Originally Posted by NYMafia
Originally Posted by Millspgh
Originally Posted by NYMafia
Another very 'quiet' capo of the LaRocca Family was Lou Volpe, who made money - but very little headlines - in the later years...

I guess Lou learned valuable lessons of when he and his brothers first operated back in the 1920s-30s, an era where the Volpes saw much blood and death, both to others, and among themselves.


To be fair, all the Pittsburgh capos were notoriously quiet, the family in general kept a very low profile and made a lot of money.
It wasn’t until the Porter trial and the Rincon casino story that they really made national headlines.
Even when Mannarino was part owner in a Cuban casino and LaRocca had his ties across the country from NY to Detroit to Chicago to California, they didn’t get noticed much.


True. Kelly Mannarino was probably there most high-profile guy as far as publicity and exposure went.


I'm not so sure that Kelly's brother Gabe was quite so quiet with his involvement with John LaRocca in the SanSouci in Havana.
However on a few of us knew about their deal in Havana.

Last edited by Friend_of_Henry; 11/29/24 11:13 AM.

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