JFK Assassination System Identification Form Date: 5/11/201 Peleased under the John Kennedy “Agency Information AGENCY: FBI on R a RECORD NUMBER: = 124-90104-10171 Bsassinabzon secores ; oOllection Act cof 1992 ; (44 USC 2107 Note). RECORD SERIES: HQ ase#:NWU Sé6792 Date: AGENCY FILENUMBER: _92-2940-48 ain 201s Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: PG TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 06/29/1959 “PAGES: 26 SUBJECTS : . SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact _DATEOF LASTREVIEW: 07/31/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF EOUSA COMMENTS: RPT ———————— TL pr v9.1 HW 56792 Bocld: 32332673 Page 1
FE oxt Form C) f © 268 (5-12-55) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Reporting Office ; Office of Origin Date Investigative Period PITTSBURGH PL'TDTSBURGH 6/29/59 5/5 - 6/23/59 TITLE OF CASE Report made by Typed By: ROBERT A. VOEGE | ban {) CHARACTER OF CASE SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, aka. ANTI -~RACKETEERING Af” . REFERENCES Report of SA ROBERT A, VOEGE, Pittsburgh, 5/12/59. Baltimore letter to Pittsburgh, 6/10/59 (interoffice). -P.- CRIMINAL INFORMANT COVERAGE The following individuals are presently being utilized by the Pittsburgh Office in the SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA investigation: PG 573-C, who is extremely friendly with the GENOVESE brothers and particularly FIORE GENOVESE, younger brother of MIKE GENOVESE, and who is presently being utilized for the general coverage of the Red Eagle Club and its visitors. PG 585-C, who is well acquainted with most’ of Pittsburgh's | top hoodlums and who was formerly employed as a waitress in the Red Eagle Club, once known as the Genovese Cocktail Approved Do not write in spaces below Copies made: C2 - Bureau (92-2940) /Ce uf °F) Ara “I - Jacksonville (nfo) 1 - Miami (92-163) (Info) 1 - Philadelphia (92-497) (Info) @ - Pittsburgh (92-226) Property of FBI - This report, is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents be distributed outside the agency to which loaned. wy Toy GR ES 6 r, JUL G= i959 ¥ U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 19583 O—344750 oes Oe & SE hk HW 56792 DBocld:32332673 Page 2?
COM A ROT RT TL - a ~~ eee ~~ a ve : wo LEE aoe ee ee I ——~ aT ne eS ee Sali ed {. - jrt Form © 7283 (5-12-55) ~~ , _- _ FEDERAL. BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Reporting Office : Office of Origin "sche Date Investigative Period PITTSBURG PITTSBURGH 6/29/59 5/5 - 6/23/59 TITLE OF CASE . . . Report made by . . Typed By: ROBERT A. VOEGE | ban | £ . . . mo. CHARACTER OF CASE SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, aka. ‘ANTI -RACKETEERING “SERGI Ui REFERENCES ‘Report of SA ROBERT A. VOEGE, Pittsburgh, 5/12/59. i _ . Baltimore letter to Pittsburgh, 6/10/59 (interoffice). -P.- y CRIMINAL INFORMANT COVERAGE The following individuals are presently being utilized by the ; Pittsburgh Office in the SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA investigation: PG 573-C, who is extremely friendly with the GENOVESE brothers and particularly FIORE GENOVESE, younger brother of MIKE GENOVESE, and who is presently being utilized for the general coverage of the Red Eagle Club and its visitors. PG 585-C, who is well acquainted with most of Pittsburgh's — top hoodlums and who was formerly employed as a waitress in the Red Eagle Club, once known as the Genovese Cocktail Do not write in spaces below QZILO|A i Approved Copies made: @- Bureau (92-2940) /Cé tf 7s Br Jacksonville (nfo Miami (92-163) (Info) Philadelphia (92-497) (Info) Pittsburgh (92-226) _. . Der toy 1 yo (WV ., Property of FBI - This reporf| is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents be distributed outside the’.agency to »which loaned, - & G JUL 9 whe 1959 ¥v U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1955 O—344750 AS AN VA PMS RY HW 56792 DBocld:32332673 Page 3
PG 92-226 Lounge, 412 Larimer Avenue, Pittsburgh. Informant still visits this establishment and comes in constant contact with MIKE GENOVESE and other members of Pittsburgh's racketeering element in her role as a medium-priced prostitute. Informant is presently travelling with Mrs.: JULIA MINTZ, widow of JAKE MINTZ, co-owner of EZZARD CHARLES, former worlds 3$§ heavyweight boxing champion. She is. presently being utilized for the coverage of the GENOVESE-LA ROCCA-NELSON interests. GEORGE "MOON" MESSER, a “PCI who is presently very active in Pittsburgh numbers operations and who was arrested during the month of August, 195 in connection with his operation. MESSER is intimately acquainted with many Pittsburgh top hoodlums and racketeers through association with them when they began their racket careers. He is presently being utilized for coverage of the GENOVESE-NELSON interests and is also contributing information regarding the VOLPE brothers who-are close associates of GENOVESE and LA ROCCA, GEORGE "ZIP" ZAPPA, a PCI of the Pittsburgh Office presently engaged in racket activity in the City of Pittsburgh who is ‘ being utilized for general coverage of lottery and numbers operations in the Pittsburgh area. HENRY J. BARBER, a PCI of the Pittsburgh Office who is part owner of the notorious gambling establishment at Chester, W.Va., known as Club 30, who is being utilized for information concerning the club and the interest in it of Pittsburgh hoodlums associated with both LA ROCCA and GENOVESE. Miss MARIAN FOGEL, a PCL of the Pittsburgh Office who is being utilized for. information concerning Pittsburgh prostitution ‘ activities and as a check on the activities of PG 585-C. AL BUCK, former Allegheny County Detective and now Vice-President of the. Fidelity Trust Company, Loan Department, Pittsburgh, who is being utilized for his knowledge of the Bankers Exchange in Pittsburgh from which he can obtain information regarding bank loans made to Pittsburgh top hoodlums. BUCK is also familiar with the activities of several of Pittsburgh's top hoodlums, particularly those of LA ROCCA, from having worked on criminal matters for many years_in the City of Pittsburgh. HERMAN ISRAEL, a confidential source of the Pittsburgh . ‘ Office who is being utilized for information concerning the MANNARINO organization in New Kensington, Pa., and who is -A- COVER PAGE aa HW 56792 DBocld:32332673 Page 4