Joseph Big Joe Lonardo (1884 – October 13 1927) was the first ever Crime boss in the Cleveland crime family. Lonardo had help by Joseph Porrello to help his criminal empire in New York. Lonardo sold corn to bootleggers to make corn liquor.In 1926 Lonardo was at the height of his power. That year he travelled back to his native Sicily to visit his mother.
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