What do we know of this guy?

All I know is he came up under Rava, he was close with Dellacroce. But it also seems like he might’ve been part of the white collar segment of the Family?

Anyone have any info?

There's some varying information on whether Toddo came up under Rava, some point to him being part of another Anastasia faction hence why he supported Gambino over Rava from the start.

HE WAS WITH PETY PUMPS

Salvatore (Toddo) Aurello, sometimes spelled Avarello, was an extremely low key guy. By and large only those in the local underworld knew him, or knew of him. He was a real old time greaser.

I believe Toddo was in Rava's faction although some info doesn't mention him when naming the members of Rava's faction and there's very little info on Toddo.. Considering that Toddo may have killed Rava, is there any solid evidence that Toddo was part of the Rava faction?

I'd have to check, but I do believe that back in those days Aurello wasn't even on the "radar screen" yet. It wasn't until the late 1970s-1980s that he was even listed on FBI charts.

Right, he was a mystery. There is an FBI document that claims Toddo was a soldier under Rava. Since that's the only official mention of Toddo being part of his crew, guess the best we can go on.

I think Gravano said, in "Underboss," that Aurello was his first mentor.

. Yes

The crew was originally led by Armand Rava. After Rava´s murder in late 1957, the crew split between Neil Dellacroce and Anthony Rizzo. Guys like Petey "Pumps" Ferrara, Jimmy "Brown" Failla and Salvatore "Toddo" Aurello ended up under Rizzo. But these guys listed below reported to Dellacroce (there may have been others but these are the ones I know about):

* Frank "Frankie Martin" Barranca (1928- ) Son of Stefano Barranca, made guy in the Bonanno Family. Frank Barranca was once put on a hit list by Larry Gallo due to a conflict in the numbers operation. Barranca and his brother operated out of Red Hook, Brooklyn, same territory as the Gallo brothers. In 1969, An informant said that Barranca was Dellacroce´s number one guy. The informant had knowledge of a meeting taking place down in Florida in 1969 between Barranca, Tony Plate and Santo Trafficante for the purpose of discussing a purchase of a hospital complex located in North Dade, Florida. Barranca lived at 228 Warren Street, Brooklyn. He may be still alive today.

* Joseph S. Barranca (Dec 29, 1929 - ) The brother of Frank. Lived at 475 Henry Street, Brooklyn. He was listed by the FBI as a made Gambino member in the 1960s, but not listed on LE charts later in the 1980s. May be still alive today.

* Joseph Vincent Bisogno (Dec 18, 1931 - Aug, 1969) Before moving to Miami, Florida, Bisogno lived in Flushing, Queens. He was known as an enforcer. In addition to a federal narcotic conviction, Bisogno also had arrests for assaults and murder. In 1968. Secret Service agents raided a hotel room in Miami, occupied by Bisogno, and seized 300.000 US dollars in counterfeit money. Bisogno was arrested, indicted, convicted and sentenced to a 10 year prison term in 1969. Bisogno may have been murdered, I have no details of his death.

* Michael "Mike Tally" Caiazza (March 23, 1912 - April 28, 1994) Lived in Richmond, Staten Island. Caiazza owned bakeries on 3rd Avenue in Brooklyn. He took over the crew when Dellacroce was bumped up to underboss. Interestingly enough, Caiazza was demoted as crew leader by Dellacroce later in 1985 when Caiazza took counsel from Castellano on who to temporarily put in charge of his crew, which made Dellacroce furious.

* Michael Vincent Catalano (Feb 7, 1918 - May 15, 1998) One of the crew members who lived in close vicinity of Dellacroce´s Social club at Mulberry Street, just across the street actually. While already in jail for extortion, he was indicted 1n 1970, with Dellacroce and Angelo Bruno, the Philadelphia boss, on charges of criminal contempt. Later, also this time with Dellacroce, he was indicted on tax evasion conspiracy charges and was found guilty. He received a two year prison term.

* Michael Cirelli (March 1, 1908 - Feb 19, 1988) Cirelli was the owner of the apartment above The Ravenite that was used in the late 1980s by Gotti for secret talks.

