Does anyone have any information on him aside from what can be found from online sources?

Was he a Capo or just a very powerful soldier who ran numerous white collar rackets? Kind of like Joey A. was for the Genoveses?

Thanks in advance

The guy was a behemoth in the fucking unions. And even with that, he really couldn't avoid legal problems. The guy was forever under indictment.

And I wouldn't call him completely "white collar," just based on the fact that he had a reputation for being such a fucking maniac .

And it's good to see you posting, Ovation .

According to Henry Hill he made a mean steak in prison lol.

He was uncle to that 80 rock group dio

Dio has, IMHO, has one of the most "mafia" photo of all time:

I've always wondered if there was more on him than freaking wiki. Seems like one interesting character for sure!

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One charge was passing a school bus. Helluva way for a gangster to go down! LOL.

Still don't change the fact he sounded as gangster as they come.

Thanks for that capo!

Yeah, but he gave the crossing guard the finger when he did it, and he spit at a little kid because he didn't like his Gene Autry lunch box (movie cowboys were big back then and Johnny was clearly more of a Roy Rogers guy).

I think Johnny Dio was just a soldier who was direct with the bosses of the Luchese family when his uncle James Plumeri, his brothers Frank and Tom took over the action in the garment center after Louis Buchalter's death. The name of his business makes me laugh. Equitable Research Ass'n.

Didn't Dio eventually get his son taken down too?

PB you got me rolling over here.

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