Bob Arnold and I had a source who ran a body shop and owned a tow truck. Carl Spero had stolen a D-9 Caterpillar from a construction site. He had a spot to sell it down in the south central part of the state. He was taking it down on a low boy and the […]
Gangland Wire will premiere at the Crown Center Screenland theater on Friday November 15, 2013. I have partnered with CinemaKC to show this film. I believe the film business in Kansas City is important for us as a Midwest cultural center and (click here to Like on facebook) CinemaKC promotes Kansas City films. CinemaKC produces a
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The B & C Meat Co. was owned by Al Brandmeyer and the Civella family. I remember it was located just east of Paseo about 8th or 9th St. They sold a lot of meat to restaurants. The Outfit has always owned companies that supplied bars and restaurants. Cigarette machine and other vending machines were
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After Duardi was released from the Grove Oklahoma sentence, he started holding court at a small used car dealership at Gregory and Troost. A loan shark named Frankie Robertson and a small time mob associate named Joe Sivliango were using this as a front. Joe was involved in cheating lending institutions using wrecked cars to get
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e6glsvavwsw2k8s/River%20Quay%20murder.wmv The battle over new clubs and parking in the River Quay led to tradgedy in the Bonnadonna family.
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Gangland Wire will premiere at the Screenland Crown Center on November 15, 2013 at 6:30 and 8:30 PM. In addition, there will be a private screening on Nov. 14, 2013 at 8:00 PM as a fund raiser for the Kansas City Police Care team.
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This is one of the most comprehensive and interesting Mob interest message boards I have ever found. http://gangstersinc.ning.com/
Nick Civella attended the famous 1957 Mob meeting where La Cosa Nostra bosses from all the major families met to decide major differences within the 5 families in New York City and to set the direction for the entire country. One thing decided was that mob families would no longer participate in international heroin distribution.
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Nick Civella and Carl “Tuffy” DeLuna discuss a Wall Street Journal story about Joey Aiuppa and Tony Spilotro expanding the Chicago Family to Las Vegas. Nick is not happy with the publicity. Get your own valid XHTML YouTube embed code
I reported recently about fellow Intelligence Unit detective Bobby Arnold finding that Jimmy Duardi was making unescorted trips into Kansas City from the prison at Leavenworth. He was released shortly after. We had an informant tell us that he was meeting people and making criminal connections at a used car lot located at Gregory and
