Obviously we are disappointed, but you realize you can't win them all. Weingartner's death helped derail the trial of other mobsters connected to the Genovese crime family after an Ocean County Superior Court judge would not allow evidence of Weingartner's criminal behavior to be used in the trial of the other defendants. Carmine Tramunti (left) briefly took over the Lucchese crime family. Slaying motive? In the fall of 1986, Corallo chose Anthony "Buddy" Luongo as acting boss. A mistrial was declared in Ray Cagno's initial trial in 2002 after the jury was unable to reach a verdict. A key prosecution witness was Nicholas Mitola, an admitted mob member. With Luciano now the most powerful mobster in New York and the United States, he built on Maranzanos restructuring and formed a ruling body in place of the Boss of Bosses position. The mob also allows companies to use non-union workers to work on jobs the companies must give a kickback to the mob. His record starts in 1925, and includes arrest's for Bootlegging, Dangerous Weapon, Homicide, Counterfeiting, and Narcotics. They were Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, who spent much of their combined 44 years with the NYPD committing murders and leaking confidential information to the Lucchese family. Bid-rigging allows the mob to get a percentage of the income on the construction deal only allowing certain companies to bid on jobs who pay them first. Henry Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 11, 1943. On December 18, 2007, two members of the panel Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna were arrested along with New Jersey faction capo Ralph V. Perna, soldier Nicodemo Scarfo, Jr. and others. Defense attorneys claimed the evidence proved no more than that the defendants regularly met for lunch. The first Commission members included Luciano, Gagliano, Bonanno, Profaci, Mangano, Chicago Outfit boss Al "Scarface" Capone and Buffalo family boss Stefano Magaddino, with Luciano as chairman. He noted that the government has had much better luck with cases that rely more heavily on wire-tap evidence, which juries find far more believable. As the family's leader, Reina avoided the Mafia-Cammora War for control over New York City. From 1931 to 1966, Bonanno reigned over the extremely powerful and corrupt Bonanno family as well as a criminal empire that stretched from Brooklyn to California. Hit ten or more times in chest, neck and head. Bonanno Family. 1986present: Vittorio "Vic" Amuso: arrested in 1991, received a life sentence in January 1993, 19861987: Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso: promoted to consigliere, 19901991: Alphonse "Little Al" D'Arco: promoted to, 19201930: Gaetano "Tommy" Gagliano: promoted to boss, 19301951: Gaetano "Tommy" Lucchese: promoted to boss, 19511972: Stefano "Steve" LaSalle: retired, 19731978: Aniello "Neil" Migliore: resigned, 19781986: Salvatore "Tom Mix" Santoro Sr.: imprisoned in the Commission Case, 19861989: Mariano "Mac" Macaluso: retired in 1989, 19891993: Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso: imprisoned January 19, 1993; became government witness in 1994, 1993present: Steven "Wonderboy" Crea: acting boss 19982000; imprisoned 20002006; acting boss 2009-present, 19311953: Stefano "Steve" Rondelli: retired, 19531973: Vincenzo "Vinny" Rao: imprisoned from 1965 to 1970, retired, 19731981: Vincent "Vinnie Beans" Foceri: retired, 19811986: Christopher "Christie Tick" Furnari: imprisoned in 1986, 19871989: Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso: promoted to underboss, 19911993: Frank "Big Frank" Lastorino: imprisoned in April 1993, 19931996: Frank Papagni: imprisoned in September 1996, 19962002: Louis "Louie Bagels" Daidone: promoted to acting boss in 2000, 2002present: Joseph "Joe C." Caridi: imprisoned 20032009. Many reputed mobsters have called the Jersey Shore home. He left The Times in 2015. He was also involved in the Manhattan 1990s case were New York Post was being strong-armed in to switching their delivery companies, but was acquitted in the case. They were at the height of their power at the beginnin. Some of the jurors waved back. Mitola told the jury of paying tribute to Taccetta at Christmas in the form of several bottles of whiskey and $1,000 in cash. Defense attorneys cross-examined the governments witnesses at length, trying to shake the credibility of the acknowledged career criminals who testified against the defendants. He entered a "universal plea" to eight previously unsolved murders - along with the Craparotta slaying. Toms River resident Angelo Prisco, a reputed capo in the Genovese crime family, was sentenced to five years in federal prison in 2007 after he admitted to conspiring with two others to have a Brooklyn electrical contractor beaten