The indictment also alleged that Jimmy paid quarterly payments, which the prosecutors called mob tax, to Matthew Ianniello, the Genovese family crime boss, to drive away any competition to their business. He was contacted by The Atlantic for a profile in May 2018 and told the outlet the only thing he was up to was enjoying life., While his son, AJ, is no longer in charge of the Danbury Trashers, he's reportedly started a boxing club close to his hometown and told The Atlantic he was attempting to make the area a reputable location for boxing, in competition with Oxnard, Calif.. Naturally, Slapshot plus The Sopranos was extremely my wheelhouse, so I jumped at the chance to speak with AJ Galante. While the business made him a rich man, Jimmy stated in the documentary that his son, AJ, was the love of his life. Tresca was shot to death, allegedly, by Galante in front of his office in Manhattan on January 11, 1943. Your email address will not be published. My eyes watered. I had three surgeries in six months on it. They aimed their guns at the cigar-chomping mob boss and gunned him down. The film goes into a lot of the fights that were going on. In, Crime and Penalties, the latest episode of Untold, Netflixs new sports documentary series, directors Chapman and Maclain Way (previously of Wild Wild Country) tell the story of how AJ Galante, 17-year-old son of an alleged mobster and unapologetic fan of pro wrestling and The Mighty Ducks, turned the Danbury Trashers into the bad boys of the UHL. I knew nobody. BRIDGEPORT H. James Pickerstein, a former top federal prosecutor in Connecticut and a popular figure among generations of state lawyers, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 days in prison for stealing . Because now I wasn't expecting it anymore, cause it didn't happen for such a long time., Looking back on her fathers life and criminal career, Angela thinks his is a true American story. And I know what youre getting at with it. [21] Former State Assemblyman Willis Stephens, who also served as the legal counsel to the town of Southeast, New York, accepted over $9,000 from Galante. I didnt feel anything at the time. The heroin pipeline that now flowed from Europe to North America was dubbed the Pizza Connection. I used to bring my home video up there and videotape when I knew something was going to happen. Is James Galante related to Carmine Galante? He won the Super Bowl with Marblehead High . He hit me in the face with a shot, and I couldnt let him know it hurt me, but it was like getting hit with a brick, Ill never forget it. The second thing I realized was this kid is going to be special. Sometimes it happened, sometimes it didnt. What were the craziest ones that maybe didnt make it into the film or that you remember, but you just didnt have footage for? Even in the early stages he feared nothing, and I think that that was a big part of him becoming what he was and who he was.. So yes, he was the one who. You know what? It sounds crazy, but we found them. Also indicted were three former foremen at Metropolitan News and members . Deadline has reported that Stranger Things star David Harbour will star in The Trashers as Jimmy Galante, said to be one of the inspirations for The Sopranos. All Rights Reserved. Among the allegations, Stirling and Galante allegedly violated the UHLs $275,000/team salary cap by giving several players and their wives no-show jobs with AWD and hiding illegitimate payments as housing allowances, according to the indictment, which stated that the Trashers real payroll was nearly $750,000. James Galante, who had direct ties to the Genovese crime family, who have been cited as part of the inspiration for The Sopranos, was arrested under a massive FBI indictment and was charged with 72 counts of racketeering, extortion, and witness tampering, among other crimes. He was dining with Leonard Coppola, a Bonanno capo and staunch Galante loyalist, and restaurant owner/cousin Giuseppe Turano, a Bonanno soldier. //