= : ~ oo ho FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION i THs CASE ORIGINATED AT DETROIT » MICHICAN DETROIT FILE NO. 42422 age REPORT MADE. AT ; . DATE WHEN MADE | FE - LEPORT & - 7 ae hs ASTON STOLE ‘i PROPERTY AGT ‘SYNOPSIS OF FACTS: Subject: in signed statement admits’ he never was a member of the United States Navy; admits wearing uniform; —~ : pilfered official Navy discharge and ~ leave forms and filled out same ,— altered ident (Navy) card which he found. Admits interstate transpor- tation of frauduleat check from . Baltimore to Chicagty Indicted on . April 12, 1946, on SHarges of imper~ sonation. and illegal wearing of the - uniform. On April 15,1946, pleaded __ guilty to impersonation count. Illeg- al wearing of the uniform count dis- . ‘missed on motion of United States © Attorney. April 19, 1946, sentenced yo, to two years imprisonments Disposition re <ul Io S sheet and parole report submitted. . a & REFERRHCE : WQno Ge} +5359) Report of special Agent Shas ; Ne iCIS W. MATTHYS dated. March By poe” 6, at vt chatpers, T Illinois, | ayne County Jail. where he ‘furnished the ‘folie Signed. statement: | es A ON nal ft r vera: rr Annan 4 3. Bu conc Ta PSN ee 3 - cht TEN Pe ieaS (h7-3640). ‘I= USA, Detroit 2- Detroit = \ é] JU gag COPY > > . +t eaten nee rE 1034 Docld: 32563716 Page 1
> FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. THIS CASE ORIGINATED at DETROIT, MICHIGAN DETROIT Fueno. 47-2422 ‘REPORT MADE AT: | DATE WHEN MADE: REPORT MADE BY: DETROIT, MICHIGAN | 5/28/46 JAMES T. O'BRIEN Mv NAME OF CONVICT WITH ALIASES: ak JOHN CAESAR GROSSI, with aliases John Jack Grossi, Jack Dale Williams, Rodger Garland Dickman VIOLATION: IMPERSONATION ILLEGAL WEARING CF THE UNIFORM PAROLE REPORT This convict was indicted by the Federal Grand Jury at Detroit, Michigan, on April 12, 1946, on a charge of Impersonation and Illegal wearing of the Uniform. He was arraigned on the same date and requested counsel at which time his final arraignment was deferred. On April 15, 1946, he was arraigned with counsel and pleaded guilty to the Imper- sonation count in the indictment. The count charging Illegal Wearing of the | Uniform was dismissed on the motion of the United States Attorney. On April i9, ~ 1946, he was sentenced to two years imprisonment. .- a FR In addition to the one check, cited in the indictment, whtéh was passed in Detroit the convict has admitted passing approximately fifteen fraudulent checks in Chicago, Illinois, Baltimore, Maryland, and Dallas, Texas. The approximate value of these checks was nine hundred dollars by his own estimation. It will be noted that in Detroit }he checks were passed upon: the father of a sailor with whom the convict had struck up an acquaintance and~-by-whom he was being entertained. He has also admitted that while in Baltimore, Maryland, he was able to pass several fraudulent checks among the friends of his wife after he had induced his wife tg endorse the checks in the belief they were bona fide. At the time of his apprehension on February 13, 1946, at Chicago, Illinois, he had in his possession numerous official papers of the United States Navy purporting to show that he was a bona fide member of the armed service on re-enlistment leave, that he had received a certificate of honor~ vale discharge for prbvious service, that he was entitled to wear several campaign ribbons afd decorations including the Purple Heart. (DO NOT WRITE IN THESE SPACES) APPROVED AND ” . RECORDED AND INDEXED: FORWARDED: . SPECIAL AGENT AY IN CHARGE. \, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION CHECKED OFF: {3/- Bureau 2- Detreit Yee Ba. of Pris’... C-#-#6 DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 1 ‘ 4. [/ | ROUTED To: | O32 fo 3 ww? / Docld: 32563716 Page 2?
De 47-2422 a In the signed statement which he gave to Agents in Chicago while admitting that he had passed worthless checks he continued to maintain i that he was a member of the United States Navy and that the documents -in his : ‘possession were valid. Ina signed statement subsequently taken in Detroit, . i Michigan, he admitted that he had been attempting to "bluff" his way through i his difficulties and was not nor had never been a member of the United States Navy. ‘ The records reflect that the Subject was previously _ apprehended at Savannah, Georgia, on March 29, 1944, wearing a United States Navy uniform, in New Orleans on July 4, 1944, wearing the uniform of the United States Maritime Service. This convict was born August 5, 1927, at Patterson, New Jersey, He married ELIZABETH JOINER at Baltimore, Maryland, in November, 1945, and subsequently deserted her in January, 1946, when she discovered that he had been passing fraudulent checks. His father, a resident of Patterson, New Jersey, has a criminal record as far back as 1920, for disorderly conduct, assault and battery, drunkenness, desertion, non support, passing fraudulent checks and abandonment and cruelty to children, His mother, also a resident of Patterson, New Jersey, but separated from his father, has a criminal record reflecting charges of aban- donment of minor children and disorderly person. His brother, ALBERT, whereabouts unknown, was convicted of larceny in April, 1938, at Patterson, New Jersey, and was subsequently paroled. - He was convicted on 4 charge of sodomy in May 1938, and committed to an institution, . ; s. he Wp His sister, has no official criminal record but has a very — , : poor reputation in the community of Patterson, } The convict himself was first arrested in 1942, at the age of fourteen for larceny of war bond stamps. After repeated violations of his probation he was committed to a reform institution from which he ran away in 1943. | The following known criminal record for the convict under F FBI number 3967794 was received from the Bureau, , i | Contributor of Arrested or a Fingerprint s. Name and Number Received Charge ,Disposition © State Police John Jack Grossi 8-17-13 Juvenile delin- returned to: N.J. | Philadelphia, Pa #-- State Police quency gate ome for | #C-15673 Media, Pa oys, Jamesburg, a3 4 See _. - veers aoe an — Docld: 32563716 Page 3
De 7 ~2h,.22 Contributor of Fingerprints terete USM, Savannah, Georgia USM, New Orleans, PD, Miami Beach, Fla, USM, Shreveport, . La. Co. Jail, Chicago, Ill. USM, Detroit, Mich. Docld: 32563716 Page 4 USM, Chicago, Ili. Arrested or Name and Number Received Jack Dale Williams 3-30-44 #S~1603 John Caesar Grossi = /7-6-L4, #7368 John C. Grossi Porter . #C-891,37 F. P, 12-11-44 Rodger Garland 2-2-1,5 Dieckman #36420 John C. Groosi, 2-14-46 #12971 : John Caesar Grossi, 2-14-46 #63039 John Caesar Grossi 4-2~-/,6 #17420 -3- Charge ‘Wearing the uniform of th US Navy STSA of 1940 Juv. Del. Act Inv. checks, forg. impers,. off. U. Ss Navy Impersonation Sec. 76 T 18 USC Disposition 5-11-44, both charges dism. e 8-2-4, 7 days on chg. of Imperson- ation. 2-7-1,5 r) rel @ TOT .USM, Detroit TOT USM, Detroit © 2 years imprison- ment