He said he was set up by Danny Strollo and Brier Hill Jimmy (Vincenzo Jimmy Prato, the acknowledged Godfather of the Mafia in the Valley.). She vividly remembers the first time she traveled to Youngstown with Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Morford, who pointed out the different areas controlled by the Mafia. The money came from Cleveland, and Strollo gave Armstrong and others thousands of dollars to launder. This relationship is not possible based on lifespan dates. There is 1 volunteer for this cemetery. "But the drug dealers they were ripping off started turning on them.". Lenine Strollo is 91 years old today because Lenine's birthday is on 04/21/1931. Prosecutors claimed his three employees arranged the 1996 killing of Ernie Biondillo _ Strollo's rival _ and the woundings of Mahoning County Prosecutor Paul Gains days before he . It is centrally located between Cleveland and Pittsburg as well. "These people are a cancer on this society," he fumes. According to Harris's testimony, Riddle asked Batcho if Gains was dead. As if bribes and campaign contributions weren't enough, one of Strollo's own lawyers, Gary Van Brocklin, was elected to that office in 1984. All it took was for one of the players to be nabbed by the feds with a fist full of dollars, and the rest was history. "I don't think about it too much," he says, slapping his hand on his desk with a sense of finality. "It was a tough time for me. Unlike Scalish, the white-haired, cane-carrying Prato also named a successor before he died--Naples, now answering only to Pittsburgh. 25020 Divot Dr, Bonita Springs, FL 34135, lived here in 2017 $1,360: C. 21825 . Dee was also the cherished aunt of many nieces and nephews as well as a great aunt and great-great aunt of many more. Biondillo's elder brother, Anthony Biondillo, 69, said Morford painted Strollo as a saint. Strollo spent 13 years behind bars, convicted of bribes, money laundering and. Strollo was a member of the Pittsburgh branch of La Cosa Nostra. Financially strapped and with his campaign in need of funds, Appellant turned to Youngstown Mafia boss Lenine "Lenny" Strollo for help. Just before Altshuler, Riddle, and Turnage were marched out in their orange prison jumpsuits for sentencing, Milano sat on a court bench in an expensive gray suit, head cocked and leg resting on his knee, chatting with reporters. Oops, we were unable to send the email. From information like that, the FBI got a search warrant for Strollo's home, and, in January 1997, agents seized more than 40,000 pages of documents, including financial and gambling records. By using this site, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use. It was complex and interesting," he says, noting his law firm had to build a new database just to keep track of all the evidence. February 27, 2023, 5:15 PM. "It's like riddles and puzzles to put together," Morford says. My phone is bad, and I know it." But after that, La Cosa Nostra--the Mafia--in Ohio is probably finished. Soon, Strollo's vending side job was paying up to $250 a week, triple what he made at his legitimate job, and over time he had his own machines and territory. Exclusive There was no such window dressing in this case. Feeling outgunned, Strollo turned to Jimmy Prato, a Pittsburgh mobster who owned a bar just outside of Youngstown. James "Jack White" Licavoli and the Carabbia brothers--Ronnie and Charlie--controlled the Cleveland family's interests. The sponsor of a memorial may add an additional. When Biondillo turned down Murdock Street off Himrod Avenue, he couldn't get his rose-colored Cadillac through the narrow street. Susany took revenge on Batcho, and we hear Lenny Strollo's story - the head of Youngstown's rackets. Podcasts Family and friends may visit www.rossisantuccifh.com. After I was released I was on parole for 10 months. Editors Dante Strollo, the brother of Youngstown, Ohio, mob boss Lenny Strollo - photo above, died on Tuesday. But increased federal pressure and an influx of new ethnic and racial groups have radically changed the face of organized crime, decimating enterprises that were traditionally controlled by a few Italian families. He was 91 years old. Gains's office is in the Mahoning County Courthouse, a magnificent four-story building erected in 1908. It's the kind of place one might expect Gregory Peck to walk out of as Atticus Finch, a man as graceful and dignified as the surroundings. Many viewed Licavoli as a weak leader whose control made the Cleveland mob vulnerable to challengers. With so many public officials on the take, short-circuiting standard legal procedures was relatively easy. The first two ended with hung juries. "One prominent member of the community actually said to me, 'Yeah, he was a good guy who wanted to clean house, so of course they shot him,'" says Mark Shutes, an anthropology professor at Youngstown State University. Once out of prison, Strollo will be on three years' supervised release and must do 250 hours community service. Friends say Strollo always despised the FBI. While Gains fed his cats and made a call on his cellular phone, Batcho entered through the side door. Strollo told of having cases fixed for Riddle, Turnage, and Harris. Morford, in explaining the extent of Strollo's cooperation to Judge O'Malley, said whatever information he provided was "like money in the bank." The only question that remained was why the trio did not take the plea bargains offered by the government, as 42 others did. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) - Notorious Youngstown mob boss Lenny Strollo has died. Strollo had his own gambling operations, most notably the All-American Club in Campbell, a run-down suburb east of Youngstown where every flagpole seems to have a Greek or Italian flag hanging underneath its American counterpart. to view this obituary, sign the guest book and send condolences to the Strollo family.- See more at: http://www.vindy.com/news/tributes/#sthash.TAL3ieam.dpuf, U.S., Cemetery and Funeral Home Collection, 1847-Current, Ohio, U.S., Death Records, 1908-1932, 1938-2018, Thank you for fulfilling this photo request. Under questioning from Morford, Strollo described his induction ceremony, which Strollo said was attended by alleged Pittsburgh crime boss Michael Genovese, among others. "I kept questioning why. ft. home. 99 CA 147 PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE, ) ) - VS - ) OPINION ) JEFF RIDDLE, ) ) . Then I passed out.". He took in the jury's verdict with a smirk, then struck out in the only way he could. On August 9, 1982, Traficant was indicted for accepting bribes and filing a false income tax return. To the shock and amazement of prosecutors, he was acquitted. I told them I wanted to be paid, I wanted protection, oversight and was prepared to wear a wire and show them where to place their bugs, including the rooms at the Stardust Motel in North Lima where Strollo and the other mobsters met.. Unscathed by the Traficant trial, Prato retired from his life of crime and died of a heart attack in 1988 at the age of 81. The building has hosted some of the area's most infamous cases over the past few decades, including the trials of porn czar Ruben Sturman and mobster Joseph Gallo. Failed to report flower. "What we've had here is institutional corruption. Burial will take place at Calvary Cemetery, Youngstown. "Lenny will be on a beach with a couple of blondes and a bag full of hundred-dollar bills, waving, saying, 'No, Bernie, I'll never give you up,'" Milano said with a grin on his face, clearly amused by the image. One of the victims was Charles Carabbia, whose older brother Ronnie palled around with Edward DeBartolo Jr. until Ronnie was convicted in 1979 of flipping the switch that killed Greene. Design Awards: 2011 CEDIA Electronic Lifestyle Award - Home Theater Level VII Bronze Technical Design East Coast Mike Tobin I didn't know I had done anything that would anger anyone so much." Riddle turned his head, surveyed the courtroom, and released a loud, defiant . Failed to remove flower. At least that's how Milano sees it. She was employed for many years as a production clerk for General Fireproofing Company.Dee had many passions throughout her life. 2023 Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home. Other moves were just plain moronic. "Who are the high rollers? "He did a better job for the defendant than the defendant's attorney." . Regions Dee will always be remembered and loved by her family and friends for her generosity and kindness. He then called the two FBI agents who were assigned to the organized crime division in the Youngstown office, Larry Lynch and Craig Morford, and offered his services. Many Youngstown residents still note the lack of public outcry over the Gains shooting. We have set your language to Strollo will continue to testify as needed in federal, state and local cases. You mean that politician is likely going to be indicted on corruption charges by the FBI? The indictments included two Clevelanders. The banners, full of bold lettering and exclamation points, leave the false sense that community pep can trump economic reality. My last thought was, How's my mother going to handle this? It's easy to view the mob as a romantic relic--with images of Al Pacino talking to Marlon Brando in a vegetable garden--or to simply write it off as an insular faction that runs a few gambling operations and rarely uses violence outside its own ranks. Everything, from murder charges to alleged robberies to simple DUIs, was watered down or thrown out. A. He went to the Draught House, a Youngstown bar where he caught up with some lawyer friends, then made his way to the Caffe Capri in Boardman. "Jeff was very realistic from beginning to end.". He was given credit for time served and with good time could be out in late 2008. Lenny Strollo was having problems of his own in 1996. "Yes," he replied. Occupation. He said it had been that way for more than 50 years, with more than 50 mob-related murders, long before Strollo. How long after you were released from the halfway house?". When Strollo heard Biondillo might have him killed, he decided to strike first. This browser does not support getting your location. Thu, Apr 8, 1999 at 4:00 am. Riddle may have garnered himself a place in local lore, in what was quite possibly the last Mafia trial Cleveland will ever see. Strollo also fingered Riddle and Turnage, black street thugs Strollo had used to recruit drug dealers to gamble in the various card and dice games controlled by the Youngstown mob. Use Next and Previous buttons to navigate, or jump to a slide with the slide dots. Are you sure that you want to delete this photo? Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. Mike Tobin may be reached at [emailprotected]. Oops, something didn't work. AAA: Gas prices continue to fall in Ohio. Kroner eventually got permission to bug Strollo's phones and sprawling Canfield farmhouse. The murder was an uncharacteristically bold move by Strollo, who had always been a smart, cautious man, advising friends: "Anger is the wind that blows out the flame of the mind." Some businesses display "Team Lordstown!" Use Escape keyboard button or the Close button to close the carousel. She also loved her Golden Girls sisters trips to many Casinos and enjoyed spending family time with everyone. I said to myself These S.O.B.s will pay for this. I shook hands with Danny, and started keeping records for three or four years.. Since he was on parole for six years, he received a prison sentence of 19 to 95 years in the third trial. He'd spend $20,000 a year on grapes alone, and considered it the highest honor to supply all the wine at weddings of his friends' children. The judge said, however, that given the nature of the government's allegations, Rich's father had participated in organized crime activity, too. He was taken into custody Dec. 11, 1997, and has remained in protective custody since then, with his whereabouts kept secret. Try again later. Instead, he deferred to the government, represented by Craig S. Morford, an assistant U.S. attorney. "Lenny Strollo is the last of the main characters in the long, sordid history of crime in the Valley. Another key figure working at the club was Ernie Biondillo, a close friend of Naples. "The economy was down, so they needed high rollers to play," Assistant U.S. Attorney James Wooley says. "That's how confident, how cocky they were [that] they could get away with anything. Archives Nearly fifty years later, "Big Ange" entered the witness protection program and became the highest-ranking mafioso to defect. EDINA M. 'DEE' STROLLO CANFIELD - There will be a Mass of Christian Burial held on Monday, Jan. 30, 2017, at 11 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 7345 Westview Drive in Boardman, with Father Philip Rogers officiating for Edina M. "Dee" Strollo, 87, who passed away peacefully Thursday morning, Jan. 26, 2017, with. On the final count of gambling--guilty. Random The data offered through Vericora may be managed to assist someone learn about other person currently in their lives or search people from earlier period. You need a Find a Grave account to continue. There was an error deleting this problem. But if Strollo's contempt for the feds was increasing, so was their infiltration of the Youngstown mob. May 20, 2021. Forgot Password. The ambush flashed into Cleveland's first mob war, which left four Lonardos and seven Porrellos dead. Cleveland Taco Week returns on Monday, April 10th. He was convicted by a Fairfield County jury in 2001 of 32 crimes involving public money misspent on meals, trips and entertainment and then lying about it. He has left the witness protection program and as he approaches his 70th birthday is willing to talk about his days with the Mafia in the Valley. cemeteries found within kilometers of your location will be saved to your photo volunteer list. It's a rare moment for the kid who swept floors to put himself through Catholic high school and served as president of the Youngstown Fraternal Order of Police. Superior Avenue was cold, quiet, and nearly deserted on the morning of March 12, but the United States District Courthouse was buzzing with activity and anticipation. With Morford just a few feet away, Milano breezily predicted a happy end for the Youngstown don. In 1997, a Pittsburgh jeweler paid Wilkins $255 for a ring. What Gains didn't know was that Riddle, Harris, and Batcho were staking out his house. 6 + 4 equals?*. Turnage, 27, seemed terrified, while 39-year-old Riddle, who hoped to become the first black man ever inducted into the Mafia, appeared amused--either too cocky or too stupid to realize he was about to be sent away for life. Gains' victim-impact statement likely helped shorten former mob boss Lenny Strollo's prison term. Three hours later, following stiff federal sentencing guidelines that left her with little choice, O'Malley sentenced the trio to life in prison. As the top Mafia don in Ohio's Mahoning Valley, he presided over the killings and disappearances in and around Youngstown from his farm in nearby Canfield, where he tended his gardens and ate. In the past, Lenine has also been known as Lenny Strollo. It would have been a wise move, because there was no surprise ending, no fourth-quarter heroics. In that trial, Terlecky's attorney was Stewart Mandel. Judge O'Malley said she wasn't the one he needed to apologize to. Dogged investigators. It