit contracts for public sec­ union trust funds, excess commis­ tion or buffer which Is hard for lawen­ Pennsylvania counties: Programs, Inc., located in Trevose, dollars from union health and welfare sions or finders' fees. Bucks County. trust funds through these organiza­ tor or municipal employees. forcement to penetrate. Arson 8. These findings are not unique to H. Trustees and administrators They can be used to obtain a line of Forgery and Counterfeiting The Commission's investigation tions. should be liable for treble damages for found links between traditional organ­ 2. Various union health and wel­ health care plan organizations in the credit, or to provide wages for criminal Fraud Commonwealth. Similar activities have losses resulting from their willful mis­ associates. Or to skim profits for in­ Embezzlement ized criminals and two of the com­ fare fund trustees and administrators conduct. panies-Labor Health Plans and h~~~ n~glected their fiduciary respon­ been uncovered in other jurisdictions. vestment in criminal activities, or to Receiving Stolen Property launder Illegal funds. Prostitution A.M.M.A. SIbIlity In the award and administration Recommendations Results The investigation into American of health care benefits. Such contracts And sometimes, they become mag­ Illegal drug violations are sometimes awarded on the basis A. The Professional Health Serv­ Crime Commission personnel are nets for violence, turning naighbor­ Gambling Health Programs (AHP) Inc., showed working with a committee empowered no links to traditional organized crime. of favoritism rather than cost-effec­ ices Corporations Act in Pennsylvania hoods Into gangland battlefields as we Larceny tiveness. While the contracts are in should be amended to include the fo!­ to draft new legislation that would ef­ have seen in Philadelphia over the past Motor Vehicle theft In the case of A.M.M.A., the Com­ fectively curb the type of abuses out­ mission obtained records from par­ force, the unions may neglect to re­ lowing provisions to regulate profit­ two years. This process was begun last year In quire the health plan organizations to making health care plan providers: lined at the hearings. One piece of A separate report will be issued on the Commission's 1980 Annual Report ticipating doctors and clinics. These legislation has been drafted by State reports showed that, in relation to a provide them with detailed account­ • the submission of clear and com­ the liquor licensing Investigations at and continues In an effort to determine ings of services rendered, actual costs plete statements of benefit coverage Senator John Hopper. Other members the conclusion of the hearings. emerging patterns In criminal move­ contract with Teamsters Local 837, of the committee include representa­ A.M.M.A. over-reported the value of and profits made. • limitations on the amount that ment and activity. By bringing this data tives from the State Insurance Depart­ to the attention of police agencies and services received by union members .3. Some Pennsylvania-based pre­ these companies can spend on mar­ keting and administration ment, the State Health Department the public, the Commission hopes to by $254,715. paId health care plan organizations along with representatives of health AHP had several large contracts • the filing of detailed annual re­ encourage preventative measures to have submitted misleading and decep­ plan programs currently regulated by stem the tide of these criminal activi­ with local unions including AFSCME ports tive reports to union health and wel­ the Commonwealth. ties. District Council 33 and the Retail fare fund trustees regarding benefit • the regulation of investments • a certification of authority to In addition, the three cases have In its analysis, the Commission Clerks Union, Delaware Valley Health utilization by union members. These been referred to law enforcement and Welfare Fund. The Commission transact business used the population figures in each reports have contained figures inflated agencies with prosecutorlal powers. county and divided those figures by obtained worksheets prepared by an to as much as 600 percent of actual • the disclosure of the identity of AHP employee which showed wide consultants to the company, particu­ the number of the above specific services rendered and have resulted in crimes reported in each case. The re­ discrepancies between actual and re­ contract renewals which might not larly those used for marketing ported usage of services of these two • yearly audits and certification by sult is a figure which reflects one have been gi':en if the actual number crime per "x" number of residents in unions. In all, AHP reported over $2 of services had been reported. a Certified Public Accountant million in value of services to the • that incorporators must be com­ the particular county. 4. Some pre-paid health care plan (It should be noted that a substan­ unions which were never received. organizations have utilized questiona­ petent and trustworthy While the Commission was unable . • a strict conflict of interest provi­ tial increase or decrease In crime in a ble marketing techniques. Payments sparsely-populated county could to determine the actual profits gar­ have been made to individuals who sIon nered by either company, there are B. The Employee Retirement and cause a significant change In that were in some way associated with the county's overall standings statewide.) some indications that the companies awarding of health care plan contracts. Income Security Act (ERISA), should had money readily available for some Substantial commissions and consult­ be amended to cover trustees and ad­ questionable investments. ing fees have been paid to individuals ministrators of public employee health in return for minimal services. and welfare funds. C. Municipalities should be al­ lowed to audit health and welfare funds for which they provide funding and should be part of the benefit pro­ vider selection process. D. The U. S. Department of Labor should conduct periodic and random audits of union health and welfare and pension funds. ,

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To determine an overall rating of The occurrence of arsons in the the counties, the aggregate figure of counties differed dramatically from f the ten selected crimes was divided 1979 to 1980. Dauphin and Wayne , into the population of each county. Counties, for example, increased by 53 These figures are reflected on the first places in 1980 over their 1979 stand­ map, which shows the 67 counties ings. Potter County decreased by thir­ ranked according to their crime/resi­ ty-eight places in 1980. dents ratio. In this and the other maps Other counties with a larger than a ranking of "1" is the highest ratio of moderate increase in arson included: crime per residents and the ranking of Franklin "67" is the lowest. Mifflin Dauphin County leads the others Susquehanna with the highest aggregate of crime PiI

10 11 " Two predominantly rural counties, Counties with sharp decreases in Trends in Ten Selected Crimes per Capita 1978·1981 * Potter and Perry, experienced the fraud per residents included: Crime Trends greatest changes in narcotics case/ Lawrence o~~~~==~~~~------~~ residents ratio rankings. Potter Coun­ Clarion The Pennsylvania State Police UCR ty which had been ranked fifty-ninth in Elk reports were again analyzed to de­ 1979, jumped to tenth place in 1980. Mercer termine the trends of specific criminal Perry Cou nty, conversely, dropped Indiana activity in the Commonwealth. from fourth place in 1979 to sixty-sixth Huntingdon The crime per residents ratio place in 1980. Monroe method explained in the previous ecc­ 10------r1 Other counties with very substan- Berks tion was again utilized, taking the total tial increases in ranking included: Lehigh number of specific crimes reported Adams Carbon and dividing that into statewide popu­ Pike lation figures. The regional nature of the occ~r­ McKean The 1981 figures are projected on rence of crime is evidenced by the dis­ the basis of State Police third quarter Venango 20------tribution of the counties with sharp in­ preliminary reports. All other figures Tioga creases or decreases. In the area of ar­ Union are based on published State Police re­ son, for example, neighboring coun­ ports. rn Wayne ties such as Susquehanna, Wayne and o Lawrence The chart shows that eight of the e. Pike' Mifflin, Juniata and Perry; and ten reported crimes showed increases z Counties which dropped greatly in Som~rset and Cambria experienced ranking in 1980 included: from 1978 to 1981. The reporting of two o sharp increases. crimes, prostitution and gambling, de­ ~ 30 Juniata Conversely, the neighboring coun­ w Mifflin creased during the period. 0- ties of Potter, Tioga, Bradford, Lycom­ These decreases may be a con­ W Sullivan ing and Clinton; and Montgomery, w Bradford tinuation of a trend noted by the Com­ :2 Chester, Lancaster and Lebanon expe­ mission last year-a de-emphasis on cr Indiana rienced sharp decreases in arson per () Clearfield reporting "victimless" crimes. residents. From 1980 to the projected 1981 :5 40 Jefferson Reported narcotic case ratio in­ o figures, four crimes de~reas~d .in Fraud cases which have risen creases and decreases also seem to crime/residents ratio, whlla SIX in­ ~ faster than any of the other analyzed 0: show geographic groupings. Neigh­ creased. crime rates were also focused upon at boring counties Pike and Wayne, and the county level. The ranking results of Reported arsons decreased in oc­ McKean, Potter and Tioga all show~d currence for the first time in several fraud per residents in each county can increases. Decreases were seen In be seen in the accompanying map. years, according to the pr?jectioi1s. neighbors Jefferson, .In~iana ~nd Motor vehicle theft also slightly de­ Lebanon County ranks first !n 1980 Clearfield, as well as Mifflin, Juniata fraud per residents, with a ratio of one creased, revers::1g a former trend. and Perry. Reported narcotics cases, con­ fraud reported for every 132 residents. Reported fraud case increases dis­ It was in second place in 1979, with versely, increased for the first time in play clustering in only one area-B~ad­ one fraud per 139 residents. recent years. ford Sullivan and Wyoming Counties. The most prevalent crime of the ten Three counties-Armstrong, Mc­ The' one cluster of counties with de­ Kean and Susquehanna, share the in the Commonwealth continues to be creases includes Monroe, Carbon, Le­ larceny, with one larceny reported for honor of no fraud cases reported in high and Pike Counties. 