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Angelo Lonardo

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Anthony DeStefano

Joe Amato

Jimmy Burke

Bob Berdella

Jimmy Hoffa

Danny Greene

John Dillinger

Steven Seagal

John Gotti

Tony Spilotro

Mickey Spillane

Joe Pistone

Scott Deitche

Harry Reid

Jim Moran

OwlTail

On today's episode, I sit down with CEO and Co-Founder of Out the Dough, Cookie Dough to go, Angelo Lonardo. Listen in as we talk about the journey of starting a business with his Mother and Sister-in-Law. From opening their first location in November of 2017, to expanding and relocating, this family has navigated some pretty big ups and downs. After a whirlwind start to 2020, they like many other retail business were hit hard when the Shelter in Place took effect. Angelo shares what he has learned over the past three years as CEO and what he would say to himself looking back. Use promo code "convoswithcaroline" to order online or pick up in store (they ship nationwide). To learn more about Out the Dough and Angelo, be sure and visit https://www.outthedough.com/ and on Instagram @outthedough and @angelolonardo_. 

On today's episode, I sit down with CEO and Co-Founder of Out the Dough, Cookie Dough to go, Angelo Lonardo. Listen in as we talk about the journey of starting a business with his Mother and Sister-in-Law. From opening their first location in November of 2017, to expanding and relocating, this family has navigated some pretty big ups and downs. After a whirlwind start to 2020, they like many other retail business were hit hard when the Shelter in Place took effect. Angelo shares what he has learned over the past three years as CEO and what he would say to himself looking back. Use promo code "convoswithcaroline" to order online or pick up in store (they ship nationwide). To learn more about Out the Dough and Angelo, be sure and visit <a href="https://www.outthedough.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.outthedough.com/</a> and on Instagram @outthedough and @angelolonardo_.

1:7 Angelo Lonardo: Out the Dough

In the Cleveland mob war the Danny Greene gang (Danny was backed by mob associate and teamster John Nardi who had been Danny Greene mad because he thought he should be boss over Licavoli) the city experienced almost 40 car bombings. Nardi was killed on May 17, 1977 by a car bomb in the parking lot of the Teamster Hall in Cleveland. After eight failed attempts to kill Greene, the Cleveland mob boss, Jack Licavoli contracted Ray Ferritto to assassinate him. First Ferritto killed Bill McDuffee, Greene’s right hand man. The next try was for Greene. While Greene was inside a building with his car in the parking lot, Ferritto and Ronald Carrabbia planted a box bomb inside a bomb car, they parked the car next to Greene’s. When Greene came out was entering his car, Carabbia set off the bomb, killing Greene. Ferritto later heard that the Cleveland crime family wanted him dead, so he flipped and made a deal with the authorities. The building in which this all took place is called “Brainard Place” and still stands today. It can be easily seen as you enter/exit the Interstate-271 Exit 32 ramps. In the aftermath of the conflict, many Cleveland Mafiosi, including the boss, Licavoli, were convicted of a variety of crimes. After Licavoli was sent to prison for the murder of Danny Greene in 1982, Angelo Lonardo, the son of Prohibition mob boss Joseph Lonardo, took control of the Cleveland crime family. He led the family until 1984, when he was convicted of running a drug ring and was sentenced to life in prison. He then became an informant, making him the highest ranking Mafia turncoat up to that time. During these turbulent times, the FBI in Kansas City were tapping phones and building a case against the Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Cleveland mobs for skimming from Las Vegas casinos. In the subsequent trials Angelo “Big Ange” Lonardo confirmed what the wiretaps had demonstrated and Maishe Rockman had told him. It must have been extra tough to testify against his brother in law, Mashie Rockman.   He will testify that a man named Allen Glick went to Frank Peter Balistrieri, mob boss in Milwaukee, and asked for his influence to get a 62 million dollar Teamster pension fund loan. Balistrieri asked Nick Civella in Kansas City to get the cooperation of Kansas City Teamster boss, Roy Lee Williams and for Milton Rockman to use his relationship with Cleveland Teamster president Jackie Presser and Chicago influenced Allen Dorman of the Teamsters to get loan approval. The loan was approved and Glick bought the Stardust, The Hacienda, the Frontier and the Marina casinos. Soon, Chicago installed lefty Rosenthal inside the Stardust and at least 100,000 a month started flowing to these four mob families. Big Ange testified that Rockman was the pickup man for the Cleveland share. This share was as much as $40,000 monthly with Lonardo getting $10,000 a month. Teamsters Jackie Presser and Roy Williams received about $1,500.00 a month. Lonardo alleges that Milwaukee and Kansas City mobs are both aligned with the Chicago Outfit. Cleveland is aligned with the Genevose Family in New York City. Big Ange will get out of prison and return to live openly his last years in Cleveland. I will also put in a link to a short documentary that contains an interview with Big Ange in his last year of life. After leaving the witness protection program, Angelo Lonardo lived quietly in northeast Ohio until his death in March of 2006 at the age of 95. He remains one of the most significant figures in the history of the American Mafia.  To purchase premium podcast click here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here. To subscribe on iTunes click, give me a review and I will send you a link to see the film for free.  The post Angelo Lonardo – Cleveland Mob – Part 2 appeared first on Gangland Wire.