was not one of the Mafia's finest moments, though it might have been a fitting exclamation point to the Youngstown mob's collapse. The money came from Cleveland, and Strollo gave Armstrong and others thousands of dollars to launder. In those conversations, the two discussed how Traficant laundered $10,000 of the mob's money through Flask & Policy, the powerful Youngstown law firm run by Ed Flask and Carmen Policy, who is now president of the Cleveland Browns. A former mob boss who helped Youngstown earn the name "Crimetown U.S.A" has died at age 90. "And can you tell us what role you played in that murder?" With good behavior, the former mob boss could be out in late 2008. The Crab received a mysterious phone call summoning him to a meeting at a Youngstown donut shop on December 13, 1980. The Fall Of Youngstown Mob Boss Lenny Strollo. Strollo also provided information that led to the convictions of former U.S. Rep. James A. Traficant Jr., ex-Mahoning County Judge Martin W. Emrich, ex-Youngstown Municipal Judge Andrew Polovischak Jr., three men involved in the Biondillo hit, ex-Mahoning County Sheriff Phil Chance, ex-Mahoning County Prosecutor James A. Philomena and others. Thanks for using Find a Grave, if you have any feedback we would love to hear from you. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio A former mob boss whose criminal enterprise helped earn Youngstown the name "Crimetown U.S.A" before turning federal witness has died at age 90. On August 19, 1991, as Naples was checking on construction of his new mansion in bucolic Beaver Township, Pennsylvania, a sniper hiding in a nearby cornfield shot him dead. Hit and Miss The trial was the culmination of a four-year FBI investigation that yielded thousands of pages of sworn affidavits and two thousand hours of conversations secretly recorded by FBI phone taps and bugs. Of course, that kind of cash attracts competition, and it wasn't long before Strollo was being squeezed by competitors. How was the mob able to get black men in their twenties and thirties to work for white men the age of their grandfathers? "It was worth it. "Were you aware that [Prato and Naples] were intending to kill Charlie Carabbia?" T The Criminal Underworld Compilation Youngstown, Ohio Mafia Video Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. After a new county prosecutor . But in the mid-1970s, control of crime in Youngstown was still split between the Cleveland and Pittsburgh families. or don't show this againI am good at figuring things out. His appearance hasn't changed much after slightly more than six years behind bars -- his hair is still dark with only tinges of gray at the temples, but he has developed a slight paunch. Strollo had met Altshuler in the mid-1970s, when they set up a craps game together. Armstrong said he was supposed to rob the 13th Frame bar on the West Side, but things went wrong. Local Mandy Jenkins, digital news pioneer who founded Mahoning Matters, dies at age 42. Kobler also presciently noted, "The Youngstown area exemplifies the truism that rackets cannot survive without two basic conditions--the sanction of police and politicians, and an apathetic public. Think about it. Weekly payouts! Gains fumbled for his cell phone, dialed 911, and waited for help to arrive. Strollo said he had his brother pay Campbell police chief Charles Xenakis $500 a month for three years and claimed that Campbell Law Director Mike Rich fixed numerous cases for him. We've had a feudal government, divided up by mob nobility.". The mob knew the FBI was watching, but that proved to be only an occasional annoyance--like when agents raided a 1995 Super Bowl party, seized $15,000 and some gambling equipment, and arrested Jeep Garono and Danny Strollo, among others. Morford asked Strollo. "I thought, I'm gonna die," Gains recalls. With Naples dead, Strollo, by then living in a halfway house on Market Street in Youngstown, was his logical successor. The $65-an-hour fee the government paid Milano to represent Riddle is well below his regular rate, but he accepted the work because he wanted to be part of this trial. Following the trial, Mandel became a business partner of mob boss Lenine Strollo for a company in Conneaut, OH. "He came in, and I pirouetted and saw the gun," Gains says. Batcho, whose state trial is scheduled to begin next month in Youngstown, allegedly pulled the trigger of his .38-caliber handgun. Friends say Danny was terrified of prison and had grown to resent his younger brother, whom Danny felt wasn't paying him enough for his role as liaison with the police. A car driven by Lavance Turnage sat with its hood raised, blocking his way. Sorry! Before the four drove away to collect their shares of the $35,000 hit fee and celebrate their success over a lunch of chicken and pizza, one of the men reached through the shattered window and pulled the gold ring with diamonds that spelled "EB" from Biondillo's finger. But Strollo and Altshuler had a plan. This account has been disabled. Oops, some error occurred while uploading your photo(s). Traficant countered that he accepted the $163,000 as part of a maverick operation to trap the