Originally from the East Coast, Caci was born in Westfield, New York to Alfonzo and Josephine Caci. Caci grew up around the Buffalo-Western New York area. Caci began his career as a mobster associated with the Buffalo crime family and was involved in schemes attempting to take over vending machine companies in New York. In 1972, Caci was got three years in prison for his part in a plot to blow up a vending machine company that mob figures were attempting to take over. While serving time for his previous case Caci was put on trial for trying to shakedown a Binghamton vending machine operator but was acquitted. In the 1970s, Caci spent several years in Attica prison for armed robbery where he met many mobsters including Stephen "The Whale" Cino, both would eventually switch to the Los Angele