I might be wrong but I think this was done by the Feds not the local JC Police -- maybe someone on here knows if the local police helped.

Did we note the age of these guys - wow, I bet they didn't make a run for it!

But a job well done by JC Police and / or whoever conducted and initiated the federal probe - you have to give credit where credit is due.

Have a cigar or glass of beer and keep up the good work - I heard the Chief and Mayor are buying the first round.

One year to 21 months for 4 admitted mobsters
Thursday, August 03, 2006
By MICHAELANGELO CONTE
JOURNAL STAFF WRITER

The first four sentences were handed down yesterday in connection with the federal probe into illegal gambling in Hudson County that has led to 16 arrests, including the man said to be New Jersey's highest ranking member of the Genovese crime family, officials said.

John Dennis, 49, of Jersey City, a reputed Genovese associate, pleaded guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to collect extortionate extensions of credit and the collection of an extortionate extension of credit, said Michael Drewniak, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Newark.

He was sentenced to 21 months in prison and fined $5,100, Drewniak said .

Nicholas "Nicky the Snake" Ladagona, 63, of Jersey City, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to make extortionate extensions of credit and was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and fined $5,000, Drewniak said.

Ludwig "Ninny" Bruschi, 71, of Jackson, pleaded guilty to operation of an illegal gambling business/numbers operation and was sentenced to 16 months in prison and fined $3,000, Drewniak said.

Joseph Bruno, 48, of Jackson, a reputed Genovese associate, pleaded guilty to conspiracy in connection with sports bookmaking and running a numbers operation, Drewniak said. Bruno was sentenced to one year and one day in prison and fined $1,000, Drewniak said.

All but one of those arrested as part of a sting last August have pleaded guilty to various charges.

Michael Crincoli, 46, of Jersey City, a reputed made member of the Genovese family and the owner of a deli on West Side Avenue, did not plead guilty and was convicted of racketeering and loansharking in May.

When the arrests were made, prosecutors said it was a severe blow to the most dominant organized crime family in New Jersey. The defendants, they said, were part of a group that since 1997 had run lucrative gambling, extortion and loan-sharking rackets throughout the region, using Hoboken social clubs and the Jersey City deli as their bases.

Those arrested included Lawrence "Little Larry" Dentico," 82, of Seaside Park, who was a member of the "Administration" running the Genovese family, and Joseph "Big Joe" Scarbrough, 67, of West Orange, a reputed high-level Genovese associate.

Russell Fallacara, 39, of Keansburg, a reputed Genovese associate and former Jersey City Incinerator Authority inspector, was also among those arrested.

Dentico, Fallacara and Scarbrough have not been sentenced.