1980. McKean and Perry tied for lowest every 51 residents in the state in 1981. rate in 1979. Motor vehicle theft is the second most Bradford County had the sharpest common, with one motor vehicle theft increase in ranking from 1979 to 1980. per 256 Pennsylvania residents. The It was ranked forty-first in 1979 and third most common crime reported in '78 '79 '80 '81 '78 '79 '80 '81 '78'79'80'81 jumped to sixth in 1980. This reflected 1981 was narcotics violations, with ARSON FORGERY FRAUD a change from one fraud for every one for every 818 residents. 5,406 residents to one fraud for every The highest increase over the 1978- 481 residents. 81 period was in reported cases of Columbia County experienced the fraud, which went up ~y 35% over 0 0---- sharpest drop in fraud per residents. It those years. Larceny Increased by rn was rapked eighteenth in 1979 and for­ 19% and forgery/counterfeiting by z o tieth in 1980. 17%. Arsons have increased by 16.7%, 0 o en 20 e. Other counties with major in- and motor vehicle theft by 15%. Em­ 0: 100 w z creases in fraud reporting were: bezzlement increased by 9% over the 0- oen period, and narcotics cases by only W 0: Sullivan w w Cumberland 2.5%. :2 40 0- Forest Decreases in reported occurrence cr () m 200 Pike were seen in prostitution (down 15%) 11. :2 0 0: Bedford and illegal gambling (down 15.6%). 60 () Washington 0 i= 11. * All figures are from pub!ish~d Unifor,m r.rime Wyoming

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police of Labor and Industry, the Insurance • Salvatore Merlino, a.k.a. "Chuck" Investigative Federal BiJreau of Investigation, The Task Force Commissioner, the State Police Com­ La Cosa Nostra or "Sonny," a gambler, loanshark and Scranton missioner, the Secretary of Banking suspected hitman who was a close Follow-through Immigration and Naturalization Approach and the Executive Director of th~ The Philadelphia Family friend of L.C.N. member Frank Sin­ Services The Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ More and more, law enforcement Pennsylvania Commission on Crime done (killed October 30,1980). Pennsylvania Inspector General and Delinquency. Philip Charles Testa ruled as head sion referred for prosecution or other officials are adopting task force ap­ of Philadelphia's La Cosa Nostra fam­ • Nicholas Piccolo, an important Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board An advisory board also was ap­ associate of the Bruno crime family action 59 criminal investigations to proaches in combatting organized ily for just under a year. He succeeded various federal, state and local lawen­ Delaware State Police p~inted to assist the committee. Com­ who is Scarfo's uncle. ' Luzerne County District Attorney crime, realizing they must use spec­ Angelo Bruno who was killed gang­ forcement agencies during the 18- mittee members represent: .• Jos,eph ':Chickie" Ciancaglini, Federal Bureau of Investigation ialized experts in related fields to im­ land-style on March 21, 1980. month period that ended January 1 pact effectively. • The Pennsylvania Crime Com­ Slndone s onetime bodyguard who has WilkeS-Barre, Pa. ' mission Testa was assassinated by a re­ been active as a gambler and loan 1982. ' In Pennsylvania, for instance, there mote control bomb, packed with fin­ New York State Organized Grime • The Insurance Federation of shark enforcer. The majority of cases involved some are 1,176 municipal police depart­ ishing nails, as he entered his South Task Force Pennsylvania I n the spri ng of 1981 Frank form of.organized crime activity and, in ments, most with 15 employees or Philadelphia home at 2117 Porter Pennsylvania Department of Rev­ • The Pennsylvania Association of Narducci, who headed the 'family's many Instances, involved major or­ less. Many law enforcement ju(isdic­ Street before dawn on the morning of enue Mutual insurance Companies gambling operation and who was a ganized crime figures. Also referred tions overlap. Such fragmentation is March 15, 1981. were several investigations concern­ Pennsylvania Bureau of Drug Con­ • The Philadelphia Fire Department capodecina under Testa, fell out of trol ineffective in fighting organized crime Under Bruno, who was head of the ing public corruption. which has no respect for boundaries' • The Philadelphia District At­ favor with ~carfo. Narducci's gambling Mercer County District Attorney torney's Office Philadelphia family for some 20 years, As of February 23, 1982, 12 prose­ and which often uses sophisticated there had been stability and relative network was placed under the control Pennsylvania Insurance Commis­ • The Pittsburgh Fire Department cutions or administrative actions have management techniques to subvert gangland peace. But his death and of Ciancaglini, who had inherited Sin­ resulted from the referrals. Active in­ sion • The Allegheny County Fire Mar­ done's loan sharkin,g operation after Philadelphia Police Department and nullify social, economic and poli­ shal's Office Testa's, left a fragmented family ~truc­ vestigations have continued regarding tical institutions. ture, resulting in a frantic, often vio­ Sindone's death. United States Strike Force Phila- • The Wilkes-Barre Police Depart­ On February 21, 1981, Testa, other referrals and have resulted in 35 One such task force is the Inter­ lent, scramble for power. delphia, Pa. ' ment Narducci, Ciancaglini, Carl Ippolito arrests. Additionally, some referrals agency Committee on Arson, created The new boss appears to be Nico­ United States Secret Service (Pitts­ • In~urance companies and private Harry Riccobene (all L.C.N. members) are currently being pursued by investi­ on February 18, 1981, by Governor Dick demo Domenic Scarfo who has been burgh) arson investigators and five others were indicated on fed­ gative grand juries. Thornburgh. Arson is estimated to re­ active in loansharking, gambling and Birmingham, Ala., Police Depart­ 1- Task forces often cross state lines eral racketeering charges. Narducci Investigations referred consisted sult in 500 to 1,000 deaths and 10000 business ventures in the Atlantic City­ of the following types of criminal activ­ ment and include representatives from fed­ was sl.ain on January 7, 1982, with jury Federal Bureau of Investigation to 15,000 injuries per year nation~IIY Philadelphia area. Mentioned as high­ ities: eral agencies. An example is tl1e Task selection underwClj. Williamsport, Pa. ' and destroy between $1.2 and $4 Force on Violent Crime, an eight­ ranking members are: Narcotics Distribution billion of property. Arson for Profit Georgia Bureau of Investigation member panel which in a recent letter The Bufalino Family Pennsylvania Attorney General's In Pennsylvania, the number of ar­ Tax Evasion to Attorney General William French Russell Bufalino, 304 E. Dorrance Office sons reported to the State Police has Smith summed up its philosophy: Theft increased 65 percent over the past five Street, Kingston, Pa., boss of or­ Bribery Federal Bureau of Investigation Lansdale ' years, according to figures submitted ganized crime in Northeastern Pornography We wish to emphasize that the fed­ Pennsylvania, was released from fed­ Ly~oming Co~nty District Attorney by the committee to the Governor. At eral government's first priority should Infiltration of Legitimate Business the same time, the clearance by arrest eral incarceration in May of 1981. Prior by Organized Crime Figures Indiana Secunty Commission be to provide adequate tesources to its Nassau County, N. Y., Police De- rate. ~ecreased 13.4 percent. Pennsyl­ to his release, however he was Misconduct by Public Official own offices which are involved in fight­ indicted (December 30, 1980) by a fed­ partment vanta s reported dollar loss due to ing violent crime and to assure that its Perjury arson was $78.4 million in 1980. Also, eral grand jury in the Southern District Illegal Insurance Practices Lancaster County District Attorney policies are clear and sound in al/ mat­ Lancaster Police Department last year, according to committee of New York for conspiring with Fraudulent Coal Partnerships ters which impact on state and local Michael Rizzitello and Aladena U. S. Attorney (Middle District) figures, 30 murders were committed law enforcement. In this way the Loansharking with arson and an additional 245 "Jimmy the Weasel" Fratianno to Liquor Violations Pennsylvania Department of En- states and local governments can bet­ deaths occurred in arson fires. murder Jack Napoli, a protected fed­ Gambling vironmental Resources ter deploy their resources to carry out Membership of the Interagency eral witness. Napoli testified against ('J-' Tax Fraud Pennsylvania Insurance Commis­ their responsibilities. Committee on Arson reflects the com­ Bufalino in his 1977 federal extortion Skimming Profits from Businesses sion We do not believe that the federal plex nature of the crime and the trial. Indicted with Bufalino was Los Labor Racketeering and Extortion Philadelphia District Attorney government should subsidize th£:1 on­ U. S. Department of Labor (Civil multiple skills and resources needed Angeles organized crime figure Violation of Mine Subsidence Stat- going operations of state and local Michael Rizzitello. ute Section) t~ combat it. The State Fire Commis­ criminal justice systems. But we do New Jersey State Police sioner serves as Chairman. Members During October, 1981, Bufalino and Counterfeiting believe that, within the context of each Rizzitello stood trial in New York City. Dumping of Hazardous Waste Internal Revenue Service Wilm- are the Attorney General, the Secretary level of government exercising its own ington, Del. ' On October 23, 1981, Bufalino was Welfare Fraud authority and bearing its unique re­ found guilty of conspiring to violate Immigration Violations U. S. Environmental Protection sponsibilities, much can be done to Agency, Philadelphia Napoli's civil rights and obstruction of Illegal Weapons Trafficking improve the coordinated federal-state­ justice. Rizzitello was acquitted. On Internal Revenue Service Phila- local fight against violent crime. delphia ' November 17,1981, Bufalino was sen­ Referrals were made to: tenced to ten years incarceration for D~laware County District Attorney New Jersey Attorney General U. S. Attorney, Baltimore, Md. conspiracy, and five years for obstruc­ Kings County District Attorney, tion of justice, the terms to run concur­ Brooklyn, N. Y. rently. He was also fined $15,000. New York Organized Crime Task B.ufa.lino, .who recently was hos­ Force, white Plains, N. Y. plt:'llized With heart trouble, is out on Internal Revenue Service ball pending disposition of his appeal Drug Enforcement Administration of the conviction. U. S. Attorney, Philadelphia Pennsylvania State Police New York State Organized Crime Task Force Federal Bureau of Investigation U. S. Customs

