JFK Assassination System Date: 5/11/201 © Identification Form Agency Information ffeleased under the John Kennedy AGENCY : FBI Assassination Records RECORD NUMBER: . 124-90104-10182 ollection Act of 1992 = (44 USC 2107 Note). _ RECORD SERIES: HQ ase#:NU 56792 Date: 4-10-2018 AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2940-27 Document Information ORIGINATOR: | FBI FROM: PG TO: HQ TITLE : DATE: 05/15/1958 ‘PAGES: 40 SUBJECTS : SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4; 10(a)2; 11(a) ; CURRENT STATUS: — Redact ~ DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 01/27/1999 . OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE, APPROVAL OF EOUSA, IRS . COMMENTS : RPT rrr ne v9.1 HW 56792 Docld: 32332864 Page 1
a a PG: 925226 narried. PRECIOUS R.: MARINO). alse: lives: et: San: Jose, California; and. runs a cheese. factory. with his: fathers,He recalled that — at the. wedding of ANGELO and. PRECIOUS ; JOHN: LA.’ ROCGA, MIKE” _- GENOVESE, and: ‘KELLY. MANNARINO. were. Anettendances Oars SE ‘ SCARDINA: advised, that. ‘the: cheese factory. at: San. Jose, vo California,’ was: actually. purchased by- ‘SALVATORE | ‘MARINO, — - whe gave it te ANGELO; He advised that as far as ‘he’ San | .. determine ;- neither. of ‘the MARINOS are in: illegitimate businesses. of. any’ ‘kind in. ‘the: California. Areas: rae ‘Tt was. previously. ‘determined: that ‘telephone: calls weve ndiae re frem the LA ROCCA. residence at Ingomar, Pass to telephone — ‘Johnstown, -Pa. 7-1182. . This has been. Subsequently. determined. to be the number. subseribed - te. by. SAM: FASHION, Millway Cafe, 118° Walnut. Street. Johnstown , “Pag: «He allegedly operates his..cafe for JOSEPH. REGINA, a-close asseciate . of: LA -ROCCA “ROCCA's younger: brothers ‘SOHN: Te eu ROGERS ‘Aves: airs. over.” the. cafe, a, ‘The. ‘New. ‘york. Office advised on ‘April any. 1958, that addtional information received frem ‘the Bureau of Motor Vehicles ab.” Néw “York. City; reflects ‘that. HENRY. TURCOTT, ‘who has, been.’ contacted from. the: LA ROCGA. residence: at. Pittsburgh: ‘ numérous eccasions, was bern June 171906, is: 516" tall). Weight. - 148 pounds, has ‘brown Hair and blue. eyes. and has . been . assigned operator's, ‘license 59407... , He had: a 2955 Chevrolet station wagen, green in color, bearing 1957 NewYork license Surburban 84939, which vehicle. bears: oe Motor -Numbér 0371886T55x and Serial ‘Nimber: H259B019138.5 He does: net: have a. chauffeur 's: licensey, , : ney a Be CRIMINAL ACrIVIPTES, interview of “VINCENT: GASES “Abterney ‘For MIKE GENOVESE, and. ___ SEBASTIAN. JOHN LA ROGGA. ae The New-York Office advised.en- April 11, sett ‘that. SA a diag: RYAN : had. confidentially ‘learned from. WILLIAM. LYNGH,..Assistant United. States” Attorney for the Southern District: of New - ork, a been, ‘Subpoenaed: for. appearance before. the. Federal rand Jpry, for- the Southern: District ef: New York on THANE Ayo * OM Eh ” Cou use” _, REVIEWED BY EBYJFK TASK FORCE | | | ~ ON ‘oe , _ 73 RELEASE IN FULL RELEASE IN PART (0 TOTAL DENIAL G2-YI2D ~N HW 56792 DBocld:323326384 Page 2? “JFK Law 10(a )2 |
‘@onnected with. Pe saens *. Apert a7 5° 1958 “tts ES Nearandce: was” pelieved to: “pe dite mo non-appearancs befane eran acer) . aeane: sary as. ordered, On April 18, 1958, ALBERT DI  MEOLO. ‘Unitea ‘States ‘Marshal for ‘the: ‘Westérn District of Pennsylvania at Pittsburgh, | advised that on Saturday, April °12,°1958;. he servedia... . ‘subpoena to VINCENT: CASEY, the’ ‘attorney for SEBASTIAN: JOHN _ LAROCCA, for His: appearancé: before the Féderal Grand Jury,  £6r the Seuthern District ¢fNew York .on April 17,. 