New Orleans Organized Crime

Excerpts From 2010 Report

New Orleans Organized Crime Family Structure and Known Membership

About Michael Tufaro meeting with Thomas Farese from 2005 thru 2009

"There are currently 13 known made members and 34 known associates in the New Orleans La Cosa Nostra. Michael Tufaro holds regular meetings with all known membership and is belived to be involved in extortion, loansharking, prostitution, drugs and illegal gambling."

"Mr.Tufaro has had meetings with several high ranking members of the New York Colombo Crime Family as early as September 2005 and as recently as September 2009. These Meetings where held in New York, Florida, and New Orleans. It is believed that Mr. Tufaro is attempting to rebuild and restore the New Orleans La Cosa Nostra with the help of several high ranking members of the
New York Colombo Crime Family."

Street Boss
Michael Tufaro
Grandson Of Former Family Soldier
Has Strong Ties To The Colombo
Crime Family In New York And Florida
Mr. Tufaro Has A Reputation For Violence
And Is Feared As Well As Respected
By The Rank And File Membership
Mr. Tufaro Appears To Control All Street
Level Membership Activity And Holds
Weekly Meetings With Ranking Membership

Known Made Members
Charles Farese III
Frank Gagliano Jr.
Anthony Di Piazza
Nofio Pecora Jr.
Felix Riggio
Joseph Tufaro
Victor Tusa
Anthony Tusa
Barry La Bruzzo
Herbert Barcotto
Gregory Lola

http://moagnyc.org/home/13-italian-gangster-forum/4111-the-mafia-in-florida
http://moagnyc.org/home/13-italian-gangster-forum/3866-new-orleans-crime-family

New Orleans Has a New Boss

Michael Tufaro seems to have taken control of the New Orleans Mafia along with his brother Joseph "Joey" Tufaro. The Tufaro brothers have a five decade family history in the New Orleans Mob. They also have family ties to the New York Colombo Family that go back to the 80's. Here are a few links and some other information that supports this line of thinking.

http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/slidell_residents_say_fees_mis.html
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&that=19821211&id=zQowAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PKUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1292,360689

Michael Tufaro reputed "Capo/Street Boss" of the New Orleans Mafia was arrested on 06-19-2010 for aggravated battery.
Although Mr. Tufaro's version of the events on that day greatly differed from that of the victim's he did plead guilty to simple battery.The victim and a co-worker who both work for the Motorist Assistance Patrol stated that "Mr. Tufaro was passed out in his vehicle and they knocked on the vehicle's window attempting to wake the subject up, which he did, and proceeded to place his vehicle in gear and strike the victim in his legs, causing him to hit the hood of the vehicle,before losing his balance and falling to the ground. The perpetrator then moved his vehicle forward, striking the victim again."

In Mr. Tufaro's version of the events he stated " I was sitting in my car on side of the Interstate talking on the phone when these two guy's walked up to my car and banged on my window. So I got out of my car, words were exchanged and yes I was angry. Did I throw the first blow ? Maybe. But this was a fist fight, two against one and I won that fight. I am guilty of hitting both of them with my fist, yes. But never did I hit anyone with my car."

Check out the names in Dominic Tufaro's court case its a who's who's of the top LCN members of several New York LCN Family's.
http://ny.findacase.com/research/wfrmDocViewer.aspx/xq/fac.19831012_0000475.SNY.htm/qx

Here is a link that you can use to search the New Orleans Criminal Court records.
http://www.opcso.org/dcktmstr/dcktmstr.php

This link has Michael Tufaro and a former U.S. Representative in 1988 trying to influence a plaintiff in a federal lawsuit. This former U.S. Representative was convicted in 1986 on a charge that he bribed an Indian chief for exclusive rights to hold bingo games on a Chitamacha tribal reservation at Charenton.
http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=AD&p_theme=ad&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB474DBEBA659C8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM

Here are some of the actual Michael Tufaro arrest records.

