The Lucchese family is perhaps best known for carrying out the Lufthansa heist, the theft of about $5 million in cash and $800,000 jewels from John F. Kennedy Airport in 1978.

NEWARK, N.J. — A high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, a town council member and more than three dozen others are facing racketeering and additional charges stemming from an illegal ...

A reputed Lucchese crime family capo copped to murder conspiracy and other charges on Tuesday — in exchange for just 13 years behind bars. Steven Crea Jr. faced up to life imprisonment for his ...

Top-ranking members of the Lucchese crime family – including ruling boss Matthew Madonna and his second-in-command Steven Crea Sr. – were busted Wednesday on federal racketeering charges ...

Federal prosecutors unsealed an indictment charging 19 members of a New York City-area organized-crime family, including its top bosses, with offenses including murder and racketeering.

Frank Gioia Jr. joined the powerful Lucchese Crime Family in 1991. During a ceremony in a Queens, New York, basement, Gioia took the blood oath of omertà, or silence, about criminal activity.

State authorities have charged 39 people they allege are part of an organized crime gambling ring, including members of the Lucchese crime family. Some appeared in Morris County Super Court on ...

A total of 39 defendants, ranging in age from 27 to 75, have been charged with a range of offenses in connection to the ring. The suspects include an alleged Lucchese family captain, a couple ...

A soldier in the Lucchese crime family admitted his role Thursday in an illegal sports betting business that earned millions annually, federal prosecutors said. Anthony Villani, 60, of Elmsford in ...

State authorities have charged 39 people they allege are part of an organized crime gambling ring, including members of the Lucchese crime family. Some appeared in Morris County Super Court on ...