Acting Genovese crime boss Dominick (Quiet Dom)
Cirillo earned his nickname for being low-key and careful, but
authorities say the reputed gangster got sloppy yesterday.
Cirillo, 75, apparently didn't know FBI agents were coming to his
Long Island home early yesterday to arrest him, and left a scrap of
paper on the kitchen table listing the names of five aspiring wiseguys,
authorities said.
The mob wanna-bes were slated for induction into the crime family,
authorities said.
After agents showed up at his Long Beach home, Cirillo (at
right) changed out of his pajamas into a gray suit. He donned a
matching felt fedora hat and scarf just before being fitted with
handcuffs.
Along with Cirillo, three other reputed captains of the Genovese
family - John (Johnny Sausage) Barbato, 70, Lawrence (Little Larry)
Dentico, 81, and Anthony (Tico) Antico, 59 - were charged with
racketeering, murder conspiracy, extortion and loan-sharking.
The defendants are allegedly members of the Westside Crew, a
ruling panel that runs the crime family in the absence of
imprisoned Genovese boss Vincent (Chin) Gigante.
"Our hope is that the indictment will serve as their
retirement papers," FBI Acting Assistant Director John Klochan
said.
Like Gigante, whom mobsters referred to by pointing to their
chin so his name wouldn't get picked up by listening bugs, Quiet
Dom is also known by a gesture, sources said.
Instead of mentioning his name aloud, a finger to the lips
demonstrating "be quiet" denoted Cirillo, the sources said.
Cirillo's son, Nicholas, disappeared last May and is presumed to have
been killed after having a beef with the son of a Bonanno bigwig weeks
earlier.
The elder Cirillo refused to cooperate with cops investigating his
son's disappearance.
Originally published on April 6, 2005