JFK Assassination System Date: Identification Form 5/11/201 ; Agency Information AGENCY: FBI RECORD NUMBER: _ 124-90104-10269 RECORD SERIES: HQ AGENCY FILENUMBER:  92-2940-111 Document Information . ORIGINATOR: FBI FROM: PG TO: — HQ TITLE: ’ DATE: 04/05/1961 “PAGES: 11 SUBJECTS : SEBASTIAN JOHN LAROCCA DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT CLASSIFICATION: — Unclassified RESTRICTIONS: 4 CURRENT STATUS:  Redact DATE OF LASTREVIEW: 07/31/1998 OPENING CRITERIA : . INDEFINITE COMMENTS : RPT - O_o ———————————————n nr — eee v9.1 NW 45836 Docid:32332971 L Page i
(2 () - og FD-263 (5-12-55.) - ae ; ape Gee Report Foria FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION“ <: Reporting Office PITTSBURGH TITLE OF CASE Investigative Period 3/18-3/31/61 Report made by ROBERT A. VOEGE SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA, aka, ; ee REFERENCES 7 ‘" Report of SA ROBERT A, VOEGE, Pittsburgh, 3/20/61. / Pittsburgh airtels to Bureau, = hanes fy) . /, Los Angeles airtel to Pittsburgh, 3/30/61, (Interoffice) | LEADS MIAMI- INFORMATION _ A copy of this report is being forwarded to the Miami Office for information purposes in view of outstanding leads being handled at Surfside, Florida, and its immediate vicinity. PHILADELPHIA~ INFORMATION A copy of this report is being frwarded to the Philadelphia Office ! for information purposes in view of the attendance of the adopted ae son of LA ROCCA at Valley Forge Military Academy in Wayne, Pa., and; yj A LELY, ae Approved : A A ee | Do not write in spaces below gt § Copies made: £3-Bureau_ (92-2940) fe 940 ty | Reo. oF {oi ami (92-163) (Info) | =: So 1-Philadelphia ents) (taco) 2-Pittsburgh (92-226) ; fe. H ‘ " ( UA : - 5 Pe ; \ Property. of FBI,.—. This report is joayed to you by the FBI, and neither it nor its contents are to be distributed outside the agency to which loaned. WU. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1956 O—385319 Nw ssooe Yoora:22992071 Page 2
PG 92-226 conducted in the light of the position of prominence this phase of our activity has attained. The following specific coverage in relation to the LA ROCCA investigation is in current operation: PG-622-C*- installed during 2/61 at the North Star Cement Compang?=* 4 - 12 McCandless Avenue, Pittsburgh, owned and operated by SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA. This misur is furnishing a daily picture of the financial operation of this I and other LA ROCCA interests and is a continuing source of information concerning associates and acquaintances of LA ROCCA, PG=585-C- this individual is the former paramour of SEBASTIAN 8 JOHN LA ROCCA.. She is well acquainted with most of. Pittsburgh's racket element and was formerly ~ employed as a waitress in the Red Eagle Club, operated by MIKE GENOVESE, Pittsburgh and national top hoddlum who attended the conference at Apalachin, New York, This informant still visits this establishment and comes in constant contact with local racketeers in her role as a medium-priced prostitute. She is - presently traveling with Mrs. JULIA MINTZ, widow of the co-owner of EZZARD CHARLES, former World's heavyweight boxing champion, . PG-581-C- this individual has been associated with prostitutes ' . in the Pittsburgh area for many years and is a continual attendee at racket functions in the Pittsburgh area. She is presently being utilized not only. for top hoodlum information but:as a check on the activities of PG-585-C. . ve PG+573-C- this individual was born and raised with members of _ the MIKE GENOVESE family and has worked for the family as a.bartender in the Pittsburgh area. He is extremely friendly with the youngest GENOVESE brother and is presently being utilized for the coverage of the Red Eagle Club,in whch LA ROCCA definitely has an interest, and its visitors. [ @ Potential Criminal Informant who is very active in Pittsburgh numbers operations and who -C=- COVER PAGE’ AV VOGT SS’ + ee +s _-_-—_———_— NW 45836 DociId:32332971 Page 3
PG 92-226 is acquainted with all of Pittsburgh's top hoodlums through association with them when they began their racket careers. He started MIKE GENOVESE in the OTHER 4 rackets upon the advice and approval of SEBASTIAN JOHN LA ROCCA and he now furnishes continuing in- formation concerning those areas relating to numbers ! . in which Pittsburgh's top hoodlums are active. Ss a Potential Criminal Informant who is part-owner t of a notorious gambling establishment at Chester, WVa. known as "Club 30." He is being utilized for information concerning the club and the interest in it of Pittsburgh hoodlums associated with both LA ROCCA and GENOVESE. In an effort to increase criminal informant coverage those Potential Criminal Informants presently under development are being contacted on a continuing and regular basis so that information obtained: from them may be used daily in connection with survey operations andisurveillances of pertinent individuals in the Top Hoodlum Program. Informants already established are being made aware of the interest of the FBI in the criminal intelligence field and they have been instructed to furnish information of possible interest to Bureau Agents for proper dissemination to other Federal agencies. INFORMANT COVERAGE RELATING TO THIS REPORT PG T-1 is PG 622-C* who was contacted on a daily basis from 3/18/61-through 3/31/61 by SA ROBERT A. VOEGE. PG T-2 is PG-585-C who was contacted by SA ROBERT A.VOEGE on 3/22/61. bo Doel, 7D- COVER PAGE Mon. UG \ a | ———— sae eee + oe x NW 45836 Docid:32332971 Page 4