———— > “ED.36 (Rev. 12-13-56) | oe { . ) | { . . \ , . Date: 8/18/61 ‘ oO. , oo | Transmit the following in 2 PLAIN TEXT { ve * - . Pane Ton band OF Code PO - . . ; (Type in plain text or code) ; Via AIRTEL ; AIRMAIL re - ~~ (Priority or Method of Mailing) © a “| a Lot TO: ~—-« DIRECTOR, FBI (92-2918) 7 cS FROM: 7 SAC, MIAMI (92-155) | RE:  —- “GABRIEL. MANNARINO, aka % AR / SAMUEL MANNARINO, aka AR | (00: Pittsburgh) ReButel to Pittsburgh 8/17/61, with reference to Pittsburgh estimating the value and recommendation of MEROLA ag to whether.or not he should be included in the top echelon criminal taforment program. ore | ‘MEROLA was formerly a cl of the Miami Office. It was necessary to discontinue him as such for reasons previously: '. furnished the Bureau and no change has come about whereby Miami ~ -yecommends ‘consideration be given to him as a CI. It is recom- . mended that” any information he may desire to furnish be ob- tained from him, however, the same not sought inasmuch as it -is believed MEROLA would use this to his own advantage and to the embarrassment of the Bureau at a subsequent time... ve = BUY 3° 'e Bureau (AM) CoS 2 - Pittsburgh (1 - 92+ 236) (1 - 92- 228) . /V OF 3aGORDED 3 - Miami (1 - 87- 8049) (1 ~..137- 2089) aad AUG 2a carte - HWS: ame Docld: 32572447 Page 1 na ay Ye “ ee HE 4 % fos ORIGINAL FILED IN Jb ae | oo _ x 5
rs - a PUSAG Tiles 12-19-86) 7 a | ae ’ . é . \ I 2 “ me -— | ite ( ). , | ; , Cc FBI O ; . Date: 7 ' Transmit the following in . a — : - (Type in plain text or code) tl (Priority or Method of Mailing) \ : 7 -~j----+-------+-------------------------=-------- boi = 7 On the night of 8/17/61, MM 722-C, who is a close « f associate of MEROLA and who is a close associate of one MEL | do ADLER, who is an associate of MEROLA, advised he had been - yf / informed by MEROLA and by ADLER that MBROLA has been stating a | '.@ that he will not have to serve any time in the case entitled a ~. |) - 4 "STUART SUTOR, Et Al; ITSP; /TGT; FFA; NM; CONSPIRACY." oe _— | MEROLA has stated that the matter has been taken care of in |. ¢ Philadelphia and it has cost him a "tremendous bundle” to 7 “li 4 have his pending five year sentence suspended and have him | |. . 7 e placed on probation, He has indicated this will transpire _ oo , |i: % mext Thursday or Friday, on the 24th or 25th of August, —— | \. | when he was supposed to start serving his sentence. He _ | 4st allegedly is to appear before the Federal Judge in Pittsburgh | {| at that time to be placed on probation. : oo o 2 : MEROLA is presently a top jewel thief of the Miami Office, and is known to be, and has admitted. to the Pittsburgh |. f Agents, that he pulled the major theft this last winter at ou ' "the Hofbrau Haus in Hallandale, Fla. . 4 en Miami requests the Bureau give authority to on “. Pittsburgh to inform the Federal Judge at Pittsburgh concern- i | « ding’ statements made by MEROLA. These are namely, that he has 4 oo , _ spent a "tremendous bundle” to have his case fixed in Pitts- | oy -- |-.. purgh to where he will be placed on probation rather than : |). serve his pending five year sentence. - a oo : nl Approved: — Sent MOP Special Agent in Charge , . ; , Docld: 32572447 Page 2?