Was "Jackie the Nose" vacationing in AP? [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: County detectives are swarming all over t...What I thought odd was that there was only one Asbury Park Police vehicle, ... Usually, when an event happens you see multiple police cruisers on the scene. Anyone have any details on this? Maureen
22 minutes ago >>> _Big Mob Sweep Nets Gambino Hierarchy - New York Times_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/nyregion/07cnd-mob.html?hp) Federal and state authorities early Thursday began rounding up scores of accused organized crime figures on a series of indictments charging murder, racketeering, construction extortions and other crimes in the largest such sweep in recent memory, law enforcement officials said. More than 60 people — among them the entire _Gambino_ (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/g/gambino_crime_family/index.html?i nline=nyt-per) family hierarchy and reputed figures from the Genovese and Bonanno families — are named in two indictments, along with union and construction industry officials, the law enforcement officials said. By about 10 a.m., 52 people were already in custody, including the family’s acting underboss, Domenico Cefalu, and consigliere, Joseph Corozzo, the officials said. The acting boss, who prosecutors identified as John D’Amico, known as Jackie the Nose, was not yet in custody and several officials said he was believed to be on vacation. The arrests are to be announced later this morning at a news conference at the office of United States Attorney Benton J. Campbell in Brooklyn. The charges, which are being brought in United States District Court in Brooklyn and state Supreme Court in Queens, also include seven murders — three dating back more than a quarter century — along with racketeering, extortion and state gambling charges, officials said. The arrests by the _F.B.I._ (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index.html?inline=nyt-org) and investigators from several other agencies were coordinated with a sweep that netted dozens of accused organized crime figures in Sicily. Those charges are not directly linked to the New York arrests, but officials said they were part of a new American-Italian strategy aimed at severing the close cooperative relationship between the Gambino family and the Sicilian mob. In addition to Mr. D’Amico, Mr. Cefalu and Mr. Corozzo, the 82-count federal indictment charges six Gambino captains, who serve as the family’s midlevel managers, along with more than a dozen soldiers, officials said. A large number of family associates are also being charged. The construction extortion aspects of investigation, which began more than three years ago, focused on the trucking industry, which hauls away dirt excavated from major construction projects, officials said. Several union officials were also charged in a scheme to steal union benefits. Among those charged was Anthony Delvescovo, a project manager and director of tunnel operations for Schiavone Construction Company, a heavy construction firm that has worked on major public works projects in the New York area, according to the indictment. Four trucking company executives, from companies including SRD Contracting, Firehawk Enterprises, Jo-Tap Industries, Andrews Trucking and Dump Masters of NY Inc., were also charged. The trucking firms were licensed by the city’s Business Integrity Commission, an agency which polices private carting companies and businesses that haul construction debris. The commission, which also had a role in the investigation, was expected to move to revoke the companies’ licenses today. The construction projects cited in the case include a _Nascar_ (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/n/national_association_of_ stock_car_auto_racing/index.html?inline=nyt-org) track in Staten Island, where site preparation work was done but which was never completed because racing officials scuttled the plan in the face of community opposition, officials said. Also the subject of extortions was the Liberty View Harbor project in Jersey City, the officials said. The seven murders include five that prosecutors are charging were committed by one Gambino soldier, Charles Carneglia, between 1976 and 1990, officials said. The first was the slaying of Arthur Gelb, a highly decorated court officer who arrested Mr. Carneglia in a Queens dinner after noticing he was carrying a pistol. Mr. Gelb was shot four days before he was to testify against Mr. Carneglia in that case. The last killing was an armored car guard, Jose Delgado Rivera, an armored car guard who was shot in the back during a robbery, the officials said. The federal case, which was investigated by the F.B.I. along with the _United States Department of Labor_ (http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/l/labor_department/index.html?inline=nyt-org) , the Waterfront Commission, the State Organized Crime Task Force, among other agencies, was based on hundreds of hours of secretly recorded conversations made by a construction executive who had gained the confidence of crime family members, officials said. (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/07/nyregion/07cnd-mob.html?hp) **************Biggest Grammy Award surprises of all time on AOL Music. (http://music.aol.com/grammys/pictures/never-won-a-grammy?NCID=aolcmp003000000025 48)