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Bufalino also faced deportation to The Bufalino organized crime fam­ The League held its 1981 dinner Italy by the United states Immigration ily is primarily involved in loanshark­ dance in September of 1981, present­ and Naturalization Service. ing, jewel theft and gambling. The fam­ ing Russell Bufalino with an award. It / Edward Sciandra, 2340 Centre ily also appears to be involved on the was the first IACRL dinner dance he Avenue, Bellmore, N. Y., (Underboss), fringes of the motion picture industry. had attended since his release from who allegedly acted as boss of the Russell Bufalino appeared before a prison. family while Bufalino was incar­ United States Senate Permanent Sub­ The Crime Commission currently is cerated, was indicted by a federal Committee in Washington, D. C., dur­ conducting an investigation of the grand jury sitting in the Southern Dis­ ing February, 1981. Evidence gathered Italian American Civil Rights League. J trict of New York on November 9, 1981. by that sUb-committee included state­ The Commission has determined that Sciandra was charged with violations ments made by Russell Bufalino asso­ the League has failed to file any non­ of the Internal Revenue Code. Charged ciate David Rosen, in which he indi­ profit income tax records with either with Sciandra were Bufalino family as­ cates that he and Bufalino were in­ the Pennsylvania Department of Rev­ sociate Vincent Foti, Sr., along with volved in the distribution of porno­ enue, or the United States Internal New York City businessman Yale graphic motion pictures. That same Revenue Service for years 1971 Kroloff and Peter Cardaisis. On Janu­ sub-committee developed information through 1980. In addition, it was not ary 15, 1982, SCiandra, Foti and Car­ that Bufalino had helped Rosen with until September of 1980 that the daisis entered guilty pleas-Sciandra labor problems he was experiencing at League registered with the Pennsyl­ to two felony counts, punishable by a tlis newspaper distribution company in vania Department of State, Bureau of maximum of five years imprisonment, New York City. Charitable Solicitations as required by and/or a $10,000 fine for each count; On or about August 11, 1981, state regulation. Foti to one felony count; and Cardaisis Joseph Nicholas Muruca, a Bufalino Crime Commission surveillance to three misdemeanor counts. organized crime family associate, was and other law enforcement reports Frank Sheeran, a Russell Bufalino gunned down in Agawam, Mass. show that numerous organized crime Crime Family Associate and a Muruca is originally from the Endicott, members are or have been members of Teamster official from Philadelphia, N. Y. area, and currently lives in End­ the organization. stood trial in Wilmington, Del., during well, N. Y. He was shot by unknown as­ October, 1981. Sheeran, Eugene Boffa, sailants, being struck five times with The LaRocca Family Sr., and others had been indicted for slugs from a small caliber weapon, but John LaRocca continued to head labor racketeering, conspiracy to com­ survived the gangland-style hit. No ar­ the Southwestern Pennsylvania La mit labor racketeering, mail fraud and rests were made. Cosa Nostra family in 1981-a position two counts of taking bribes. Sheeran Angelo Son, a member of the he has held since 1956. was sentenced on December 11, 1981, Russell Bufalino organized crime fam­ In 1957, LaRocca attended the to 18 years imprisonment and fined ily, died of natural causes during June, Appalachin meeting of major or­ $22,000. 1981. ganized crime figures in New York with Andrew Russo, Brooklyn, N. Y., During the past year, the Pennsyl­ his chief lieutenant.s, Michael Geno­ another Russell Bufalino Crime Family vania Crime Commission subpoenaed vese and Gabriel Mannarino. associate and a member of the Russell Bufalino and family members Mannarino died in 1980, and as of early Colombo Organized Crime Family, sur­ James "Dave" Osticco, William D'Elia, 1982, no one had been named to re­ rendered to federal authorities in New Edward Sciandra, Angelo Bufalino, place him York City on Nov. 16, 1981. Russo was and Anthony Frank Guarnieri to appear Antonio Ripepi, a capo in the fam­ arraigned on charges including six before the Commission to answer ily, has retained control of gambling counts of bribery, five counts of ob­ questions relating to their legitimate activity in Washington and Fayette struction of justice, and one count of business interests and alleged illegal counties, and also still has an interest conspiracy. He also was charged by activities. They were also questioned in Keystone Music Co., a multi-million Nassau County, New York, authorities concerning their involvement with the dollar coin vending business. with attempting to evade New York in­ Italian American Civil Rights League Ripepi's son-in-law, John Bazzano, come tax. (IACRL), Chapter 34, located in Pitts­ Jr., was released from a federal prison ton, Pa. D'Elia and Angelo Bufalino are in Danbury, Conn., in early 1981, and as officers of the IACRL, while Russell a condition of his parole, is employed Bufalino reportedly was instrumental by a coal company in Washington in its formation. Each of the above in­ County. voked his Fifth Amendment rights h Bazzano, son of Western Pennsyl­ refusing to answer questions. vania's first crime leader, had been serving a sentence stemming from a 1975 conviction on charges of operat­ ing a large scale gambling business in the Mon-Valley area of Pittsburgh.

Two police officers examine debris left , by a remote controlled bomb that blew the front off the home of Philip C. Tes­ ta, killing the organized crime leader before dawn, the morning of March 15, 1981. The bomb was packed with fin­ ishing nails.

17 J On April 17, 1980, Antonio Rocco On May 27, 1981, Steve Bouras, a : l' , , Gangland Violence: Caponigro, a.k.a. "Tony Bananas," a loan shark who law enforcement offi­ newly appointed consiglieri (counsel­ cials said also was active in drug deal­ , The War Continues or) in the Bruno family, and Capo­ ing, was gunned down in a Philadel­ I nigro's brother-in-law, Alfred Salerno, phia restaurant in the company of Ray­ / On March 21, 1980, Angelo Bruno, were found murdered in New York mond Martorano. Authorities who for two decades had ruled as the City. Police said they were tortured. described Bouras as an LCN asso­ orderly boss of the Philadelphia La Caponigro's naked body was found ciate. Cosa Nostra family, was assassinated in the trunk of a stolen car. Salerno's On October 6, 1981, John Cala­ in front of his South Philadelphia body, also naked, was stuffed in a fu­ brese, another LCN associate who home, triggering a gangland war that neral director's body bag which was made a living as a gambler and loan has spilled over into 1982. dumped on a deserted street. Both shark, was found shot to death on a Bruno had teen driven to Cous' Lit­ men had been beaten, stabbed, gar­ sidewalk near Cous' Little Italy restau­ tle Italy restaurant that night by L.C.N. roted, and shot. rant. Calabrese had owned and oper­ member Raymond "Long John" Marto­ On September 19, 1980, Bruno's ated a bar in New Jersey. rano, and was chauffeured home by cousin, L.C.N. capodecina (capo) John The killings continued in 1982. John Stan fa, another L.C.N. member Simone, was found murdered in a Stat­ Among those executed was LCN mem­ who on January 1, 1981, was convicted en Island junkyard. He had been shot ber Frank "Chickie" Narducci, who of perjury and sentenced to eight in the head, and his shoes and socks was gunned down on January 7, the years in prison in connection with were missing. same day a jury was in the process of false tf;'!stimony he gave after the kill­ On October 30, 1980, the body of being selected to try him on federal ing. Frank Gaetano Sindone was found racketeering charges. Testa also had Bruno's death marked the begin­ stuffed in two trash bags that had been been named as a defendant in that ning of a series of gangland hits that dumped behind a five-and-dime store case, along with three other LCN mem­ brutally illustrate organized crime's in South Philadelphia. Sindone, bers. violent side. Bruno's protege and the family loan During the two decades that Bruno shark, also had been shot in the head, served as head of the Philadelphia La his hands tied behind his back. Cosa Nostra there were no murders On December 16, 1980, John J. within the family. Since his death McCullough, president of Local 30 of (through Jan. 7), there have been six the Roofers Union, was gunned down family members murdered, three in in his home in front of his wife by a Philadelphia. man posing as a flower delivery man. "Respect" was the linchpin of the Two men, Dale Young and Willard old La Cosa Nostra. The younger