JFK Assassination System Date: 4/17/201 Identification Form Agency Information FBI COMMENTS : v9.1 Docld:32301471 Page 1 AGENCY : RECORD NUMBER : 124-10278-10306 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 62-9-26-482 Document Information ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: SAC,LA TO: DIRECTOR, FBI TITLE: DATE:  .04/05/1963 PAGES: 4 SUBJECTS: _ . ‘ DS, B/F INT, BKG, ASSOC, BUSS, CRIMINAL ACT DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS: — Redact DATE OF LAST REVIEW: — 10/21/1997 OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE -—eOOrvr— SSE
e. a ~ cael FORM NO. 10 { ) C3 + 4%, , UF NITED STATES GOV-ZARNMENT , ” ~ Memorandum TO: DIRECTOR, FBI pate: 4/5/63 ROM : SAC, LOS ANGELES (92-1130) UBJECT: INTERVIEW PROGRAM (4RIMINAL INTELLIGENCE MATTERS... poy yale Re Los Angeles letter to Bureau dated 3/15/63. Ge . / ' In connection with the captioned program, the a following individuals have been interviewed since the date /% of referenced communication: ai ANDREW JOSEPH/f0cOcO “A eo eae Lococo is the CM em closed anti-racketeering case. ‘ANDREW JOSEPH LOCOCO, proprietor of the Cockatoo Inn and Hotel, Hawthorne, an alleged hoodlum, was interviewed March 13, 1963. He contacted his attorney and was advised to cooperate with the agents. LOCOCO admitted having been a bookmaker and having profited from past bookmaking activity carried on in the old Cockatoo Cafe during the latter 1940s. ‘He admitted he was acquainted with certain alleged hoodlums. from the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area and Los Angeles, however, he denied he was ever in business with any of them. He denied he was engaged in any unlawful activity other than bookmaking. _ LOCOCO allowed agents to physically inspect the Cockatoo Inn in search of an alleged gaming room said to exist on the second floor of the structure. No such room was located. EDWARD LAGRu COLL Nema en) ‘GRITZ is being developed under the top echelon © criminal program and was interviewed on 3/15/63. He furnished information regarding his contacts with hoodlums including JOHN BATTAGLIA and. others. He wes advised of the proposed subpoena, of. Associate Supreme Court Justice WILLIAM 0. DOUGLAS in hen divorce suey oe" Of oe an cpa PES a= @- Bureau 3 ~ UE 8 : 1 Tos, Ange Tes Ae lhe?) 181963. » Kd ee . - DoclId: 32301471 Page 2? 4 ot > apr & 1963 wer ss ee by Attorney: RUSSELL PARSONS , who is representing. Mrs. AL PARVIN +82
rm C+ LA 92-1130 | Ly LORENZO JOS Epa MENPREDI om a a MANFREDI is associated and mentioned primarily in the case captioned, "MICHAEL ANTHONY RIZZI, aka, AR, Bufile 92-6107." - . MANFREDI was contacted on 3/6 and 3/12/63, at the Los Angeles County Jail resulting from a burglary conviction. He expressed fear for his life due to rumors that he was a oo "fink" for the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) that have been widely circulated, believed by him to have been started by Hollywood Division, LAPD detectives. He denied to agents - having been a "fink" for any law enforcement agency but, nevertheless, is in fear because he has reason to believe that MICHAEL RIZZI, also confined at the Los Angeles County Jail, believes the . rumors to’ be true. on the first contact, MANFREDI agreed to furnish information of value concerning the Italian elements of organized crime if he could be moved from the jail and out of the reach of RIZZI.:- Inquiry was made to have MANFREDI transferred, but since he had already beer sentenced on one charge, the jail authorities did not believe it was feasible Since he was awaiting sentencing on another burglary charge. MANFREDI has admitted being a booster and pimp,,. and claims to know RAYMOND PATRIARCA very well and formerly ‘ lived in the same block in Providence, Rhode Island. MANFREDI agreed to furnish information when appropriate arrangements can be made that would be safe to contact him without prison authorities being aware of the purpose. He expressed a desire to go to a different prison than that which dt RIZZI is sent. Further attempts will be made to resolve these ‘'@aifficulties. A PCI case has been opened by the Los Angeles Office on MANFREDI. . ‘SMITH is the subject of a pending AR investigation currently under investigation by the Los Angeles Office. DALTON(SMITH OA L-f_ rr a ee — 2— DoclId:32301471 Page 3
LA 92-1130. Recently SMITH was associated with Mojave Electric Company at Lancaster, California, which company was the recipient of a U.S. Government small business agency loan and after the company went into bankruptcy, was the subject of a Fraud Against the Government case. 3 Oo SMITH now has, an electrical company in Los Angeles, known as Stereovision, but mogt of his work is in Las Vegas, Nevada. SMITH currently has an electrical contract fora _ remodeling job on the Thunderbird Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. SMITH.is an associate of DON J. MEDLEVINE, formerly owner of the. Chez Paree in Chicago and MEDLEVINE claims to be a partner of SMITH but SMITH denies this business relationship. — SMITH is originally ‘from Slydell, Louisiana, and has been in the Los Angeles area since about 1950. SMITH exhibited a cooperative attitude during the course of this interview, EDWARDYDe STEFFANO (yb £3 STEFFANO is a C Are associate of JOHN BATTAGLIA and other gamblers, and is presently on Federal probation for a conviction on a guilty plea by Internal Revenue Service (IRS) of bookmaking without a Federal Wagering Stamp. At the time of his arrest he was working for JOHN BATTAGLIA, who was also arrested and prosecuted on the same. charge. At the time of this pending prosecution, about a year and one half ago, SA GEORGE E; BLAND was introduced to De STEFFANO by a friend, PCI PAT DINNOCENT, inasmuch as De ‘STEFFANO had requested advice from PCI as to what course of action. he should take. A meeting was arranged and De STEFFANO was given the alternative of possibly talking to help himself _or taking his chances on a guilty plea. 45 An accidental meeting with De STEFFANO on 4/3/63, resulted in a conversation, at which time he admitted that he is again bookmaking, only on his own this time and. inia very small way. He partially explained his operation, including me the manner in which he layed off the peds. It is contemplated DoclId: 32301471 Page 4
LL " LA 92-1130 opening a PCI case on De STEFFANO and reontacting him in an effort to develop him as an informant. " wh MOSE "MOE PEYENS LAL) STEVENS waS interviewed on 4/2/63. He is the proprietor of Stevens Barbeque, 4272 South Figueroa. STEVENS has long been regarded by local police as a leading policy operator anda narcotics pusher, He was uncooperative in answering questions regarding gambling equipment received. He reportedly has interests in after hours social clubs which are fronts for gambling and other vice activities, and he allegedly was part ({ owner, though not of record, of the Intime Social Club at ‘Adams and Budlong, which was recently closed down by IRS following a raid by local police. STEVENS was allegedly associated with ELIHUA ("BLACK DOT") MC GEE, long time Los Angeles gambling figure in the ownership of the Intime Social Club. Results of additional contacts in conformance with’ this program will be reparted in the next monthly ‘letter. DoclId: 32301471 Page 5