1. In 1975 or 1976, Thomas Agro became a "made man," or full member, of the Gambino crime family.
12 Facts About Thomas Agro
1. 2.
In Florida, Thomas Agro chose mobster Joseph Iannuzzi as his representative.
3.
Iannuzzi enjoyed the attention and respect he received when Thomas Agro was in Florida.
4.
Thomas Agro had previously lent Ianuzzi a sizeable amount of money to be used to facilitate a loanshark book.
5.
At other times, Thomas Agro would visit Iannuzzi in Florida to collect the interest.
6.
Thomas Agro had plans to invest the illegal interest into legitimate businesses.
7.
On January 19,1981, the enraged Thomas Agro found Ianuzzi at the Don Ritz Pizzeria on Singer Island, Florida and severely beat him with a baseball bat.
8.
However, Ianuzzi was not recording at that moment, so Thomas Agro was never convicted of these murders.
9.
In 1984, Thomas Agro was prosecuted at the Home Run trials in Florida for loan sharking, extortion, and attempted murder.
10.
Thomas Agro was repatriated to the United States and sent to prison.
11.
In 1986, Thomas Agro was released from prison due to an inoperable brain tumor.
12.
On February 11,1987, Thomas Agro pleaded guilty to federal racketeering charges in a court session held in his hospital room at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York.