mem­ Moran, Jr., have been charged in con­ bers followed orders without question. nection with the killing. McCullough But in time, the "young turks" tired of was a personal friend and business being held down while taking all the associate of Bruno's, and served as a risks. They wanted a chunk of the representative for Bruno's labor inter­ growing methamphetamine and co­ ests in Atlantic City. caine trade and a bigger piece of the On March 15,1981, Philip Charles Atlantic City action. Testa, who had succeeded Bruno as In 1975, the FBI uncovered a split in head of the Philadelphia family, was the Bruno family. A year later it be­ killed by a bomb packed with finishing came even more apparent when Testa, nails as he entered his South Philadel­ Narducci and Nicodemo Scarfo, an phia home. There is speculation L.C.N. member from Atlantic City, be­ among some law enforcement officials gan holding meetings apart from that Testa was assassinated because Bruno, Simone and Sindone. he had either okayed or ordered the hit In May of 1978, the first casino on McCullough. opened on the Jersey shore, and the fight for control of the lucrative new markets spawned by legalized gam­ bling was underway. A police officer examines the blanket­ draped body of organized crime figure (Footnote: Harry Peetros, a known Frank Narducci, who was gunned loan shark, was found dead in the trunk of his gold Cadillac in East Lans­ down Jan. 7, 1982. He died the same downe, Pa., on May 25, 1981. Law en­ day a jury was being selected to try forcement officials believe he op­ him on federal racketeering charges. erated on the fringe of traditional or­ ganized crime.) ,

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20 21 tives from each state with member Because of its knowledge In the March 16, 1981, a Pennsylvania Crime On June 24, 1981, it was deter­ agencies. The board meets at least ceal fraud area, the Commission was mined that Felton rented warehouse MAGLOCLEN Leviticus {) Commission special agent and the four times a year. invited to testify in October of 1980 be­ Pennsylvania State Police testified at space at Rent-a-Space, Plum Boro, Pa. The Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes . The Leviticus Project Association Membership in the MAGLOCLEN fore the United States House of Repre­ the jury trial of Jame~ Anthony Con­ On JUne 25, 1981, the Pennsylvania Organized Crime Law Enforcement Association is limited to state and lo­ IS ~ seve~-state.' fourteen-agency co­ sentatives Sub-Committee on Energy Bureau of Drug Control executed a ordinated Investigation of crime in the stantine; and on March 17 1981 he Network (MAGLOCLEN) is an associa­ cal criminal justice agencies with a Developments and Applications of the was found guilty of all charg~s. ' search warrant and found suspected tion of major law enforcement agen­ demonstrated capability in organized Appal~chi~n coal industry. It includes Committee on Science and Techno!­ marijuana residue. agencies In Alabama, Georgia, Indi­ ~n Septer:nber 8, 1981, charges cies in an eight-state area including crime investigation and/or prosecu­ ogy .. Commission Chairman Alvin B. against Daniel Constantine were On July 7, 1981, the bureau ob­ Delaware, Indiana, Maryland, Michi­ tio~. All agencies joining must be a~a, Kentucky, New York, Pennsylva­ LeWIS, Jr. presented that testimony. dropped. tained a search warrant for stal! No. gan, New York, New Jersey, Ohio and nia and Virginia. sponsored by an original member Further, on February 24 1982 the • • • 334, Rei~t,a-Spot, Routes 228 and Inter­ Pennsylvania. As of January 1, 1982, agency and must agree to abide by The Project formally began when it Commission held public h'earings in A spin-off investigation resulted in state 79, B:!.1tler County, and seized ad­ the MAGLOCLEN Association had strict regulations in regard to the secu­ received a $1 million grant from the Harrisburg at which several staff per­ May, 1981, when the Crime Commis, ditional marijuana residue and boxes eighteen member agencies: five state rity of information obtained through federal Law Enforcement Assistance sons and experts testifi,ed regarding sion received information that approxi­ similar to Ithose confiscated at 225 police departments, three state crime the project. Administration in February of1980 A the nature, and m.ethods of fradulent mately seven tons of marijuana were Sagamore Drive, Pittsburgh. commissions, seven city police de­ $250,000. supplemental grant MAGLOCLEN maintains contact ~as coal tax shelter schemes. stored In a warehouse and in a house (On September 26, 1981, Marion partml~nts and three county investi­ In June of 1980 to fUnd an in­ with non-member agencies at the fed­ award~d The Leviticus Project Association in McKees Rocks, Allegheny County. Denard, Hudson Street, Greensburg gative) units. forma.tlon management system. eral, state and local levels to effect liai­ is headquartered in the New York The Pennsylvania Bureau of Drug Con­ an associate of James constantine' Ttle Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ Prior to the formation of the Leviti­ son between these agencies and their County District Attorney's Office. The trol was alerted. On May 13, 1981, yvas arrested by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.: sion is the grantee agency for this proj­ cus. Protect Association, the Pennsyl- " members. In addition, the Association Association is currently funded search warrants were executed at a police and charged with conspiracy to ect which is fully funded through a yanla Crime Commission and agencies interrelat.e~ to five other similar proj­ through November 30, 1982 with a warehouse in Kutz Industrial Park deliver one pound of cocaine.) line-item in the United States Depart­ In other states were investigating coal ects whlcn encompass varied geo­ grant of $1.84 million. Pittsburgh, resulting in the seizure of The Westmoreland County Deten­ ment of Justice budget. The Commis­ fraud and it became apparent that graphic areas covering the nation. The 6.5 tons.of marijuana and at 225 Saga­ tion Center investigation revealed that sion was responsible for the develop­ these frauds were often multi-state in concept behind these regional infor­ more Drive, Pittsburgh, the residence former Inmates who were interviewed ment of the association and has a con­ nature and would be most success­ mation sharing systems was to fill the of ~Ima McCaffrey and her daughter, by Pennsylvania Crime Commission tinuing administrative oversight role in fully combatted through a coordinated gap between the jurisdictions and Emily, where 960 pounds of marijUana special agents acknowledged that ilie­ the project's operations. and focused effort. capabilities of existing law enforce­ were confiscated. The McCaffreys gal drugs were present in the facility The objective of MAGLOCLEN is to When the Association was formed Investigations were arrested and charged with Viola­ and they identified Daniel Constantine provide services which will enable m~nt agencies, and to foster cooper­ ation among those agencies. the Crime Commission became th~ Drug Smuggling tion of the Controlled Substance as the supplier. None of the West­ ~ember agencies to identify conspira­ Pennsylvania host agency for coal MAGLOCLEN member agencies: · Drug, Device, Cosmetic Act. Alm~ moreland County Detention Center cies and apprehend criminals who fraud investigation_ With its portion of In the summer of 1980, the Penn­ Cincinnati (OH) Police Division McCaffrey.. stated that the room con­ employees-guards and/or operate on an interstate basis within the LEAA funds, the Commission hired sylvania Crime Commission received Cleveland (OH) Police Department t

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".-", Narcotics·Prostitution Termini, who acted as Buzzetta's On September 16, 1981, William interpreter, is an Easton real estate Millard of Bloomsburg, a chemist, was sylvania Crime Commission cond~ct­ In exchange for his cooperation Convicted and sentenced on re­ James Talbot "Chimsey" Williams, agent. He previously worked as a mar­ arrested and charged with manufactur•. ing joint surveillances and developing with the government, Kiefer was al­ lated charges was Stephen Cudo of who was listed in the Pennsylvania keting agent for Towemensing Trails ing speed, in addition to conspiracy background on Jerry Richard Fox, then lowed to plead guilty to one count of rural Factoryville, Pa .• a Hells Angels Crime Commission 1980 Report on Development, Carbon County; an as­ and delivery of controlled substance. chairman of the Department of Social conspiracy. associate. Organized Crime as a convicted sistant broker at Bear Creek Lakes; I. Kenneth Gardner of rural Orange­ Work Kings College, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Warlocks counterfeiter, was arrested after a 53- and a salesman for Pocono Mountain ville was arrested on December 11. The Pennsylvania Crime Commission Murder count federal indictment was Issued Robert R. "Mudman" Simon, a War­ Woodland Lakes, Pike County and 1981 and on January 25, 1982, and and State Police provided the informa­ lock motorcycle gang member from Crescent J. Roselle was sholto June 9 1981 charging him with receiv­ Lake Winona, Monroe County. He also charged with possession and manu­ tion on Fox, who was active in ing $5:889 i~ Social Security benefits Drexel Hill, Pa., was arrested in 1981, death gangland-style in Elizabeth, New was part owner of Lo-Jo, Inc., a corpo· facture of marijuana, and possession NAMBLA, to Nassau County author­ and subsequently convicted in Carbon Jersey, on December 22,1980. Roselle during a period when he collected ration which purchased tax sale prop­ with intent to manufacture ities. more than $40,000 from the operation County of the 1974 murder of his ex­ operated Waste Disposal, Inc.,. a.waste erties in Carbon County. Law enforce­ methamphetamines. Gardner, like Mil­ It was also determined during this girlfriend, Beth Jeanne (Smith) Dusen­ hauling business and a subSidiary of of a prostitution ring. ment sources