Veteran crime reporter Dave Schratwieser at Mobtalksitdown.com reports that Chickie Ciancaglini has died.
Bruno-Scarfo Era Wiseguy Joseph “Chickie” Ciancaglini passed
away over the weekend at the age of 88.
Ciancaglini
served almost 30 years in federal prison on a variety of racketeering related
charges dating back to the days of Mob Bosses Angelo Bruno and Nicodemo Scarfo
in early 1980s and returned to South Philadelphia for the final years of his
life.
He was a
regular at a South Philly corner restaurant almost every day since his release
from federal prison in May of 2015. He could often be seen sitting inside or
outside drinking coffee and jokingly passing the time with friends and
customers stopping in for lunch or a snack.
“He loved to
break chops” one South Philly Wiseguy told Mobtalksitdown.com on Monday.
“Everybody loved the guy. He was a storyteller, a legendary tough guy who
everybody respected. They don’t make guys like Chickie anymore.”
Ciancaglini
was convicted of racketeering conspiracy, illegal gambling and a host of other
federal charges on June, 25 1982. He was indicted along with 9 other
codefendants.
He was
indicted a second time while still in federal prison. The second indictment
came in January of 1988, it charged Ciancaglini and 18 other LCN members and
associates in a wide sweeping case that included Bruno and Scarfo era
defendants.
Ciancaglini,
identified in the charges as a captain or “capo”, was the only defendant named
in both indictments.
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Note: I knew Chickie Ciancaglini back in the late 1970s when I and my late friend Buster Starzi used to drink with him at the Roman Gardens, an after-hours club in South Philly. He looked like a tough guy, and he was a tough guy, but he was a friendly and funny guy at the bar.
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