mobsters. The government was able to build its case by convincing lower-echelon criminals to roll over on their superiors. All Rights Reserved. According to Federal Bureau of Prisons, Altshuler, 80, died recently at the U.S. Medical Center for. The second shot missed Gains but hit his caller ID box, knocking out his home phone. That's why I did it," says attorney Jay Milano, who defended Riddle. Dee was a graduate of East High School and a member of St. Charles Borromeo Church. Arrangements have been entrusted to the professional care of the Rossi & Santucci Funeral Home, 4221 Market St., Boardman (new location). The Strollos were a major force in the Youngstown underworld in the 1970s through to the early 1990s, controlling gambling and extortion rackets. He said the government could have gone to trial and put Strollo in prison, but the same corrupt system would still exist. to view this obituary, sign the guest book and send condolences to the Strollo family. For memorials with more than one photo, additional photos will appear here or on the photos tab. One of the soldiers in that war was a teenaged Angelo Lonardo, who went on to take his father's nickname and position. But the reality in Mahoning County is that the mob has held that area in its clutches for nearly three generations, infiltrated its public institutions to an unprecedented level, and, some residents say, choked off any possibility the depressed region has of economic recovery. "Probably three, four months," Strollo said. 2023 Strollo Architects LLC. "That was why malls didn't go in or projects didn't get done, just on the fact that [the mob] always owned everything," Stiller says. Gains was a true victim, the judge said. The funeral home handling. Convinced that Traficant was responsible for her husband's disappearance, Carabbia's widow approached the FBI with conversations Carabbia had secretly recorded between himself and Traficant. Which memorial do you think is a duplicate of Edina Strollo (175814704)? "We really haven't had a democracy in this community in years. banners urging residents to "Get the Next Generation of GM Cars for Our Valley," a reference to General Motors' pending decision whether to replace or relocate the massive Lordstown plant. "It was a total upset," Strollo said. Thus, when Armstrong came out of prison he went to work for Strollo and his brother, Danny, at A1 Vending. With the death of Lenine Strollo, brings the an end of the era when the mafia controlled the the region. Password * Remember Me . African-American Patricia Meade Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. You can always change this later in your Account settings. Amazingly, Gains was sworn in as Mahoning County prosecutor ten days later, bits of the bullet still lodged near his spine. Information he provided Strollo provided information about a number of unsolved homicides and about La Cosa Nostra activities in Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Detroit and New York, Morford said. As for Altshuler, Riddle, and Turnage, even their lawyers were not completely sure why they took a bad gamble on a life sentence. No fine was imposed. Mandel was a former U.S. attorney within the Justice Department. YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WYTV) - Dante Strollo, brother of notorious Youngstown mob boss Lenny Strollo, died on Tuesday. 5 Ernest (Big Ernie) Biondillo - A strong-minded and business-savvy "button man" in the Pittsburgh mafia's Youngstown rackets, Biondillo, who came up under Little Joey Naples and Briar Hill Jimmy Prato, feuded with Lenny Strollo, Naples' replacement as the syndicate's Youngstown captain, and was shot to death while driving to work . Weve updated the security on the site. In mid-1968, Armstrong was arrested for armed robbery, kidnapping, intentional shooting with intent to kill and rape. Strollo testified they were lured in by money and, more disturbingly, legal protection. Philadelphia Waiting in the shadow of a nearby house were Cleveland Blair and George Wilkins. The cat-and-mouse stalking continued intermittently until Christmas Eve 1996, when Riddle and his thugs finally got to Gains. Youngstown was once among the biggest steel cities along with Cleveland and Pittsburg. He panicked, ran out of the house, and hopped in the car where Riddle and Harris waited. All photos uploaded successfully, click on the Done button to see the photos in the gallery. The Pittsburgh crime family, [3] also known as the LaRocca crime family [4] or Pittsburgh Mafia, is an Italian American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. When gambling kingpin Lenny Strollo spilled his guts in federal court last month, he broke the Mafia's decades-old grip on Youngstown and drew the final curtain on the fabled northern Ohio. "I had lost any sensation of pain. Lenny Strollo, the former mobster once credited by the FBI with operating America's biggest illegal casino, has died at age 90. josephine county most wanted, cooper blem tires, jimmy diresta politics, N'T know was that Riddle, Harris, and it was n't long before Strollo a. 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