believe the arrest will lard, has been involved in the manufac­ investigation that Stuart Geller, 3215 Ernest Preate, Jr., Lackawanna berg. SCA Services, Inc. of Boston. He also put a major dent in the East Coa~t ture of methamphetamines for anum· Bainbridge Ave., Bronx,-' N. Y., Ccunty District Attorney, described Warlock gang members Walter was a member of the Municipal Sani­ heroin supply, and termed the ~;westl­ berof years. NAMBLA's recording secretary, was Williams as the "Kingpin of Drugs" in "Mountainman" Rodriguez, Leslie tary Landfill Authority in Kearney, New galion "The Sicilian Connection." On January 15, 1982, Howard J. employed as a counselor in a you.th "Skraggs" Smith, and Thomas "T­ Jersey. northeast Pennsylvania, when Wil­ ... Norman II and his wife, Debra J. of camp in Northeastern Pennsylvania. liams was arrested on June 15, 1981 by Bone" Elskamp provided testimony Roselle, who owned a residence In October of 1980, the New Jersey Ross TOWnship, were arrested and Fox had visited Geller at this camp. Af­ that resulted in the second degree and a resort doing business as Cres­ Pennsylvania State Police officers and State Police Narcotics unit received in­ charged with possession of metham­ ter the arrest of SWithinbank, Geller charged with five counts of trafficking murder conviction. On January 13, Rose, Inc., in Paradise Township, Mon­ formation that Earl Stocker and Harry phetamine and possession with intent left the camp and returned to New 1974, Simon brought Dusenberg to the roe County, had been observed meet­ in cocaine. Stocker brothers from Philadelphia, to manufacture methamphetamine. York. As of Fe,l;)ruary, 1982, Geller was During Williams' federal trial, a 15- Warlock's club house in Jim Thorpe, ing with members of the Genovese or­ and urlknown associates, were operat­ Drug authorities believe these clan­ a federal fugitive and Fox and Swithin­ Pa., which he shared with Rodriguez ganized crime family from Bayonne, year-old girl testified that she had ing a clandestine methamphetamine destine labs appear to be linked. The bank's cases had not gone to trial. turned over more than $9,000 in prosti­ and Smith. After.Dusenberg refused to New Jersey prior to his death. Several (speed) lab in the Pocono Mountains. major portion of the "speed" manufac" NAMBLA has a chapter in Philadel­ have sex with the motorcycle gang of the family members are suspects in tution income to the defendant. The Stockers have prior convic­ tured in northeast Pennsylvania is be­ phia, Pa. Fox, at one time, was em­ Williams was convicted on all members Simon pulled a .38 caliber the slaying. tions by New Jersey and federal au­ ing sold in Philadelphia arid in the ployed as a teaching as~i~tant ?t the counts and sentenced to five years in revolver f~om his pants and shot her in In 1956, Tom Viola, president of thorities for the manufacture of meth­ states of Delaware and New Jersey. University of Pennsylvania In Philadel­ prison, followed by three years proba­ the head. Then Rodriguez and Simon SCA, and Roselle were arrested in New amphetamines. Also, the Stockers are The speed, which Is of high quality, is phia and at West Chester State .col­ tion, and ordered to make restitution put the woman's bleeding body in a Jersey for bid rigging. However, the close associates of John Berkery, all being handled in New Jersey by rnem­ lege in West Chester, Pa. At one tlm~, to the Social Security Administration. sleeping bag and dumped it in a key witness, a business agent for mentioned in the Pennsylvania Crime bers of the Pagan motorcycle gang. he was active in youth movements In flooded strip mining pit near Lattimer Teamsters Local 945, disappeared the His trial on drug dealing charges Commission's 1980 report on organ­ New York City. was scheduled to begin in Lackawan­ Mines in Luzerne County. Elskamp tes­ day before he was to testify at their ized crime. (! tified that in 1975, while standing on na County in 1982_ Pornography trial. . . . Subsequent surveillances by New Outlaw Motorcycle Gangs the steps of the Warlock's Philadel­ Roselle also had contacts with Jersey State Police, Pennsylvania The North American Man Boy phia club house, Simon told him that On November 30,1981, Vito Buzzet­ Pagans John Zuccarelli, Jr., recently linked State Polic.e and Drugs Enforcement Lovers Association (NAMBLA), an in­ ta, 301 West Street, Wind Gap, Pa.; En­ he blew a girl's head off. through trash collection payoffs to Agency investigators revealed that the ternational organization headquar­ Franklin Kiefer, former president of At the time of his arrest and convic­ rico Termini, 27 S_ Watson St., Palmer Sam DeCavalcante, New Jersey crime lab was being operated out of a rented tered in New York City, was founded in the Pagan motorcycle gang, was a key tion Simon was serving a five-to-ten­ Township, Pa.; and Benito, Giacomo family boss. At the time of the alleged garage and house in Skyview Lake De­ 1978 in Boston, to promote sex be­ government witness in the 1981 fed­ sentence at Graterford State Pris­ and Francesco Davi, all of Queens, yea~ payoffs, Zuccarelli was president of In­ velopment, Greene Township, Pike tween men and boys. eral arson for profit trial of pornog­ on for burglary and armed robbery. New York, were arrested in Ackerman­ In April of 1981, the Nassau Coun­ terstate Waste Removal Company, County. Further, the house was rented raphy king Allen Morrow. Simon refused to verbally attack the ville, Pa., Northampton County, on Inc., another subsidiary of SCA. An­ ty, N. Yo, Police Department began an Kiefer was indicted in 1980 by a testimony provided by Rodriguez, charges of conspiracy, possession by a Martha O'Connell, who indicated thony Tassone, a close associate of to a realtor that she would occupy the investigation of the activities of Martin federal grand jury in Harrisburg on Smith and Elskamp. Instead, he ad­ and delivery of heroin. The arrest was a Swithinbank, 664 Lincoln Street, Bald­ Gambino family member Nicholas house periodically, along with a charges of firebombing aouilding hered to the Warlocks' "code of result of an undercover investigation win Harbor, Long Island, N. Y. On July Russo, was Zuccarelli's partner in chemist who would be there for the there. Subsequent to this, Kiefer, who ethics" which forbids informing on a by the Pennsylvania State Police and 11, 1981, Swithinbank, a trustee of said he was manager of Morrow's 1950, when Interstate Waste Removal Drug Enforcement Agency agents, in manufacture and processing of per­ fellow gang member. was formed. fume. NAMBLA, was arrested for second de­ chain of adult bookstores in Eastern which the defendants sold the under­ gree sodomy and Jerry Richard Fox, Pennsylvania, became a government Hells Angels The Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ On October 27, 1980, a search was cover agents a kilo (2.2. pounds) of her­ 291 Wright Ave., Kingston, Pa., Wc:lS ar­ witness. At the time he was manager, Phillip A. DiOrio, a former member sion has provided background infor­ conducted of the residence, at Which oin for $190,000. The heroin had an Kiefer testified that Morrow, of Har­ of the Hells Angels and a one-time mation on Roselle to New Jersey au­ time 15 pounds of methamphetamine rested for sexual abus.e, .. secon~ de­ estimated street value of $2 million. veys Lake, Pa., wanted his Johnstown, resident of Endicott, N. Y., was con­ thorities, Pennsylvania authorities and (speed), a small amount of other drugs gree (a misdemeanor). At the til~\e of Buzzetta has been identified by Pa., adult bookstore burned, so that he victed on September 23, 1981, after the U. S. House of Representatives' and various drug manufacture para­ arrest, police seized more than;, 300 Italian law enforcement officials as an videotape cassettes and more than 50 (Morrow) could collect the insurance pleading guilty to one count of crim­ Oversight Sub-Committee on Energy influential member of the Sicilian Ma· phernalia were seized. Arrested at that inal possession of a controUed sub­ and Crime. It also continues to assist time were Rudolph Bors, James Mac­ refi~; of 8mm film, some described as on it. fia for decades. Buzzetta immigrated hard core, homosexual child pornog­ Kiefer, who noted that he had been stance, second degree. He was sen­ other law enforcement agencies in the to the United States in the 1970s, and Kenzie, and Carl L. Jackson, all from committing arsons for "15 to 20 tenced to eight years to life imprison­ on-going investigations of Phliadel­ the Philadelphia area. raphy. o owned both Vesuvio's Pizza, 25th St., The Pennsylvania Crime~ Commis­ years," testified that Morrow p~omised ment with no right of appeal. phia's gangland slayings. Shopping Center, Palmer Township, The trial for Bors, MacKenzie and to pay him $3,000 for torching the Jackson began on March 16, 1981, and sion entered the inves'ligatlon at the o Pa., and Two Brothers Pizzeria, Eagle request of Nassau County authorities bookstore but that he was paid only Arson Valley Mall, East Stroudsburg, Pa. ended with th€ir conviction on charges $1 ,500 be~ause Morrow was dissatis­ of possession of methamphetamines. on June 2, 1981, The Pennsylvania During much of 1981, the Pennsyl­ fied with the job. The more serious charge of manufac­ State Police, Troop P, Wyoming, Pa., vania Crime Commission was involved ture of methamphetamines was dis­ worked In conjunction with the Penn- in a joint investigation with the State missed. As of February 1982, the de­ Attorney General's Office and the Ly­ fendants were free on bail while ap­ coming County District Attorney's Of­ pealing the conviction. fice looking into a series of arsons in • * • Northcentral Pennsylvania. During 1981, agents of the Attorney Numerous intervieWS and records' General's Office, Bureau of Drug Con­ checks were conducted and the tele­ trol, were instrumental in uncovering phone 'records of several individuals, three clandestine methamphetamine including La Cosa Nostra aSSOCiates, , (speed) labs operating in rural Colum. were subpoenaed. bia and Luzerne Counties.

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.):} Because of the prosecutorial na­ On December 14, 1981, Morrow GambUng prosecutions and has been sentenced ture of its findings, the Crime Commis­ plead~d guilty to the charges in a plea members of this group stole over sion has referred all pertinent data to bargain agreement, in which his sen­ In 1981, the Pennsylvania Attorney $100,000 worth of electronic and rec­ to death. It is anticipated that further the Attorney General's Office which is tence for the gun charges would run Gener~I's Office, along with the Penn: Investigative reational equipment by using mail state charges will arise out of the co­ utilizing a statewide grand jury to carry concurrently with his sentence for the sylvanl.a St!ite Police, conducted a drops in Philadelphia and Montgomery operation of these individuals. Highlights John Scalzitti. Reputed organized on the probe. arson-related charges in Scranton. statewide Investigation into illegal counties. gambling activities. A precedent was From the Attorney General For the first ten months of 1981, crime associate convicted of federal On June 9,1981, Allen Charles Mor­ set by A~torney. General LeRoy Zim­ the State Police's two Anti-Fraud Units narcotics charges in connection with a Burglary During 1931, the first statewide In­ conspiracy and delivery of a quantity row, Harveys Lake, Pa., was indicted in me.rman, In that tnvestigators from his were responsible! for making 309 ar­ vestigating Grand Jury empaneled of cocaine to an FBI informant. Scalzit­ U. S. Middle District Court, Scranton, From January until Mayof1981 the offlc~ used wiretaps for the first Umee rests, assisted 138 law enforcement gatn 51 presentments from a state­ under the provisions of the Investigat­ ti received a sentence of 10 years in­ Pa., on three counts of conspiracy and Pennsylvania Crime Commission 'was t~ agencies: and recovered over engaged in an investigation of a series Wide grand jury hearing the""case. ing Grand Jury Act, concluded its term $1,106,140: worth of stolen property. carceration and currently is out on 38 counts of mail fraud stemming from of service. This Grand Jury, which an arson for profit scheme. Indicted of burglaries and the fencing of stolen .As of ~anuary,1982, further legal The unit IQ'cated in eastern Pennsylva­ bond pending appeal. against those named was being operated under the direction of the At­ Ghassan Ammar. Major prosecu­ with Morrow were his wife, Sarah, his and/cr illegal firearms in the Lancaster actlo~ nia was resiponsible for providing infor­ held In .abeyance pending the results torney General's Office, issued 32 sep­ tion of an international heroin ring daughter, Sheila Morrow, West Palm County area. The investigation was co­ mation an!j purchasing evidence that ordinated by the Lancaster County Dis­ of ongoing investigation. arate presentments-18 in the area of led to the:isolutiCln of numerous gold centered in Erie. This prosecution was Beach, Fla., and her former husband public corruption and 14 in the area of conducted jointly by the Pittsburgh Of­ Terry Ruger, Dallas, Pa. Morrow's busi: trict Attorney's Office, along with the The Pennsylvania State Police esti­ and silver thefts which were primarily Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Fire­ mate that the annual gross income organized crime. directed at churches, synagogues and fice of the Drug Enforcement Ad­ ness firm, AI-Star Realty, Inc., was also In these presentments, charges ministration and the Pennsylvania Bu­ indicted. The arrests were a result of a arms, Reading; and police depart­ thro~gb gambling of those involved private re~tidencEis. These burglaries was In excess of $2 million. were recommended against 132 indi­ reau of Drug Law Enforcement. It re­ year-long investigation by U. S. Postal ments in Lancaster and several other exceeded :150 in number with a direct communities. Amon.g those implicated were Mat­ vidual defendants. loss of over $2 m iilion. Twelve persons sulted in the seizure of approximately o }nspectors and Alcohol, Tobacco and One Grand Jury presentment out­ In May, three individuals were ar­ t~ew Whitaker of Pottsville, once con­ were arrested. six pounds of high grade heroin and Firearms agents. lined the activities of a large scale, rested. Two allegedly had sold stolen Sidered the largest independent book­ The Anti-Fraud Unit located in the the conviction of the major figures in Morrow was named as a major por­ statewide gambling organization. It the scheme. Sentences up to 15 years nography figure in the Crime Commis­ or unregistered weapons to an in­ maker in Pennsylvania; and Frank Mas­ western pa.rt of me state commenced terana of Las Vegas, Nev" described was recommended that criminal an investigation 'iln Fayette and Wash­ imprisonment were given in connec­ sion's 1980 Report on Organized ~ormant, an.d the third allegedly put the charges be brought against 51 profes­ tnformant In touch with buyers and by St~te Police officials as an alleged ington counties which resulted in the tion with these convictions. Crime. sional gamblers and bookmakers lo­ sellers of stolen firearms and other associate of reputed mobster Anthony arrest of 2:3 people in May of 1981. Martin Mangino/Charles Nolan. In­ The indictments were based on the cated throughout Pennsylvania, and in ternational morphine smuggling and arson and subsequent insurance stolen property. Spilotro. These indillidual:s were involved in an .. Although the general public often Maryland and Nevada. (See preceding automobile theft and insurance fraud distribution ring whose activities ulti­ claims for three structures, a home lo­ Subsequently, charges were section on gambling for more detaiL) s~es gambling as a "victimless" scheme in'{olvin'g property valued at mately centered in the Fayette County cated on Morrow's Harveys Lake prop­ dropped against Charles Richardson The Office of the Attorney General of Columbia, Pa. Ralph D. Clemens of cnme, law enforcement agencies view $200,000. Tbis wais a cooperative effort area. Successfully prosecuted with erty, the Ruger's former home in also successfully prosecuted persons sentences of up to 20 years in prison Quakertown, Pa., and an Adult World East. Petersburg, Pa., and Arth ur A. it a~ a serious problem because they on the part of thE3 State Police, the lo­ realize the profits often are used to charged in connection with the rigging cal District! Atto(ney's Office, County imposed. Bookstore in Johnstown, Pa. M~mle, aiso ?f Columbia, pleaded of the April 24, 1980 Pennsylvania Daily Thomas J. Long et al. Prosecution The chief government witnesses gUilty to receiving stolen property. fuel other illicit activities and to infil­ Detectives and tile Federal Bureau of trate legitimate bUsiness. Lottery Game drawing. Again, these of a major international marijuana used were Pagan motorcycle gang ~Ierrens -:vas given three years proba­ Investigatiqn. charges were filed pursuant to recom­ Another join:\ investigation pro­ smuggling ring whose activities member, Franklin Kiefer, a.k.a. "The tion and fined $1,000. Mumie received mendations contained in present­ duced posit'ive re~:ults when members centered in the Armstrong County area Torch or Heat," and Morrow's former four years probation and was fined ments returned by the Investigative of Western Pennsylvania. Most of the $500. of the Penhsylvania State Police as­ son-in-jaw, Terry Ruger. Grand Jury. Of those charged, four en­ principals in the scheme were suc­ The first trial, which ended on Sep­ Burglary is the biggest crime prob­ signed to tHle Re~lion I Strike Force of tered guilty pleas and the Daily Num­ the Drug Lp.w .Einforcement Division cessfully prosecuted but Thomas ~ember 18, 1981, resulted in a hung I~~ in Pennsylvania. And the dispo­ ber Game announcer, Nick Perry, and a Long remained a fugitive at the end of JUry. A subsequent trial found Morrow sltl~n and fencing of stolen goods, and D.E.A. agents'lirrested five individ­ Pennsylvania Bureau of Lottery se­ uals near E,astonafter they sold 2.2 1981. an~ his wife guilty of one count of con­ particularly precious metals and gems curity official, Edward Plevel, were pounds of eight p~~rcent pure heroin to Anthony "Cy" Ciotti. Reputed splr

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George Kirby. The last of the de­ r One of those named in the indict­ The federal (RICO) statute on 10. The Crime Commission will 15. Amendments to the law gov­ i fendants in the Raymond Jackson con­ ment, Victor F. DiVivo, was a subject Recommendations which it was patterned has proved to hold more frequent public hearings. erning the pay and status of District spiracy case to be prosecuted. Kirby of the Crime Commission's investiga- be a useful and effective tool for feder­ Public disclosure and revelation Attorneys in fourth, fifth, sixth and was convicted as the alleged New York tion. ' In both the Crime Commission's al prosecutors. There is no reason this will aid the citizen in knowing the iden­ seventh class counties. source of supply for the Jackson her­ In addition, the Internal Revenue 1980 report, A Decade of Organized tool cannot be used by state prosecu­ tity and methods of organized crime. State law mandates that District At­ oin ring which had operated for several Service currently is conducting an ex­ C?rime, and the 1981 '!rnnua/ Report, tors. Therefore, we will hold hearings torneys in these counties be part-time years in the Hill District section of tensive probe of the pizza and cheese lists of recommendations aimed at 5. Wiretapping within careful legal promptly in the major population cen­ personnel and currently sets their sala­ Pittsburgh. Kirby was sentenced to 30 industry searching for unreported tax ~urbing organized crime were pub­ safeguards must be used more exten­ ters of the state. They will focus on the ries at $18,000. The District Attorney is yeCl,rs imprisonment. dollars. The Pennsylvania Crime Com­ lished. We restate them here in hopes sively and effectively. localized activity and degree of control the chief law enforcement officer of Ralph Lanzino. Brother of reputed mission is assisting in the investiga­ they will be reconsidered and that The state now has model legisla­ exercised in that area 'by organized the county and should work full-time organized crime figure in New Ken­ tion and has turned over evidence. some positive a.1~tion will be taken: tion concerning communications in­ criminals. and be paid accordingly. sington, prosecuted for interstate The Pennsylvania Crime Commis­ terception which includes appropriate 11. Leaders of labor, commerce, 16. Amendments to the corporate transportation of stolen property in sion recommends: legal safeguards. However, this tool industry, legal and accounting fields registration procedures law to provide connection with a substantial fencing 1. The consolidation and restruc­ has hardly been used. The Commis­ should join the attack on organized for more detailed reporting. operation. Defendant pleaded guilty t~ring of local law enforcement agen­ sion supported the passage of this leg­ crime by supplying staff and experts to Organized criminals use various and received a jail sentence. cies. islation and it supports the implemen­ the Crime Commission on a temporary fronts, third parties and privileged Public There are 1,176 municipal police tation of it. This avenue of investiga­ basis. transactions to invest their illegal in­ FromATF departments in Pennsylvania. The bulk tion must be more vigorously pursued There is now no concerted effort to come into legitimate businesses. The Appearances have 15 sworn officers or less. Such Highlights of the Bureau of Al­ by law enforcement. augment law enforcement agencies' current reporting procedures for cor­ cohol, Tobacco and Firearms' enforce­ In addition to participating in nu­ small departments are not capable of 6. The U. S. Immigration and