In the Cleveland mob war the <a href="http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2011/02/car_bomb_kills_danny_greene.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Danny Greene</a> gang (Danny was backed by mob associate and teamster John Nardi who had been Danny Greene mad because he thought he should be boss over Licavoli) the city experienced almost 40 car bombings. Nardi was killed on May 17, 1977 by a car bomb in the parking lot of the Teamster Hall in Cleveland. After eight failed attempts to kill Greene, the Cleveland mob boss, <a href="http://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2015/11/the_cleveland_mafia_the_end_of.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jack Licavoli</a> contracted Ray Ferritto to assassinate him. First Ferritto killed Bill McDuffee, Greene’s right hand man. The next try was for Greene. While Greene was inside a building with his car in the parking lot, Ferritto and Ronald Carrabbia planted a box bomb inside a bomb car, they parked the car next to Greene’s. When Greene came out was entering his car, Carabbia set off the bomb, killing Greene. Ferritto later heard that the Cleveland crime family wanted him dead, so he flipped and made a deal with the authorities. The building in which this all took place is called “Brainard Place” and still stands today. It can be easily seen as you enter/exit the Interstate-271 Exit 32 ramps. In the aftermath of the conflict, many Cleveland Mafiosi, including the boss, Licavoli, were convicted of a variety of crimes. After Licavoli was sent to prison for the murder of Danny Greene in 1982, <a href="http://mafia.wikia.com/wiki/Angelo_Lonardo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angelo Lonardo</a>, the son of Prohibition mob boss Joseph Lonardo, took control of the Cleveland crime family. He led the family until 1984, when he was convicted of running a drug ring and was sentenced to life in prison. He then became an informant, making him the highest ranking Mafia turncoat up to that time. During these turbulent times, the FBI in Kansas City were tapping phones and building a case against the Chicago, Milwaukee, Kansas City and Cleveland mobs for skimming from Las Vegas casinos. In the subsequent trials Angelo “Big Ange” Lonardo confirmed what the wiretaps had demonstrated and Maishe Rockman had told him. It must have been extra tough to testify against his brother in law, Mashie Rockman. He will testify that a man named Allen Glick went to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Balistrieri" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Frank Peter Balistrieri</a>, mob boss in Milwaukee, and asked for his influence to get a 62 million dollar Teamster pension fund loan. Balistrieri asked Nick Civella in Kansas City to get the cooperation of Kansas City Teamster boss, Roy Lee Williams and for Milton Rockman to use his relationship with Cleveland Teamster president Jackie Presser and Chicago influenced Allen Dorman of the Teamsters to get loan approval. The loan was approved and Glick bought the Stardust, The Hacienda, the Frontier and the Marina casinos. Soon, Chicago installed lefty Rosenthal inside the Stardust and at least 100,000 a month started flowing to these four mob families. Big Ange testified that Rockman was the pickup man for the Cleveland share. This share was as much as $40,000 monthly with Lonardo getting $10,000 a month. Teamsters Jackie Presser and Roy Williams received about $1,500.00 a month. Lonardo alleges that Milwaukee and Kansas City mobs are both aligned with the Chicago Outfit. Cleveland is aligned with the Genevose Family in New York City. Big Ange will get out of prison and return to live openly his last years in Cleveland. I will also put in a link to a short documentary that contains an interview with Big Ange in his last year of life. After leaving the witness protection program, Angelo Lonardo lived quietly in northeast Ohio until his death in March of 2006 at the age of 95. He remains one of the most significant figures in the history of the American Mafia. To purchase premium podcast <a href="https://ganglandwire.com/store/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here.</a> To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Gangland-Wire-David-Jackson/dp/B088G28QJC/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=gangland+wire+gary+jenkins&amp;qid=1629734408&amp;sr=8-1-fkmr0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">click here.</a> To subscribe on iTunes click, give me a review and I will send you a link to see the film for free. <a href="https://www.blubrry.com/kc_crime/survey/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://ganglandwire.com/angelo-lonardo-cleveland-mob-part-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angelo Lonardo – Cleveland Mob – Part 2</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ganglandwire.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gangland Wire</a>.

