Jimmy was released from prison in 2014 after serving about six years in federal prison. But in doing that, I tore, I dont know what the official diagnosis was, but I tore all these ligaments and cartilage, and I had a chip in my kneecap. Jimmy has been suspected of paying upwards of $120K a year to mob boss "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. MARBLEHEAD An 18-year-old driver has died from injuries sustained in an early morning crash on the Causeway in Marblehead Friday, police announced. And its weird, because this part of Connecticut, its like New York will never claim us, because were in Connecticut, but Connecticut doesnt claim us, because were so close to New York. In June 2008, Galante pleaded guilty to these charges. Though he loved and trusted Sicilians and both his parents were from Castellammare del Golfo, he himself was not born there. Its my buddy Jon Mirasty. Hes in Bakersfield, California at the time. My eyes watered. In, Crime and Penalties, the latest episode of Untold, Netflixs new sports documentary series, directors Chapman and Maclain Way (previously of Wild Wild Country) tell the story of how AJ Galante, 17-year-old son of an alleged mobster and unapologetic fan of pro wrestling and The Mighty Ducks, turned the Danbury Trashers into the bad boys of the UHL. My mother called me screaming, Angela recalls. So, we were looking to replace him. According to the indictment, the Trashers' real payroll was nearly $750,000. Look, anyone that grows up over here in the Northeast, there wasnt an Italian-American that I knew around here that didnt think, Oh, that could be me, or, That could be this one, or, That could be that. So I dont know, Ive heard it my whole life, I used to hear that type of stuff. Terms of Service, 2023Gangsters Inc. - www.gangstersinc.org Jan. 3, 2017 Updated: Jan. 4, 2017 9:35 a.m. 8. He did contract murders for some of the biggest names in the New York underworld of the 1930s and 1940s. . And then, theres New England Connecticut, like Boston Red Sox fan Connecticut. [4], Galante was owner of twenty five different trash disposal businesses based out of Danbury, Connecticut and estimated to be worth over $100 million. Galante found this out when he was betrayed by his Sicilian bodyguards and allies on July 12, 1979. I'm just wondering if he had any relation to Carmine Galante of the Bonanno Family. So yes, he was the one who. [11], Although he initially entered a plea of not guilty, in June 2008, Galante agreed to a change-of-plea hearing. When you say you set it up, obviously, fans love hockey fights, I like watching hockey fights, but its not in the rule book. Since he was a kid@COMA he got attracted to hockey. In 1998, a federal grand jury indicted Galante with defrauding the IRS and obstructing a federal investigation into AWD's garbage-hauling business. DeLuca had asked Galante to threaten the husband of DeLuca's granddaughter, whom DeLuca believed was being abused. It was an ending only he believed in. Growing up, AJ was instantly attracted to the game of hockey and wanted to play nothing else. Advert. But we kept it very balanced, so a lot of the away games were crazy too. Thats nice. But no, I mean, I didnt live under a rock, I understood what the story was and some of the characters, but truthfully, I didnt watch it until years later. Galante was accused of donating to a PAC ( Political Action Committee) which laundered money to several politicians who may have used their influence to award contracts to Galantes trash hauling business. Hes still in Danbury, now running a boxing gym, but didnt mind reliving the glory days of the Trashers for posterity. The businesses handled 80% of garbage hauling in southern and western Connecticut, and Westchester and Putnam counties in New York. Galante was only initially paid $7.6 million. Soprano and Galantes sons even had the same name AJ. The film claims that James Galante was the inspiration for the character Tony Soprano, although it is disputed and many have said it is loosely based on New Jersey mobster Vincent Palermo. His parents were both of Italian origin. In most other sports, there are serious consequences for fighting. I kind of stay in my little hole here, and I just observe, and kind of do what my dad did with the Trashers, what I grew up watching him do. We brought him in midway through the first year. It was at this meeting that the old and new Mafia divided the lucrative heroin trafficking routes and roles each clan would play. I put a kid in, 12-years-old, five years ago, when I was pushing 30. Celebrity.fm #1 Official Stars, Business & People Network, Wiki, Success story, Biography & Quotes. The story of Jimmy Galante and his garbage empire he built in Danbury, Conn., spans through the 90s and into the early 2000s. The first trailer for The Many Saints of Newark debuted on Tuesday, giving fans of the HBO hit series The Sopranos a look at how James Gandolfini 's Tony became a master mobster. We found the guys that liked it.. Fifteen years have passed since the Danbury Trashers disbanded in 2006 as a result of the federal investigation that landed Jimmy Galante in prison after he pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy, tax fraud and wire fraud. He said: Chase said: 90 percent of [The , Your email address will not be published. He ended up serving an eight-year sentence. His mother found him two days after Christmas, in his bedroom at her home in . [CDATA[ So there's this new Netflix series called, "Untold: Crimes and Penalties". Chase learnt of Ruggerio Richie the Boot Boiardo and his relatives from relatives in Newarks North Ward. By now, Galante had established himself as a capable and reliable hitman. He was primarily active as an enforcer. E-mail me when people leave their comments , He feared nothing. - Daughter of Mafia boss Carmine Galante talks about her infamous father, How The Hells Angels Actually Works | How Crime Works | Insider, Bonannos go to war in New York: Shooting in Long Island tied to Mikey Nose and Joe C. beef, Watermelons, submarines & sex toys: The craziest ways cartels traffic drugs, How China Is Fuelling America's Drug Epidemic. Her father didnt have a job working 9 to 5 and it was cause for a lot of guesswork. Cookie Notice We wanted to have the baddest, the roughest, the toughest team that wouldnt jeopardize us from winning.. HBO. I know I do. What were the craziest ones that maybe didnt make it into the film or that you remember, but you just didnt have footage for? And he had a punch that you wouldn't believe. Personalities like Tommy "T-Bone" Pomposello, AJ's cigar-smoking middle school coach-turned equipment managerwho once soaked the team's jerseys in Crisco oil so the opposing team couldn't get a firm grip on any playerand notorious brute Brad "Wingnut" Wingfield, who could hit the puck as effectively as he punched faces, cemented their place as the bad boys of hockey. "The Sopranos" premiered January 10, 1999 on HBO. You can access his archive of reviews here. The film goes into a lot of the fights that were going on. A lot of those guys they were shunned from other teams, because they were a little nuts. I came back running and sprinting. He won the Super Bowl with Marblehead High . While he was still hobbling around on crutches, AJ received some exciting news: his father had bought a minor league hockey team, and AJ was going to run it as its general manager. The guy wasnt swinging a stick at him, it was more or less just kind of a fluke thing. //