1958.1 (He | stated that he did this after receiving telephonic instructions from STEPHEN E, ‘KAUFMAN, “Assistant ‘United States- Attorney: in — New: York City, ‘and that. KAUFMAN Tater called him and ‘Sole. him that CASEY's. appearance would net be nécessary.:. - my DI MEOLO: said ‘that “KAUFMAN told him’ confidentially: that he might have the’ Federal Bureau of Investigation interview a c. CASEY toe make sure he. realized that LA ROCCA's appearance " eas Every. ‘sought after" and in. order. to shew. CASEY ‘that ~~ . phe "pressure had net been - let. up" as far as his responsibility to produce LA ROCCA was cencerned. He said KAUFMAN told A him ‘he was very ‘Yeluctant te: subpeéna: a. lawyer but was “°° oo. fT2In6 : te: try. ‘almost ‘anything. to Ansure. LA ROCCA sleppeerance. -VENCEN?. CASEY, atterney: for several ef - Pittaburgh's tep - héodlums, ° ‘Sneluding MIKE GENOVESE and SEBASTIAN JOHN’ LA ROCCA, was @ontaeted' on April 18, 1958;;-by SAS RICHARD G2 DOUCE and ROBERT Aj VOEGE( at his’ office in the Grant Building, in  Sonnection with’ another : matter; He advised that his subpeena. had been ‘earceled and: that he @i@ not anticipate: another. ‘He said. he © ‘eonsidered the appearances of: individuals: before Bat? parbicular: Federal ‘Grand Jury a-cemplete waste of time and money. He stated that lcentacted him telephonically after being served’ with a ‘subpoena and: requested CASEY to accompany him te New York fer legal advie?.. He said that he ana: traveled ‘te. and fromthe New York appearance : - .. kegether via the Baltimere and Ohi “Railread and "steod. ~ .areund"™ With groups ef heodlums. for one entire day without | .. being ma. reca’ z hon the isecend dey, «Was aphed-a a great’ many! "genenalized personal and.irrelevant gquéstiens"’.by members of: the Grand:Jury and: that he advised | te. answer .these:abhe:‘saw fity but: te ubtLlige.the , RLfth Ammendment: if: He. did: net:.wish: te: diseues the. Purpose | ana: ‘ramifications: ‘of rs TT, ow 014 aa (Of RELESa ov LL ! a ED RELEASE iN PART a | | 1 TOTAL O&A | i HW 56792 Docld: 32332884 Page 3 @Q 0fd- 27
PG- ges026 CASEY ‘advised that. he ‘was in: Thdo=China’ at. the: tine’ of’: tha | Apalachin meeting and was extremely* ‘surprised’ ‘wpon* hia! return tOlearn that the Federal Grand sury in New York was interested in| sd whom he feéls has” been: "unduly: persecuted’ ‘throughout is lifetime, CASEY was ti atthe time of the Chat. th it. was.-natural. for “him ‘to: receive a su poena also. He. stated ‘that. he never @iscussed | ig pince: he felt. it was hone. of: his: business and ‘that | the. tek yntesred any information CASEY: advised that he. knows: nothing ¢ of: “LA ROCCAtS: present whereabouts an@ wishes he- did since he “has a local, civil tax matter ‘to discuss with him,:. He said: he has represented °: ‘LAT ROCCA. on his’ tax matters for quite ‘seme time and that ‘the . ‘entire’. situation: came about as a result.of a. net werth: statement ‘submitted by’ LA: ROCCA in. 1948, He’ said he understood ‘that the sister of JOHN: ‘CONTI, & cousin to LA ROCCA, had died and that: EA ROCOA: could nét. be contacted regarding this death, which joceurred: recently;.: ‘He said he is at: a‘ less to explain the. ‘disappearance « of. LA. ROCCA- ana‘ thinks LA: ROCCA ‘should get? the’. . New York appearance. “over with." He said he would advise ‘LAT ROCCA' to ‘invoke the: Fitth: Ammendniei( and. thus | batisty Pan FIFK Law 10(a )2 obligations. wee De wes PTR aise eran CMSEY- was questioned specifica y concerning his presence at ee ‘Het Springs, Arkansas during Merch; 1957, at which time he i: 4 / Was inthe ‘company: ‘of GABRIEL’ MANNARINO, Pittsburgh top: . 9 pf hoodlum_who attended. the APETHCHIn meeting, and LA ROCCK,. «~~ He. a} ‘appeared. initially surprised at this line of questioning and ‘remarked: that,’ "the FBI knows. mere:about: LA -ROCCA than «os! “D. doy "He. eavised that he visited Hot) Springs: for the specific. ‘purpose: of conferring with LA ROCCA abeut a legal. matter: and | took’ papers with him fer LA'ROCCA te examine, He, ‘stated: that ~ ‘the. other individuals "Just. ‘happened ‘to: be: there" and” that he understood ‘that: most ef them had ‘vaeationed at. this: 1 ' oo location: for. twenty: years. or. MOE 7 Bg Et, a @n April: 16,: 1958, Assistant United states’ Atterne "STEPHEN KAUFMAN * of: the Southern District of ‘New York, : advised Bareaw been New: York cate that be, ‘haa been: ain secastonal “REVIEWED BY. BviFK TASK FORCE 22 - ON Fp. 24(5.7 |e ot - 20 RELEASE In FULL ES WY RELEASE WN Pant | C TOTAL DENIAL, ~ ————___—— HW 56792 DBocld:32332634 Page 4 D240? 7
