Cleveland mobster testifies on Las Vegas skim in crime case
Angelo Lonardo testified he began receiving ten thousand dollars a month in skimmed casino profits after rising to an underboss role in the Cleveland crime family. He said the group and others in Chicago, Kansas City, and Milwaukee skimmed forty to sixty thousand monthly from the Stardust and Fremont in Las Vegas between 1974 and 1983, with proceeds used to influence a Teamsters pension fund and fund a large loan for Allen Glick to form Argent Corp. He faced life sentences and parole options in exchange for testimony.
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Kansas City, Mo
Cleveland
Las Vegas
Cleveland Organized Crime Family
Angelo Lonardo
Stardust
Fremont
Chicago
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Lonardo
Argent Corp
Teamsters Central States Pension Fund
Allen Glick
Argent
Glick
Nick Civella
Rosenthal
Civella
William Presser
Milton Rockman
North Ridgeville hero saves woman from burning car
Mike McKenna 26 of Olmsted Township pulled a unconscious 19 year old Tracye Baldwin from a burning 1978 Honda Civic after a ditch crash on Sprague Road in North Ridgeville October 13. He moved her away from flames, called police, and received a plaque from the North Ridgeville Police Association for heroic action. Baldwin remains hospitalized at Cleveland MetroGeneral with broken ribs leg punctured liver and a severely injured foot awaiting further surgery.
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North Ridgeville
Mike McKenna
McKenna
Sprague Road
Tracye Baldwin
Columbia Station
Ms. Baldwin
Ms Baldwin
Rick Thomas
Thomas
North Ridgeville Police Association
Ridgeville murder case urged as accident in court
North Ridgeville two men, Kevin McDowell and Joseph Parsons, are charged with murder over the June 29 death of Richard P. James. Attorney Michael Gareau argued the incident was accidental and charges should not have been filed. James’s father, Harold, said he believed his son fell on stairs and died from injuries, a view shaped by funeral home statements. Witnesses noted James had been drinking. one acquaintance said James fell inside the home and again on the steps outside.
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North Ridgeville
Richard P. James
Maddock Dr
James
West Point Dr
McDowell
St. John and
West Shore Hospital
Westlake
Gareau
Harold James
Cleveland
Funeral Home
Campaign analysts eye Congressional elections
Campaign analysts study the 13th District race between U S Rep Donald J Pease and challenger William Nielsen with a October poll showing a potentially close contest pending strong early name recognition. The report notes Pease’s steady margins and Nielsen’s need to appeal to business and blue collar voters while outlining strategies for both sides.
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U.S
Donald J. Pease
D-Oberlin
William Nielsen
Valley City
Nielsen
Pease
Lorain
Western Reserve Manufacturing
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Frank Rosenthal
Frank Balistrieri
Balistrieri
Olmsted
Cleveland Metropolitan General Hospital
Joseph Irwin
Gus Chan
Ridgeville
Michael Gareau
Kevin M. McDowell
Elyria
Michael Keys
Interaction
P.O. Box
Washington D.C
Scott Sleek
Henry Mancini
Ohio
Richard Celeste
Mancini
Los Angeles
Department of Development
Debbie Courtright
St. Joseph Hospital
Elyria Township
Lorain County Blood Bank
Donald Stafford
Stafford
China
West Germany
Lynch
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