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Dec 15, 2019 · Author Rick Porrello, retired Lyndhurst Police Chief and author of “To Kill the Irishman," "The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia," and “Superthief,” tells the twisting story of the life ...
Mar 29, 2004 · Rick Porrello is a veteran Ohio police chief and author of The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia (Barricade Books, 1995) written during research into the murder of his grandfather. Also an accomplished jazz musician, Rick spent two-and-a-half years traveling as the drummer for Sammy Davis Jr. He is host of Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com.
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Rick Porrello. Producer: Kill the Irishman. A suburban Cleveland, Ohio police chief, Rick Porrello is also an author of three books about organized crime: The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia (Barricade Books, 1995), To Kill the Irishman - The War that Crippled the Mafia (Next Hat Press, 1998) and Superthief - A Master Burglar, the Mafia and the Biggest Bank Heist in U.S.
ISBN: 9798987831205. Announcing the 2023 re-release of my first book, The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia – Corn Sugar & Blood. Originally published in 1995, this is the same book with a redesigned cover and is now self-published. Click Amazon Buy Now button below. Mafia boss turned federal witness Angelo Lonardo, the Sugar War, and the ...
Jun 26, 2013 · in big emblazoned letters. 6. Rick Porrello's father was not involved in the Mafia. He was a musician and the head of the musician's union. However, by coincidence, he was in the area when the ...
Oct 25, 1995 · The feud led to the death of three members of the Lonardo family and four members of the Porrello family, including Rick Porrello's own grandfather. By the time the blood-feud ended in 1932, both families had been decimated and Frank Milano had seized control of the Cleveland mafia. The latter part of the book covers the Cleveland Mafia briefly ...
About Rick Porrello. Rick Porrello wears many hats. He is a retired Cleveland-area police chief and author of The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia. Porrello began writing his first book during research into the murders of his grandfather and three uncles, who were mob leaders killed in Prohibition-era violence. Read the Preface.
