- Joseph DeSimone
Joseph DeSimone (b.
April 5 ,1934 inFort Lee, New Jersey ) aka. Joe Desi and Joe Black, is aCaporegime with theBonanno crime family .DeSimone family bloodline
Joseph DeSimone is a cousin of
Thomas DeSimone ,Anthony DeSimone ,Robert DeSimone andDolores DeSimone . He is a distant relative of the former Boss of theLos Angeles crime family ,Frank DeSimone , and ofRosario DeSimone . James DeSimone is theson-in-law to a formerFort Lee, New Jersey fire chief andBonanno crime family associate Joseph Cariddi who would become the futureLucchese crime family consigliere and underboss. His brother isRalph DeSimone .Bonanno soldier and the capo murders
Joseph DeSimone worked with Dominic "Sonny Black" Napolitano and was involved in the 1981 murders of rival faction leaders Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato, Philip "Phil Lucky" Giaccone and Dominick "Big Trin" Trinchera. Before becoming a
capo , he was a sidewalk soldier who worked under CapoPhillip Giaccone , whose execution he would later help carry out, on the orders of Dominic "Sonny Black" Napolitano and the recognizedUnderboss of the Bonannos, Joseph "Big Joe" Massino.Bonanno family caporegime
DeSimone is the manager of DJ Jeweler's Incorporated in
Kensington, New York . The store is managed by his daughter. OnApril 5 ,1996 , Joe DeSimone was released after a thirteen-month sentence forloansharking andextortion charges. OnJune 10 ,2003 , DeSimone had his daughter's fiance involved in a massiveFBI Bonanno crime family investigation, by arranging for hisCadillac to be stolen by a fellowBonanno crime family made member a week before his daughter's planned wedding. He later explained to theFBI , "They needed the money to get married."References
"FBI Finds A Nice Piece At Jewelry Store" Gangland News Online November 20th 2003 by Jerry Capeci
"Massino Family In Sorry Shape"Gangland News Online January 22nd 2004 by Jerry Capeci
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