- Frank Locascio
Frank "Frankie Loc" Locascio (b. 1933) is a New York mobster who became the
Consigliere to theGambino crime family , under BossJohn Gotti . Locascio is the father ofSalvatore LoCascio , a ranked captain in the same crime family. It is unknown if he is a relative ofColombo crime family mobster Enrico LocascioBecoming a
made man during the 1950s, Locascio was abookmaker andloanshark for the Gambino family. Later on, he was promoted tocaporegime of a crew in theBronx, New York . After the assassination of bossPaul Castellano , Gotti became the new Gambino boss and Locasio joined his inner circle. When underbossJoseph Armone went to prison, Locasio became actingunderboss ; When Gotti reshuffled his administration later on, Locascio became actingconsigliere .In 1992, the roof fell in on the Gambino family. Gotti, Locascio, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, and
Thomas Gambino were all indicted on federalRICO charges. At this time, Gravano made his famous break with Gotti and testified against Gotti and LoCascio. On June 23, 1992, both Gotti and Locascio were sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.As of April 2008, Locascio is imprisoned at the Federal Medical Center Devens in
Massachusetts . In the 1996 television movie "Gotti ", Locascio is portrayed by actor Raymond Serra. He was the man that stuck with John Gotti, unlike Sammy "the bull" Gravano who testified against his boss and long time friend the "untouchable" man John Gotti.Further reading
*Capeci, Jerry. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia". Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
*Davis, John H. "Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family". New York: HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0-06-016357-7
*Jacobs, James B., Christopher Panarella and Jay Worthington. "Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra". New York: NYU Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8147-4230-0
*Maas, Peter. "Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia". New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-06-093096-9
*Raab, Selwyn. "Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires". New York: St. Martin Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8External links
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* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website]
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