Angelo Lonardo – Cleveland Mob – Part 2

Angelo Lonardo Angelo Lonardo “Big Ange” In the 1980s, the FBI recorded Cleveland Mob Underboss, Joey Gallo, “Angelo Lonardo is probably one of the most respected guys in the whole United States.” Gallo went on to state, “He’s really the kind of guy we needed in this town a long time ago, but you know, nobody ever listened to him because… he don’t express himself… But out of everybody that’s left, this guy commands a lot of respect… I respect him not only because I have to because, I’m telling you, he’s a great guy.” Even police detectives and F.B.I. agents had a certain respect for Lonardo. “To me, he was almost like the movie version of The Godfather,” a policeman commented. “He was always the gentleman, not a tough street rat. He was someone who recognized us as people in the same general line of work – on an opposing team, of course.” Like KC Underboss Tuffy DeLuna, Lonardo maintained respect for the police. When detectives would arrive at his home to execute a search or arrest warrant, Lonardo and his wife would treat them like guests even inviting them to sit and have coffee. I was part of a search warrant team at DeLuna’s house and he did the same thing. In 1982, Lonardo was charged in a major drug ring operated by Joey Gallo and others. Strike Force prosecutor Donna Congeni was impressed with Lonardo’s demeanor in the court room. “He was the epitome of class,” she once remarked. She later said, “Because of his years of careful training in the art of secrecy and insulation, with meetings held in back rooms and decisions made with nods and coded phrases, our case against Angelo Lonardo was difficult to prove.But once drug ring leader and informant Carmen Zagaria testified about Lonardo’s methods, the jury could see his power and control.” As a result of sentences handed down by U.S. District Court Judge John Manos, Angelo Lonardo, Joe Gallo and several others would be destined to life behind federal bars. Lonardo survived the most hazardous pitfalls of Mafia involvement – mob bullets and prison. Through a lifetime of earning money from criminal and legitimate enterprises, he had spent only eighteen months incarcerated. After his incarceration for the narcotics conviction in 1983, F.B.I. agents began visiting Lonardo and offered deals in exchange for his testimony. They promised to get him out of prison on an appeal bond. Lonardo had inside knowledge of the Midwest mob’s skimming operation in Las Vegas. In August of 1983, the government brought Lonardo to Kansas City to testify before the U.S. grand jury investigating this skimming from several Las Vegas casinos. Lonardo refused to testify, despite an offer of immunity and a judicial order. Soon thereafter, Lonardo must have been weighing his options. He is looking at life in prison, He had an appeal pending but after that was denied, he quietly slipped away to a prison pay phone and called the agent who had visited him. He had made a painfully tormenting decision that would have far-reaching effects throughout the national underworld. “Are you still there?” he quietly asked. At age 77, the highest ranking Mob boss who ever came over  broke the code of Omerta and became a government witness in the Las Vegas skimming trials. Senator Nunn: Thank you, Senator Roth. Mr. Lonardo, why don't you proceed.  Mr. Lonardo: My name is Angelo Lonardo. I am 77 years old, and I am a member of the La Cosa Nostra. I am the former underboss of the Cleveland organized crime family. I became a member of La Cosa Nostra in the late 1940's, but have been associated with the organization since the late 1920's. When I was "made" or became a member of La Cosa Nostra, I went through an initiation ceremony. I later learned that to be proposed for membership in La Cosa Nostra, you would have to have killed someone and stood up to the pressure of police scrutiny. Today, you do not have to kill to be a member, but just prove yourself worthy by keeping your mouth shut or by being a "stand-up" guy. However, if you are called upon to kill someone, you have to be prepared to do it. In my case, my father was murdered by Salvatore Todaro in 1927. In revenge, my cousin, Dominic Sospirato, and I killed Todaro. This is one of the reasons that I was proposed for membership in La Cosa Nostra.  Big Aage’s father was Cleveland Mob Boss Joseph Lonardo during the 1930s. He was killed by Salvatore Todaro. Angelo Lodardo killed Todaro in retaliation. Lonardo was eventually forgiven for this killing because the Commission had not approved this in advance. After a temporary time when the Commission “closed the books” on new members, he was made in a ceremony in the late 1940s.   During the next 20 years Big Ange would live the life of a made guy in Cleveland loansharking, overseeing illegal gambling interests and other mob activities. During the 1970s, the Cleveland family partnered with Moe Dalitz, Moe Dalitz Maurice Kleinman and other Jewish gamblers who had been running illegal casinos in Kentucky. These Jewish gamblers bought into the Desert Inn and the Cleveland family provided protection from other mobsters for a piece of the action. Dalitz would buy into the Stardust with mob money, probably teamster money, and Chicago and Cleveland shared some of the profits from that casino. In 1976, Cleveland boss, John Scalish dies of natural causes. Lonardo claims that Mashie Rockman called him into a meeting and said Scalish requested that a guy named Jack Licavoli new named the new boss.  This started a mob war because another mobster named John Nardi thought he should be the boss. Licavoli names Lonardo as his Underboss. At that time, Rockman tells Lonardo the details of the Las Vegas skimming operation. Big Ange is pleasantly surprised that he will start receiving a large amount of skimmed cash with his new position. Danny Greene By the late 1970s, the Cleveland family becomes involved in a mob war. To purchase premium podcast click here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here. To subscribe on iTunes click, give me a review and I will send you a link to see the film for free.          The post Angelo Lonardo – Cleveland Mob – Part 1 appeared first on Gangland Wire.

