34 Facts About Anthony Giacalone

Anthony Giacalone served as a capo in the Detroit Partnership, and later as a street boss.

In 1976, Giacalone was sentenced to 10 years in prison for tax evasion.

Anthony Giacalone died of natural causes on February 23,2001.

Anthony Giacalone was born on January 9,1919, on the Eastside of Detroit.

Anthony Giacalone was born to Sicilian immigrant parents, the oldest son of seven siblings.

Anthony Giacalone often helped his father, Giacomo, sell produce from the back of a horse-drawn wagon in the Indian Village section of Detroit.

Anthony Giacalone began to aspire to work in organized crime after seeing the wealth its leaders had, in contrast to the meager living his father earned.

Anthony Giacalone particularly looked up to his father's relative Salvatore Catalanotte, a leading figure in Detroit's growing Italian underworld.

Anthony Giacalone was charged with his first criminal offense at the age of 18, the first of multiple run-ins with the law.

Anthony Giacalone was sentenced to 8 months in jail and ordered to pay court costs.

Anthony Giacalone gained national fame in the 1970s with the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.

In 1976, Anthony Giacalone was sentenced to 10 years in prison for tax evasion at FCI, Oxford, Wisconsin.

Anthony Giacalone had been admitted to St John's Hospital and Medical Center in Detroit for heart failure and complications arising from kidney disease.

Anthony Giacalone was buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Southfield, Michigan.

Anthony Giacalone offered $200 a month in return for information regarding any possible gambling raids.

Anthony Giacalone was sentenced to 8 months in jail in addition to a $500 fine.

Anthony Giacalone was arrested for a similar offense in June 1963, bribing Lieutenant James W Thomas with $50 a month to look the other way in regard to a numbers gambling operation.

Anthony Giacalone was charged with bribery conspiracy, but was freed on $7,500 bond.

Judge Joseph A Gillis, who was assigned to Giacalone's case, felt that Edwards' previous public assertions about Giacalone were not fair to his trial.

Anthony Giacalone was finally ordered to stand trial in July 1965 for his charges related to the bribery of Lt.

In May 1967, Giacalone agreed to answer four questions for George E Bowles, the Grand Juror of Wayne County, in exchange for no jail time.

Anthony Giacalone refused to answer one of the questions, and ultimately was indicted and spent a week in jail.

Only a week later, Anthony Giacalone was charged with more misdemeanor offenses regarding illegal gun possession.

Anthony Giacalone was found guilty of blackjack possession in November 1968, he was held on a $5,000 bond and was sentenced to 4.5 to 5 years in prison the following January.

Less than a week later in November, Anthony Giacalone was indicted with 11 other men on seven counts of federal offenses regarding their alleged loansharking operation, he was later found innocent with his brother in October 1969.

The Anthony Giacalone brothers were indicted on three counts each of federal income tax evasion in January 1972.

About a year later in April 1975, Anthony Giacalone was again indicted for tax evasion between 1968 and 1971.

In May 1975, Anthony Giacalone was arrested and indicted in Detroit for mail fraud and conspiracy, he was acquitted of these charges in September 1976.

Anthony Giacalone's name blew up in newspapers nationwide in the summer of 1975, regarding the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa.

Anthony Giacalone was allegedly supposed to meet with Hoffa on the day of his disappearance, but Anthony Giacalone denied this.

Anthony Giacalone was quizzed by authorities for any connections to Hoffa's disappearance.

In June 1976, Anthony Giacalone was sentenced to ten years in prison in addition to a $30,000 fine for tax evasion.

Anthony Giacalone himself was recorded on wire-tap bribing police officers for information on upcoming gambling raids at his establishments like the Gotham.

Anthony Giacalone was played by Patrick Gallo in Martin Scorsese's 2019 film The Irishman.