Michael Taccetta is the son of Angelo Michael Taccetta, a self-employed building materials supplier, who law enforcement agencies reputed was a "made man" in the Lucchese crime family.
20 Facts About Michael Taccetta
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Michael Taccetta was first arrested for assault at the age of twelve and was sent to Boys Town, a Catholic youth facility.
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Michael Taccetta lived in Florham Park, New Jersey before his incarceration.
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Michael Taccetta married his long-time girlfriend, Carol Ann Nozdrovicky, whom he had met at Newark Preparatory in his early twenties.
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Michael Taccetta is the godfather to his brother Martin's children as Martin is to his.
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Michael Taccetta was a heavyset man whose dark, sunken eyes always appeared to be tired.
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Michael Taccetta is the cousin of mobsters Michael Perna, and Daniel, Joseph and Thomas Ricciardi.
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Michael Taccetta was especially close to his cousin Daniel, who was five years younger.
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Michael Taccetta is the father of Pamela Abdy, a film producer whose credits include "Garden State" that was awarded an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature in 2005 as well as three other movies including "Man on the Moon" in 1999.
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On December 23,1971, Michael Taccetta was convicted of conspiracy to operate a lottery and numbers, for which he was sentenced to less than two years in prison, and fined $1,000.
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Michael Taccetta was identified as a career criminal offender and an associate of other criminal offenders.
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Michael Taccetta was chosen by Accetturo to run day-to-day activities in Newark.
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Accetturo was put in charge of the North Jersey faction of the Luccheses, and Michael Taccetta became his top protege.
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On January 6,1984, Michael Taccetta was excluded from New Jersey casinos, stemming from his prior convictions in the 1970s.
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That changed in 1988, as Michael Taccetta declared war on Accetturo, and the North Jersey crew split into two factions.
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Reportedly, Michael Taccetta sent messages to Amuso in Brooklyn, asking for a contract on Accetturo's life.
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Amuso is reportedly to have agreed, as Michael Taccetta was now under his wings.
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Michael and Martin Taccetta were given 25 years for racketeering, narcotics, extortion, loansharking, conspiracy and murder in 1993.
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Michael Taccetta reportedly went on to control the Jersey Crew, while he was serving his sentence in Atlanta.
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Michael Taccetta was first eligible for parole on August 13,2013.