Agency: FBI
Originator: FBI
From: SAC, NO
To: DIRECTOR, FBI
Document date: 09/22/1965
Document type: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

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

DATE: 11-14-2017

JFK Assassination System

Date:

4/17/201

Identification Form

Agency Information

AGENCY:

FBI

RECORD NUMBER:

124-10283-10253

RECORD SERIES: HQ

AGENCY FILE NUMBER : CR 66-6353-2874

Document Information

ORIGINATOR: FBI

FROM: SAC, NO

TO: DIRECTOR, FBI

TITLE :

DATE:

09/22/1965

PAGES:

4

SUBJECTS:

SS, ASSOC, MGG, JG, POLIT, CORRUPTION, PROSTITUTION,

RACK ACT, GAMBLING

DOCUMENT TYPE: PAPER, TEXTUAL DOCUMENT

CLASSIFICATION: Unclassified

RESTRICTIONS:

CURRENT STATUS :

Redact

DATE OF LAST REVIEW: 04/11/1998

OPENING CRITERIA: INDEFINITE

COMMENTS :

V9.1

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Releaser wider the Tohn F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 (44 USC 2107 Note).

DATE: 11-14-2017

UFIONAL FORM NO. 19

9010-107

MAY 1962 EDITION

GSA GEN. REG. NO. 27

UNITED STATES GOT RNMENT

• Memorandum

i do. no

TO

DIRECTOR, FBI (66-6353)

DATE:

9/22/65

SAC, NEW ORLEANS (66-2404)

SUBJECT:

QISSEMINATION OF CRIMINAL.

INFORMATION TO OTHER AGENCIES

NEW ORLEANS DIVISION

AR

CRIMINAL INFLUENCE IN

LOCAL AGENCIES

AR

ReBulet to all offices 3/4/65.

The following pertains to information developed

which has not been disseminated to local law enforcement

agencies and the reasons why:

In February, 1965 NO 1227-C-TE was arrested by

New Orleans Police Officers and Investigators from the

District Attorney's Office and charged with pandering.

This

involved a city-wide vice raid. In connection with this on

3/18/65 this informant advised he had been contacted by a

MAX/GONZALES of the Orleans Parish District Attorney's k

Office and was advised that the District Attorney's Office

had a good case against the informant and for $2,000 it

would be dropped.

This information was not disseminated to

JAMESHGARRISON,

Orleans Parish District Attorney for fearl LA.

of compromising the informant and for the further reason

that previous to March, 1965 this informant had advised that

a Louisiana State Legislator by the name of PAPPY TRESCH

had been interceding for KAY ROBERTS, a well known New

Orleans madam and the informant had learned from ROBERTS

that for $10,000 the District Attorney would not prosecute

ROBERTS and her prostitutes.

EX 185C 06 6-1353

18 SEP 24 1965

2891

Bureau (RM)

-

New Orleans

(1:

66-2404-Sub 1)

(1: 66-2404-Sub 2-State Agencies)

RWJ : jab

(8)

'4-City and Other Local Agencies)

NO OCT 4

1965

uy U.J. Savings Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Pla

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DATE: 11-11-2017

NO 66-2404

During May, June and July, 1965 N0 1232-C-TF

provided information that a Lieutenant

BILL WARNER

Squad Commander efferson Parish here unfice

taking payoffs from selected big time gamblers

s in Jefferson

Parish in exchange for allowing them to operate and/or

advising them ot planned raids.

Informant identified a

New orleans Police Officer NORMAN VACALUSA,as being

LA

WARNER'S

"bag man".

It was felt that the Sheriff of

Jefferson Parish and the Superintendent of the New Orleans

Police Department are attempting to operate an honest depart-

ment and they were provided with the basic information about

their respective officers being suspected of being involved

in gambling payoffs. In addition to above the informant

did provide specific details as to the amount of money the

118 as no

bag man received, how it was split between the two officers,

what groups of gamblers were involved in the payoffs, how

Lieutenant WARNER went about advising certain gamblers of

proposed raids and details as to other favors these officers

received from gamblers.

This specific information was not

provided to the above mentioned officials for fear of possibly

compromising

the informant.

It is noted that NO 1232-C-TE is an excellent

informant providing information concerning gambling activities

on a local and

national level.

In April, 1965 NO 1232-C-TE advised of the

identity of a fireman in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

identified this individual as a former telephone company

employee and that this person was putting in telephone taps

for the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office on some major

gamblers.

Informant stated that because of contacts of

smart gamblers in the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office these

gamblers became aware of these "taps" almost immediately

after they were installed.

Above information was not disseminated to the

Sheriff's Office because of its delicate nature and

the possibility of compromising the informant.

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NO 66-2404

In June, 1965 NO 1232-C-TE advised he had planned

moving his gambling

operations to St. Tammany Parish,

Louisiana and in making these arrangements had to promise

the Sheriff of St. Tammany Parish $100 a week to operate.

This information was not disseminated for fear of compromising

the informant and further

as the informant changed his plans

and did not move his operations to St. Tammany Parish.

In June, 1965 NO 1232-C-TE provided information

that one of the biggest horse and sports books operating,

apparently with some immunity, in the downtown and French_H

Quarter area of New Orleans was the SAMISAIA operation. IY

Intormant stated that sAlA and Superintendent Of POl€e

JOSEPH GIARRUSSO had been close friends and have taken trips

together such as to the Kentucky Derby.

Informant feels that

GIARRUSSO does allow SAIA a freer hand

in his operations

than other gamblers operating in the same area.

Informant

does not know if this is through past friendship or from

money paid to the Superintendent. He had no specific

information that Superintendent GIARRUSSO had ever received

any money or things of value from SAIA:

Above information was not disseminated because

of its non-specific nature.

New Orleans will continue to review its control

files in this matter on a six months basis and the Bureaù

will be advised.

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