because the contractor was taking business from a Prisco ally. He was convicted on all charges in 1992 and sentenced to life in prison. ''The jury has been listening to thugs, liars and drug addicts for 21 months. Joseph DiPalermo (1907-1992) was a member of the Lucchese Crime Family. Amuso was caught by the FBI in 1991 and Casso was caught in 1993. Corallo was an intelligent and private businessman. After learning they were about to be indicted, Amuso and Casso went into hiding in 1991. In a brazen scheme, criminals stole hundreds of kilograms of heroin worth $70 million from the room and replaced them with bags of flour. In the wake of the arrest of Anthony Comello, accused of killing Gambino crime boss Frank Cali, we took a look atthe back stories of the men - labeled organized crime figures by authorities -pictured in the gallery above. Anthony "Blue Eyes" Santorelli during the 1990s, he led. The Lucchese family has history that dates before World War I to the Morello gang in East Harlem. In September 1930, Lucchese lured Pinzolo to a Manhattan office building, where Pinzolo was murdered. Testimony from these informants nearly destroyed the family, with as many as half of its members incarcerated. The defense did not produce a single witness, contending that there was no need because the prosecutions case had broken down on cross-examination. The FBI bugged the place for 18 months in the mid-1980s, using Fat Tony's recorded words against him. Masseria soon became involved in the Castellammarese War, a vicious gang war with rival Sicilian boss Salvatore Maranzano. At the time of his death, he had not spent a day in jail in 44 years. The Lucchese family had a stronghold in East Harlem, the Bronx and consisted of about 200 made members. Length of Deliberations. Ippolito survived and identified Lombardo as his assailant. In 2006, former underboss Anthony Gaspipe Casso still serving his life sentence provided information to the FBI that revealed two New York City police detectives acted as mafia hitmen in the 1980s and early 1990s. During a ceremony in a Queens, New York, basement, Gioia took the blood oath of omert, or silence, about criminal activity. Lucchese died of natural causes in 1967 and control of the family went to Anthony Tony Ducks Corallo. ''This was a situation where the defendants deserved what they got,'' said Robert Brown, a lawyer who represented James Fede, 33, of Newark. Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa participated in eight murders from 1986 and 1990 receiving $375,000 in bribes and payments from Casso. He served on a. Carmine Avellino - current captain in the Lucchese family. Corallo, a huge fan of the New Jersey faction of the family, reputedly inducted and promoted Anthony "Tumac" Accetturo and Michael "Mad Dog" Taccetta into the organization and put them in charge of the Jersey Crew, which reportedly controlled most of the loansharking and illegal gambling operations in Newark, New Jersey at the time. In May 2017, federal authorities arrested 19 members of the Lucchese crime family, including two top bosses, captains and its consigliere, on charges of racketeering and murder. Lucchese continued with Gagliano's policies, making the now Lucchese family one of the most profitable in New York. Luccheses claim to fame during his reign was controlling the Teamsters Unions, and in large part the importing and exporting of garments into New York. Any high ranking assassinations or contracts for assassination had to be voted on and approved by the commission before it could be carried out. With the mob having control over the union they control the entire market. During his criminal career he spent many years as Capo in the Morello Crime Family, but by the 1910's the Morello family began to fall into chaos, and the family became weaker. NEW ROCHELLE, NY Nineteen members of the Lucchese crime family operating in New York City, including seven Westchester County residents, were indicted Wednesday and will face charges for. Allegedly both Amuso and Anthony "Gaspipe " Casso were candidates for the job. Unions give mob members jobs on the books to show a legitimate source of income. The 20 defendants, described by law-enforcement officials as ''young, aggressive, intelligent and sophisticated,'' were accused of running a criminal enterprise here and in Florida that included the sale and distribution of cocaine, as well as credit-card fraud, gambling and loansharking from 1976 to 1985, when they were indicted. But as US law enforcement kept pressuring the organized crime activities in New York, DeFede was arrested and indicted on nine counts of racketeering in 1998. Although the Commission was technically a democratic institution, it was actually controlled by Luciano and his allies. HBOs series The Sopranos