Angelo Lonardo Angelo Lonardo “Big Ange” In the 1980s, the FBI recorded Cleveland Mob Underboss, Joey Gallo, “Angelo Lonardo is probably one of the most respected guys in the whole United States.” Gallo went on to state, “He’s really the kind of guy we needed in this town a long time ago, but you know, nobody ever listened to him because… he don’t express himself… But out of everybody that’s left, this guy commands a lot of respect… I respect him not only because I have to because, I’m telling you, he’s a great guy.” Even police detectives and F.B.I. agents had a certain respect for Lonardo. “To me, he was almost like the movie version of The Godfather,” a policeman commented. “He was always the gentleman, not a tough street rat. He was someone who recognized us as people in the same general line of work – on an opposing team, of course.” Like KC Underboss Tuffy DeLuna, Lonardo maintained respect for the police. When detectives would arrive at his home to execute a search or arrest warrant, Lonardo and his wife would treat them like guests even inviting them to sit and have coffee. I was part of a search warrant team at DeLuna’s house and he did the same thing. In 1982, Lonardo was charged in a major drug ring operated by Joey Gallo and others. Strike Force prosecutor Donna Congeni was impressed with Lonardo’s demeanor in the court room. “He was the epitome of class,” she once remarked. She later said, “Because of his years of careful training in the art of secrecy and insulation, with meetings held in back rooms and decisions made with nods and coded phrases, our case against Angelo Lonardo was difficult to prove.But once drug ring leader and informant Carmen Zagaria testified about Lonardo’s methods, the jury could see his power and control.” As a result of sentences handed down by U.S. District Court Judge John Manos, Angelo Lonardo, Joe Gallo and several others would be destined to life behind federal bars. Lonardo survived the most hazardous pitfalls of Mafia involvement – mob bullets and prison. Through a lifetime of earning money from criminal and legitimate enterprises, he had spent only eighteen months incarcerated. After his incarceration for the narcotics conviction in 1983, F.B.I. agents began visiting Lonardo and offered deals in exchange for his testimony. They promised to get him out of prison on an appeal bond. Lonardo had inside knowledge of the Midwest mob’s skimming operation in Las Vegas. In August of 1983, the government brought Lonardo to Kansas City to testify before the U.S. grand jury investigating this skimming from several Las Vegas casinos. Lonardo refused to testify, despite an offer of immunity and a judicial order. Soon thereafter, Lonardo must have been weighing his options. He is looking at life in prison, He had an appeal pending but after that was denied, he quietly slipped away to a prison pay phone and called the agent who had visited him. He had made a painfully tormenting decision that would have far-reaching effects throughout the national underworld. “Are you still there?” he quietly asked. At age 77, the highest ranking Mob boss who ever came over  broke the code of Omerta and became a government witness in the Las Vegas skimming trials. Senator Nunn: Thank