Innocenzio "Johnny the Bug" Stoppelli Genovese Soldier
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, True Crime, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr | ISBN: | 9780463514603 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr | Publication: | January 25, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Robert Grey Reynolds Jr |
| ISBN: | 9780463514603 |
| Publisher: | Robert Grey Reynolds, Jr |
| Publication: | January 25, 2019 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
John Stoppelli was in trouble with the law from his teenage years when he stole carrier pigeons from a Long Island City coup. In 1938 he was questioned following the death of a beautiful dancer named Thelma Giroux. The woman leaped to her death from a fifth story window of the Lincoln Hotel in New York City. Giroux's death was eventually ruled a suicide. In the mid-1940s Stoppelli was implicated in a multinational drug ring that brought heroin into the United States from Mexico. The ring had members from New York and California. Operative from 1941-1945 it was managed by a close associate of Mafioso Charles "Lucky" Luciano.
John Stoppelli was in trouble with the law from his teenage years when he stole carrier pigeons from a Long Island City coup. In 1938 he was questioned following the death of a beautiful dancer named Thelma Giroux. The woman leaped to her death from a fifth story window of the Lincoln Hotel in New York City. Giroux's death was eventually ruled a suicide. In the mid-1940s Stoppelli was implicated in a multinational drug ring that brought heroin into the United States from Mexico. The ring had members from New York and California. Operative from 1941-1945 it was managed by a close associate of Mafioso Charles "Lucky" Luciano.
