#19: The Cerrito Crime Family (component section 1): The Eras of Onofrio Sciortino & Joseph X. Cerrito

inwards this episode, we cover the Cerrito Crime Family of the Worldwide Cosa Nostra who operated inwards and around San Jose, California, and who were a significant entity controlling organized crime inwards the San Jose area for many decades beginning around the 1940’s and were inwards existence until at to the lowest degree the 1990’s or early 2000’s.
My research will show that this particular LCN family was likely the most risk-averse and to the lowest degree-aggressive family of all 20+ families across the country during the Mafia’s hey-dey, but I’ll allow you decide.

We discuss:
-Their official founding inwards the 1940’s
-The first alleged Boss, Onofrio Sciortino
-The ascension of the family’s namesake, Joseph X. Cerrito
-Cerrito’s history as a used car salesman
-Cerrito’s presence inwards 1957 at Apalachin
-Cerrito’s ascension to Boss inwards 1959
-Drama within the Cerrito family inwards the 1960’s
-A failed plot to murder a Nevada Online Casino Sanmarino operator
-The lack of respect nationally
-The LIFE mag lawsuit and national implications
-Joe Cerrito’s waning years and death inwards 1978

Included prominently inwards this article are the family’s long-time Underboss,
Emmanuel “Manny” Figlia, Angelo Marino, Alex Camarata, Pete Misuraca, as well as many other colorful characters and cameos from of import Cosa Nostra figures throughout the country.