John LaRocca

John LaRocca
The Pittsburgh Press, January 1, 1953
Born(1901-05-01)May 1, 1901
Villarosa, Sicily
DiedDecember 3, 1984(1984-12-03) (aged 82)
McCandless Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.

John Sebastian LaRocca (May 1, 1901 – December 3, 1984) was the Sicilian-born American boss of the Pittsburgh crime family from the 1950s until his death in 1984.[1][2][3]

Early life

Born in Villarosa, Sicily on May 1, 1901, LaRocca and his family immigrated to the United States in 1910, and settled in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. As a young man, LaRocca went to work in the coal mines. In 1922, at age 20, he was arrested for assaulting a young woman and sentenced to three years in state prison.[4][5]

Career

FBI surveillance photo of John LaRocca (right) and Anthony Capizzi at Allegheny Car Wash in 1984

In 1956, LaRocca succeeded longtime crime boss Frank Amato as head of criminal operations in Pittsburgh and Southwestern Pennsylvania. LaRocca and two of his captains, Gabriel "Kelly" Mannarino and Michael James Genovese, were among the one hundred-plus Mafiosi who attended the legendary Apalachin Meeting in 1957.[6][7][8]

According to the Chicago Tribune, "The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service began deportation proceedings against him in 1956 on grounds that his criminal record made him an undesirable alien," but he remained in the United States because he was "granted a backdated pardon for his crimes by Pennsylvania Gov. John Fine, causing the deportation proceedings to be dropped."[9]

LaRocca was considered by many to be the most successful of all Pittsburgh godfathers. He worked closely with several bosses including Carlo Gambino of New York City, Angelo Bruno of Philadelphia, Russell Bufalino of Pittston, Nick Civella of Kansas City and Santo Trafficante Jr. of Tampa. LaRocca, Mannarino and Trafficante were partners in the Sans Souci hotel and gambling casino in Havana, Cuba.[10][11]

Death

LaRocca remained boss until his death from natural causes on December 3, 1984, at the age of eighty-two.[12][13][14]

Further reading

  • Moldea, Dan E. The Hoffa Wars. New York: Charter Books, 1978. ISBN 0-441-34010-5
  • Scott, Peter Dale. Deep Politics and the Death of JFK. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1993. ISBN 0-520-08410-1
  • Pennsylvania Crime Commission. St. Davids, Pennsylvania: DIANE Publishing, 1984. ISBN 0-8182-0000-6

References

  1. ^ Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
  2. ^ Tkach, Harry. "Crime boss John LaRocca." Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 4, 1984, p. 10 (subscription required).
  3. ^ "John Larocca, 82, reputed crime boss." Atlanta, Georgia: The Atlanta Journal, December 5, 1984, p. D17 (subscription required).
  4. ^ Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia.
  5. ^ Tkach, "Crime boss John LaRocca," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 4, 1984.
  6. ^ Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia.
  7. ^ Tkach, "Crime boss John LaRocca," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 4, 1984.
  8. ^ "John Larocca, 82, reputed crime boss, The Atlanta Journal, December 5, 1984.
  9. ^ "John S. LaRocca, 82, mob figured in Northeast." Chicago, Illinois: Chicago Tribune, December 5, 1984, p. 48 (subscription required).
  10. ^ Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia.
  11. ^ Tkach, "Crime boss John LaRocca," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 4, 1984.
  12. ^ Sifakis, The Mafia Encyclopedia.
  13. ^ Tkach, "Crime boss John LaRocca," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, December 4, 1984.
  14. ^ "John Larocca, 82, reputed crime boss, The Atlanta Journal, December 5, 1984.

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