Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 199? (44 USC 27107 Hotter. DATE: 11-14-2017 O O DE 137+2879 (10410 E.. Jefferson Ave.; where AMORMINO lived for years, would be one individual who ought to. know "BIG TIME PETE’ s". whereabouts. ‘Informant. advised that PETE DI LORENZO. owns. the DiLorenzo Impor ted Foods” store at 13227 Mack Ave. ,. telephone VA 2=7454° and also DI LORENZO’s Pizzeria, 13231. Mack ‘AVe..-, telephone. VA 14951, which'a're. adjacent business- ‘places. - Informant stated that DI LORENZO is about. 50 years.old and that he has three sons, AUGIE DI. LORENZO, age, 24, JIMMY .DI. LORENZO, age. 22, and JOEY DI LORENZO, age 18 years. He” said that PETE . DI- LORENZO: lives at. 4874 ‘Kensington ‘Ave.,- Detroit, _telephone TU 5=0317,. and that DI. LORENZO's: mother | and father-in=law. live with them. ‘Informant advised that. it is his belief that PETE DI LORENZO.is the source of. the- counterfeit $20.00 bills which have recently been ‘flooding the. Detroit area. He ‘claimed that earlier this year PETE DI. LORENZO had disappeared from town and | that in conversation with DI, LORENZO's wife he (Informant) was. told that PETE was. visiting. in Italy. ‘Informant advised that a. ‘month or | SO. Tater ‘When in company with PETE. De. LORENZO he had learned, ‘through a. “slip"'. on PETE Di LORENZO's part, that Di’ LORENZO had actually | . visited in ‘Montreal, “Canada, , rather than Italy. _ ‘He added that over the years he’ has often heard that there is an expert printer of counterfeit U.S, bills who lives in Montreal. Informant recalled that he had once beén given $60,,. 000.00 in counterfeit '$20-.00. bills by JOHN JACOB. SAMARIN of. Cleveland, Ohio, from a "batch". of one .. million dollars which SAMARIN told hin had» been | printed up by.a "contact" of his, a printer, in: Montreal, Canada. ~ Informant mentioned. that PAULIE. LEGO ;: who is. now in. Milan Prison having | been sentenced - ‘in “USDC. Detroit for. passing these counterfeit: 20's, is a close friend of PETE DI ‘LORENZO’s and that LEGO. used to. hang around: DI. LORENZO's Pizzeria all the. time. He . _revealed. ‘also that ‘LANEY COBB, "DUCKY" | ‘DIETZ, _ JOSEPHINE FOUREZ, and -"PIXIE" IMBRUNONE | used to. frequent DI. LORENZO's' Pizzeria and’ that _.all four ‘of them were: arrested | for- ‘passing counterfeit. $20.00 bills and, at. present, ‘COBB and DIETZ are on: probation.” - Informant added that PAULIE LEGO ‘had earlier ‘told him that LANEY COBB: had “gigned | a statement". against: him (COBB). with the U.S. “Secret. ‘Service and that COBB: had also appeared as a Governnent witness. against him at his. trial. ; Informant advised » that early this’ past summer he was in company. with : JIMMY DI LORENZO and he brought DI LORENZO into the ‘Master.. Realty to introduce him to some. friends. of “his in this. ‘real | -6- | a . . Docld: 32315654 Page
Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (aa usc 2107 Hotes. DATE: , 11-14-2017 DE 137-2879 estate office, - Informant. stated that Master Realty is ‘located at 13331 Mack Ave., which is. just in the next block east of DI LORENZO'’s Pizzeria. He advised that, on this particular day, he introduced JIMMY DI LORENZO to HYMAN "LINDY". -NISKAR, DAVE ‘EDWARDS, "MOPS" LICAVOLI and “JOCKO" LOWE, all of whom were em— ployed at Master Realty. - Informant. ‘said that he had heard that. - "LINDY" NISKAR had recently been picked up out of town for passing these. counterfeit $20.00 bills. He said too that JOHNNY JARJOSA's former girl friend, - SANDRA (LNU) , who uses the name. "SUNNY" SMITH and who used to work at the Kismet Lounge, was also arrested for. passing these. same. counterfeit twenties; Informant commented — that this past summer LINDY NISKAR lived on the 12th floor of the Royal Palms Hotel, 2305 Park Avenue, in a room just: gown the hall. from “SUNNY” SMITH, who is a prostitute. | Informant advised that. he has recently been with PATRICIA HEDGES, whom he has known as. a neighbor and friend for many years, and that HEDGES is a prostitute. He stated that: HEDGES. is married and has a family and that she. lives at 1432 Sey- burn Ave., Detroit, with her husband, EDDIE HEDGES. ‘Informant revealed that EDDIE HEDGES ° . brother, JIMMY HEDGES, is a "legitimate ._ kid" who fancies ‘himself to be an inventor but” who ‘works ina printing shop on Van Dyke. Ave, near. the Conant Heating and. Supply Co., 18409 Van Dyke ‘Ave. , Detroit. Informant advised that: last night at his home he was contacted by PAT HEDGES and that, during the course of conversation, she asked him if he (Informant) knew: anyone who wants to pass any counterfeit money or counterfeit pay- roll checks. He said that. apparently. PATRICIA HEDGES is being “used as a "passer" and that, om her own, she is attempting. to recruit other “passers” of counterfeit to: assist her. He stated . that HEDGES assured him: that the. individual from who she can get counterfeit will check closely on any "passer" ‘before he is given the actual counterfeit and that, if meed be, "phony" identification “can. easily be provided. ae Informant added that be is personally curious about all this. and he. will endeavor to gain. additional information from HEDGES regarding this operation. He stated further that PATRICIA HEDGES has four children and that she occasion- ally operates as a prostitute for JOE CORRADO out of the Motor City Bar, 235 Bagley Ave., Detroit. (It is noted ‘that JOE CORRADO is ‘presently. ‘being sought as a fugitive by the. Secret. ‘Service being - charged | with passing these counterfeit $20. 00 bills. ). - T= Docld: 32315654 Page &