| é <, +¥D- 265 ‘yRev. 12-19-67) FEDERAL-3UREAU OF INVL 3TIGATI ON OFFICE OF ORIGIN TAMPA DATE 1/29/71 REPORT MADE BY SA JOHN R. BRETT REPORTING OFFICE TAMPA - TITLE OF CASE INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD 9/3/70 ~ 1/19/71 YPED BY rab LOUIS HENRY FIGUEREDO, JR. CHARACTER OF CASE ITAR - GAMBLING REFERENCES: Tampa report of SA JOHN R. BRETT, 9/30/70. -p- ADMINISTRATIVE: On 9/18/70, TP 237-C advised FRENCHY CARON would take any more baseball bets. CARON gave as his reason the that he has not been able to make any money on these bets. he has not lost a lot of money but just has not made“any. is Supposed to be in pretty good financial shape right now not fact Stat He and Supposed to have a $20,000 to $25,000 cushion to run his operation on. Stated he has made quite a bit of money booking horses and has a couple of horse players in Lakeland that will bet heavy on the horses; i. e., $200 to $400 a bét. Has said that he will handle football bets. Informant of the opinion that LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. furnished FRENCHY with his line and probably takes any bets that he does not want. ACQUIT-] case Has BEEN: TALS PENDING OVER ONE YEAR [_]Yes [_]No PENDING PROSECUTION (_] NONE SAVINGS RECOVERIES \ts 2 ~WSispeciac AGENT, SSTRSCH ARGE oa Sa ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED OVER SIX MONTHS (CJvres [_]no CONVIC. FUG. APPROVED DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW pete eeFEB 3 1971 | a ; aE. COPIES MADE: l - USA, fe 1 - Miami, forDOUGALD D.': MC MILLAN, Attorney in Charge 2 - New Haven 2 - Tampa (166-657) Pree arenas) Mae oteert nen o i an all ard ick 4 Dissemination Record of Attached Report ‘Notations ” Agency . Date F MIVISION’ Orea, Urinal ; Date Fwd. fon Organ Ye e Leis say fF How Fwd. eT IT 2 arp " PACT » os) an Atl GO 7 rat FE B 1 {9 7 U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1970 0375-139 , i COVER PAGE soars 323276698 Page 2?
_ TP 166-657 | ay On 11/4/70, TP 237-C advised puree OTROS 1 con- tinuing to accept bets; however, FRENCHY will’not make a move without counselling LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. and he feels that FRENCHY is not completely a part of -LOU FIGUEREDO, JR.'S. ac- tivities. He also stated that LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. "will not | take any bets after 11:00 AM on Saturday, and there are only about three persons who can call LOU, JR. and give him any action and one of these is FRENCHY CARON.. It is his under- Standing that LOU, JR. does not accept bets from the average bettor, but takes these bets from people like FRENCHY who are contacting the bettors and then passing on a large number of bets to LOU, JR. =. On 11/12/70, PCI KOVACH ised another. “galesiman a at Jim Harrell Pontiac ia wouler. BIRD used to work at National Auto Sales also bef Ooming to Jim Harrell Pontiac. BIRD apparently knows or has bet with LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. as he made the comment that LOU, JR. only charged ten percent but would not take any bet less than $100. . pet Informant stated that LAMA CBEVIS, who owns “Tampa. Buggy Works, also bets with LOU FI REDO , gr. and has commented ‘that’ Lou; JR. only charges ten percent. On 11/13/70, TP 237-C made available line which was put on the form published by "Multiple Sports Service," and entitled, "Sports Journal, College and Pro Football Plus Basketball | News. ‘and Schedules." ._y Informant advised. this line had been given to him by_M. BX BURNS, who is now handling customers of FRENCHY CARON ; CHY is no longer accepting bets. oo . -- , BURNS is us ing a ten percent line or having the bettor bet. $11 to get back $10. BURNS also has. daily line changes and can be called Wednesday through Saturday,for any changes in the line on those days. It. is informant's opinion that BURNS is getting his line either through CARON or through, CARON'S Source which informant believes is LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. On 10/29/%0, PCI M. B. BURNS advised he has an old number for LOU FIGUEREDO, SR. and it is 251-3575; however, he B COVER PAGE | Docld:32326698 Page 3
TP 166-657. does not know if it is a current number. Stated FIGUEREDO is very cautious in his operation, and he trys to call his people rather than having them call him. LOU, JR. is LOU, SR.*S "bankroll;" however, LOU, JR. does not take any of the action but refers all that to his father. On 11/23/70, PCI M. B. BURNS advised ‘LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. does not normally take any of the betting action himself: however, he does bankroll LOU FIGUEREDO, SR. and refers any bets offered to him to LOU FIGUEREDO, SR. On 12/3/70, TP 428-PC advised. that he personally has ybeen making football bets with LOU FIGUEREDO , SR.