is loosely based on the exploits of the Lucchese and Gambino crime families. It was at the trial that he was identified as having ties to the crime family. Realizing this it was a set-up, DArco turned himself into authorities becoming the first boss of a New York crime family to turn informant. With Masseria's murder on April 15, 1931, Salvatore Maranzano held a meeting at the intersection of 187th and Washington Ave. in the Bronx proclaiming himself the new Capo di tutti capi (boss of all bosses) of the American Mafia. The Lucchese Family is one of the notorious five families of the Italian-American Mafia, each with its own territory, set up to control criminal activities in New York City. The highest-profile of these was acting boss Alphonse D'Arco, who became the first boss of a New York crime family to testify against the mob. The jurors had available to them more than 40,000 pages of transcripts and 850 exhibits. Chronicles of Events and Biographies Related to the American Mafia. However, since he was imprisoned at the time, he named another longtime capo, Carmine Tramunti, as acting boss until Corallo's release. After his release from the prison, the scared DeFede became a government witness and helped the government convict Daidone of murder and conspiracy. Introduction Current members Ray Argentina Carmine Avellino Salvatore Avellino Anthony Baratta John Baudanza Dominick Capelli John Capra Michael Capra Joseph Caridi Vincent Casablanca Paul Cassano John Castellucci . Maranzano won the war in 1931 after Masseria was murdered. In May 2010, the FBI listed him as wanted for armed robbery and racketeering, he was captured in September of that year. The panel consisted of capos Aniello Migliore, Joseph DiNapoli and Matthew Madonna who brought the family's power back into the Bronx. This article is about current and past members of the Lucchese crime family. ''Unfortunately, this won't deter the Government from pursuing this type of case again,'' Mr. Skoller said. The French Connection, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1971, is loosely based on a drug scheme financed by Tramunti. After Crea's imprisonment, the consigliere Louis "Lou Bagels" Daidone, took control of the family. Casso told the government that in 1992 Lucchese hit men tried to kill the sister of another suspected informant, violating the alleged Mafia "rule" barring violence against family members. Currently, the FBI has "squad C5", which at one time solely investigated the Genovese family, but will now also be investigating the Bonanno and Colombo families, and "squad C16", which previously investigated just the Gambino family, but will now be investigating the Lucchese family as well. Lucchese built close relations with many powerful New York politicians, including Mayors William O'Dwyer and Vincent Impellitteri and members of the judiciary, who aided the family on numerous occasions. Charged with multiple counts of racketeering and conspiracy, Brick resident George Weingartner committed suicide at his Brick home in July 1998. . Over the next three years, Amuso and his underboss, Anthony Gaspipe Casso led one of the most violent reigns in mafia history. Luciano now became the most powerful mobster in New York. The actual date of "Tony Ducks" Corallo's takeover is in doubt. The Lucchese family has history that dates before World War I to the Morello gang in East Harlem. Anyone can read what you share. He preferred to pass his orders to the family though Lucchese and a few other close allies. Corallo was arrested and put on trial along with all the heads of the Five Families at the time. Jean Mikle: 732-643-4050, @jeanmikle, jmikle@gannettnj.com, Organized crime has a long history at the Jersey Shore, Anthony Comello, suspect in Frank Cali murder, in Toms River court with 'MAGA' on palm, Organized crime ring stealing luxury cars in Monmouth County, NYPD: 1 arrested in slaying of Frank Cali, reputed Gambino crime family boss. Ralph Vito Perna runs the New Jersey faction. The government case alleged that Anthony (Tumac) Accetturo of Hollywood, Fla., controlled much of the states illegal gambling, loan-sharking, drug-dealing and illegal credit-card operations from self-imposed exile in Florida. Understanding his vulnerability, Gagliano was careful to avoid opposing this new alliance. Dont get it twisted. The jurys verdict was a message--an insult, really--to the government, said defense attorney Ruhnke. Paul Richter covered the State Department and foreign policy for the Los Angeles Times out of its Washington, D.C., bureau. The first members included the Luciano family boss Lucky Luciano, Mangano family boss Vincent Mangano, Gagliano family boss, Tommy Gagliano, Profaci boss, Joseph Profaci, Chicago Outfit boss, Al Capone, and Bonanno boss Joseph Bonanno. January 