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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Some face charges in the death of Lucchese associate Michael Meldish, who was killed in the Bronx in November 2013, as well as attempted hits on members and associates of the Bonanno crime family ...

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 ...

New Jersey politician among dozens arrested in gambling ring 01:53. More than three dozen people with alleged ties to the Lucchese crime family were arrested in connection with illegal gambling ...

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 ...

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 ...