- Lawrence Dentico
Lawrence Dentico (born
August 22 ,1923 ), aka Larry Fab and The Little Guy, is aNew Jersey mobster who is a former captain andconsigliere for theGenovese crime family .During the late 1990s, Dentico served as an acting boss of the family while family boss
Vincent "the Chin" Gigante was serving a prison sentence forracketeering . In August 2005, Dentico was indicted on charges ofextortion conspiracy and conspiracy to commit murder. The defendants were accused of participating inloansharking , sportsbookmaking , numbers running, and football-ticket gambling. Dentico pleaded guilty and on August 16, 2006, he was sentenced to 51 months in prison. As of April 2008, Dentico is still serving his sentence at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) - Schuylkill inMinersville, Pennsylvania . His projected release date is May 5, 2009. [http://bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=dentico&Middle=&FirstName=lawrence&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0]Further reading
*United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. "Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriations, 1954, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee of Appropriations". 1953. [http://books.google.com/books?vid=0XcQDHOw9wOcd3zQLOWLcib&id=sGJp3XXJA60C&q=Lawrence+Dentico&dq=Lawrence+Dentico&pgis=1]
External links
* [http://www.getnj.com/onlygameintown/messages0305/6360.shtml Lawrence Dentico Indicted - US Attorney's Office: Fourteen Arrested with Unsealing of RICO Indictment Against Genovese Crime Family Members, Associates]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405E6D81F31F936A25751C1A9639C8B63 New York Times: Reputed Mob Chief Pleads Guilty]
* [http://www.1010wins.com/pages/70525.php?contentType=4&contentId=190251 1010 WINS: Sentencing Day for Reputed North Jersey Mobsters]
* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website]
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