Friday, June 25, 2010

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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DF# DEFENDANT(S):        CNTS CHARGE(S):
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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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La Stella restaurant bust in Queens back in the 60s. You will probably recognize a couple names also:


That meeting was the beginning of a rift in New Orleans that split organized crime in the Crescent City into two factions and has effected it to this very day. As many already know Carlos Marcello's control was challenged by Anthony Carolla the son of Sylvestro "Sliver Dollar Sam" Carolla the former boss. Sylvestro Carolla was deported in 1947 and appointed Carlos Marcello as "acting boss" until his return which lasted only one year 1949 to 1950. In 1952 Sylvestro Carolla was arrested in Italy for narcotics trafficking and would not return to the U.S. until 1970 for medical treatment, he died in 1972. By the time of the La Stella's meeting in 1966 the Carolla faction of the New Orleans crime family were feeling very diminished due to Marcello's refusal to allow new membership. Marcello's refusal to allow new membership was a move to consolidate his power. What is not so well known is that Joseph Colombo set up the La Stella's meeting and sided with Anthony Carolla but was out voted. Colombo managed to gain one concession for Anthony Carolla, new membership would be allowed but limited. That limited new membership included Joseph "Joe The Nose" Tufaro a close friend of Anthony Carolla and former driver of Sylvestro Carolla. Joseph Tufaro's grandson Michael Tufaro is thought to be the guy calling the shots in New Orleans today. This LCN family is very very different than the families of the northeast. These guy's don't just operate in the shadows they are in the shadows of the room that's under the basement. Information on these wiseguys is hard to come by unless your really looking, but it is out there.

These are the actual F.B.I. reports on the New Orleans Mafia that mention the La Stella meeting

U S GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE  1969 0  351-076 Character Synopsis Fn-204 (Kcay.3-3-5  UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JiJSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Copy to Report of SA HAROLD V HUGHES pffiCei NEW ORLEANS Dote October 24 1972 Field 
Office File # 92 365 Bureau File is 92 6054 Title LA COSA NOSTRA ANTI-RACKETEERING  CONSPIRACY NO T-11 advised that New Orleans had the first "family of what became La Cosa Nostra This "family consists of a "boss, an "u derboss, 
a "consulieri, and two soldiers. CARLOS` ARCELLO has been identified by NO T-1 as the "boss and investigation during the past year developed no information reflecting change in that status List of members and suspected members set forth Suspected "consulieri, 
VI  ~ "JIMAMPO as well as suspected membersANGELOALMISANO and ANTONIO PANCI died within the past ar P*  DETAILS This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI It is the property of the FBI and is loaned 
to your agency it and its contents are not to be distributed outside your agency.) nor duplicated within your agency   NO 92-365 EXISTENCE During 1969 NO T-11 advised that he learned that the first "family of what has now become known as La Cosa Nostra (LCN) came from Sicily and settled in New Orleans Source noted that inasmuch,as 
this "family was the predecessor of all subsequent "families, it has been afforded the highest respect and esteem and because of its exalted position the New Orleans "family could make decisions on its own without going to the "Commission. Source 
learned that the New Orleans "family under CARLOS MARCELLO had only five remaining members the "boss the "underboss, a "consulieri, and two "soldiers, the youngest of which was in his mid-40's Source learned that the New Orleans "family faces extinction 
unless new members are allowed in Source learned that the New Orleans "family could have on its own "opened the books, but because of the tact and diplomacy of CARLOS MARCELLO he sought "Commission approval in making new "soldiers, which 
the "Commission naturally granted Source conjectured that this was one of the reasons for the La Stella Restaurant meeting During 1972 NO T-17 advised that he has recently been in touch with several of his long-time friends as a result 
of some of the wakes and funerals that they have attended recently for mutual acquaintances He said that at a recent wake he conferred with several people including NOFIO PECORA who reminisced for awhile about "the good old days. Source 
said that PECORA indicated to him that "These young punks don't know nothin'. Source said that PECORA reminisced about "the Black Hand and said that "I never made no money with anybody livin All the guys I dealt with are 
dead now. Source said that PECORA told him that he was happy to see JIMMY CAMPO die and said "That's good riddance. Source said that he then questioned PECORA because he remembered that PECORA "stood up for CAMPO when he 
was NO 92-365 married He said that PECORA replied "I stood up for the girl not for him. Source said that CAMPO according to PECORA was one of the six original guys who came down to New Orleans from "hack 
East and tried to take over some of the action from the local New Orleans natives Source said that PECORA gave him the impression from the way he talked that there currently are several factions of "organized crime elements within 
the New Orleans area Source said that it was his impression from talking to PECORA that PECORA was a "Black Hand, and did not care to be identified with the current version of the Mafia or La Cosa Nostra
This FBI report from 6/28/67 has Joseph Colombo discussing a potential deal between the Colombo Crime Family and the New Orleans Crime Family.   
 






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