* Edward Rocco "Eddie Ottawa" Consalvo (May 11, 1920 - Feb, 1981) Before moving to Richmond, Staten Island, Consalvo resided at 215 Mott Street. He was once employed as a longshoreman. He was probably the uncle of Carmine and Frank Consalvo, two brothers who both met mysterious deaths in 1975. Received a suspended sentence and placed on a two year probation in 1952 for possession of untaxed alcohol. In 1956, Consalvo was a suspect in the Abe Telvi murder. According to informants, Consalvo was driving the getaway car. If I´m not mistaken, Lucchese mobster Jimmy Plumeri was the godfather of Consalvo´s son Anthony.

* William Charles Cottone (April 14, 1915 - Feb, 1985) Lived at 10 Elizabeth Street and was a regular at a social club located at 121 Mulberry Street, owned by Gambino captain Joe Gennaro. This seems to suggest that Cottone was a Gennaro crew member but later (after Gennaro´s death) likely transfered to Dellacroce´s crew.

Ettore Luigi "Eddie" DeCurtis (June 21, 1913 - July 1985) A prolific money maker, DeCurtis was a financier of pornographic lierature, films and homosexual bars. He ran several crap games throughout Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten Island and was also known as a bookmaker. Lived at 185 West Houston Street. Three years after his death, DeCurtis´ son Gregory was shot to death while sitting in a stretched limo.

* Guido Mario "Dolls" DeCurtis (1914 - March 16, 1977) A brother of Eddie and a partner of his in numerous rackets. Guido was shot to death on Lexington Avenue near East 27th street on March 16, 1977.

* Carmine Dellacroce (Dec 2, 1905 - Jan 1969) Brother of Neil. Lived in Valley Stream, Nassau, LI. In 1937, Carmine Dellacroce was accused of hitting a man on the head with a hammer during a fight and sentenced to a 6 months prison term.

* Anthony "Tony West" DeLutro (Apr 9, 1927 - March 26, 1997) Another crew member who lived close by the Ravenite. In 1965, Tony DeLutro with eight others, was convicted of looting NJ post offices. It was said that the burglaries cost the government more than 158.000 US dollars in stolen postage stamps and blank money orders. DeLutro was given a two year prison term. Also in 1965, DeLutro was caught up in the big heroin case emanated from the Patsy Luca case. But I don´t know if he was found guilty or acquitted. In 1975, DeLutro was indicted in the same heroin case as Frank Lucas, found guilty and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

* Cataldo "Charlie The Animal" DeLutro (Nov 27, 1916 - April 14, 1987) A brother of Anthony, known as a shylock collector with a fearsome reputation. With Dellacroce, muscled in on various establishments when the owners could not repay loans. One of these establishments was The Jazzland, a night spot located in Midtown Manhattan. In 1970, DeLutro was sentenced to 8 years imprisonment, but I can´t find any details about the case. He lived at 55 East Houston Street in Manhattan.

* Carmine "Charley Wagons" Fatico (Jan 19, 1910 - Aug, 1991) Known as a hijacker who controlled gambling activities for the Gambino Family/Dellacroce faction in the East New York/Brownsville sections of Brooklyn. Fatico was given a crew to run probably sometime in the early 1970s and inducted the Gotti brothers and Angelo "Quack-Quack" Ruggiero amongst a few others. Lived in west Islip, out on Long Island.

* Donato "Danny Wagons" Fatico (July 10, 1920 - March 24, 2006) Brother of Charley Wagons. His rapsheet is pretty extensive and includes unlawful entry, convictions for assault, bookmaking, operating an illicit still and numerous gambling offenses. In 1977, Danny Wagons was sentenced to 3 years in prison after been convicted of operating a high stakes crap game. In the 1980s, Danny lived at 97-11 Lefferts Boulevard, Queens. (Ozone Park section.)

* Giacomo Morelli (May 13, 1912 - ?) A crew member who lived close to the Ravenite, at 235 Mulberry Street.

* Anthony "Fat Andy" Ruggiano (Aug 16, 1926 - March 19, 1999) Ruggiano was big into gambling, loansharking and drugs. Like Carmine Fatico, Ruggiano was given a crew to run probably in the early 1970s and inducted the Corozzo brothers and others. In 1987, Ruggiano pleaded guilty on racketeering charges and received 17 years in prison. He was released in 1997.

