JFK Assassination System Date: 5/11/201 Identification Form eee Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: — 124-90104-10174 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER: 92-2940-51 eee Document Information . ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: PG TO: HQ TITLE: DATE: 10/08/1959 “PAGES: 19 SUBJECTS : SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENTSTATUS: Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/31/1998 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE COMMENTS: RPT 2 eee v9.1 NW 45836 Docid:32332876 Page i
‘PITTSBURGH PITTSBURGH oct s {699 : ‘TLE OF CASE . SEBASTIAN. JOHN LA ROCCA, aka CHARACTER OF CASE i ANTI-RACKETEERING fe i! , ee _ _REFERENCES Zp Report of SA ROBERT A, VOEGE, pittsburgh, 8/3/59. Pittsburgh letter to Bureau, 9/15/59 ~P- wh LEADS JACKSONVILLE and MIAMI ~ INFORMATION _ A copy. of this report is being furnished to the Jacksonville and Miami Offices for informational purposes because of allegations made by the wife of LA ROCCA and Pittsburgh informants concern- ing the travel of LA ROCCA to Florida and Cuba during his . disappearance from Pittsburgh following the Apalachin, N. Y. conference during November, 1957. With the background thus supplied it is felt that these offices can intelligently handle the coverage of future leads requested in the vicinity. It. will. further. be noted .that aa individual identifying himself as LA ROCCA. called the home telephone. number of the subject on 7/3/59, -Do.not write in spaces below piilaasipnia: (sech 7) “Gnto) | 7 tbepurgn'(92-226) of a eeeeSeeeeeeeSeSeSSSSSSSSSSeSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSFSSSSSFSFFFFFFe erty: ornate ae repost: is loaned to you by the FBI, and neither - it mor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned. te U. 8. GOVERNMENT PRINTING “OFFICE: 1965 o—344750 6 "Doeld:32332876 Page 2
PG 92-226 6. Will check the list of toll calls made from Forest 4.5296, the home telephone of LA ROCCA, for the names of racket associates and personal business contacts of the subject not now known to the Pittsburgh Office and will further identify and obtain appropriate background information of subscribers to telephone numbers called. ADMINISTRATIVE inasmuch as SA ROBERT A, VOEGE was requested to be avail- able in court during the trial of the case entitled, "CLARINDA E, TAYLOR, Individually and as Administratrixx of the Estate of John P. Taylor, Deceased; ET AL, FTCA." CRIMINAL INFORMANT COVERAGE | | The reporting of this matter has been necessarily delayed The following individuals are presently being utilized by the Pittsburgh Office in the SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA investiga- tion:. PG 573-S, 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 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 traveling with Mrs. JULIA MINTZ, widow of JAKE MINTZ, co-owner of EZZARD CHARLES, former world's heavywédght boxing champion. She is presently being utilized for the coverage of the GENOVESE-LA ROCCA-NELSON interests . ~ -C - COVER PAGE NW 45836 DociId:32332876 Page 3
OTHER 4 PG 92-226 es PCI who is presently very active n sburgh numbers operations and who was arrested during the August, 1958, in connection with his gperation:[ intimately acquainted with many Pittsburgh Top hoodiums 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 i the VOLPE brothers who are close-associates of GENOVESE and j 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. 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 informa- tion ‘concerning the club and the interest in it of Pittsburgh hoodiums associated with both LA ROCCA and GENOVESE. a PCI 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. 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 informa- tion regarding bank loans made to Pittsburgh top hoodlunms. 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 | AL BUCK, former Allegheny County Detective and now Vice-. City of Pittsburgh. -D- COVER PAGE NW 45836 DociId:32332876 Page 4
«¢ PG 92-226 | : | | ee confidential source of the Pittsburgh ~ ce who is being utilized for information concerning the MANNARINO organization in New Kensington, Pa., and who is also furnishing information regarding. tie-ups with the’ GENOVESE organization in Pittsburgh. |. ‘OTHER 4 a confidential source of the Pittsburgh Office who was extremely helpful to Pittsburgh Agents during the investigation of the RALPH KINER extortion - ‘investigation several years ago and whose brother-in-law, NORMAN ‘FARBER, is a member of the MANNARINO organization. . _ In an effort to increase criminal informant coverage, the PCIs under development are being contacted on a continuing: ' and regular basis so that information obtained from them may be. used on a day-to-day basis in connection with spot ' gurveillances of the establishments frequented by, the subject when he is in the Pittsburgh vicinity.» It is anticipated that THOMAS MARTIN, Vice-President of the Real Estate Department of the Fidelity Trust Company, Potter Branch, in Pittsburgh, will keep the Pittsburgh Office advised of any new developments concerning the competed construction of a motad financed by MIKE GENOVESE and. ARTHUR ‘D. NELSON in the Monroeville, Pa., vicinity which would” undoubtedly have to have the approval and overall financial backing of SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA.' -E*~ COVER PAGE NW 45836 DociId:32332876 Page 5