San Jose crime family - Wikipedia
The San Jose crime family, also known as the Cerrito crime family or the San Jose Mafia, was an Italian-American Mafia crime family based in San Jose, California.
Knowing the Way to San Jose: The Mafia family of San Jose
Aug 30, 2020 · It’s a bizarre world in the mob land of San Jose. Like blind men trying to get out of a door-knob factory, they fumbled their way through decades of failure on a scale hard to contemplate. In 1940 the population of San Jose is about 68,000, 99% white.
Northern District of California | 12 Alleged Members Of Two San Jose ...
Sep 16, 2021 · SAN FRANCISCO - A federal grand jury indicted twelve California residents, charging each with joining criminal conspiracies as part of their alleged membership in San Jose-based Norteño street gangs. The crimes were set out in two separate indictments, both of which were unsealed today.
The Don of Silicon Valley - The Mob Museum
Sep 18, 2018 · Cerrito inherited control of the San Jose crime group on September 10, 1959, after the death of his predecessor, Onofrio Sciortino. He maintained a close grip over his members, to the point that he really wanted them to avoid petty street crimes in favor of …
The American Mafia: San Jose Mafia Informants - Mafia History
Edmond Valin demonstrates the value of 1960s-era FBI informants from the San Jose, California, Mafia organization.
Murder of Brooke Hart and the lynching of Thomas Harold …
Eighteen year-old Anthony Cataldi who boasted he led the mob that lynched Jack Holmes and Thomas Thurmond, kidnap killers of Brooke Hart, was arraigned today on a charge of participating in the hangings and preliminary hearing was set for 2 p. m. next Wednesday.
13 Alleged San Jose Gang Members Arrested In Wave Of Street …
Mar 2, 2021 · Crime. A crackdown on a violent San Jose street gang has resulted in 13 alleged members being arrested on a variety of charges including attempted murder, armed robbery, kidnapping, assaults...
#23: The Cerrito Crime Family (Part Two) - Gangland History Podcast
Based in San Jose, the Cerrito family surprisingly had connections with families all over the country, and family namesake Joe Cerrito was present at the 1957 Apalachin mob conference, which is probably the claim to fame of the entire family.
Feds announce massive ‘takedown’ of California’s Nuestra …
Sep 16, 2021 · Two of the indictments centered on a dozen people split between two San Jose-based Norteño gangs, alleging a string of crimes involving drug running, robberies, attempted murder and murder,...
BLOOD BROTHERS / The killing started when Nuestra Familia gang ... - SFGATE
Jun 29, 1997 · All Nuestra Familia recruits are told of the day when an unnamed Latino inmate's shoes were stolen by a member of the Mexican Mafia, the prison gang whose roots twine deep in the barrios of East...