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William "Big Billy" D'Elia (born June 24, 1946) is an American former mobster who was the head of the Bufalino crime family and protégé of family namesake Russell Bufalino. Because of his close relationship with Bufalino and his hitman Frank Sheeran, law enforcement had long believed that D'Elia knew many details of Bufalino's long history ...
Jul 11, 2023 · From Matt Birkbeck—investigative journalist and executive producer of Netflix’s #1 movie Girl in the Picture —a revelatory father/surrogate son story that takes readers deep inside the inner workings of the mob through the eyes of William “Big Billy” D’Elia, the right-hand man to legendary mafia kingpin Russell Bufalino, who ran ...
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Oct 11, 2022 · Some believe its Mafia chief, ... In the book, the author says that Big Bill D’Elia was an underboss who became godfather of the Bufalino family when Russell died. In 2006, he was indicted for ...
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Aug 23, 2023 · KINGSTON, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — For nearly 30 years, Luzerne County native William "Big Billy" D'elia was at the side of Russel Bufalino, one of the most powerful organized crime leaders.
Apr 17, 1994 · Mafia myth? Billy D’Elia was born in June 1946. He graduated from the old Pittston City High School in 1964. ... D’Elia is a registered Democrat from Hughestown’s 1st Ward.
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Nov 25, 2008 · Mafia kingpin William D'Elia gets nine years. SCRANTON — The reputed boss of a northeastern Pennsylvania crime family could get time knocked off his prison sentence because he is cooperating ...
William “Big Billy” D’elia, the former driver of Bufalino, took over the family. D’elia was never arrested until 2006, when he was indicted in a non-mafia related money laundering scheme. Big Billy was also then undone his attempts to have a cooperator killed by again soliciting from another cooperator ertor (or undercover cop).