-up un- about Six months ago when source Switched to *ROGELIO _Naiaaaet who operates the Alegria Restaurant. Source Stated PL that ALVAREZ was a personal“friénd and would bet source on “ an even money basis. Source stated that this is the reason he Switched from FIGUEREDO as FIGUEREDO gives 6 to 5 odds. Source stated that FIGUEREDO will accept bets at his apartment on Azeele Street. Source stated that he has asked LOU, JR. on Several occaSions where the line comes from and JR. ‘will only say that it is a Miami line. Source stated that the only bettor whom he personally knows that bets with the FIGUEREDOS is EARL WATTS. On 12/18/70, TP 134-C-TE comménted that ‘LOU. FIGUEREDO, SR.'s operation lost a considerable amount of money over week- end of 12/12-14/70, particularly in the Lakeland, Florida, area. Source commented that for the first time has personal know= ledge that LOU, JR. accepts betting action both at his resi- dential te le phone and at the telephone of his girl friend's house. Source stated that although he personally has not placed any horse race action with LOU, JR., he does have per- sonal knowledge that LOU, JR. will "accept horse bets at tracks pie in the Mifmi--“Florida, area. Hé/stated that he is tied up with,JO EMMI, bother of JOHNS iI. He stated that JOE DEMMI is in the meat buSiness .” yet On 12/16/70, TP 41-C-TE commented that “pEpeAGORDAN, who operates an insurance business in the area of West Kennedy and Westshore and has licen in past years, had a box at Florida co SIAN ta ey AT Cc COVER PAGE > 5 NN i Docld: 323266935 Page 4
— TP 166-657 Downs and has formerly had race horses but claims has sold all of his horses. Informant stated that JORDAN, when having race horses, frequently received tips ona particular horse and would be correct about 75 percent of the time. Source stated also on one occasion when JORDAN had a head-toshead bet of $1,000 on a particular horse with LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. and that the horse lost; therefore, JORDAN paid FIGUEREDO $1,000. Source stated that this is the only incident ocecurr- ing between LOU FIGUEREDO, JR. and JORDAN of which -he -has personal knowledge, and that he haS no personal knowledge that JORDAN or THOMAS have ever placed any sport event bets. On 1/5/71, TP 428-PC advised that he was conversing with FIGUEREDO, SR. on 1/4/71, and FIGUEREDO indicated that — he did very well over the weekend handling football bets on the championship playoffs. Source claims that SR. accepts . bets at his apartment telephonically; however, Source does not know where JR. iS taking his action. Source added that he has never heard of either SR. or JR. accepting basketball bets but source is definitely | certain that both would handle the bets if anyone wanted to" bet with them. Indices check and file review by SA GEORGE W. CARTER, JR., in New Orleans, indicates that JOHNNY: PAXTON, true name SALVATOR : AMARENA , is no longer in the New Orleans area. ‘Information Contained in New Orleans file indicates that subject returned in late 1966 to New Haven, Connecticut. On 12/22/66, Detective FRANCIS NARDOZZI, Waterbury, Connecticut, Police Department, advised that one. SALVATOR AMARENA, 115 Oak Street, Waterbury, ‘Connecticut, was arrested ~ on 5/12/66, on & traffic violation in Waterbury, Connecticut. On 1/18/ 87 , New Haven 292-C advised he knew SALVATOR |b RENA, aka SAMMY AXTON , as a former reSident of Waterbury, — ae, Connecticut, and Bro klyn, New..York. This source advised AMARENA was Supposed \to have an aunt (name unknown) who ..-. resides at 115 Oak Street, Waterbury, and he would. occasionally come to Waterbury and ive with her for a while. Informant D COVER PAGE Docld: 32326695 Page 5
TP 166-657 advised on this date that he had seen AMARENA about three months ago and that AMARENA told him he had been in New Orleans, but had to get out as he had been connected with ‘rackets. Informant advised that AMARENA did not go into further details and only indicated that he needed a job. A New Orleans Police Department Intelligence report dated 5/2/69, indicates that SAMMY PAXTON, aka AMARENA, had departed New Orleans several years ago to face censure for his inability to handle the job in the South. No additional pertinent information regarding. SAMMY PAXTON is available in New Orleans files, and there is no in- formation contained in New Orleans files "which indicates that PAXTON is an associate of LOUIS FIGUEREDO. LEADS: NEW HAVEN DIVISION AT WATERBURY, CONN. By letter dated 11/23/70, New Orleans” adviséd JOHNNY PAXTON, true name SALVATOR AMARENA, who formerly operated a night ¢lub in the New Orleans area, left New Orleans to re- turn to Waterbury, Conn. AMARENA was arrested in Waterbury, Conn. in 1966, in traffic violation, at which time he had the address of 115 Oak Street. On 1/18/67, NH292-C advised he knew ‘AMARENA or PAXTON as the former resident of Waterbury, Conn., and Brooklyn, New York, and he iS Supposed to have an aunt residing at 115 Oak Street. New Haven requested to attempt to determine ‘present location of PAXTON and if he is in Waterbury, Conn., area deter- mine his current activities with respect to gambling matters. TAMPA DIVISION AT TAMPA, FLORIDA ; E . COVER PAGE | Docld: 32326695 Page 6