San Jose crime family

The Sciortino Crime Family was a La Cosa Nostra family located in the city of San Jose, California.

History

The first mafia boss of organized crime in San Jose was Onofrio Sciortino. Very little is known about the man except that his criminal rackets included gambling, shylocking, prostitution and extortion. Sciortino ruled over the San Jose family from the early 1940s until his death in 1959.

Joseph Cerrito Boss 1959

Joseph Cerrito took over the crime family after Sciortino's death. Cerrito emigrated to the United States from Palermo, Sicily in the late 1920s and eventually settled in San Jose in 1939. He gained some popularity for being caught at the 1957 mob meeting called Apalachin. In 1964, he was spotted meeting Bonanno Crime Family former consigliere Frank Garofalo at a hotel in Palermo, Sicily. Many believe they were discussing the war within the Bonanno family. Life Magazine listed Cerrito as the mafia boss of San Jose in 1968. Angry over the accusation, he sued the company for libel. But the case was later thrown out of court. Cerrito died in 1978 from natural causes.

Angelo Marino Boss 1978

Cerrito's successor