1. Philip "Rusty" Rastelli was an American mobster and former boss of the Bonanno crime family in New York.
19 Facts About Philip Rastelli
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Philip Rastelli spent all but three years of his reign in prison.
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Philip Rastelli had three brothers and two sisters.
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However, Russo survived the shooting and Philip Rastelli, fearing identification, went into hiding.
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On December 13,1954, Connie Philip Rastelli was indicted on charges of attempting to bribe a witness.
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On July 21,1971, Philip Rastelli was indicted in Riverhead, New York on loansharking charges.
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On December 28,1972, Philip Rastelli was convicted in state court on seven counts of loansharking.
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Philip Rastelli was the first member of the Queens faction to lead the family; the previous bosses had all come from the family's birthplace in Brooklyn.
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On March 6,1975, Philip Rastelli was indicted on racketeering charges involving extortion.
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Nine years earlier, Philip Rastelli had established a trade association of lunch wagon operators and taken control of the industry.
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Philip Rastelli was imprisoned in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, Rastelli's main contacts to the Bonanno family were mobsters Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano and Joseph Massino.
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Philip Rastelli was now the undisputed boss, controlling things from behind bars through the use of acting bosses such as longtime Bonanno mobster Salvatore "Sally Fruits" Ferrugia.
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Philip Rastelli was arrested on a parole violation on August 16,1984, due to "associat[ing] with persons engaged in criminal activity".
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In 1985, Philip Rastelli was indicted along with other Cosa Nostra leaders in the famous Mafia Commission Trial.
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However, when Philip Rastelli was indicted on separate labor racketeering charges, prosecutors decided to remove him from the Commission trial.
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On October 14,1986, Philip Rastelli was convicted on 24 counts of labor racketeering.
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On January 16,1987, Philip Rastelli was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison.
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On June 4,1991, Philip Rastelli was given a compassionate release from the Federal Medical Center in Springfield, Missouri.
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On June 24,1991, Philip Rastelli died at Booth Memorial Hospital in Flushing, Queens from liver cancer at age 73.