you, Senator Roth. Mr. Lonardo, why don't you proceed. Mr. Lonardo: My name is Angelo Lonardo. I am 77 years old, and I am a member of the La Cosa Nostra. I am the former underboss of the Cleveland organized crime family. I became a member of La Cosa Nostra in the late 1940's, but have been associated with the organization since the late 1920's. When I was "made" or became a member of La Cosa Nostra, I went through an initiation ceremony. I later learned that to be proposed for membership in La Cosa Nostra, you would have to have killed someone and stood up to the pressure of police scrutiny. Today, you do not have to kill to be a member, but just prove yourself worthy by keeping your mouth shut or by being a "stand-up" guy. However, if you are called upon to kill someone, you have to be prepared to do it. In my case, my father was murdered by Salvatore Todaro in 1927. In revenge, my cousin, Dominic Sospirato, and I killed Todaro. This is one of the reasons that I was proposed for membership in La Cosa Nostra. Big Aage’s father was Cleveland Mob Boss Joseph Lonardo during the 1930s. He was killed by Salvatore Todaro. Angelo Lodardo killed Todaro in retaliation. Lonardo was eventually forgiven for this killing because the Commission had not approved this in advance. After a temporary time when the Commission “closed the books” on new members, he was made in a ceremony in the late 1940s. During the next 20 years Big Ange would live the life of a made guy in Cleveland loansharking, overseeing illegal gambling interests and other mob activities. During the 1970s, the Cleveland family partnered with Moe Dalitz, Moe Dalitz Maurice Kleinman and other Jewish gamblers who had been running illegal casinos in Kentucky. These Jewish gamblers bought into the Desert Inn and the Cleveland family provided protection from other mobsters for a piece of the action. Dalitz would buy into the Stardust with mob money, probably teamster money, and Chicago and Cleveland shared some of the profits from that casino. In 1976, Cleveland boss, John Scalish dies of natural causes. Lonardo claims that Mashie Rockman called him into a meeting and said Scalish requested that a guy named Jack Licavoli new named the new boss.  This started a mob war because another mobster named John Nardi thought he should be the boss. Licavoli names Lonardo as his Underboss. At that time, Rockman tells Lonardo the details of the Las Vegas skimming operation. Big Ange is pleasantly surprised that he will start receiving a large amount of skimmed cash with his new position. Danny Greene By the late 1970s, the Cleveland family becomes involved in a mob war. To purchase premium podcast click here. To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here. To subscribe on iTunes click, give me a review and I will send you a link to see the film for free. <a href="https://www.blubrry.com/kc_crime/survey/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank"></a> The post <a href="https://ganglandwire.com/angelo-lonardo-cleveland-mob-part-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angelo Lonardo – Cleveland Mob – Part 1</a> appeared first on <a href="https://ganglandwire.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gangland Wire</a>.