Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, MI
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 03/28/1967
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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Released under the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (41 USC 2107 Hote).

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

5/19/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY: FBI

RECORD NUMBER: 124-10222-10052

RECORD SERIES : HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER :

92-6054-1904

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM:

SAC, MI

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE:

DATE:

' PAGES:

SUBJECTS :

03/28/1967

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LCN, MEMBERS, DE

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS : Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW : 07/08/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

OPTIONAL FORM NO. 10

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA FPMR (41 CER) 101-11.6

UNITED STATES GO CANMENT

Memorandum

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI (92-6054)

DATE:

3/28/67

FROM

MILWAUKEE (92-262) (P*)

SUBJEC

LA

COSA NOSTRA

DETROIT DIVISION

Re Detroit airtel to Bureau dated 3/3/67.

At Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The following informant contacts were made

by SA CARLYLE N. REED concerning leads set out in

referenced airtel to attempt to clarify information

regarding the LCN and members of that organization

-in the Detroit Division.

On 3/8/67, MI 607-C advised that he was not

in a position to furnish any information of pertinence.

This informant is described as'a businessman and associate

of hoodlums who has furnished reliable information in the

past.

5010-108-01

On 3/10/67, MI 656-C-TE advised in the negative

regarding Outfit (LNC) matters in the Detroit area.

On 3/14/67, MI 623-C-TE, who is described as

a hoodlum who has furnished reliable information in

the past, advised as follows:

Informant is not personally acquainted with any

members of the Detroit LCN family.

However, he stated

there is definitely a family there and that years ago

he, the informant, knew the boss there, name not recalled

at the present time.

Informant also advised that he has

heard of the surname TOCCO of the Detroit family. He

recalled that at one time FRANK COPOLA was in Detroit

and may have been a member there.

However, COPOLA WaS

last in the New Orleans, Louisiana area before he was

deported to Italy or Sicily.

COPOLA would have been

in Detroit in about the late 1930's.

The 1930's were

the reare when the infornant had leket ?yout the Detroit

-92-6054-

190%

-Bureaux (92-6054) (AM-RM)

2-Detroit (92-914) (AM-RM)

2-Milwaukee (92-262)

(1-137-1318)

4-19

MAR, SI 1967

Entery

R 2 1967

Buy U.S. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan

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MI 92-262

Informant does not know JOE ZERILLI (alleged

boss of the Detroit family).

From the above, and as indicated by the informant,

he is in no position to know if any new members have been

taken into the Detroit LCN family since 1946-1947.

Regarding the possibility of sons of LCN members

inheriting "the right to become members" of the LCN, in-

formant stated that to the best of his knowledge, this

nas not been done and is not done. Informant pointed out

that among many, and probably the

majority of present LCN

members known to him,

these members purposely avoid having

their sons become involved in the LCN and related illegitimate

or criminal activities.

In this regard, informant pointed

out that many long-time LCN members in view of developments

in recent years feel that they have been "stuck" with their

membership, and it is difficult and sometimes impossible

to break away from the organization and friends who are

members.

Such disilussioned members, in effect, fear the

stigma of their association with the LCN.

Informant said that as far as he knows, he feels

quite certain that sons of members would have to prove

themselves and go through the initial procedures. Informant

said that it would not be necessary for such prospective

members

to prove themselves by fulfilling a contract to

make a "hit" on anyone.

The statement among LCN members that "He was

made", means that the individual was initiated into the

LCN.

The statement, "He is his father's son", in LCN

Jargon possibly means that a son takes after his father.

However, this does not mean that the son is a member of

the LCN, because of his father's membership. •

For the confidential information of Detroit,

MI 623-C-TE is a long-time member of the Milwaukee LCN

family.

Any reporting or utilizing of the above information

from this informant should be paraphrased and should not

indicate in any way

that this information came from the

Milwaukee area. To do so could compromise the informant

and jeopardize his personal well being.

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