15, 2023 Reputed Lucchese crime family underboss Patrick (Patty Red) Dellorusso has joint rackets in the Chicago area operating in tandem with the top levels of the Outfit brass, per multiple sources. Government evidence quoted one defendant as bragging: We own New Jersey.. Made men (full members) are men of Italian descent. But the sprawling size of the case may have been one of its weaknesses. Convicted of murder for the Randazzo killing in 2004, Cagno was sentenced to life plus 20 years in prison. This case was hearsay built on innuendo, built on conjecture, built on speculation said defense attorney Brown. The reorganization was welcomed by many of the families. Toms River resident Thomas Ricciardi was convicted of one of the most notorious murders in Jersey Shore history: the bludgeoning death of Vincent "Jimmy Sinatra" Craparotta Sr. Craparottawas beaten to death with golf clubs behind a Route 9 auto dealership in Toms River back in 1984; authorities contended he was killed in retribution for the failure of his nephews - who owned a company that made video poker machines - to pay tribute to the Lucchese crime family. Gribbs Tramunti was part of the leadership that smuggled the drug in. Dec 6, 2017 - Lucchese Crime Family c. early 1980s. One of the longest criminal trials in the United States ended abruptly today with the acquittal of 20 defendants accused of making up the entire membership of the Lucchese crime family in New Jersey. Corallo gave the contract to Amuso and Casso. A February 2004 New York Post article stated that, the Lucchese family consisted of about 9 capos and 82 soldiers. But defense attorneys insisted the case was built on circumstantial evidence about minor offenses. Most of the wire-tap evidence, however, related only to conversations about gambling and not to other crimes. By the late 1980s and early 1990s, power in the mob family had shifted to boss Vic Amuso and underboss Anthony Casso. Stealing cars:Organized crime ring stealing luxury cars in Monmouth County. Law enforcement eventually caught up with the two fugitives. Amuso continued to run the family from prison. No wonder they don't want to talk.'' Casso related how Eppolito and Caracappa, on Christmas Day 1986, murdered an innocent Brooklyn man who had the same name as a suspected government informant. The early history of the Lucchese crime family can be traced to members of the Morello gang based in East Harlem and the Bronx. All rights reserved. The street boss is considered the go-to-guy for the boss and is responsible to pass on orders to lower ranking members. was suspected of carrying out more than 10 murders in the 1970s and 1980s. Tramunti was making millions each year and the FBI noticed. His cooperation led to the arrest of dozens of Mafia figures. Arguably, Migliore, DiNapoli and Madonna brought stability to the Lucchese family during the 2000s. They boasted a powerhouse lineup of such mob legends as the infamous John (Johnny Dio) Dioguardi, Vincent Rao, Paul Vario, Sr., John (Big John) Ormento, Vincent (Jimmy Doyle) Plumeri, and Joseph (Joe . Several Jewish assassins provided by Luciano associate Meyer Lansky murdered Maranzano in his office. On February 26, 1930, gunman Vito Genovese murdered Reina outside his aunt's apartment. The Lucchese family was one of the strongest families in the United States. The Commission hasnt had a formal meeting in decades but is rumored to still exist. In retaliation, Amuso and Casso ordered the entire Jersey Crew killedthe now-infamous "whack Jersey" order. When Lucchese died in 1967, politicians, judges and criminals attended his funeral. They led the family through five decades and made it a force to be reckoned with in the criminal underworld. Now law enforcement is watching him closely to see what he does with it. At the time of Luccheses death from a brain tumor in July 1967 the Lucchese family had over 200 made members and thousands of associates. After his arrest in 1993, Gioia agreed to turn states evidence. Prisco had been serving a 12-year sentence for arson and conspiracy in East Jersey State Prison; he was paroled after McGreevey's office intervened in the case. For one contract, Eppolito and Caracappa kidnapped mobster James Hydell, forced him into their car trunk, and delivered him to Casso for torture and murder. ''They refused to believe convicted criminals,'' he said. Maranzano also reorganized all the Italian-American gangs in New York City into five families to be headed by Maranzano, Lucky Luciano, Vincent Mangano, Tommy Gagliano and Joseph Profaci. After being summoned to a meeting in Buffalo, the Jersey crew went into hiding. Casso used Caracappa and Eppolito to pressure the Gambino crime family by murdering several of their members. Throughout his regime, Lucchese kept a low