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EspañolANGELO SEPE
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'Angelo J. (John) Sepe' a.k.a. '"''Angie''"' (January 14 1941 Brownsville, New York - July 18 1984 New Utrecht, Brooklyn). He is a suspect in the 1978 Lufthansa heist and dozens of contract killings.
Angelo Sepe's ancestors "Philipe Sepe" and "Josephine Marino" were both villagers from outside Marigliano, in the province of Naples, Campania or from Caserta, Italy. They were married and decided to travel to the U.S.A. and start a new life in America as a married couple. They travelled from Marigliano in the early 1800s by ocean charter to New York City.
Upon their arrival Phillipe and Josephine settled in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn they gave birth to their children, "Vincenzo" born c.a. (1871), "Rose" born c.a. (1872), and then had the siblings, Jack, Anthony, Marie and Florence. The Sepe family ancestors then split up, some staying in Brooklyn, while others settled in New Jersey. One of Angelo's uncle was a prominent "made man" in one of the mafia families of New York and a FBI informant.
Angelo was a skinny, horrid looking man who stood just under five-foot-five in suffered from an inferiority complex which gave him anger management issues. He was a listener of rock and roll and disco which he would play to drown out the words of conversations he held in his brand new 1979 Ford Thunderbird after discovering that it had been bugged. Angelo had always lived the life of an outlaw. He was one of the children from the neighborhood who was always in trouble. As he became an adolescent he was invariably identified as a "tough" and brought into the precinct for routine beatings whenever some neighborhood store burglary or assault moved the stationhouse police into action. As he grew older the arbitrary beatings by police stopped, but there was rarely a time in Angelo's life that he was not under some kind of police scrutiny. He was always under suspicion, arrest or indictment for one crime or another. He had been reporting to probation and parole officers since his teens. He had been arrested and questioned so often for so many crimes that he had little fear or mystery about the inside of a precinct squad room. When he was arrested he usually knew the arresting officers. He had the unlisted numbers of his lawyer and bailbondsman committed to memory.
Angelo Sepe was an associate of the Lucchese crime family after meeting Tommy DeSimone while incarcerated from 1970 to 1979 for armed bank robbery. He and Tommy murdered several informants and other criminals while incarcerated for the Lucchese crime family and left them in the batter mixing vats in the prison kitchen at Leavenworth and a became a participant in the infamous 1978 Lufthansa Heist, following which he and his nineteen year old girlfriend, Joanne Lombardo from Long Island were murdered in the aftermath. Angelo's character is portrayed as "Frankie Carbone" by Frank Sivero and "Johnny Roastbeef" played by Johnny Williams in ''Goodfellas''. His character-wife is Marie Michaels. His character, as portrayed in ''Goodfellas'' also shares character traits of Bonanno crime family assassin Paolo LiCastri. His character's name was suggested by Frank Carbone who was a Colombo crime family mobster and close friend of Goodfellas film technical advisor John Manca. In the film ''The Big Heist'' he is portrayed as "Angelo J. Sepe" by actor Robert Morelli. His girlfriend was "Joanna Lombardo" born (1965) from Long Island, New York.
He had an arrest sheet dating from when he was only fourteen years old, for such offences as larceny and burglary. Angelo was a friend and fellow hitman of Tommy DeSimone. Sepe helped murder Parnell Edwards with Tommy DeSimone and allegedly helped in the murder and at least the first unsuccessful attempt to murder Martin Krugman. Jimmy Burke, who ordered it was convinced by Henry Hill to spare him because of the money Krugman was earning through his bookmaking and loansharking racket. Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone would later follow through with their plan and murder Krugman a short while later.
Shortly before Sepe's disappearance and suspected murder he bought a 1979 Thunderbird for $15,000 cash. This attracted the attention of the police for his role in the murder. He is also suspected of being involved in helping Jimmy Burke murder his front-man and con-artist Richard Eaton. Before he was murdered he was being charged for having posssesion of a concealed weapon. He never married but had two girlfriends, Hope Barron from Mattituck, New York and Joanna Lombardo from Long Island, New York. He is suspected of burying his share of the loot in the backyard of Hope Barron's bungalow which they shared at the time.
Sepe was mentored by the infamous hitman and racketeer Jimmy Burke, he knew Henry Hill and worked alongside the powerful Capo, Paul Vario. He had a passion for stray animals, including turtles, birds and rabbits and provided a haven for them in his Ozone Park, Queens home. Henry Hill also states that Sepe, like Lufthansa heist suspect Louis Cafora was a more severe cocaine addict than himself, indulging in more than Hill's ten-grams-a-day.
Following the Lufthansa Heist it is alleged that he accompanied Tommy DeSimone to the apartment of gofer Stacks Edwards, where Tommy DeSimone fired 6 bullets into the head and chest of Edwards on the orders of Jimmy Burke. He also helped DeSimone murder Martin Krugman, Theresa Ferrara, Paolo LiCastri and supposedly Louis Cafora (and his wife) on the orders of Jimmy Burke including a warehouse foreman with DeSimone.