Natu· professional staffs by the loan of pri­ porations and partnerships allow ment efforts against organized crime merous judicial proceedings in 1981, and should not be expected to deal ralization Service must be restructured vate sector experts. The initiation of these criminals to control businesses in 1981: personnel of the Pennsylvania Crime :-vith, c.omplicat.ed matters. Yet organ­ so that it can work more vigorously such a prQgram would provide a public without ever appearing on corporate or Nicodemo Scarfo, Neil Ferber, An­ Commission testified at congresSional Ized. c.nm7 has ItS roots in community and effectiveJy_ service to all the Commonwealth's citi­ partnership records. thony Trignani, Anthony "Mad Dog" hearings in Washington, D. C., and at participation. Consolidation and/or re­ Illegal aliens have moved freely zens. Dipasquale, all convicted of being legislative hearings in Harrisburg. structuring local police would give into the United States to do the bid­ 12. The career prosecutor should Recommendations felons in possession of firearms (Title The testimony regarded the Com­ them the size and strength to deal with ding of organized crime bosses. We be encouraged. From Others 18, USC, Sec. 1202). mission's health care fraud investiga­ these criminals. have identified many examples of this The limited compensation and ca­ • 'Establishment of a witness pro­ Rocco Pizzo and Michael Ferretti tion which terminated in hearings in 2. Sentencing for organized crime in the pizza and cheese industries. The reer potential present in District Attor­ July. figures should take into account their INS should be more vigilant to recog­ ney, Justice Department and U. S. At­ tection program at the state level in indicted for violation of the Explosive hopes of eaSing past difficulties in ob­ Control Act, 1970. On November 4,1981, Commission long involvement in criminal activities. nize organized crime's relationship torney offices are not conducive to de­ taining voluntary testimony against Chairman Alvin B. Lewis, Jr., and Com­ The Commission has neither the with illegal aliens. veloping personnel with years of expe­ Patsy Napatano convicted of mak­ major organized crime figures. Pro­ mission Executive Director Wallace Pc right nor the desire to instruct sen­ 7. Law enforcement must redirect rience in prosecution. i~g false statements when acquiring posed by State Police Commissioner firearms and ammunition. Hay, accompanied by a Commission tencing judges on the exercise of judi­ its investigative focus toward the Often, inexperienced public prose­ Daniel F. Dunn. support team, appeared before the cial discretion. Nevertheless, a suc­ fence along with the thief. cutors are faced with able and expen­ Michael Newman-indicted for vio­ • Enactment of a funding program S. House Select Committee on Ag­ cessful prosecution of an organized If the thief were not sure that there sive defense attorneys. There are lation of Title 18 USC, Section 1202. ~. by the General Assembly to make Ing to report their findings. criminal is the result of an intense and were profitable ways to dispose of many dedicated young prosecutors John Calabrese-indicted under grants available to local district attor­ federal racketeering statutes before he On September 9, 1981, Commis­ prolonged effort accomplished stolen goods, he might well not steal. who would spend their careers in tha ney's offices for career criminal pro­ was murdered. sion personnel testified before the against almost insurmountable odds. Prosecuting fences would cut the public sector, for the common good, if grams and investigative grand juries. Pennsylvania House Committee on When finally convicted, the sentence profit link. there were significant incentives to re­ The fund would cover the cost of court Consumer Affairs. On November 19 should reflect their long-time involve­ 8. The Commonwealth should main. stenographers and transcript fees, re­ , . 1981, .Co.mmission staffers, led by ment in criminal activities. enact a witness protection program. 13. The passage of Senate Bil! 424, imbursement for staffing costs, wit­ Commissioner Malcolm L. Lazin pre­ 3. The development of a close rela­ Securing witnesses to testify to or­ which wiil ·extend the statute of limita­ ness fees and other related expenses. sented findings on the health in­ tionship between the 67 Pennsylvania ganized, spontaneous or violent con­ tions on certain crimes from two to Pizza and Cheese pla~s Intent: to maximize the use of investi­ vestigations to state trustees of the District Attorneys and the state's spiratorial crimes is growing more dif· five years in the Commonwealth. gative grand juries as weapons against In March of 1980, the Pennsylvania prosecution, investigation and en­ ficult every day. The federal Witness The enactment of this amendment America~ ~ederation of State, County organized crime and corruption. Pro­ Crime Commission issued a report on and Municipal Employees union. And forcement agencies. Protection Plan, while it has weak­ to Title 42 will give investigative and posed by Ernest P. Preate, Jr., District organized crime's infiltration of the on September 4, 1981, another presen­ nesses, has provided extremely impor­ prosecutorial agencies more time to We have recommended to the Attorney of Lackawanna County, who pizza and cheese industry. The Com­ tation was made to representatives of Pennsylvania District Attorney's Asso­ tant witnesses. We need this tool in investigate and prepare cases against also recommends allocation of more mission found links between cheese the State Department of Health and ciation that they form a task force to Pennsylvania. We suggest that it could persons involved in several types of money to the Attorney General's Of­ manufacturers, distributors and retail the State Insurance Department, as coordinate and act as a clearing house be most effectively administered by criminal violations, many of which are fice and to the Bureau of Criminal In­ pizza stores and traditional organized well as to representatives of health for organized crime prosecution. Their the State Attorney General's Office uti­ often perpetrated by organized crimi­ crime groups, including the Colombo vestigations in the State Police. plans that are u~der state regulation. initial reaction was favorable. But lizing the aid of the U. S. Department nals. The complexity of modern day Gambino and Bonanno factions. It als~ many county District Attorneys do not of Justice. criminal actions requires an adequate uncovered patterns of fraud, skimming 9. State agencies which award li­ amount of time to catch these crimi­ and arson. have the staffing to deal with local or­ crime prosecution. A healthy censes and concessions to citizens nals. This bill would increase the likeli­ In October of 1981, a special grand ~anized Interchange of information and per­ should have better access to records hood of prosecution and conviction of jury in Baltimore, Md., confirmed, in between permanent state agen­ and background material to identify more organized criminals. part,. the Commission's findings, re­ s~:>nnel Cies, such as the Pennsylvania Crime possible organized crime associa­ 14. The passage of legislation to turning a 27-count indictment against Commission, and front-line prosecu­ tions. allow for the civil seizure of all monies three pizza restaurant owners on tors should provide substantial re­ Agencies of lhe Commonwealth used in and all assets acquired from charges of conspiring to defraud the sults. provide liquor licenses, corporate reg­ the illegal drug trade. federal government of unspecified 4. The Pennsylvania Corrupt Or­ istrations, banking and insurance cer­ Federal law (21 U.S.C. 881) provides amounts of personal and corporate in­ tificates, and utility rights. We find lit­ for forfeiture in response to federal come taxes. ganizations Act of 1970 should be used more often. . tle or no coordination between such violations. This law prohibits the investment agencies and ourselves in collectil;g of money, made from a pattern of criminal records or information priorto rac~eteering activity, in legitimate making such decisions. This is an ex­ bUSiness. Since its passage in the ample of organized crime and a disor­ early 1970s, it is. believed that there ganized government. have been only two prosecutions un­ derthis state law. ,

28 29 • Enactment of a state law that would parallel the federal Special Dan· U. S. Department of State New Jersey State Commission of In- Lebanon County District Attorney's gerous Offenders Statute, Title 18 USC Assisting Other U. S. Drug Enforcement Agency vestigation Office Lebanon Police Department Section 3575. The federal statute is de­ U. S. House of Representatives New Jersey State Police Agencies Lock Haven Police Department signed to be used against organized U. S. Immigration and Naturalization New York City. Police Department Luzerne County District Attorney's Of- crime members/career criminals. If the In its regular course of bUSiness Service New York County District Attorney's fice defendant meets certain criteria, the the Pennsylvania Crime Commissio~ U. S.lnternal Revenue Service Office Lycoming County District Attorney's judge, upon conviction of a defendant, maintains liaison with most major fed­ U. S. Marshal Service New York Organized Crime Task Force Office can lengthen the prison term up to 25 eral, state and local agencies both in U. S. Organized Crime Strike Forces New York State Commission of Inves- Manheim Police Department years. Proposed by Donald E. Cox, Pennsylvania and in surrounding U. S. Postal Inspection Service tigation Manheim Township Police Department Special Agent-in-Charge, Bureau of Al­ states. The Crime Commission re­ U. S. Probation and Parole Offices New York State Police Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized cohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Phila­ ceives about 200 calls a month for as­ U. S. Secret Service New York State Probation Department Crime Law Enforcement Network delphia. sistance. U. S. Securities and Exchange Com­ Oregon Securities Commission Phoenix, Arizona Police Department Monroe County District Attorney's Of­ • Enactment of legislation that In 1981, the Crime Commission mission fice would permit local police departments provid~d assistance to the following U. S. Senate Riverside County, California Sheriff's Montgomery County District Attor- the option to utilize eavesdropping agencies: Department ney's Office and electronic surveillance/wiretap­ Out-af-State Agencies: Royal Canadian Mounted Police Pennsylvania Agencies: Scotland Yard, U. K. Moon Township Police Department ping equipment, naturally under court Alabama Securities Commission Allegheny County Police Department Stone Harbor, New Jersey Police De- North Huntingdon Police Department order. Proposed by Morton B. Solo­ Alabama State Police Carlisle Police Department partment Pennsylvania Board of Probatiol?; and mon, Commissioner, Philadelphia Po­ Atlantic County, New Jersey Prosecu- Delaware County District Attorney's Tampa. Florida Police Department Parole i,1 lice Department. tor's Office Office Arizona Attorney General's Office Virginia Attorney General's Office Pennsylvania Bureau of Drug Control • Extend the State Statute of Limi­ Easton Police Department Arizona Drug Control District Virginia Bureau of Criminal Investiga- Pennsylvania Bureau of Professional tations to five years with respect to Harrisburg Police Department Arizona Organized Crime Intelligence tion and Occupational Affairs certain enumerated crimes. Sophisti­ Lancaster County District Attorney's Division Virginia Securities Commission Pennsylvania Commission on Crime cated criminal activity, such as white Office Baltimore City, Maryland Police De­ Virginia State Police and Delinquency collar and organized crime, demands Lancaster Police Department Wilmington, Delaware Police Depart­ Pennsylvania