MAG#: 286666              D O C K E T   M A S T E R
                       ORLEANS PARISH MAGISTRATE COURT

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    DEFENDANT(S):        CNTS CHARGE(S):
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    TUFARO, MICHAEL
                           1 RS 14 95.1                 BOND:           0.00
                              POSS OF A FIREARM OR WEAPON BY FELON

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DATE     PROCEEDINGS
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09/23/1994                                                          ROYC
           FAPPH M2. COURT FOUND NO PROBABLE CAUSE. DEFT. RELEASED.
10/18/1994                                                          JOHNSONCH
           14/95.1    REF   10/11/94
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Case: 415860           D O C K E T   M A S T E R           Section: I
Class: 2
                    ORLEANS PARISH CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT

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1 TUFARO, MICHAEL
                           1 RS 14 (27)45               BOND:      10,000.00
                              ATT SIMPLE KIDNAPPING
                           1 RS 14 45                   BOND:           0.00
                              SIMPLE KIDNAPPING
                           1 RS 14 62.2                 BOND:      10,000.00
                              SIMPLE BURGLARY OF AN INHABITED DWELLING
                           1 RS 14 62.3                 BOND:           0.00
                              UNAUTHORIZED ENTRY INHABITED DWELLING

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DATE     PROCEEDINGS
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07/26/2000                                                          DEVERNAY
           FILED BILL OF INFORMATION
           CAPIAS ISSUED
           BOND SET $20,000.00
           MAGISTRATE PAPERWORK FILED (371190, DOB 7/15/66, F #966869)
07/27/2000                                                          DEVERNAY
           ALLOTTED. ARRAIGNMENT SET 8/10/00.
           FILED SURETY BOND, $7,000.00, DATE OF BOND: 7/14/00
                                         SURETY: INTERNATIONAL FID. INS. CO.
08/10/2000                                                          MARSHALLT
           DEFENDANT APPEARED IN COURT UNATTENDED BY COUNSEL. COURT
           CONTINUED THIS MATTER AND RESET IT FOR A MOTION TO DETERMINE
           COUNSEL AND ARRAIGNMENT ON 8/16/2000. DNOC. DNOC. DEFENDANT
           PRESENTLY LIVES AT: ABSTRACT LAST HOPE, 1302 MAGAZINE STREET,
           N.O, LA.
08/16/2000                                                          MARSHALLT
           DEFENDANT APPEARED IN COURT UNATTENDED BY COUNSEL. COURT RESET
           THIS MATTER AND CONTINUED IT FOR 8/17/2000. DNOC.
08/17/2000                                                          MARSHALLT
           DEFENDANT APPEARED IN COURT ATTENDED BY COUNSEL GREGORY NOTO,
           WHO SIGNED AS COUNSEL OF RECORD ON THIS DATE. THRU COUNSEL THE
           DEFENDANT ENTERED A PLEA OF NOT GUILTY. THIS MATTER IS SET FOR
           MOTIONS ON 8/30/2000. DNOC. DEFENDANT WAS INTERVIEWED BY RICK
           RICHTHOFEN, COURT INTERVENTION SERVICES; DEFENDANT TO REMAIN
           AT ABSTRACT HOUSE 24 HOUR CURFEW AND SHOULD HE LEAVE ABSTRACT
           HOUSE HE IS TO GO TO ST. BERNARD PARISH AND STAY OUT OF ORLEANS
           PARISH. DNOC. NOTIFY ALL WITNESSES.
08/30/2000                                                          BARNESJ
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED IN COURT ATTENDED BY COUNSEL,
           GREGORY NOTO, THE DEFENDANT THRU COUNSEL, WAIVED MOTION HEARING
           IN THIS CASE. COURT SET TRIAL ON 9/15/2000. DNOC.
09/15/2000                                                          BARNESJ
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED IN COURT ATTENDED BY COUNSEL,
