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The St. Louis crime family, [1] [2] also known as the Giordano crime family or St. Louis Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. [3] [4] History. Early Italian gangs. The earliest records of the St. Louis Mafia date back to the mid-1890, with Italian Mafia gangs operating in the city. [5] .
Oct 15, 2000 · The Book traces the history of Gangsters and their gangs in the metro area of St. Louis, Southern Illinois, Kansas City and their connections to the east and west coast Mob Bosses. The history is based facts and people, along with photos obtained from the local police and FBI files.
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BY Allan May. Tweet. Follow @crimelibrary. Share. The Leisures and Trupiano. Less than a year after Jimmy Michaels' murder, his supporters retaliated by planting a bomb under Paul Leisure's car outside his mother's home on Nottingham Avenue on August 11, 1981. The ensuing blast cost him his right leg and left foot.
By the time Prohibition arrived, there were five gangs of importance in the St. Louis: The Sicilian Green Ones, the Pillow Gang, the Egan's Rats, the Hogan Gang, and the Cuckoos. The Green Ones reportedly received their name from the farming communities in Sicily where they originated.
Jul 30, 2021 · "St. Louis had its share of that type of crime, bootlegging and gangsters and mobsters that are jostling with each other to control different aspects of illegal liquor, this trend of organized ...
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Nov 14, 2023 · View the sections of St. Louis gangs, old St Louis hoods that have been torn down, images of certain neighborhoods, community history, and much more representing mostly all the hoods in St Louis. St Louis Gangs Map Key : Red = Bloods | Blue = Crips/GDs | Orange = 62 EastCoast | Gold = Rollin 60s/Vice Lords | Grey = Unknown
Frank L. "Buster" Wortman (December 4, 1904 – August 3, 1968) was an American St. Louis -area bootlegger, gambler, criminal gang leader, and a former member of the Shelton Brothers Gang during Prohibition. Wortman would eventually succeed the Sheltons, and take over St. Louis's gambling operations in southwest Illinois until his death.
