Tony Sirico (Paulie "Paulie Walnuts" Gualtieri) from The Sopranos, reflects with Federico Castelluccio (Furio Giunta) on how he became close with James Gando. That was when the idea for a hockey team in Danbury, Connecticut, took shape. He was contacted by The Atlantic for a profile in May 2018 and told the outlet the only thing he was up to was enjoying life., While his son, AJ, is no longer in charge of the Danbury Trashers, he's reportedly started a boxing club close to his hometown and told The Atlantic he was attempting to make the area a reputable location for boxing, in competition with Oxnard, Calif.. The lawyer was once Connecticut's top federal prosecutor and allegedly stole more than $600,000 from convicted Danbury mobster James Galante Vincent Salzo , Patch Staff Posted Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at . Jimmy said of the incident, He was a defenseman and hit a kid. The property . He is a boxing promoter and hockey team "Danbury Trashers" manager based in America. Marblehead High School senior James Galante and his teammates achieved success last season that few athletes reach. It's a notion he humbly accepts but still isn't sure he deserves. 10. Jimmy has been suspected of paying upwards of $120K a year to mob boss "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. His parents were both of Italian origin. What I learned is that for most of the enforcers, it was their job. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Got a Problem With That? I think thats in Michigan or Illinois. Loading. Her father didnt have a job working 9 to 5 and it was cause for a lot of guesswork. They aimed their guns at the cigar-chomping mob boss and gunned him down. Advert. I ended up watching it years later. But in a weird way, it was like playing video games. In 2004, Jimmy Galante was the CEO of a trash business. I was very surprised he wasn't killed earlier, much sooner, and that's probably why I was so shocked when he died. The Trashers . While a senior at New Fairfield High, he was an alternate captain on the schools hockey team but couldnt play for long because of a serious injury. The film claims that James Galante was the inspiration for the character Tony Soprano, although it is disputed and many have said it is loosely based on New Jersey mobster Vincent Palermo. In May 1979, Jimmy set up Automated Waste Disposal in Danbury, which eventually became a wildly successful empire. In 2008, he was sentenced to five to seven years in prison for charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and defrauding the IRS. I kind of just sit back and observe and kind of play chess from here. Cookie Notice Jimmy admitted to paying the players on the hockey team more than the salary cap stipulated by the league by having them enrolled as no-show employees in his businesses. "These kids in the gym are gonna kill me. Untold: Crime And Penalties premieres August 31st on Netflix. His mother found him two days after Christmas, in his bedroom at her home in . Galante was accused of donating to a PAC ( Political Action Committee) which laundered money to several politicians who may have used their influence to award contracts to Galantes trash hauling business. He just went about it the wrong way.. On July 12, 1979, Galante was killed just as he finished eating lunch on an open patio at Joe and Mary's Italian-American Restaurant at 205 Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick, Brooklyn. He trusted the Sicilian people more than he trusted anyone else. Tresca was shot to death, allegedly, by Galante in front of his office in Manhattan on January 11, 1943. I heard there mightve been fire alarms pulled at hotels, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, things like that. And thankfully, it was just us two in the gym at the time. Jimmy was born in the Bronx, New York, in January 1953. Did Wayne Gretzky's brother play in the NHL? Is The Sopranos based on Jimmy Galante? It also estimated that the Genovese familyconsists of about 270 @COMILLASmade@COMILLAS members. Rule 46 in the NHL rule book allows referees to determine appropriate penalties after a fight. If Im not mistaken, Jimmy was the one who actually drove Lilo to Joe and Marys the day Lilo was killed. E-mail me when people leave their comments , He feared nothing. - Daughter of Mafia boss Carmine Galante talks about her infamous father, How The Hells Angels Actually Works | How Crime Works | Insider, Bonannos go to war in New York: Shooting in Long Island tied to Mikey Nose and Joe C. beef, Watermelons, submarines & sex toys: The craziest ways cartels traffic drugs, How China Is Fuelling America's Drug Epidemic. He was also (allegedly, *wink*) working with the Genovese crime family to cut out the waste removal competition. He followed the American dream. I used to bring my home video up there and videotape when I knew something was going to happen. Sometimes it happened, sometimes it didnt. He was this little guy, big balloon head, and he would throw 100 punches a minute. Actor: The Sopranos. I remember he opened up one not far from my house in Broadway. James Galante, who had direct ties to the Genovese crime family, who have been cited as part of the inspiration for The Sopranos, was arrested under a massive FBI indictment and was charged with 72 counts of racketeering, extortion, and witness tampering, among other crimes. So even when I was younger I knew my daddy owned a restaurant in Canada. We found the guys that liked it. He didn't think anything would ever happen to him. The rink in Danbury is cold. And, number one, I realized I need to keep my ass out of the ring. Someone, I dont know, a Christmas gift or something, gave me a box set DVD. They never forgot who would treat them the way we treated them. But he is also famous for owning the Danbury Trashers, a minor league hockey team that had his son managing it at just 17 years old. The indictment included allegations that Galante and others conspired to commit arson and kidnapping by damaging a truck owned by one of Galantes competitors and by kidnapping the driver of that truck at