Rocco Valenti
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Rocco Valenti (born in 1895, date of death unknown) was a
He is often confused with contemporary Mafioso
Mafia–Camorra War
Valenti joined the Neapolitan Navy Street Gang in the early 1910s. On July 20, 1916, Valenti and fellow gang member Nick Sassi helped George "Lefty" Esposito, Tom Pagano, and Giuseppe Verizzano escape after murdering Joe DeMarco and Charles Lombardi.
On September 7, 1916, Valenti was arrested in a local pool hall for carrying a concealed weapon. His arrest came several hours after a shootout that resulted in the deaths of
On January 26, 1918, Valenti was arrested in Troy, New York and convicted as an accessory in the DeMarco and Lombardi murders. After serving ten months in prison, Valenti was released in November 1918. He also testified for Charles Giordano during his trial in March 1919.[1]
He disappears from the written record at that point.
References
- ^ ISBN 978-0-415-99030-1.
Further reading
- Critchley, David. The Origin of Organized Crime: The New York City Mafia, 1891-931. New York, Routledge, 2008.
- Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
External links
- GangRule: The Mafia-Cammora War (1914-1918)
- American Organized Crime: Black Hand Archived 2004-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
