On This Day in History: Mafia meeting at Apalachin, New York

November 14, 1957: A meeting takes place at Joe’s house in Apalachin, New York. Joseph “Joe the Barber” Barbara was the boss of the Bufalino crime family based out of Pennsylvania. The family was part of an organization collectively called Cosa Nostra or familiarly known as the Mafia. Cosa Nostra, the secret Sicilian society, was [...]

Mafia boss William D’Elia on the move

Reputed Mafia boss William “Billy” D’Elia was transferred by the federal Bureau of Prisons to a medium security facility in south-central Texas, according to the bureau’s Web site.
The recent transfer ignored a federal judge’s recommendation that D’Elia, 63, formerly of Hughestown, serve his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution in Minersville, [...]

Sentencing for alleged mob associate on hold

Federal prosecutors have agreed to support a postponement in the April 20 sentencing of alleged mob associate Robert J. Kulick due to his cooperation with law enforcement officials and attorneys seeking to overturn a $3.5 million defamation verdict against the owners of The Citizens’ Voice, according to a motion filed Tuesday [...]

Suit says witness will tie mobster D’Elia to courthouse corruption

A witness will testify that one or both of the disgraced Luzerne County judges who’ve pleaded guilty to accepting millions in kickbacks have “direct connections” to jailed mobster William “Big Billy” D’Elia, according to a petition to be filed today in the state Supreme Court by lawyers for the owners of [...]