West Coast

The Tocco-Todaro Crime Family Connection: Detroit & Buffalo Mafia Clans Did Business In The 1980s, According To GJ Testimony, FBI Files

3 months ago Scott Burnstein

December 20, 2022 -- The FBI in Detroit and Buffalo tracked communications between the two cities respective mafia families in...

From Motown To LaLaLand With Love & Respect: L.A. Mob Boss Nick Licata’s 1974 Funeral Brought Licata-Zerilli Underworld Saga Full Circle

3 months ago Scott Burnstein

December 10, 2022 -- The Detroit mob dispatched a convoy of gangland diplomats to Los Angeles in the fall of...

Could The Head In The Desert Have Once Been Attached To A Body In The Lake? “Tony Paradise” Hit Traced To East Coast-West Coast Mob Beef

4 months ago Scott Burnstein

December 8, 2022 -- In the early 1980s, Anthony (Tony Paradise) Albanese was a New York-backed gangster in a beef...

Crazy Horses Run Wild: The Last Ballad Of Buffalo Jim In L.V. May Have Been A Chicago Outfit Murder

4 months ago Scott Burnstein

December 4, 2022 -- The family of former larger-than-life Las Vegas businessman James (Buffalo Jim) Barrier suspect his drug-overdose death...

Evolution Of The Infamous “L.A. Boys”: Buffalo’s Sly Green & Reese Johnson Ran Roughshod Over West NY Dope Game, Left Trail Of Bodies

4 months ago Scott Burnstein

Notorious Buffalo crime lord Donald (Sly) Green built his drug empire in the late 1980s from a foundation laid by...

GR SOURCES: Biker Clubs Keep Playing Game Of Chess, As Outlaws & Bandidos MCs Team Up To Defeat Pagan’s MC’s Blue Wave

18 hours ago Scott Burnstein

Running Wild In Motown: Lenny Braund’s Garwood Mansion Experiment For Outlaws MC In Detroit Went Haywire Fast In Summer Of ’72

1 day ago Scott Burnstein

A Fitting Final Goodbye For A Philadelphia Mob Legend: Chickie Ciancaglini’s Wake, Funeral Draws Slew Of East Coast Mafia Dignitaries

2 days ago Scott Burnstein

Midwest-West Coast Mob-Boss Summit Went Down In Ohio In ’95 When L.A. Crime Lord Shakes Milano Met With Pittsburgh Mafia Clan

2 days ago Scott Burnstein

Former D.C. Drug Lord Tony Lewis Tastes Freedom For First Time In More Than Three Decades, Leaves Prison Courtesy Of First Step Act

3 days ago Scott Burnstein