27 Facts About Anthony Accetturo

Anthony Accetturo dropped out of school after completing the sixth grade.

At age 16, Anthony Accetturo moved to Newark, and became the leader of a large street gang.

Anthony Accetturo gained a reputation as a ferocious street fighter, which led several of his fellow gang members to call him "Tumac," after the caveman hero of the 1940 adventure film One Million BC.

Anthony Accetturo became Delasco's protege, learning trades in illegal gambling and loansharking, which allowed him subsequent control of the Newark area.

Delasco died in the late 1960s, and Anthony Accetturo became a major earner under his successor, Joseph Abate, as well as a major player in his own right in the New Jersey underworld.

Anthony Accetturo soon grew rich in the family, netting about $500,000 yearly.

In 1970, Anthony Accetturo moved to Florida to avoid an investigation of his gambling operations in Newark.

The membership books of the Mafia had been closed since 1957, which meant that Anthony Accetturo was not an official member yet.

Nonetheless, in the eyes of Corallo, Abate, and the family leadership, Anthony Accetturo represented the Mafia ideal: loyal, trustworthy, and a good earner.

In 1976, with Abate as his sponsor, Anthony Accetturo finally became a made man in the Lucchese crime family, along with the Taccetta brothers, Michael and Martin.

Anthony Accetturo was thus surprised when Corallo simply told him to burn a picture of a saint, and swear not to betray the Lucchese family.

Anthony Accetturo later found out that the top leadership of the family thought so highly of him that they felt they could dispense with the usual formalities.

In February 1973, Anthony Accetturo was indicted for loansharking and extortion.

Anthony Accetturo was eventually arrested in Miami, with his bail set at $10,000.

On October 18,1985, Anthony Accetturo was indicted on charges of threatening government witnesses, and posing a threat to public safety.

Anthony Accetturo was later charged with intimidating of competitors of the Lucchese-controlled Taccetta Group Enterprises, along with credit card and wire fraud.

Taccetta felt that the senior Anthony Accetturo had given him very little respect and deference over the years that he had been watching the New Jersey operation.

Anthony Accetturo later relocated to rural North Carolina, where he lived in a luxurious home and his family opened an Italian restaurant.

Anthony Accetturo engineered a peaceful transition of power that saw Vittorio "Vic" Amuso become the new boss.

Amuso told the returned crew members that Anthony Accetturo was an outlaw, and needed to be eliminated.

However, Amuso did not know that Anthony Accetturo was already jailed in New Jersey, for refusing to testify in front a state panel.

Anthony Accetturo was indicted in a racketeering case in Ocean County, New Jersey, which was developed by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office and New Jersey State Police.

Anthony Accetturo learned that Amuso and Casso had marked his wife, Geraldine Accetturo, for death.

Not only did it violate a long-standing Mafia rule against harming women, Mrs Anthony Accetturo had served many of them meals in headier days.

Anthony Accetturo's decision to break his blood oath was a major coup for investigators.

Anthony Accetturo provided information on 13 murders, although he insisted he never personally participated in the slayings.

Anthony Accetturo provided unexpected information about the origins of the New Jersey family, going back to 1931 and Lucky Luciano.