| “JFK Law 10(a)2 { . Pa. ganna | contact: with that:‘he: could preducel Ee upen the continued failure of. Pittsburgh to effect: serving had. .fasued a subpoena for the. April 17,.:1958. - He ° ‘stated. that him by’ telephone. or the. morning of Api informed. him that he did not ‘kmow. of. and that therefore, he had’ exoused appearance: on April ITs 1958. whereabouts oe | Jf rom - bhe:? psohedy led '. | General Criminal Infermation Relating To LA BROGGR and His Associates Ta3° ‘who. has: furnished reliable information. in. the: past, advised fe that, "BIG. JOHN" LA ROCCA has not been at the Red-Eagle Club. } Many months" and that. very few ef ‘the: “top level" friends - SERVES, bre Hers have © frequented the soluby -Inferiant: 4 a far) Vs, D nat FRANK’ VALEREE another Pattabingn : sodium, has’ not been’ in the. ‘wicinity. for: ‘months... ! informant observed JOE ROSA and his sen, known as. "LITTLE. ‘ICE, " | at’ the’ Coektail ‘Lounge “bn: inany occasions,” but explained: that "LITTLE JOE" was. never allowed into conferences héld by the tep.level hoedlums since his father: wished ito ‘keep. him ‘cle¢an.. Infermant advised that EVELYN "PEPPER" CAPPELLANO still dates PHIL GENOVESE regularly and has.to take days off frem her . Jeb frequently: because her “face ‘is: bruised from beatings: administered by her paramour. “ Infermant-was unable’ to - : | tthe exact location ef SEBASTIAN’ JOHN) LA ROCGA: but ; there is an exeelilent : ‘possibility that hetis” | sburgh’ vicinity. and is simply. Btaying hidden’ te a eid “the Serving ' of. a. ape on hime. 0. | oo we | ; . ‘a close: ‘gasoctate: or. ‘the. lpibyeet ‘is a. ‘tep hoodlum ef: the Pittsburgh | | as contacted: inv his. suite, of - reoms: at; the ~ Carit ‘House: ‘Hetel: ‘in: Pittsburgh ‘by -SAS: GENE, ‘Hy STODEBAKER and Jenn S: PORTELLA; and advised that he was well aware that | £he. FBI was making certain inguiries. concerning him and- | pean: e-Wi th: “whom he. had! associated». “but. fet Shat: he had | ke. 86 = po SO GIA 00-7 1 N ——_—— HW 56792 DBocld:323326384 Page 5
"one reason given: for’ TA. ROCCAts s'ateappearance! 1s that:he may fear revival of: ‘deportation. charges which were dropped last year when: he wen: ane ry _ acquittal en a perjury charge. i ne Interest of the Internal Revenue Service in the Subject _ ROBERT: GANLEY ,. Special: Agent 3 “tibelligende. Division, ae Revenue Service, p21 New Federal Building, si ttsburgn, advised on April 1 8, na! JFK Law 11 (a) other Matters. of: A Miscellancous \ Nabore The Buffale Office advised en April 2, °1958;. that Miss VIRGINIA KOLZMINSKI; Clerk; Immigration ‘and Naturalization ‘Service, Buffaley New York; had advised that her indices reflects that a request. was. made by ‘Immigration and Naturalization Service in Pittsburgh, under file 0700-19145, fer an investigation concerning the subject. -These: results .were furnished te Pittsburgh and there. 18 no " further : infermatien in: the Buffalo | fTles.: 5: los T.5, whe. \has: furnistied réliable- information. in thé. past, ‘advised: that:..limited reeerds ef the Priidentitfal ; Insurance Gempany .at Newark, New. Jersey, reflect ‘only that— me Prudential: foreclesed. ‘on ‘the LA ‘ROCCA:preperty at 321 Seuth Main Street, Jamestewn, New Yerk, en April 21; 1934, “The company held-it as. company preperty until ‘it was seld en -May..1;:.1945,.. The erigirial : loan -ef: $8,000 was carriéd: “ander. Mortgage Lean: Ne ,; 286109, -but .there was ne further data with respect te the manner of transaction for the loan between the Priudential insurance Company | and LA ROGCA J | | - 29 - — Nn 56792 Docld: 323327364 Page 6 a
« « | FG. 92-206 CF xP TAM MEREDITH: ‘speed 1a’ “heen : BeLt 1 re 1epnone’ oe "Penhsylvania, whe: was” contacted ‘by SA‘ HAROLD:L. My Genpany ¢ STEVENS” on April 15, 1958, and whe has requested that’ His’ “es identity ‘be cencealed, T+2 is H. W. GLENN, Pestal Inspecter, ‘United’ States Post Office, Pittsburgh, Pa., whe was sentacted by SA ROBERT A. VOEGE-on April 4, 1958, and again en April 155 1958, and whe requested that his identity be concealed. TS. is JEK Act © (4) @ petential criminal infermant ‘Office, whe was eontacted en April 235 1958, es SA "ROBERT A. VOEGE T-4 18 GEORGE (MOON) MESSER, a potential eriminal. informant of the Pittsburgh Office whe was centacted by SA \ VOEGE., en “April 8 and 28, 1958, P-5 is NK-8, whose identity is knewn te the Bureau. 7 31 - HW 56792 DBocld:32332654 Page 7 we