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WARNING: EXPLICIT MATERIAL
Sam Tilocco was a member of the Porrello crime family serving as lieutenant and bodyguard to Big Joe Porrello in the Cleveland mob when they were both shot in the head by orders of Frank Milano at the Venetian Restaurant in retiliation for the murder of Joseph "Big Joe" Lonardo, boss of the Lonardo Family. The murder of Lonardo allowed Joseph Porrello to take over as boss of the Cleveland crime family and to become the most influential corn sugar baron in the Cleveland area. By 1928 police tied the killings of 15 people in Cleveland to gang clashes over the corn sugar trade.
On July 5, 1932, Joseph Porrello and underboss Sam Tilocco went to the Venetian Restaurant in Cleveland’s Little Italy. It was owned by Frank Milano, head of the rising “Mayfield Road Mob” faction. The reason for Porrello’s visit is unclear, but apparently Milano was going to turn over a number of checks (some for as much as $4,500 [$100,000 in 2017 dollars]) from subordinates as well as a big payoff himself. Porrello called Milano’s place “the bank”.
Porrello and Tilocco were seated at a table when two hitmen attacked them. Porrello took three bullets to the right side of his head and died instantly. Tilocco got up and started running out of the restaurant. He was shot three times in his right torso and once in his left torso. He staggered out into the street toward his automobile around the corner on E. 126th street. He fell in the street, and was shot twice in the head. The hitmen were never identified.
The next day Vincenzo Porrello assumed control of the Cleveland crime family but he too was murdered just three weeks later.
Cemetery Information:
Final Resting Place:
Calvary Cemetery
10000 Miles Avenue
Cleveland, Ohio, 44105
USA
North America
Map:
Map of Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland, Ohio
Grave Location:
Section 21, Lot 166, Grave 7
Grave Location Description
Sam Tilocco is buried at the intersection of sections 18, 21 and 23 next to the Porrello monument
Grave Location GPS
41.4399301613779, -81.60913132
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