* Vincent J. Yacono Sr (Sep 8, 1926 - July 29, 1992) Yacono was caught up in the big French Connection case back in the late 1950s. He lived in the same South Brooklyn neighborhood as the Barrancas (at 503 Henry street). As a youth, Yacone was arrested for grand larceny after stealing 308 pounds of Italian cheese. He was also arrested for supplying two hoods with a 38 caliber revolver, used when the hoods hijacked a police officer´s patrol car.

http://www.gangsterbb.net/threads/u...p;Board=8&main=28772&type=thread

Very accurate and informative list CNote. My compliments.

Thanks Boss, but I'm not the OP. I posted the link to the OP by the inestimable Hairy Knuckles in 2013.

Inestimable?

You like that, huh? I had to dig deep to pull that one out.

Too valuable or excellent to be measured or appreciated.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/inestimable

Definitely a $10 word. (I'm just not sure it was applied properly in this case). lol

Good list by HK.

Aurello started out as a cat burglar. He went through a few different fences in the Bonanno, Colombo, and Gambino families. It was Peter Ferrara who seen the potential in Toddo, and put him on recorded with him. Pumps was a fence for goods, Aurello and Ferrara became close to where Aurello visited Ferrara home in Dyker Heights a couple times a week and their wives went on vacation together. By 1952, Aurello was a silent partner in the vending machines business, by 1955 a catering company. After Rava was killed, Aurello became a silent partner in an restaurant, that he operated as a bookie in one of the back rooms, and if there were problems in the neighborhood, he was one of the top guys to come to to straighten it out. He was actually one of the guys that were with Dellacroce when a couple of Gallo members tried to assault Dellacroce, the other being an ex boxer. He was supposedly there at the time to serve as a messenger for Anthony Rizzo as Dellacroce and Rizzo had some sort of beef. After Rizzo died, Ferrara became capo, Aurello was Ferrara righthand man. Aurello and Jimmy Brown became close around this time, Toddo vending machines became a lot bigger and Ferrara and him got in the jukebox business with Joe Rosenberg. 1965, Joe Biondo, is removed as underboss, Aurello and Jimmy Brown had a good idea on buying property in Staten Island, which made them a lot of money to where Ferrara gave them a lot of praise to Gambino. This period is where Aurello transferred from Blue collar to White Collar crimes. Aurello was involved in property deals but when it came to construction he let Jimmy Brown or John D'Alessio handle that aspect. Became capo after Ferrara died, and was around Gambino a lot more. 1972 was putting money out on the streets, before that he mainly just loaned money to members at low rates. 1976 he voted for Castellano to become boss as Gambino wished it, and is said to have been one of those that talked to Dellacroce before the meeting as Dellacroce always liked and respected Aurello.

$10 word probably worth $4.23 today at current rate of inflation.

Most definitely TB. lol

As per your request JA, "your wish is my command!" lol

ButtonGuys of The New York Mafia will soon be posting up our "Racketeer Snapshot" for Salvatore (Toddo) Avarello.

I hope you like it. ;-)

Interested to see it NYMafia!

No problem. We're finishing up several multi-part, deep-dive exposes we've been working on, but I hope to have it out sometime this week.

Hell, I'll even watch.

lol, ok CNote.

We're finishing up a few bios and storylines now. I suspect it'll be up late tonight or hopefully some time tomorrow.

The Salvatore (Toddo) Avarello piece will be in written form. And as a courtesy to you, JackieAprile, Iceveins, and the forum in general, Lisa and I have decided to provide free access to his profile.

Aurello's story is written, and almost fully designed. We should have it posted up for your reading enjoyment a bit later today. ** So you know, we'll be making a fresh post to highlight it. So keep your peepers peeled, ok folks.

It's now posted here under its own thread, titled, "Gambino Capo - Toddo Aurello"

This is for everyone's enjoyment fellas. But also specifically for JackieAprile, Iceveins, JCrusher, CNote, Turnbull, and a few others, who I promised to do a piece on, or who expressed interest in Aurello....ENJOY!