Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: KELLY, JAMES F.
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 9/11/67
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 HoteT.

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JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/19/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10293-10339

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : 92-6054-2103

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

KELLY, JAMES F.

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE: 09/11/1967

• PAGES:

35

SUBJECTS :

LCN, MEMBERS, ASSOC, CV, GAMBLING ACT, CRIMINAL

ACT

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION : Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS: 4

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 07/08/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS:

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Releaset unher the doin 1. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Hote).

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FD-265 (Rov. 9-17-65)

FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION

TOPPer OF ORIGIN

NEW YORK

REPORTING OFFICE

CLEVELAND

TITLE OF CASE

LA COSA NOSTRA

DATE

9/11/67

RETOR, MADE BY

SA JAMES F. KELLY

CHARACTER OF CASE

INVESTIGATIVE PERIOD

6/1/66-917/67

TYPED B

JBJ

ANTI-RACKETEERING - COrSPIRASY

REFERANICES

Report of SA J. EDWARD EURKE, 5/27/66 at Cleveland.

Report of SA THOMAS M. DUFFIN,

7/22/66, at New York.

Bureau airtel to New York, 8/11/67.

ENCLOSURES

TO THE BUREAU AND NEW YORK

Two (2) copies each of letterhead memorandum

characterizing informants utilized In this report.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS CLAIMED:

None

Case has been:

Pending over one year X Yes

I No; Pending prosecution over six months DYes O No-

APPROVED

SPECIAL AGENT

IN CHARGE

COPIES MADE

3 - Bureau (92-6054)

Cineannati (92-557) (Into

(Infe)

DO NOT WRITE IN SPACES BELOW

92-6054-2103

detroit (92-914)

(Inio

2

- New York (92-2300) /Enc

2)

Pittsburgh (92-599)

Kansas City (92-883)

(Info)

12 SEP 13 1967

(Info)

san Diego (92-229)

3

• Cleveland (92-748)

Dissemination Record of Attached Ropert

Agency

Request Recd.

Date Fwd.

How Fwd.

By :

Notations

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IFADS

CLEVELAND:

AT CLEVELAND

OHIO

Will continue to develop information regerding the

La Cos& Nostra (LCN), Its members,

and their activities in

the Cleveland Division through contacts with informants and

other sources.

will attempt to identify additional members in

Northern, Ohio and develon a breakdown on the Cleveland

"Centy"

as to lesdership, ete.

CINCINNATI, DETROIT, PITISBURGH, KANSAS CHIN AND SAN DIEGO:

Information contes of this report are being furnished

to Cineinnati, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Kansas City and San Diego,

since this report contains information regarding LN activities

in these divisions.

INFORMANTS

Contacted by

SA JOHN J. BARRETT

SA FRANK R. WALSH

Identity of Source

CV

1-1 1s

CV. 421-C-TE

CV

1-2 1s

-CT 685-C-TE

CV 1-3-18

SD 1064 0-TE

CV

T44 1s

CV 737-PC

CV

T-5 1s

CV 421-C-TE

CY T-6 18

CV. 516-C-TE

SA JOHN J. BARRETT

SA JOHN J. BARRETT

SA JOHN J. BARRETT

B

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Identity of Source

CV

T-7-19

CV

581-C-TE

CV T-o 1s

eV 421-C-TE

CV.

T-9

18

Cv 718-P0

CV

F-10 1s

CV 78h-PC

CV. T-11 18

CV 553-C-TE

CV

T.12 1s

LA

4448-C-TE

CV T-13 1s

MI 623-C-TE

Contsetediby

SA JAMES FO KELLY

SA JOHN JO BARRETT

SA JOIN J. BARRETT

SA BRUCE Le KRETCHBAUM

AJ. EDWARD BURKE

ADNTNISTRATIVE

Additional I symbols were assigned CV 421-C-TEMin

order to further protect this source.

PAUL ROMEO SR.,

who are brothers

from Youngstown, Ohio,

are LCN members.

