Frank Locascio
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Frank "Frankie Loc" Locascio (b. 1933) is a New York mobster who became the Consigliere to the Gambino crime family, under Boss John Gotti. Locascio is the father of Salvatore LoCascio, a ranked captain in the same crime family.
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[edit] Criminal career
Becoming a made man during the 1950s, Locascio was a bookmaker and loanshark for the Gambino family. Later on, he was promoted to caporegime of a crew in the Bronx, New York. After the assassination of boss Paul Castellano, Gotti became the new Gambino boss and Locasio joined his inner circle. When underboss Joseph Armone went to prison, Locasio became acting underboss; When Gotti reshuffled his administration later on, Locascio became acting consigliere.
In 1992, the roof fell in on the Gambino family. Gotti, Locascio, Sammy "The Bull" Gravano, and Thomas Gambino were all indicted on federal RICO charges. At this time, Gravano made his famous break with Gotti and testified against Gotti and LoCascio. On June 23, 1992, both Gotti and Locascio were sentenced to life imprisonment without parole.
As of April 2008, Locascio is imprisoned at the Federal Medical Center Devens in Massachusetts.
[edit] In popular culture
In the 1996 television movie Gotti, Locascio is portrayed by actor Raymond Serra.
[edit] Further reading
- Capeci, Jerry. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2
- Davis, John H. Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family. New York: HarperCollins, 1993. ISBN 0-06-016357-7
- Jacobs, James B., Christopher Panarella and Jay Worthington. Busting the Mob: The United States Vs. Cosa Nostra. New York: NYU Press, 1994. ISBN 0-8147-4230-0
- Maas, Peter. Underboss: Sammy the Bull Gravano's Story of Life in the Mafia. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-06-093096-9
- Raab, Selwyn. Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires. New York: St. Martin Press, 2005. ISBN 0-312-30094-8