           GREGORY NOTO. THE COURT CONTINUED FOR STATUS HEARING ON 10/13/00.
           TRIAL ON 10/19/2000. DNOC. WITNESS NOC, FOR TRIAL DATE.
10/13/2000                                                          WILLIAMSC
           DEFENDANT APPEARED BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT ATTENDED BY
           COUNSEL GREGORY NOTO. PRE-TRIAL TO NO AVAIL;
           MATTER PREVIOUSLY SET FOR TRIAL ON 10/19/00. DNOC.
10/18/2000                                                          WILLIAMSC
           THE STATE FILED THE FOLLOWING MOTIONS:
           1. MOTION FOR DISCOVERY BY STATE
           2. MOTION AND ORDER TO PRODUCE RECORDS.
           COPY OF DEFENDANT'S DRUG REPORT FILED IN THE RECORD.
           MATTER PREVIOUSLY SET FOR 10/19/00.
10/19/2000                                                          WILLIAMSC
           DEFENDANT APPEARED BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT ATTENDED BY
           COUNSEL GREGORY NOTO FOR TRIAL. THE COURT CONTINUED THIS MATTER
           ON BEHALF OF DEFENSE AND RESET IT FOR 11/09/00. DNOC. WITNESSES
           NOTIFIED IN OPEN COURT.
11/09/2000                                                          WILLIAMSC
           DEFENDANT APPEAR BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT ATTENDED BY COUNSEL,
           MR. G. NOTO FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING.
           THE DEFENSE CALLED NO WITNESSES.
           AFTER PRELIMINARY HEARING HELD THIS DAY, THE COURT CONSIDERING
           THE EVIDENCE ADDUCED, FOUND SUFFICIENT PROBABLE CAUSE TO
           SUBSTANTIATE THE CHARGES HEREIN AND BOUND DEFENDANT FOR TRIAL.
           THE MATTER IS SET FOR TRIAL ON 11/30/00. DNOC.
11/30/2000                                                          WILLIAMSC
           THE DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT
           ATTENDED BY COUNSEL MR. G. NOTO ESQ. FOR TRIAL. THE COURT
           CONTINUED THE MATTER FOR THE DEFENSE, AND RESET IT FOR HEARING ON
           MOTIONS ON 12/19/00. THE COURT SET THE MATTER FOR A HEARING TO
           DETERMINE COUNSEL FOR 12/06/00. DNOC.
12/06/2000                                                          HAGENSI
           DEFENDANT APPEARED ATTENDED BY COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER ESQ. FOR
           DETERMINATION OF COUNSEL. COURT GRANTED THE COUNSEL FOR THE DE-
           FENDANT 10 DAYS TO FILE MOTIONS AND PLEADINGS AND SET THE MATTER
           FOR HEARING ON 12/15/00. DNOC
12/15/2000                                                          HAGENSI
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED ATTENDED BY COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER
           ESQ. FOR HEARING ON MOTIONS. COURT CONTINUED THIS MATTER FOR
           THE DEFENSE AND RESET IT FOR HEARINGS ON MOTIONS ON 1/22/01. DNOC
12/19/2000                                                          WILLIAMSC
           THIS MATTER SET IN ERROR NO ACTION TAKEN THIS DAY BY THE COURT.
           THIS MATTER IS SET FOR TRIAL ON 01/22/01. DNOC.
01/18/2001                                                          HAGENSI
           COURT CANCELLED THE TRIAL THURSDAY 01/18/01 OF 01/22/01 AND RESET
           IT FOR TRIAL ON 02/08/01.
02/08/2001                                                          WILLIAMSC
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED ATTENDED BY COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER,
           ESQ. THE STATE WILL NOT FILE A MULTIPLE BILL. DEFENDANT WITH-
           DREW HIS FORMER PLEA OF NOT GUILTY AND TENDERED A PLEA OF GUILTY
           AS CHARGED TO VIOLATION R.S. 14:45 AND 14:62.3. THE STATE AMENDED
           THE BILL OF INFORMATION. SENTENCING SET FOR 02/23/01.
           DISPOSITION ENTERED BY ROBINETTE ROBERTSON ON 5/23/2001. ORIGI-
           NALLY PROCESSED BY CHARLENE WILLIAMS.
02/23/2001                                                          WILLIAMSC
