#OTD (Dec 11) in 1997, a federal grand jury indicts Lenine #Strollo (shown), his brother Dante Strollo and numerous others for #racketeering offenses in the #YoungstownOH area.

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#OTD (Nov 29) in 1998, brothers Lenny (shown) and Danny #Strollo of #YoungstownOH and several associates are charged with #racketeering and other crimes.

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#OTD (Nov 12) in 1952, an informant tells the #FBI that underworld figures Albert #Anastasia and Anthony #Strollo arranged the election of Anthony #Provenzano (shown) as president of New Jersey Local 560 of the #Teamsters.

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#OTD (Nov 09) in 1999, #YoungstownOH boss Lenny #Strollo is sentenced to ten years for state crimes, a sentence that will run concurrently with a pending federal penalty.

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#OTD (Oct 31) in 1967, Lenny #Strollo of #YoungstownOH begins serving a nine-year #counterfeiting sentence imposed four years earlier.

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#OTD (Oct 22) in 1945, Albert #Anastasia, Anthony #Strollo (shown) and other #NewYork mobsters force striking dockworkers to return to work.

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#OTD (Oct 21) in 1999, Danny #Strollo of #CampbellOH is sentenced to 46 months in prison for #racketeering.

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#OTD in 1962: "Tony Bender" #Strollo, a top figure in the #Genovese Crime Family, left his home in #FortLeeNJ #NewJersey and never returned.

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https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2020/04/going-out-for-few-minutes.html

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Going out for 'a few minutes'

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#OTD (Apr 8) in #OrganizedCrime #History: #NYC area coin counterfeiters are convicted, mobster Luigi Marciante kills himself, seventeen in #Arizona and #NewYork are accused of drug crimes, #Strollo disappears in #FortLeeNJ, #Spilotro case ends in mistrial, #RhodeIsland racketeer is charged with planning murder.

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Arthur Train devoted an entire chapter of his 1922 book to the 1905 #Torsiello murder, the investigation by #Petrosino and the trial and punishment of Antonio #Strollo. The book included a photo of an alleged #BlackHand letter Strollo used in his defense.
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Sharing a forgotten source

Arthur Train wrote about the 1905 Torsiello murder solved by Petrosino

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