ONE PIKE BONEO 2 421-0-79ot Aron,

Ohio, is a close associate of the ROMEOs.

infornetion set.out

in this report relating to the ICh organization,membership and

policy 1s

attributed to CY 421-C-rE as the source,

howeven,

the information was obtained by the informant from several

conversations he

had with MIKE ROMEO. The information is

set out In this method to further protect Cv 421-C-TE.

With Bureau epproval,

the cleveland office by letter

dated 10/17/66, forwarded to the Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Phoenir,

New York, Philadelphia and San Francisco offices, photographs

of the twelve (12) suspected Lew members in the Cleveland Division

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with the request that

these

photographs be show to len informants

In order to deternine 11 these Individuals were ICN members.

These

offices subsequently advised that the following informants were

contacted, however no information vas obtained indiesting that

these

suspected members were ICh members

Milwaukee

MY 623-C-TE

Phoenix

PX 777-C-TE

New York

NY 1839-C-TPY

MY 4018-C-TE

MY 4857-C-TE

NAY

5526-C-TE

NY

5542-C-TE

5042-0-70

4336-C-T3

Philodelphia

PH

672-C-TE

599-C-XE

San Francisco

SE

2354-C-TE

SF 2050-0-18

SE

2689-C-7F

SF

2745-C-TE

Los Angeles

LA 4448-C-TE

LA 4412-C-TE

By letter dated 7/14/67, the cleveland office forwarded

to San Diego nine (9) photographs of len members and in addition

LON members in the Cleveland

the request that these be show to San Diego informant

1064-C-TE.

By airtel

dated 8/9/67, San Diego advised that sD 1064.

C-TE had Identified eight

to Identify the photograpa

the LON members, but was unable

Of NICK SATUTIO

In addition, St 106

CoTT Identified AUGUST ICCO alse known as (aka), Gus Demna

and ANTHONY

members of the ICY.

HOLLICA wo were suspected Ich menbers, as beine

This Informant as mable to identify

suspected member JAMES IN FATCH. Cleveland at this time is not

carrying LoCO or

MOLLICA as ICh members and by letter deted

8/31/67, the San Diego office has been requested to recontaet

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the informant for additional Information regarding his basta

for so identifying these individuals as ICh members and

furnish any specific information regarding len activities

Upon the receipt of this inquiry, Cleveland wild make a

determination whether these individuals shall be identified

as LCH members.

Information had been

received fron Cleveland searcan

that NUNZTE DESTRO, an Akron, Ohio racket figure had been

killed and his body disposed of. CY 421-C-IE was contactod

on July?, 1967, regarding this runer and advised at that tire

that he had heard nothing regarding it.

on July 14, 196%

CV 421-C-TE advised that he had

made inquiries and had

determined

that the above runor concerning DESIRO'& death

false, however,

according to this source. DESTRO

trouble and mobal and eventially be de we

with.

Source stated that recently DESTRO had had a serious

disagreement with one TED POPA, Akron, Ohio burglar, over the

disposition of some burglary loot and POPA had become Ineensed

because DESTRO had put a gun on POPA to settle this argiment.

source added that DESTRO had & more serious problem since chere

were reports being circled that DESTRO had been snuggling

narcotics in some manner to THONAS "YONVIE" LICAVOLI (Detroit

LoN member, who is serving a life sentence in the ohio state

Penitentiary (OSP), Columbus, Ohio.

Source advised that this

Toledo, Ohio LCN member

and who has very close ties with the

Detroit ICN "family"

According to source,

PETE LICAVOLI, ION member of Detroit

and

DESTRO for furnishing these narcotics and to which.

a younger brother of vomar say was extremely enterin

1s allegedly now addleted As & result PETE LICAVOLA gaVe

out the word

for a "hit"

Source further advised

that DOMINIC POPA, Akron, Ohio and

on pesTiga friend of DEStRo, had

interceded for him with ANTHONY BESASE and the "hit"

was rat

off temporarily.

Source stated

Detroit ICN leader

was then out of Detroit

and rows

chat when ZERILTI

returns to Detroit he may agath want DESTRo: "hit" and this

time BESASE would be unable

to intercede. This

information

has been confidentially furnished to the

authorities at the

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