Department of the Audi­ i , partment, extensive and prolonged investigation Montgomery County District Attor- Baltimore County, Maryland Police De­ ment tor General before criminal charges are in a pos­ ney's Office partment Pennsylvania Department of Banking ture to be brought against even the North Huntingdon Police. Department Boone, North Carolina Police Depart­ Pennsylvania Department of Health "lowest level" of those engaged in this Pennsylvania Board of Pardons ment • Division of Vital Statistics type of wrongdoing. A race to com­ Burlington County, New Jersey Prose· Help In Return Pennsylvania Department of Environ­ plete a complicated criminal investiga­ Pennsylvania Department of Banking cutor's Office mental Resources tion and bring charges within a period Pennsylvania Department of Environ- In 1981, the following agencies pro­ mental Resources California Department of Justice vided a:5,sistance to the Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Attorney General's of two years after the commission of Colorado State Organized Crime Task Office an offense (which is the period appli­ Pennsylvania Attorney General';s Crime Commission: Office Force • Bureau of Criminal Investiga­ cable to most crimes) is a race which Delaware State Police Pennsylvania Agencies: tion is frequently lost. Proposed by the • Bureau of Criminal Investiga­ tions Florida Department of Agriculture Allegheny County District Attorney's • Bureau of Drug Law Enforce­ State Office of the Attorney General. Office • Bureau of Drug Law Enforce­ Florida Department of Law Enforce- ment ment ment Allegheny County Police Department Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Allentown Police Department Pennsylvania Department of Trans­ Florida State Comptroller's Office Industry portation Indiana Securities Commission Beaver County District Attorney's Of­ Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation fice Pennsylvania Department of State • Office of Inspector General Berks County District Attorney's Of­ Pennsylvania Department of Revenue Kentucky Attorney General's Office • Corporation Bureau fice Pennsylvania Insurance Department Kentucky State Police Pennsylvania Department of Transpor­ Bucks County District Attorney's Of- Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor's Kings County, New York District Attor­ tation fice • Bureau of Motor Vehicles Office ney's Office Butler County Sheriff's Office • Office of Inspector General Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Los Angeles, California Police Depart­ Butler Police Department Pennsylvania Fish Commission Pennsylvania Securities Commission ment Los Angeles County, California Carlisle Police Department Pennsylvania Insurance Department Pennsylvania State Police Chester County Detectives Office Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor's Philadelphia Police Department Sheriff's Office Memphis, Tennessee Regional Organ­ Chester County District Attorney's Of- Office Phoenixville Police Department ized Crime Information Center fice Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board Pocono Township Police Department Middle Atlantic-Great Lakes Organized Delaware County Crirninal Investiga­ Pennsylvania Medicaid Fraud Unit West Hempfield Township Police De- Crime Law Enforcement Network tion Division Pennsylvania Pardons Board partment MiSSissippi Bureau of Narcotics Delaware County District Attorney's Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commis- Westmoreland County Investigating Morris County, New Jersey Probation Office sion Grand Jury Department Delaware County Major Crime Task Pennsylvania Real Estate License York City Police Department Nassau County, New York Police De­ Force Bureau Federal Agencies: partment District Attorneys Association of Pennsylvania Securities Commission Federal Bank Examiners Nassau County, New York District At­ Pennsylvania Pennsylvania State Police Federal Bureau of Investigation torney's Office Greensburg Police Department Pennsylvania Supreme Court Discipli- U. S. Attorney's Office Nevada State Department of Law En- Greene County District Attorney's Of- nary Board U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and forcement fice Philadelphia District Attorney's Office Firearms New Jersey Alcohol Beverage Control Hanoyer Police Department Philadelphia Police Department U. S. Department of Justice New Jersey Attorne.y General's Office Harrisburg Police Department • Organized Crime Unit U, S. Department of Justice New Jersey Casino Control Commis- Hazleton Police Department Pike County District Attorney's Office Lancaster County District Attorney's Pike County Special Prosecutor's Of­ • Anti.Trust DivisiOh sion U. S. Department of Labor New Jersey Division of Gaming En­ Office fice Lancaster Police Department Pittsburgh Police Department , forcement : .\

30 31 .. , . /' .,,",; . Pottstown Police Department Other Agencies: New Jersey State Police Robinson Township Police Depart- Akron, Ohio, Police Department New Mexico Crime Commission ment Alabama Securities Commission Ne",,: York Commission on Investiga- Scranton Police Department Alabama State Police tion Pennsylvania Crime Commission State College Police Department Arizona Drug Control District-Nar­ New York City Police Department Washington County Sheriff's Office Published Reports 1969·1981 cotics Strike Force New York State Liquor Authority Washington (Pa.) Police Department Atlantic County, New Jersey, Prosecu­ New York State Organized Crime Task Task Force Report: Goals for Justice Conflict of Interest and Self Dealing by Wayne County District Attorney's Of- tor's Office Force (1969) Local Public Officials and Employ­ fice Baltimore City, Maryland, Police De­ New York State Police Westmoreland County District Attor- Task Force Report: Assessment of ees: Pocono Township, Monroe partment Niles, Ohio, Police Department ney"s Office Crime and Criminal Justice in County and Marple Township, Dela­ Baltimore County, Maryland, Police North Miami Beach, Florida, Police De­ Pennsylvania (1969) ware County (1977) Williamsport Police Department Department partment Task Force Report: Corrections in The Administration of the Criminal York County District Attorney's Office Birmingham, Alabama, Police Depart­ York City Police Department Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification Pennsylvania (1969) Justice System-Liberty Borough ment and Investigation Task Force Report: Alcohol and the and West Mifflin Borough (1977) Federal Agencies: California Department of Justice-Or­ Ohio State Highway Patrol Criminal Justice System (1969) Gambling and Its Effect Upon the Commodity Futures Tri;(ling Commis­ ganized Crime Intelligence Unit Quad State Project "" A Report on the Inquiry into Gang Vio­ Criminal Justice System-Patterns sion Colorado Organized Crime Strike Richmond County (Staten Island) New lence in Philadelphia (1969) of Sentencing in Allegheny County Federal Bank Examiners Force . Yo~k District AttoP1ey's Office' Criminal Justice Planning and Action Gambling Cases (1977) Federal Bureau of Investigation Colorado Securities Commission Riverside County, Callforhia, Sheriff's in Pennsylvania (1969) Absentee Voting Irregularities in Dela­ • Field Offices in Pennsylvania, Conrail Police Office Comprehensive Plan for the Improve­ ware County (1977) New York, New Jersey, and Dade County, Florida, Police Depart- Royal Canadian Mounted Police ment of Criminal Justice in Penn­ Fraudulent 'Cents-Off' Coupon Re­ Florida ment Scotland Yard, Metropolitan and City sylvania (1969) demption Schemes (1977) U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Dade County, Floric;la, Sheriff's Office Police Report on Organized Crime (1970) Abuses and Criminality in the Bail United States Attorney Offices Delaware State Police Trumbell City, Ohio, Sheriff's Office Report on the Conditions of Organized Bond Business in Pennsylvania • Charleston, West Virginia Florida Department of Law Enforce­ Virginia State Police Gambling and the Administration (1977) • New York City, New York ment-Criminal Division Warren, Ohio, Police Departrnent of Criminal Justice in Johnstown, A Chester City Racketeer: Hidden In­ • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Florida State Attorney General's Of­ Washington, D. C., Metropolitan Po- Pennsylvania: 1970-1971 (1971) terests Revealed (1978) • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania fice lice Department Report on the Investigation in Dela­ Interstate Shipment of Gambling Para­ • Scranton, Pennsylvania Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Police De­ ware County, Pennsylvania, with phernalia and its Distribution and • Wheeling, West Virginia partment Particular Reference to Abuses in Sale Within the Commonwealth U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Georgia Securities Commission Bail Bonding: 1970-1971 (1971) (1978) Firearms Illinois Legislative Investigating Com- Criminal Infiltration of Legitimate Racketeering in the Casualty Insur­ U. S. Bureau of Mines mission Business in the Philadelphia Area ance Industry (1978) U. S. Customs Bureau Indiana Securities Commission (1971) Macing and Extortion in the Pennsyl­ U. S. Department of Housing and Ur­ Indiana State Police Report on Professional Crime in Penn­ vania Department of Transportation ban Development Kings County (Brooklyn), New York sylvania (1972) (1978) U. S. Department of Justice-Organ- District Attorney's Office Report on an Investigation of Liquor Voting Irregularities in Philadelphia ized Crime Strike Forces Kentucky State Police and Penal Code Violations and En­ (1978) . • Brooklyn, New York Knoxville, Tennessee, Police Depart­ forcement Policies in the Locust The Penn State Group: A Study in • Newark, New Jersey ment Street "Strip" Section of Philadel­ White Collar Crime (1978) • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Manhattan' (New York City) District At- phia (1972) Racketeering in the Commercial Loan • Cleveland, Ohio torney's Office ' Report on an Investigation into the Al­ Brokerage Industry (1980) • Miami, Florida Maryland State Police leged Fixing of Certain Harness A Report of the Study of Organized U. S. Department of Labor Miami Beach, Florida, Police Depart- Races at Pocono Downs Track in Crime's Infiltration of the Pizza and U. S. Drug Enforcement Administra­ ment 1971 (1972) Cheese Industry (1980) tion Miami, Florida, State Attorney's Office Gambling and Corruption in Phoenix­ A Decade of Organized Crime (1980) U. S. Farm and Home Administration Montana Securities Commission ville (1973) Annual Report (1981) U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Nassau County, New York Corruption in the Philadelphia Police Health Care Fraud: A Rising Threat Service Nevada Gaming Commission Department (1973) (1981) U. S.lnternal Revenue Service New Jersey Alcohol Beverage Control A Case Study of the Second Class U. S. Marshal's Office New Jersey Attorney General's Office Township Code-Chartiers Town­ U. S. Postal Inspector Office New Jersey Casino Control Commis- ship (1973) U. S. Penitentiary-Lewisburg sion Investigations in Delaware Coun­ U. S. Postal Service New Jersey Division of Gaming En­ ty-Macing and Corruption (1973) U. S. Probation and Parole Offices forcement Corruption in the York Police Depart­ U. S. Secret Services New Jersey Securities Commission ment (1974) U. S. Securities and Exchange Com­ New Jersey State Commission of In­ A Case Study of the Pennsylvania All the pUblications prior to the 1980 " vestigation , mission Election Code (1974) Report are no longer in print. Members Migration of Organized Crime Figures of the public may obtain a copy of the j, from New Jersey into Pennsyl­ 1980 Report, at a nominal cost, vania; A Case Study of Syndicated through the State Bookstore, 10th and Gambling in Bucks County (1976) Market Streets, Harrisburg, PA 17125.

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