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===Early History=== |
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===Appalachin=== |
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===The Bufalino Era=== |
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===Recent Years=== |
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[Image:Bufalino_billydelia.jpg|thumb|275px|William "Big Billy" D'Elia, boss of the family since 1994] |
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Since Russell Bufalino's death in 1994, and Edward Sciandra's "retirement" to Florida, William D'Elia became the new boss. D'Elia started in the late 1960s and 1970s as Bufalino's driver. |
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==Bosses of the Bufalino Crime Family== |
==Bosses of the Bufalino Crime Family== |
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Revision as of 01:04, 12 December 2004
The Bufalino Crime Family is a criminal organization based in Scranton, Pittson and Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania USA within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known familiarly as the Mafia (also known as La Cosa Nostra). The Bufalino Crime Family exercises influence in Northeastern Pennsylvania, Northwestern New Jersey, Southern and Western New York while maintaining strong contacts with mafia counterparts in New York City, Philadelphia and New England.
History of the Bufalino Crime Family
Early History
Appalachin
The Bufalino Era
Recent Years
[Image:Bufalino_billydelia.jpg|thumb|275px|William "Big Billy" D'Elia, boss of the family since 1994] Since Russell Bufalino's death in 1994, and Edward Sciandra's "retirement" to Florida, William D'Elia became the new boss. D'Elia started in the late 1960s and 1970s as Bufalino's driver.
Bosses of the Bufalino Crime Family
- 1908–1933 — Santo Volpe ( –1933)
- 1933–1940 — John Sciandra ( –1940)
- 1940–1959 — Joseph M. Barbara, Sr. ( –1959)
- 1959–1975 — Rosario Alberto "Russell" Bufalino (1903–1994)
- 1975–1994 — Edward "Eddie the Conductor" Sciandra ( –present)
- 1994–present — William "Big Billy" D'Elia (1946–present)
External Links
- The Pittston Family
- Northeastern Pennsylvania from Rick Porrello's AmericanMafia.com