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT ATTENDED BY
           COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER. THE COURT CONTINUED THIS MATTER AND
           RESET IT FOR 03/05/01.
           DEFENDANT TO REMAIN UNDER HOUSE ARREST AT THE FACILITY HE IS
           RESIDING. DNOC.
03/05/2001                                                          WILLIAMSC
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT ATTENDED BY
           COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER FOR SENTENCING. THE COURT CONTINUED THIS
           MATTER ON BEHALF OF THE DEFENSE AND RESET IT FOR 03/19/01. THE
           COURT NOTED THE STATE'S OBJECTION TO THE CONTINUANCE.
           DEFENDANT IS UNDER ALL PREVIOUSLY ORDERED CONDITIONS OF BOND AND
           ACKNOWLEDGED HE UNDERSTOOD THE SAME. DNOC.
03/19/2001                                                          ROBERTSONR
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT ATTENDED BY
           COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER FOR SENTENCING.
           THE COURT SENTENCED THE DEFENDANT, AS TO BOTH COUNTS, TO SERVE IN
           THE CUSTODY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, AT HARD LABOR:
           COUNT ONE: THREE YEARS;   COUNT TWO: EIGHTEEN MONTHS;
           EACH COUNT CONCURRENT WITH THE OTHER; CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED.
           THE COURT ORDERED THE DEFENDANT TO SELF-SURRENDER HIMSELF TO THIS
           COURT ON 04/18/01 AT 8:30 A.M.
           ALL PREVIOUSLY CONDITIONS OF BOND ARE TO REMAIN IN EFFECT AND THE
           DEFENDANT IS TO CONTINUE TO RESIDE AT ABSTRACT HOUSE WHERE HE IS
           UNDER HOUSE ARREST.
           SET FOR STATUS HEARING ON 04/18/01.
           SENTENCE ENTERED BY ROBINETTE ROBERTSON ON 5/23/2001. ORIGINALLY
           PROCESSED CHARLENE WILLIAMS.
04/18/2001                                                          WILLIAMSC
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED BEFORE THE BAR OF THE COURT ATTENDED BY
           COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER. THE COURT ON IT'S OWN MOTION CONTINUED
           THIS MATTER AND RESET IT FOR 04/20/01. DNOC.
04/20/2001                                                          HARRISLE
           DEFENDANT TUFARO APPEARED ATTENDED BY COUNSEL BRUCE WHITTAKER.
           TUFARO SELF SURRENDERED TO THE COURT; COURT REMANDED THE
           DEFENDANT TO THE CUSTODY OF THE ORLEANS PARISH CRIMINAL SHERIFF
           TO BEGIN SERVING THE SENTENCE HE RECEIVED ON THE 3/19/01.
           CONTINUED WITHOUT DATE.
                               C L O S E D
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MAG#: 515581              D O C K E T   M A S T E R
                       ORLEANS PARISH MAGISTRATE COURT

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    DEFENDANT(S):        CNTS CHARGE(S):
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    TUFARO, MICHAEL
                           1 RS 14 34                   BOND:           0.00
                              AGGRAVATED BATTERY
    TUFARO, MICHAEL
                           1 RS 14 35                   BOND:      25,000.00
                              SIMPLE BATTERY

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DATE     PROCEEDINGS
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06/20/2010                                                          FALCONEA *
           FIRST APPEARANCE HEARING IN MAGISTRATE COURT SECTION M3
           BOND SET FOR $25,000.00
           RESULT-RULE TO SHOW CAUSE FOR 8/04/2010 AT 3:00 PM
           SCHEDULED -RULE TO SHOW CAUSE ON 8/04/2010 AT 3:00 PM, SECT M4
           STAY AWAY SIGNED AND FILED
08/04/2010                                                          TAMBORELL*
           RULE TO SHOW CAUSE IN MAGISTRATE COURT SECTION M4
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