JFK Assassination System Date: 4/3/2015 Identification Form AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : RECORD SERIES :, AGENCY FILE NUMBER : Agency Information Peleased under the John FBI . Eennedy Assassination Records 124-10226-10270 Ollection Act of 1992 HQ (44 USC 2107 Note). ase#:NWU 54462 Date: 1O-O4-2017 2-1499-134 eee ORIGINATOR : FROM: TO: TITLE: DATE: PAGES: SUBJECTS : DOCUMENT TYPE : CLASSIFICATION : RESTRICTIONS : CURRENT STATUS : DATE OF LAST REVIEW : OPENING CRITERIA : COMMENTS : Document Information FBI SAC, MM DIRECTOR, FBI 08/25/1964 19 N FS, AKA, BKG, CRIM ACT, RCK, MIL SERV, REL, ASSOC PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT Unclassified 4 Redact 10/14/1998 INDEFINITE INC LHM SSE v9.1 HW 54462 DBocld: 32299990 Page 1
: / SECLSSI BY : Be esa kan as SUBJECT: Ya > my, %, mice st a a wr * 5 24 Bureau (Encls. 12) (RM) Copy to: CIA/State/FO vi aE fat 4 wer ¢ — i FY a . ° ~ . 2 — = ar STIONAL. rote re 7 ied MAY 1962 EDITION y- GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27 : UNITED STATES: :: ~ ; ae emorandum Director, FBI (2- 1499) Wik SAC, Miami (2-192) (Py? i O FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS, a as © 1s - CUBA M Sut Sd{ee Sr OFT | Lavi? Enclosed are 12 copies of a LHM dated and > captioned as above { containing a succinct Summary of background and activities of subject. Be ye A copy is being furnished locally ‘to Secret aga) Service. \ / fof ff u CLASS! \ MM T-1 is [cra AU) EXTENDENR yee al bs ~ . we REASOA ers Gina “SIOR at 7| MM T-2 is MM 639- alt FCIM, NU oN gt NT DATE A prvi Neen 7 oo - AM T-3° is MM 635- Yo > SIFICATION NL 8 ie rY 4 / og ye received from CIA was so classified. ia Has NO OBJECTION TQ, “ LHM is classified SECRET. because information ol in DECLASSIFICATION AND/OK 104 RELEASE c+ cia iNFORMATION ~~~“) ee IN THIS DOCUMENT | tl \ - Miami GED: JMS (3) 15D by See eet See. FAM 1 AUG_26 1964, 519-4 oN ONI/OSI/ACSI_ VELOK Gi _ Loulee go) 74 wnt g. 3 po : ef ame ae — a 84462 Docld: 32299990 Page 2
By — OC’ ‘FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS SEC he was fined 1-925 for having. whiskey ‘in his cab. On October 25, 1949 a charge for violation of Section 4455 Virginia: State Code was dismissed. On July 3, 1950 a charge-for aggravated. assault on his wife was dis- missed, and on May 10, 1956 he was,arrested for living as man and wife with SUANTTA KAMTERRELL , and was fined #100. | 3 \Glaes | - His former wife, (suanrzAyeruRcts , of Norfolk, Virginia, advised on™ February II; 1959 that when FIORINI™ ¥eft Norfolk in™ February, 1958 for Miami; he had worked a check*kiting scheme in order to get énough money to — ‘go to’ Cuba and that he would not likely return to Norfolk because he was in*trouble with the local law enforcemen 1 | officials in Norfolk. tha 05 1's ~ FIORINI subsequently: < ‘divorced a Si rvnrs and he is now married to the former JANETAMANN \ who was re- portedly a former strip- teaser. They reside at 2515 N.W. ce 122nd Street, Miami ha -" As of May, 1964, FIORINI was manager of the Courteous Motors, 13701 N.W. 27th ‘Avenue, ‘Miami. He has held a variety of temporary jobs while living in the. Miami area. ACTIVITIES | Oo a ' On guly 2 23, 1958, Lieutenant ROBERTO VILA of the Cuban” Army Military Intelligence - Service (SIM); ad- vised that FIORINI was in custody of that service on — suspicion that he had acted as a courier for the 26th of BL) SECRET ; | - 2 = | WW 54462 DoclId: 32299990 Page 3
_ FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS SEC. July Revolutionary Movement between Miami, Florida and Santiago de Cuba. FIORINI had been arrested on July 185-1958 in Santiago de Cuba in a house known as a con- tact point for the 26th of July Movement. VILA reported that FIORINI had ‘admitted having transported guns con- cealed in an automobile in April, 1958, while delivering © this-car to°Cuba on the ferry CITY OF HAVANA from Key West, Florida. ‘The Cuban authorities deported FIORINI 4 to the United States on. n. July 29, 1958. It is to be noted that: the 26th of July Revo-. ‘lutionary Movement was founded by FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, “who, in 1958 was attempting to overthrow the government of FULGENCIO BATISTA. “On July 24, 1958; U.S. Customs Service, Miami, raided two residences at'2498 S.W. 21st Street and 4450 S.W. 4th Street’, Miami; where they ‘confiscated an arms cache’ belonging” to Cuban revolutionary exiles in Miami. One of these residences had been’ rented to FIORINI and a considerable amount of identifying ‘data and personal” papers belonging to FIORINI were + found during the raids. oe = On July 30, 1958, upon FIORINI's return €rom Cuba, he was arrested in Miami by U.S. Customs for viola- tions relating to the~ conspiracy to illegally ship arms ' from the United. States. van .e _. - On November 4, 1958, “MM t-1, » a federal agency which conducts. intelligence investigations reported ~ that FIORINI arrived in Mexico City, Mexico, October TRU) sEdxer -~ 3 - N HW 54462 DBocld:32299990 Page 4
iN HW 54462 FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS SEQRET he-was fined 1-925 for “having: whiskey in his cab. On October 25, 1949 a charge for violation of Section 4455 Virginia State Code was dismissed. On July 3, 1950 a charge for aggravated assault on his wife was dis- missed, andon May 10, 1956 he was arrested for living as man and wife with JUANITA K. TERRELL, and. was fined $100. | “His: former wife, JUANITA. STURGIS, of Norfolk, Virginia, “advised on February 11, 1959 that when FIORINI ¥eft Norfolk in’ February , ° 1958 for Miami, he had worked @ check kiting scheme in order*to get enough money to ~ go to’Cuba and that’ he would not likely return to Norfolk because he was in~ trouble with the local law enforcement officials’ in Norfolk. ~~. PIORINI subsequently ¢ divorced JUANITA. STURGIS and he’ is now married to the former JANET MANN, who was re- | portedly a former strip-teaser. They reside at 2515, N.W. 122nd Street, Miami. me ~~ As~ of May, 1964, FIORINI was manager of the - Courteous Motors, . 13701 N.W. 27th ‘Avenue, ‘Miami. He has held a variety of temporary jobs while living in the - Miami area. . ACTIVITIES oo On July 23 1958, Lieutenant ROBERTO VILA of the Cuban’ Army Military Intelligence. Service (SIM); ad- vised that FIORINI was in custody of that service on suspicion that he had acted as a courier for the 26th ey) SEC ~-2- re . _ ; oe a _ nips . } ed Ae La te SSS we ta adie DoclId: 32299990 Page 5
Me HW 54462 — ee __. _. a FRANK ANTHONY STURGIS: seXfer suly Revolutionary Movement between Miami, Florida and Santiago de Cuba. FIORINI had been arrested ‘on July 18;°1958 in Santiago de Cuba’in a house known as a con- tact. point for the. 26th of July Movement. VILA ‘reported that’ FIORINI had admitted having ._ transported guns con- cealed in an automobile in April, 1958, while delivering this-car toCuba on the ferry CITY OF HAVANA from Key: West, Florida. The Cuban authorities deported FIORINI to the United States « on. July 29, 1958 Ww ) a It is to be noted that: the 26th of July Revo-. lutionary ‘Movement was founded by FIDEL CASTRO RUZ, who, in 1958 was.attempting to overthrow the government of _ FULGENCIO BATISTA. ~ “On: 1 July 24 1958; U.S. Customs Service, Miamd , caided ‘two ‘residences at 2498 S.W. 21st Street and 4450 S.W. 4th Street’, Miami; where they ‘confiscated an arms cache’ belonging’ to Cuban revolutionary: exiles in Miami. One of these residences had been’ rented to FIORINI and a considerable amount. of identifying data and personal papers belonging to FIORINI were found during the raids. en “On July 30, 1958, upon FIORINI's return from ~ Cuba; he was arrested in Miami by U.S. Customs for viola- tions relating to the- conspiracy to illegally ship arms from the United. States. — On November h; 1958; ‘MM T- -1, , a federal agency which conducts. ‘intelligence investigations, reported ..- that FIORINI arrived in Mexico City, Mexico, October "&) u) SE Tt - 3 «= ; . - DoclId: 32299990 Page 6