‘Nostra’ members admit guilt for roles in bookmaking ring

They carried interesting mob nicknames like “Frankie the Fixer” and “Ralphie Head” and were part of the gang dubbed Delco Nostra, but their cases ended quietly with pleas, including one entered Nov. 20 by 43-year-old Louis “Bent Finger Louie” Monacello.
Wednesday, Monacello of South Philadelphia, said to be a Philly mob enforcer, [...]

Reputed mob figure sings like a canary

You shoulda been at La Stanza last night. The place was mobbed.
Sure, they make great ravioli, but most of the restaurant’s patrons came to see Ralph “Ralphie Head” Abbruzzi, the reputed mob associate who talked his way out of house arrest for the night to sing Louis Prima tunes.
He didn’t disappoint, [...]

For ‘Ralphie Head,’ there’s still time for Louie

Rest easy, Louis Prima fans. Yesterday’s conviction of mob associate Ralph “Ralphie Head” Abbruzzi – this time in connection with the “Operation Delco Nostra” gambling probe – doesn’t mean that his next South Philly gig has been canceled.
Abbruzzi, 59, once described by federal prosecutors as “drawn to organized crime and gangsters [...]