James Martorano's father, Angelo "Andy" Martorano was an immigrant from Riesi, Sicily, Italy.
10 Facts About James Martorano
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James Martorano's mother, Elizabeth Mary "Bess" Hunt, was an Irish-American full-time homemaker.
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James Martorano attended Thayerlands Elementary School in Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduated from Milton High School in Milton, Massachusetts, in 1959.
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James Martorano's graduating high school yearbook quote was "Popularity is Glory".
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James Martorano later went on to achieve a Bachelor of Arts from Boston College after accepting an athletic scholarship, something his brother John turned down after many potential offers.
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In 1976, as an associate of the Winter Hill Gang of Boston, James Martorano was convicted of loansharking, extortion and fixing horse races.
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James Martorano made several appeals of his conviction and was granted a new trial in 1980.
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In 1992, James Martorano, then living in Quincy, Massachusetts, was one of 11 men arrested after a federal racketeering indictment was unsealed in Newark, New Jersey.
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The indictment accused James Martorano of having conversations with Genovese crime family members in Boston, Staten Island, and Stamford, Connecticut, about gambling, extortion, and murder.
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James Martorano's trial was severed from the trials of the others, eight of whom were convicted at a jury trial of charges relating to illegal gambling in Atlantic City and attempts to obtain construction contracts for Atlantic City International Airport.