profile and saw to it that his men were well taken care of. He was the first boss of a New York crime family, acting or otherwise, to become an informant. In 1937 heroin labs were discovered in Marseille, France. In 1978, Baratta was made into the family and operated with the Bronx faction. Amuso remained boss until 2012, calling the shots from his cell. In late 2009, the Lucchese family was handed three federal indictments showing that the family continues to be very active in organized crime, especially in labor racketeering, illegal gambling, and extortion. Related:Organized crime has a long history at the Jersey Shore, Comello to be extradited:Anthony Comello, suspect in Frank Cali murder, in Toms River court with 'MAGA' on palm. This assassination attempt sparked a long and confusing 'tension' between these three crime families with many deaths reported on all sides. When Gagliano died in 1951, Lucchese became boss. But the defense contended that the prosecution was overzealous, finding conspiracies and fraud where they did not exist. Maranzano outlined a peace plan to all the Sicilian and Italian Mafia leaders in the United States. He dodged convictions so many times; he earned the name Tony Ducks. Corallo didnt speak about business in public but on a car phone owned by his bodyguard and chauffer. Most recently the club was a boutique with lime green interior. :Frank Cali murder: Did love motivate suspect Anthony Comello to kill? December 2001 Manhattan prosecutors charge 12 reputed Lucchese crime family members, including six from Westchester, with conspiracy, assault and racketeering. The founder of the Lucchese Crime Family was Gaetano Reina, who was born in 1889 in Corleone, Sicily. Abcarian: Mask mandates? On May 2, 1957 Costello survived an assassination attempt and immediately decided to retire as boss in favor of Genovese. In the video below, Anthony Comello, accused of murder in the shooting death of last week of reputed mob boss Francesco Cali, waives extradition in Ocean County. Hydell's body was never found. The crime family has extorted money from the unions in blackmail, strong-arming, violence and other matters to keep their control over the market. For years, this . Vittorio Amuso replaced Corallo as boss of the family in 1987. On January 16, 2013, the FBI arrested 29 members and associates of the Genovese, Lucchese and Gambino crime families on racketeering charges related to their involvement in carting companies in Westchester County, Rockland County and Nassau County in New York, and Bergen County and Passaic County in New Jersey. Fearful for their lives, all the Jersey crew members skipped the meeting and went into hiding. After Tramunti's incarceration in 1974, Anthony Corallo finally took control of the Lucchese family. He was arrested and convicted in the famous Commission case of 1986. Lombardino later had a year added to his sentence for contempt of court after he repeatedly refused to testify in the 2002 and 2004 trials of Ray Cagno. . Daidone's conviction was also helped by the testimony from Alphonse D'Arco in September 2004. He was eventually convicted of financing the import of heroin in a famous trial dubbed the French Connection but not before 70 million dollars worth of seized heroin was stolen from the evidence room of the NYPD and replaced with flour. . Tramunti faced a number of criminal charges during his time as acting boss and was eventually convicted of financing a large heroin smuggling operation, the infamous French Connection. Corrallo appointed Salvatore "Tom Mix" Santoro as the underboss and supervisor of all labor and construction racketeering operations in New York, and Christopher "Christie Tick" Furnari as the reputed consigliere. Amuso ordered the slaying of capo Peter "Fat Pete" Chiodo, who along with Casso was in charge of the Windows Case operation. In a videotaped suicide note, Weingartner said he was killing himself to derail the racketeering trial that was underway. What did . Crea increased the Lucchese family earnings from these rackets between $300,000 and $500,000 every year. He previously covered the Pentagon, the White House and, from New York City, the financial industry. With the arrest of acting boss Louis Daidone in 2003, imprisoned boss Vic Amuso put a three-man ruling panel to run the family. Vic still very much runs the show. ''The jury saw through everything and did what justice required,'' said Stephen H. Skoller, who represented Anthony Accetturo, 49, of Hollywood, Fla. Mr. Accetturo was accused of being the leader of the organization in New Jersey. Says that Dellorusso became acquainted with members of the Outfit in the 1980s. Corallo had been heavily involved in labor racketeering and worked closely with Jimmy Hoffa, the Teamsters president, during the 1940s and 1950s. The evidence included 400 FBI surveillance tapes, testimony of 89 witnesses and thousands of documents and photos. Randazzo was killed on May 17, 1993 in the parking lot of the Tinton Falls Holiday Inn. Copyright var creditsyear = new Date();document.write(creditsyear.getFullYear()); Corallo came from the Queens faction of the family. Controlled Lucrative Market. It was taken over by Tommy Gagliano during the Castellammarese War, and led by him until his death in 1951. Rocco Cagno was the star witness at his brother Ray's trial. 'Increases Our Resolve'. In the second indictment obtained from investigation "Operation Open House" 12 more Lucchese mobsters were charged with bribery. By 1962 with Luciano deported, Lucchese and new Gambino family boss Carlo Gambino had control of the Commission. On Feb 26, 1930 Reina was shot and killed. He also reorganized the gangs of New York into Five Families that were headed by Maranzano, Joseph Profaci, Tommy Gagliano, Lucky Luciano, and Vincent Mangano. Throughout the mid-1990s Amuso continued to control the family from prison. Vic Amuso and his fierce Underboss Anthony Casso, the first members of the Family's Brooklyn wing to head the Family, instituted one of the most violent reigns in American Mafia history. The family prospered under Corallo's leadership, particularly in narcotics trafficking, labor racketeering, and major illegal gambling. After the disastrous 1957 Apalachin meeting of mob leaders in Upstate New York, Genovese lost a great deal of respect in the Commission. Long-lost ship found at the bottom of Lake Huron, confirming story of tragic collision, The chance of a lifetime: Five friends ski the tallest mountain in Los Angeles, Shocking, impossible gas bills push restaurants to the brink of closures, Review: A reimagined Secret Garden fails to flower anew at the Ahmanson Theatre, A $150,000 executive protection dog? One of the biggest secrets was that Casso had been paying two New York Police Department detectives, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to provide Casso with sensitive police information and even perform to contract murders. The Lucchese crime family has left fingerprints all over popular culture for the past 20 years. Gagliano was awarded the old Reina organization, with Lucchese as his underboss. James McGreevey, when he received early parole in 2002. (*NY Newsday "THE HEROIN TRAIL" Investigative journalism Series), I love reading books and watching sci fi Lucchese led a quiet, stable life until his death from a brain tumor on July 13, 1967. G. Robert Blakey, a Notre Dame law school professor and specialist in organized crime prosecutions, said the verdict is a setback but not a sign that the government is losing the war against organized crime. If the defendants did what they are alleged to have done theyll probably be indicted again and the government will get another crack at them, he said. By the 1960s, heroin was pouring into the United States and new acting boss replacing Lucchese, Carmine Mr. Lived on Elizabeth Street in Little Italy. They were sentenced to life imprisonment. Similar to the other four crime families of New York City they worked on controlling entire unions. A gang war in 1930 led Lucchese to form an allegiance with Tomasso Gagliano. Gagliano was named one of the bosses. Vittorio "Vic" Amuso and his fierce underboss, Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso, the first members of the family's Brooklyn wing to head the family, instituted one of the most violent reigns in American Mafia history. For most of its history, the Lucchese family was reckoned as one of the most peaceful crime families in the nation. He continued to operate as Gagliano did keeping a low profile. The indictment reads like a 1980s tabloid crime story, with defendants like "Paulie Roast Beef, " "Wonder Boy," "Big Joe," "Big John," "Joey Glasses" and "Spanish Carmine." NBC News: Here's the . During the 1930s and 1940s, Gagliano and Lucchese led their family into profitable areas of the trucking and clothing industries. Defense attorneys complained that prosecutors alleged drug offenses but produced no drugs, and alleged loan-sharking, but produced no loan-sharking victims. Corallo was driven around New York while on the phone discussing business. The Mafia members get into high union position and begin embezzling money from the job and workers. By the 1980's the Lucchese family had grown into a behemoth making billions of dollars per year. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/27/nyregion/all-20-acquitted-in-jersey-mob-case.html. '', These were the defendants acquitted of racketeering charges: Anthony Accetturo, 49, Hollywood, Fla. Michael Taccetta, 40, Florham Park, N.J. 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