Joseph Sica
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Joseph Sica (b. 1911) was a New Jersey mobster involved in armed robbery, murder for hire, extortion and narcotics distribution.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Sica became involved in crime during his teenage year after his first arrest in 1926, at the age of 15. During the 1950s, Sica was identified by the McClellan Committee a prominent member of the Los Angeles crime family as an associate of mobsters Mickey Cohen, Salvatore Iannone and Thomas DeMayo.
In 1950, Sica was indicted with 15 other mobsters for conspiracy to distribute narcotics in California; however the case was eventually dismissed after Abraham Davidian, the federal prosecution's star witness, was shot to death while sleeping at his mother's home in Fresno, California. Joe Sica mentored many west coast mobsters such as Mike Rizzitello and Anthony "the Animal" Fiato. Chis Petti was Joe Sica's long time partner in the L.A and San Diego rackets. Joe Sica was called "JS" by his mob associates.
[edit] Further reading
- Porrello, Rick. To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia. Novelty, Ohio: Next Hat Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9662508-9-3
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Status of the Department of Justice Organized Crime Strike Forces. 1990. [1]
- United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. Profile of Organized Crime: Mid-Atlantic Region Report. 1984. [2]
- Justice, Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations United States. Congress. House. Committee on appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of State. Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations For The Fical Year, 1976. 1976. [3]
[edit] References
- Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
