Taccetta was a capo in the Lucchese crime family running the gang’s NJ operations.

Martin Taccetta, 72, of Florham Park, insisted he was framed by prosecutors for any evil deeds related to the rub-out of Toms River auto dealer Vincent “Jimmy Sinatra” Craparotta, the Asbury Park Press reported.Ĭraparotta, 56, was beaten to death by men with golf clubs at his Route 9 car lot on June 12, 1984, reportedly to scare his nephews into paying tributes to the Lucchese crime family from earnings on their video poker machines, the report said. In red America, standing up for Israel isn’t controversialįBI digs for bodies possibly buried by Gambino crime family at upstate NY farms: sourcesĪ real-life Tony Soprano who has been cooling his heels in prison for decades in connection with the 1984 golf club beating death of a Toms River used car salesman is now reportedly claiming he was at the dentist at the time of the slaying - and his dental records were secretly changed to sink his alibi. 2 mobsters to be let out by Thanksgiving as ‘younger generation of mafioso aren’t killing people’: judgeįlash mob of teens roll up in 5 cars and steal $12K from LA Nike store in caught-on-tape heist Real-life Tony Soprano jailed in connection to 1984 murder says dental records switched to frame him.

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