#OTD (Dec 18) in 1902, future #Pittsburgh crime boss Sebastian John #LaRocca is born in Villa Rosa, Caltanissetta, #Sicily.

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#OTD (Dec 03) in 1984, longtime #Pittsburgh crime boss Sebastian John #LaRocca dies of congestive heart failure at his home in #McCandlessPA.

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#OTD (Oct 26) in 1931, future #Pittsburgh crime boss Sebastian John #LaRocca is charged in #JamestownNY with illegal possession and transport of liquor.

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#OTD (Oct 14) in 1957, #Pittsburgh boss Sebastian #LaRocca is acquitted of a perjury charge.

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#OTD (Sep 27) in 1956, a federal judge orders the dismissal of a perjury charge against #Pittsburgh boss Sebastian #LaRocca.

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#OTD (June 19) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Court affirms counterfeiting convictions, #LaRocca takes assault plea deal, #Terranova in-law is killed in #NYC, #Schultz is charged for assaulting police, Licavola is arrested at #Cleveland, #GreenwichVillage club manager is murdered, Salemme gets 28 years for #Massachusetts car-bomb, #Giancana is killed at his home in #Chicago suburb, #Riccobene of #Philadelphia dies in prison.

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#OTD (Mar 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Dellacroce is born in #NYC, Buccola settles in #Massachusetts, #Moretti home in #NewJersey is raided, Virginia Hill testifies before #Kefauver, #LaRocca faces perjury charge, #FBI listens in on #Patriarca calls, #Philadelphia boss Testa is murdered.

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