Anthony Loria: Difference between revisions
imported>Jackie de Alarcón Adding categories |
imported>Thethinkerkoala image needed |
||
| (5 intermediate revisions by 5 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[File: | [[File:Anthony Loria Sr. 2.jpeg|thumb|Anthony Loria with DEA agent during his arrest for the "French Connection" scheme.]][[File:grandpabook.jpeg|thumb]][[File:Anthony Loria Sr.jpeg|thumb|Anthony Loria]]===<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;">Anthony Loria - East Harlem Gangster</span> | ||
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;">nthony Loria, Sr. aka Tony Aboudamita (1921-1989) was a New York mobster who played a major role in the famous French Connection heroin scandal. He was cited as a major heroin dealer during the late 1960s and 1970s.</span> | <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;">nthony Loria, Sr. aka Tony Aboudamita (1921-1989) was a New York mobster who played a major role in the famous French Connection heroin scandal. He was cited as a major heroin dealer during the late 1960s and 1970s.</span> | ||
| Line 7: | Line 7: | ||
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;">In the early 1970's, Loria moved to North Babylon, New York. During this period, Loria went to prison for his role as head of Long Island's heroin traffic operations for The Luchesse Mafia Family. Loria was also implicated in the New York Police Department scandal which over $70 million narcotics seized during the French Connection operation were stolen from the police property room. These drugs eventually ended back on the streets, with Loria allegedly one of the sellers. Loria's partner, Vincent Papa was also arrested in the same Drug Enforcement Administration case and was sent to prison.</span> | <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;">In the early 1970's, Loria moved to North Babylon, New York. During this period, Loria went to prison for his role as head of Long Island's heroin traffic operations for The Luchesse Mafia Family. Loria was also implicated in the New York Police Department scandal which over $70 million narcotics seized during the French Connection operation were stolen from the police property room. These drugs eventually ended back on the streets, with Loria allegedly one of the sellers. Loria's partner, Vincent Papa was also arrested in the same Drug Enforcement Administration case and was sent to prison.</span> | ||
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"> | <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;"> In 1989, after years of failing health, Anthony Loria Sr. died at Stony Brook University Hospital hospital in Stony Brook, New York.</span> | ||
<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;">Loria was survived by his wife Mildred and seven children. Loria was the father of entertainer Art Loria and grandfather of entertainer, athlete, and movie actor Daniel Loria.</span>=== | <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:normal;-webkit-text-size-adjust:none;">Loria was survived by his wife Mildred and seven children. Loria was the father of entertainer Art Loria and grandfather of entertainer, athlete, and movie actor Daniel Loria.</span>=== | ||
| Line 15: | Line 15: | ||
[[Category:Gangsters]] | [[Category:Gangsters]] | ||
[[Category:Partners in Crime]] | [[Category:Partners in Crime]] | ||
[[Category:Male | [[Category:Male]] | ||
[[Category:Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Modern Villains]] | ||
[[Category:List]] | |||
[[Category:Athletic]] | |||
[[Category:Deceased]] | |||