Ronnie Trucchio
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Ronald Joseph Trucchio (b. 1951) aka. "One Armed Ronnie" is a New York mobster with the Gambino crime family who used to run the infamous crew known as The Ozone Park Boys. [1]
[edit] Early Gambino Capo
Born in New York, Trucchio was run over by a car as a child and his arm was partially paralyzed. [2] That accident led to his nickname of "One-Armed Ronnie". In the mid-1990's, Trucchio was promoted to caporegime and given control over the Ozone Boys. Based in Queens, the Ozone Boys specialized in illegal gambling, loansharking, bookmaking, fraud and wire fraud. Trucchio and his son Alphonse Trucchio ran an illegal gambling operation that grossed approximately $30 million a year, with bettors placed wagers as large as $15,000.
[edit] Indictment & prison
In January 2003, Trucchio was indicted on charges of operating a $30 million a year bookmaking and illegal gambling racket. The indictment stated that Trucchio conspired to engage in racketeering, murder, robbery, arson, extortion, kidnapping, drug trafficking, tapering with witnesses, retaliating against witnesses, credit card fraud, intrastate travel in aid of racketeering activity, interference with commerce by threats and violence, interstate transportation of stolen property, and thefts from interstate shipments. In April 2003, Trucchio pleaded guilty and was sentenced on August 11, 2005 to life in prison and fined $250,000. [3]
As of April 2008, Ronald Trucchio is serving his sentence at the United States Penitentiary in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. He has no release date. Trucchio reportedly underwent hip replacement surgery a few years earlier and is not in robust health. [4]
Trucchio has possibility to parole after serving 15 years of his sentence.
[edit] External links
- Queens District Attorney Press Release: REPUTED GAMBINO CRIME FAMILY CAPO SENTENCED TO PRISON FOR ROLE IN $30 MILLION-A-YEAR CRIMINAL GAMBLING ENTERPRISE; MUST SERVE INDETERMINATE TERM OF UP TO THREE YEARS
- Organized Crime Syndicates: Gambino LCN Family
- This Week in Gangland: The Day Junior Scooped Joe Massino by Jerry Capeci
- New York Times: Queens: Crime Figure Is Sentenced By ROBERT F. WORTH
- New York Times: Queens Father and Son Accused In Illegal Gambling Operation By WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM
- New York Times: 2 Plead Guilty In Betting Ring By COREY KILGANNON
- Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator