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'''Lawrence Dentico''' (born August 22, 1923), also known as "Larry Fab", "Little Larry" and "The Little Guy", is a [[New Jersey]] [[Caporegime|captain]] in the [[Genovese crime family]] and former consigliere.
{{Infobox criminal
| name = Lawrence Dentico
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1923|8|22}}
| birth_place = [[Seaside Park, New Jersey]], U.S.
| other_names = {{hlist|Larry Fab|Little Larry|The Little Guy}}
| occupation = [[Mobster]]
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| allegiance = [[Genovese crime family]]
| birth_name = Lawrence John Dentico
| conviction = Fraud, conspiracy, bribery (1981)<br>Racketeering, extortion, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, loan sharking, sports bookmaking, numbers running, and football-ticket gambling (2006)
| criminal_penalty = Six years' imprisonment<br>Four years' imprisonment
}}


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'''Lawrence Dentico''' (born August 22, 1923), also known as '''"Larry Fab"''', '''"Little Larry"''' and '''"The Little Guy"''', is a [[New Jersey]]-based member of the [[Genovese crime family]], who formerly served as a [[Caporegime|captain]] and the family's [[consigliere]].
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Dentico was born in [[Seaside Park, New Jersey]], the son of Vito Antonio Dentico and Rose. He is the brother of Joseph born November 5, 1898 in [[Gioia del Colle]] in the south Italian region of [[Apulia]] and is the brother-in-law to Theresa Romano, the wife of his brother Joseph.

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Dentico was born in [[Seaside Park, New Jersey]], the son of Vito Antonio Dentico and Rose. He is the brother of Joseph born November 5, 1898, in [[Gioia del Colle]] in the south Italian region of [[Apulia]] and is the brother-in-law to Theresa Romano, the wife of his brother Joseph.
In 1949 and in 1952, Dentico served brief prison sentences for selling [[heroin]].<ref name="old">[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/26/nyregion/crime-family-is-promoting-old-hands-authorities-say.html?scp=1&sq=Lawrence%20Dentico&st=cse Crime family is promoting old hands, authorities say"] New York Times July 26, 1998</ref> During the 1950s, Dentico worked for boss [[Vito Genovese]]. In 1957, authorities suspected that Dentico provided the murder weapon and getaway car in the shooting death of mobster Johnny Earle.<ref name="apart"/> In 1966, Dentico was arrested for [[loansharking]] and extortion rackets in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]].<ref name="apart">[http://www.newcriminologist.com/news.asp?nid=1206 "The New Jersey-Genovese Faction is slowly pulled apart"] New Criminologist</ref>
In 1949 and in 1952, Dentico served brief prison sentences for selling [[heroin]].<ref name="old">[https://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/26/nyregion/crime-family-is-promoting-old-hands-authorities-say.html?scp=1&sq=Lawrence%20Dentico&st=cse Crime family is promoting old hands, authorities say"] New York Times July 26, 1998</ref> During the 1950s, Dentico worked for boss [[Vito Genovese]]. In 1957, authorities suspected that Dentico provided the murder weapon and getaway car in the shooting death of mobster Johnny Earle.<ref name="apart"/> In 1966, Dentico was arrested for [[loansharking]] and extortion rackets in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]].<ref name="apart">[http://www.newcriminologist.com/news.asp?nid=1206 "The New Jersey-Genovese Faction is slowly pulled apart"] New Criminologist</ref>


When [[Vincent Gigante|Vincent "the Chin" Gigante]] became family boss in 1981, Dentico was working as a top aide in New Jersey to [[Louis Manna]], the former consigliere. In 1981, Dentico was convicted of fraud and conspiracy involving the bribing of officials in [[Union City, New Jersey]], to rig bids on public construction contracts and served a six-year prison sentence.<ref name="old"/> After Gigante went to prison for [[racketeering]] in 1997, Dentico and Genovese mobster [[Frank Illiano]] formed a two-man ruling panel of street bosses to operate the family.<ref name="old"/>
When [[Vincent Gigante|Vincent "the Chin" Gigante]] became family boss in 1981, Dentico was working as a top aide in New Jersey to [[Louis Manna]], the former consigliere. In 1981, Dentico was convicted of fraud and conspiracy involving the bribing of officials in [[Union City, New Jersey]], to rig bids on public construction contracts and served a six-year prison sentence.<ref name="old"/> After Gigante went to prison for [[racketeering]] in 1997, Dentico and Genovese mobster [[Frank Illiano]] formed a two-man ruling panel of street bosses to operate the family.<ref name="old"/>
In August 2005, Dentico and other Genovese mobsters were indicted on charges of [[extortion]] conspiracy and conspiracy to commit murder. The defendants were accused of participating in [[loansharking]], sports [[bookmaking]], numbers running, and football-ticket gambling.<ref>[http://www.getnj.com/onlygameintown/messages0305/6360.shtml "Lawrence Dentico Indicted - US Attorney's Office: Fourteen Arrested with Unsealing of RICO Indictment Against Genovese Crime Family Members, Associates"] Get NJ August 17, 2005</ref> Dentico pleaded guilty and on August 16, 2006 was sentenced to 51 months in prison.<ref name=geezer>{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=GEEZER GANGSTERS GET NO SENIOR DISCOUNTS|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/geezer-gangsters-senior-discounts-article-1.549686|accessdate=17 April 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=March 4, 2006}}</ref> On May 12, 2009, Dentico was released from prison.<ref>[http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=dentico&Middle=&FirstName=lawrence&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0 Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator]</ref>
In August 2005, Dentico and other Genovese mobsters were indicted on charges of [[extortion]] conspiracy and conspiracy to commit murder. The defendants were accused of participating in [[loansharking]], sports [[bookmaking]], numbers running, and football-ticket gambling.<ref>[http://www.getnj.com/onlygameintown/messages0305/6360.shtml "Lawrence Dentico Indicted - US Attorney's Office: Fourteen Arrested with Unsealing of RICO Indictment Against Genovese Crime Family Members, Associates"] Get NJ August 17, 2005</ref> Dentico pleaded guilty and on August 16, 2006, was sentenced to 51 months in prison.<ref name=geezer>{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=GEEZER GANGSTERS GET NO SENIOR DISCOUNTS|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/geezer-gangsters-senior-discounts-article-1.549686|accessdate=17 April 2012|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=March 4, 2006}}</ref> On May 12, 2009, Dentico was released from prison.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=dentico&Middle=&FirstName=lawrence&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0 |title=Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator |access-date=2010-07-29 |archive-date=2012-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120614061044/http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=dentico&Middle=&FirstName=lawrence&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==Further reading==
==Further reading==
*United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. ''Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriations, 1954, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee of Appropriations''. 1953. [https://books.google.com/books?vid=0XcQDHOw9wOcd3zQLOWLcib&id=sGJp3XXJA60C&q=Lawrence+Dentico&dq=Lawrence+Dentico&pgis=1]
*United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. ''Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriations, 1954, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee of Appropriations''. 1953. [https://books.google.com/books?id=sGJp3XXJA60C&q=Lawrence+Dentico]
* Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime
* Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime


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Revision as of 18:01, 29 August 2024

Lawrence Dentico
Born
Lawrence John Dentico

(1923-08-22) August 22, 1923 (age 101)
Seaside Park, New Jersey, U.S.
Other names
  • Larry Fab
  • Little Larry
  • The Little Guy
OccupationMobster
AllegianceGenovese crime family
Conviction(s)Fraud, conspiracy, bribery (1981)
Racketeering, extortion, conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder, loan sharking, sports bookmaking, numbers running, and football-ticket gambling (2006)
Criminal penaltySix years' imprisonment
Four years' imprisonment

Lawrence Dentico (born August 22, 1923), also known as "Larry Fab", "Little Larry" and "The Little Guy", is a New Jersey-based member of the Genovese crime family, who formerly served as a captain and the family's consigliere.

Dentico was born in Seaside Park, New Jersey, the son of Vito Antonio Dentico and Rose. He is the brother of Joseph born November 5, 1898, in Gioia del Colle in the south Italian region of Apulia and is the brother-in-law to Theresa Romano, the wife of his brother Joseph. In 1949 and in 1952, Dentico served brief prison sentences for selling heroin.[1] During the 1950s, Dentico worked for boss Vito Genovese. In 1957, authorities suspected that Dentico provided the murder weapon and getaway car in the shooting death of mobster Johnny Earle.[2] In 1966, Dentico was arrested for loansharking and extortion rackets in Hoboken, New Jersey.[2]

When Vincent "the Chin" Gigante became family boss in 1981, Dentico was working as a top aide in New Jersey to Louis Manna, the former consigliere. In 1981, Dentico was convicted of fraud and conspiracy involving the bribing of officials in Union City, New Jersey, to rig bids on public construction contracts and served a six-year prison sentence.[1] After Gigante went to prison for racketeering in 1997, Dentico and Genovese mobster Frank Illiano formed a two-man ruling panel of street bosses to operate the family.[1] In August 2005, Dentico and other Genovese mobsters were indicted on charges of extortion conspiracy and conspiracy to commit murder. The defendants were accused of participating in loansharking, sports bookmaking, numbers running, and football-ticket gambling.[3] Dentico pleaded guilty and on August 16, 2006, was sentenced to 51 months in prison.[4] On May 12, 2009, Dentico was released from prison.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Crime family is promoting old hands, authorities say" New York Times July 26, 1998
  2. ^ a b "The New Jersey-Genovese Faction is slowly pulled apart" New Criminologist
  3. ^ "Lawrence Dentico Indicted - US Attorney's Office: Fourteen Arrested with Unsealing of RICO Indictment Against Genovese Crime Family Members, Associates" Get NJ August 17, 2005
  4. ^ Marzulli, John (March 4, 2006). "GEEZER GANGSTERS GET NO SENIOR DISCOUNTS". New York Daily News. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
  5. ^ "Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2010-07-29.

Further reading

  • United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations Committee. Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriations, 1954, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee of Appropriations. 1953. [1]
  • Mafia: The Government's Secret File on Organized Crime
American Mafia
Preceded by Genovese crime family
Consigliere
2003-2005 		Succeeded by
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