Submitted by Stamfordsterling t3_10fsi5v in Connecticut
tottergeek t1_j4zhots wrote
In the biggest Mob-connected case of recent years, Danbury garbage mogul James Galante pleaded guilty in 2008 to multiple racketeering charges in a wide-ranging, price-fixing scheme tied to the Genovese crime family. He was sentenced to 87 months in prison.
MyHeadbeDirty t1_j50woh3 wrote
He also owned possibly the greatest minor league hockey team ever! The Danbury Trashers! By greatest, I mean most entertaining.
deceptacle1980 t1_j52rm08 wrote
No limit $4 dollar 16oz drafts with like 6 shithole bars to carry on afterwards? What wasn’t to love?
MyHeadbeDirty t1_j5dqdf3 wrote
Dude, no argument here! I went to Western. Beat 6 years of my life!! Haha!
FlakyFile1150 t1_j50illd wrote
I actually work for the company that bought Jimmie's old company now. We found anti-listening devices in the ceiling and some of the employees were here when the feds raided the place.
SAnnK2020 t1_j503wyt wrote
Never thought I would see the phrase ‘garbage mogul’
champagne_in_a_box t1_j5053wx wrote
Trash hauling is very often a mob-run business on the east coast.
interiorcrocodemon t1_j510nvi wrote
Idk in my town there's a bunch of areas with no public trash and only one private option. Can easily see that being fishy.
jules13131382 t1_j50fvot wrote
Lol!!!!
decorlettuce t1_j515xym wrote
go Trashers
Christae1018 t1_j55qrfv wrote
There is an entire documentary about this story!
dugfunne t1_j577cy1 wrote
Great doc about em on Netflix!
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