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Frank J. Valenti (September 14, 1911 – September 20, 2008) was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family from 1964 to 1972. As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York for 8 years.
Frank Joseph Valenti (September 14, 1911 - September 20, 2008) was an American organized crime figure who became the boss of Rochester's Mafia from 1964 to 1972.
Feb 18, 2019 · Frank Valenti, who was retaking control of Rochester’s gangsters after an enforced absence, may have ordered Russo killed. Let’s leave murder — or possible murder — to Craig,...
In September 1975, he was arrested along with former Rochester mob boss Frank Valenti, and Jimmy Massaro who was murdered in November 1973, and were accused of burning down a warehouse and receiving $80,000 insurance money in September 1971.
Frank Valenti's flashy return to rule over Rochester was much in line with his own personality. Valenti was well known throughout the city for his dapper appearance, expensive suits, slicked back hair, gold watches and swanky aura.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Frank J. Valenti, who oversaw organized crime activity in Rochester during its violent heyday in the 1960s and '70s, has died. He was 97.
Nov 28, 2023 · During his time as the head of a highly structured criminal family, Frank Valenti deliberately elevated influential members of the group. Salvatore Gingello,...
Oct 12, 2013 · The bombings took place during a period of intense activity in the Rochester underworld. Six years earlier, mob boss Frank Valenti had wrested control of local organized crime from a rival...
Frank J. Valenti was boss of the criminal organization known as the Rochester crime family from 1964 to 1972. As the head of the organization he oversaw gambling, prostitution and extortion rackets operating in the city of Rochester, New York for 8 years.
Sep 20, 2008 · ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Frank J. Valenti, who oversaw organized crime activity in Rochester during its violent heyday in the 1960s and '70s, has died. He was 97. He died Saturday at a nursing home...
