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| - Born 'Filippo Sacco' in Esperia, Italy (in the Province of Frosinone) on July 4, 1905, {His FBI File has a {false} birthdate of June 4, 1905 Chicago Illinois} Roselli had been best known by his mob nickname of "Handsome Johnny." He immigrated with his mother, Mariantonia Pascale Sacco and one Caterina Palazzo, from Italy to the USA in 1911, settling in Somerville, Massachusetts near Boston. At the time, his father, Vincenzo Sacco, was already residing in the United States. After the death of his father in 1918, his first alleged attempt at crime was trying to burn his family house down for insurance with the help of his stepfather-although this failed due to the arrival of the Boston Fire Department. He dropped out of school after the Seventh grade. Fleeing to Chicago in 1922 after alleged
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| - Born 'Filippo Sacco' in Esperia, Italy (in the Province of Frosinone) on July 4, 1905, {His FBI File has a {false} birthdate of June 4, 1905 Chicago Illinois} Roselli had been best known by his mob nickname of "Handsome Johnny." He immigrated with his mother, Mariantonia Pascale Sacco and one Caterina Palazzo, from Italy to the USA in 1911, settling in Somerville, Massachusetts near Boston. At the time, his father, Vincenzo Sacco, was already residing in the United States. After the death of his father in 1918, his first alleged attempt at crime was trying to burn his family house down for insurance with the help of his stepfather-although this failed due to the arrival of the Boston Fire Department. He dropped out of school after the Seventh grade. Fleeing to Chicago in 1922 after allegedly committing a suspected disappearance/murder{?} of a drug addict named Fisher, Sacco is alleged to have used the alias of "John Morgan" in New York and then changed his name to "John Roselli" (in honor of Italian Renaissance sculptor Cosimo Rosselli) and became a member of the Chicago Outfit. The exact date and reason for Roselli moving to Los Angeles is unknown. Some sources say that Al Capone or Frank Nitti sent him west to oversee the Outfit's business interests such as the racing wire and movie extortion scheme. However, Roselli moved to Los Angeles in 1924, before either Capone or Nitti became boss of the Chicago Outfit. He pleaded guilty to bootlegging beer in 1924 (then going by the name "James Roselli"). Roselli began his California criminal career working with Los Angeles mobster Jack Dragna. Roselli became close friends with film producer Bryan Foy, who brought Roselli into the movie business as a producer with Foy's small production company, Eagle Lion Studios, where Roselli is credited on a number of early gangster movies as a producer. In the 1940s Roselli was involved in the Outfit's multi-million dollar extortion campaign against the motion picture industry. Arrest record; 1) 1922 arrested Boston-Federal narcotics charge 2) 1923 arrested Boston-State grand larceny Charge Note defendent was not brought to trial on either of these charges because defendent jumped bail and changed name to Roselli and fled to California; charges dismissed 3) January 29, 1925 arrested by LAPD on suspicion of Grand Larceny; released January 29, 1925. 4) March 26, 1925 arrested by Los Angeles Sherriff Dept for violation of "Gun law"; claimed to be native of New York; charge dismissed June 8, 1925 5) May 4, 1926 arrested by Los Angeles Sherriff Dept for suspicion of robbery; charge dismissed 6) May 11, 1926 arrested by SFPD for being a vagrant and a fugitive {suspicion}; no disposition for this arrest 7) January 31, 1929 arrested in Los Angeles for distribingng the Peace; pays $100.00 fine March 5, 1929 8) June 18, 1930 arrested in Los Angeles for suspicion of robbery; released June 19, 1930 9} July 29, 1930 arrested in Los Angeles for suspicion of robbery; released July 30, 1930-found not guilty {in connection with this arrest he was found in a car with three other hoodlums who were armed; however one of them had a gun permit} 10) June 3, 1932 arrested in Los Angels for suspicion of robbery; released June 6, 1932 11} March 19, 1943, arrested while serving as a Private in US Army {see below}
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