![]() ![]() Instead of conducting business as usual, Rosenberg murdered all of them, taking the money and the drugs. Rosenberg was involved in a drug deal with a Colombian drug cartel. The following year, DeMeo struck again killing the very first member of the DeMeo crew, Chris Rosenberg. Grillo, who has fallen into heavy debt with DeMeo, was killed after both DeMeo and Naggi felt Grillo would run to law enforcement for safety. In November 1978 DeMeo and his crew murdered one of their own, Danny Grillo. ![]() The current boss of the family, Paul Castellano reluctantly agreed to “open the books” for DeMeo after DeMeo arbitrated an agreement with the Westies gang who was feuding with the Gambino’s. In 1977 Roy DeMeo officially became a member of the Gambino family. After letting the body bleed in the bathtub, they would cut the body into pieces and drop it in several location.Īt the time the police were not aware the DeMeo crew was a killing machine, however after testimony from other Mafioso in the 1990’s they learned the DeMeo crew was responsible for over 200 hundred murders more than Anastasia’s Murder Inc. Then another of his crew would stab the person in the heart to lessen the flow of blood from their head. There exact method of murder was explained by soldier turned informant Frederick DiNome who said, the target would be lured into the back of the Gemini club at which point someone, usually DeMeo, would shoot them and quickly wrap a towel around their head to prevent blood loss. The DeMeo crew would lure their targets to the Gemini Club where they would kill them, bleed them dry, and then cut them into pieces to be disposed of. The stood trial in 1976 and were acquitted.Īfter the Katz murder, DeMeo and his crew began committing mafia sanctioned hits. A woman who had a role in luring Katz confessed to the police and Joseph Testa and Henry Borelli were arrested. Katz was abducted stabbed and dismembered. In June 1975 Katz was lured and confronted by DeMeo and some of his crew. The following year DeMeo was involved in another murder when a young bodyshop owner Andrei Katz began to cooperate with the police after an altercation with DeMeo. Once he was released on bail awaiting trial, DeMeo summoned him to a meeting at a local diner, and then shot him to death in a nearby alley. The proprietor, Paul Rothernberg was arrested by the police and DeMeo believed he would fold under pressure and talk to the police. DeMeo and Gaggi were slient partners in a porno lab. In 1973 at the age of 30 DeMeo committed his first murder. ![]() Before long, DeMeo had several loan sharking businesses running from the credit union and was making hundreds of thousands each year. He joined the Brooklyn Credit Union as a member of the board of directors and used his position to launder money for Rosenberg who had a healthy income from dealing in drugs. His crew would become known as the DeMeo crew and the Gemini crew and included Richard “Iceman” Kuklinski, Chris Rosenberg, Joseph Guglielmo, DeMeo CrewĪnthony Senter, Henry Borelli, and Joey Testa.Īs DeMeo grew his illegal business, he also developed himself as a legitimate businessman. Once that was running, the two branched out and formed a crew for DeMeo that specialized in car theft. DeMeo accepted and Gaggi and DeMeo immediately set up their own loan sharking business. He told DeMeo he could make even more money with his business if he came to work for the Gambino’s. Gaggi saw the potential in having DeMeo work for him. He also continued his loan sharking business and by 1966 caught the attention of the Gambino crime family and in particular Nino Gaggi, who was a very accomplished racketeer. ![]() In 1959 DeMeo graduated from James Madison High School with an accomplished loan shark business bringing in hundreds of dollars each week.Īfter leaving James Madison High School DeMeo married and fathered three children. Roy Albert DeMeo was born on Septemin Bath Beach Brooklyn to working class Italian immigrants. ![]()
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