gunpoint. He said Mr. Galante, 56 years old, was an inducted member of the Bonanno family and the nephew of Carmine Galante, who the authorities said was the boss of the Bonanno family when he was shot to death in a Brooklyn restaurant in 1979. His Broadway debut was in the 1992 revival of "A Streetcar Named Desire" with Jessica Lange and Alec . By Tom Fordy 22 September 2021 3:55pm. Thats always a nice smell in the cold. You had the two brothers on the team. Galantes goal for the Trashers to kick the other teams asses, both with their sticks and their fists, drove him to put together a rag-tag team of unlikely scorers and unrepentant goons that included Wayne Gretzkys brother, Brent, David Beauregard a former top prospect who washed out of the NHL after losing an eye two brothers highly reminiscent of the Hanson Brothers from Slapshot, and a rogues gallery of bruisers that included Brad Wingnut Wingfield and Ruman The Nigerian Nightmare Ndur. However, the minor league team, the Danbury Trashers, made a name for itself as the players were called the leagues bad boys. So, lets find out what AJ has been up to since then, shall we? James Galante is an American convicted felon and associate of the Genovese crime family,[1] owner of the defunct Danbury Trashers minor-league hockey team and a defunct racecar team fielding cars for Ted Christopher, and ex-CEO of Automated Waste Disposal , a company that holds waste disposal contracts for most of western Connecticut and Westchester and Putnam counties in New York. Here is a brief guide to the essential ice hockey rules! I mean, too many to name. Michael Gandolfini is the son of Sopranos star and Hollywood legend James Gandolfini. Galante did lead the life of a secret agent. The story of Jimmy Galante and his garbage empire he built in Danbury, Conn., spans through the '90s and into the early 2000s. Because he wasn't home a lot. As of November 2007, a State Senate Committee was considering an appropriate sanction for DeLuca. There may have been a fish, a couple of fish planted in the air vents. His hockey team did decently well, but it and his other business ventures were involved in a series of scandals over the years, eventually surmounting in Galante's arrest. In just two years, their rowdy rep led the group to earn the most penalty minutes of any team in the history of the United Hockey League, leading to a tumultuous love-hate relationship with the league. "Honestly, for a good day or two, I was scared. When his son, AJ, suffered a knee injury playing hockey that took him out of the game at 17, his father compensated by buying him a minor league hockey team, dubbed the Trashers. Even in the early stages he feared nothing, and I think that that was a big part of him becoming what he was and who he was.. He is the ex-CEO of Automated Waste Disposal, waste management, and disposal company. What happened to Jimmy Galante, and where is he now? Move on. Jimmy still seems to be living in Connecticut and, in a recent interview, said that he has been enjoying life since his release. Galante found this out when he was betrayed by his Sicilian bodyguards and allies on July 12, 1979. Not the craziest thing you've ever heard . She was just destroyed, because she loved him. Galante was arrested as a suspect, but no charges were ever brought against him or any one else. Get our free mobile app Michael was in Danbury last night as the guest of Jimmy Galante, we'll come back to that. He is a New England native who went to Boston College and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. I got no A/C in here, so its like Im dying, but what are you going to do? Despite this, he has been known to be a community-minded philanthropist, and his donations have included a new football stadium at New Fairfield High School and a pediatric emergency department at Danbury Hospital. And its weird, because this part of Connecticut, its like New York will never claim us, because were in Connecticut, but Connecticut doesnt claim us, because were so close to New York. James Galante, of Marblehead, avoids a tackle on a punt return in the Division 3 Elite 8 playoff football game against Masconomet at Marblehead High School on Friday, Nov. 12, 2021. While just a teenager, AJ was able to acquire players on the roster and, along with his father, was very clear about the kind of game they wanted to play. 3 of 50. His monthly income is around $200,000. Its crazy. Edie Falco played Carmela on "The Sopranos." HBO; Taylor Hill/FilmMagic. brothers Maclain and Chapman Way's new series of Netflix documentary films, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. But no, I dont get in there. Stupid, annoying things like the opposing bench may or may not have been welded so they couldnt open the door. I know I do. Obviously, I didnt see that, that was way before the Trashers time. I didnt grow up boxing, and this kid is actually now, at 17, the number one ranked super heavyweight in America. However, in hockey, fighting is part of The Code. Fighting has been an officially accepted part of hockey at the professional level for almost a century. So, we were looking to replace him. What was the injury that actually ended your hockey career? Many of whom AJ found by browsing websites like hockeyfights.com, and whose services the Trashers were able to afford thanks to some allegedly creative accounting tricks pulled by AJs father. We wanted and needed it. Blending WWE with the UHL is a disruptive idea, to be sure. Who is Roger Howarth playing on General Hospital now? They recovered a substantial amount of money and evidence. What did you think of it when it first came out? And the enforcers are the best guys off the ice. Galante was owner of twenty five different trash disposal businesses based out of Danbury, Connecticut and estimated to be worth over $100 million. A lot of them are coaching now, actually. He is an American businessman and social personality who earns most of his income from his own businesses. Chief among them, Joseph Bonanno, the leader of the Mafia family Galante had become a member of and would one day come to lead himself.