Anthony Carollo
Anthony Samuel Carollo ( , ; November 24, 1923 – February 1, 2007) was an American mobster, boss of the New Orleans crime family and son of the mob boss Silvestro Carollo. He led the organization from 1990 until his death on February 1, 2007. Early life. Carollo was born on November 24, 1923 in New Orleans, to Silvestro Carollo and Catherine Tenie Carollo. He had two siblings, Michael Carollo and Sarah Misuraca. At this time his father was the acting boss of the New Orleans Mafia, and he followed him in crime. He served in the U.S. Army during World War  II and was owner of Venezia Restaurant in New Orleans. Carollo married Mary Evans, and had one son, Sam Carollo and a step-son, Marlon Kenney. Rise to power. In September 1966, Carollo and other Mafia members attended a meeting at La Stella restaurant in Queens, New York. When the police raided the building, among those arrested were Carollo, Carlos Marcello, Santo Trafficante Jr. and Carlo Gambino. It has been alleged that this meeting was to resolve matters relating to the New Orleans crime family. The meeting was referred as "Little Apalachin". Boss and later years. When Carlos Marcello went  to prison in 1983, his brother Joseph was the boss until 1990, when he stepped down. At that point Carollo became the boss of the family. In May 1994, following an FBI sting dubbed "Operation Hard Crust", Carollo and 16 other persons belonging to the Marcello, Gambino and Genovese families were arrested on charges of infiltrating the newly legalized Louisiana video poker industry, racketeering, illegal gambling and conspiracy. In September 1995, Carollo pleaded guilty to a single count of racketeering conspiracy, with Frank and Joseph Gagliano and associates Felix Riggio III and Cade Carber. Carollo died on February 1, 2007  at Northshore Regional Medical Center, Slidell, Louisiana, of natural causes. He is buried on Metairie Cemetery.