Sepe and Joanna Lombardo (born c. 1965, Long Island, New York)——were murdered on July 18, 1984 in Sepe's basement apartment on 20th Avenue in New Utrecht, Brooklyn. In the book ''The Heist'' it is claimed that a week prior to Sepe's death, Sepe had robbed a connected drug dealer. Two Mafia killers with pistols equipped with silencers came for revenge. Volkman and Cummings say that, ''“Before he could ask the hoods not to harm his girlfriend, they put three bullets into his head. Then they walked into a tiny sleeping alcove. One of the gunmen put his gun into the open mouth of the sleeping girl and pulled the trigger.”'' He is one of the suspects in the heist who had outlived the aftermath of the robbery, which included fellow criminal associates, Jimmy Burke (incarcerated and died in prison), Henry Hill (turned states evidence and was relocated), he helped set up the robbery, and Tommy DeSimone who would later be killed by the Gambino crime family in retaliation for killing William Devino in an unrelated situation. Angelo most likely survived the immediate aftermath because he did not agree to cooperate with the FBI, unlike Louis Cafora or threaten Burke like Martin Krugman. After Hill became an informant the FBI had recorded conversations with Sepe and Anthony Stabile under the orders of Jimmy Burke to murder Hill.
★ ''Wiseguy: Life In A Mafia Family'' by Nicholas Pileggi
★ ''The Heist'' by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings
★ ''All About The Lufthansa Heist'' by Allan May
★ ''Gangsters and Goodfellas: Wiseguys . . . and Life on the Run'' by Henry Hill & Gus Russo
★ http://genforum.genealogy.com/sepe/messages/24.html
★ "New Jersey & Brooklyn Sepe's"
Angelo Sepe died in july it the basement of 8861 20th Avenue Bath Beach Brooklyn
'Angelo J. (John) Sepe' a.k.a. '"''Angie''"' (January 14 1941 Brownsville, New York - July 18 1984 New Utrecht, Brooklyn). He is a suspect in the 1978 Lufthansa heist and dozens of contract killings.
| Contents |
| Family background |
| Troubled childhood |
| Portrayals in film |
| Criminal involvement |
| Activities collateral to the Lufthansa Heist |
| References |
Family background
Angelo Sepe's ancestors "Philipe Sepe" and "Josephine Marino" were both villagers from outside Marigliano, in the province of Naples, Campania or from Caserta, Italy. They were married and decided to travel to the U.S.A. and start a new life in America as a married couple. They travelled from Marigliano in the early 1800s by ocean charter to New York City.
Upon their arrival Phillipe and Josephine settled in Brooklyn. In Brooklyn they gave birth to their children, "Vincenzo" born c.a. (1871), "Rose" born c.a. (1872), and then had the siblings, Jack, Anthony, Marie and Florence. The Sepe family ancestors then split up, some staying in Brooklyn, while others settled in New Jersey. One of Angelo's uncle was a prominent "made man" in one of the mafia families of New York and a FBI informant.
Troubled childhood
Angelo was a skinny, horrid looking man who stood just under five-foot-five in suffered from an inferiority complex which gave him anger management issues. He was a listener of rock and roll and disco which he would play to drown out the words of conversations he held in his brand new 1979 Ford Thunderbird after discovering that it had been bugged. Angelo had always lived the life of an outlaw. He was one of the children from the neighborhood who was always in trouble. As he became an adolescent he was invariably identified as a "tough" and brought into the precinct for routine beatings whenever some neighborhood store burglary or assault moved the stationhouse police into action. As he grew older the arbitrary beatings by police stopped, but there was rarely a time in Angelo's life that he was not under some kind of police scrutiny. He was always under suspicion, arrest or indictment for one crime or another. He had been reporting to probation and parole officers since his teens. He had been arrested and questioned so often for so many crimes that he had little fear or mystery about the inside of a precinct squad room. When he was arrested he usually knew the arresting officers. He had the unlisted numbers of his lawyer and bailbondsman committed to memory.
Portrayals in film
Angelo Sepe was an associate of the Lucchese crime family after meeting Tommy DeSimone while incarcerated from 1970 to 1979 for armed bank robbery. He and Tommy murdered several informants and other criminals while incarcerated for the Lucchese crime family and left them in the batter mixing vats in the prison kitchen at Leavenworth and a became a participant in the infamous 1978 Lufthansa Heist, following which he and his nineteen year old girlfriend, Joanne Lombardo from Long Island were murdered in the aftermath. Angelo's character is portrayed as "Frankie Carbone" by Frank Sivero and "Johnny Roastbeef" played by Johnny Williams in ''Goodfellas''. His character-wife is Marie Michaels. His character, as portrayed in ''Goodfellas'' also shares character traits of Bonanno crime family assassin Paolo LiCastri. His character's name was suggested by Frank Carbone who was a Colombo crime family mobster and close friend of Goodfellas film technical advisor John Manca. In the film ''The Big Heist'' he is portrayed as "Angelo J. Sepe" by actor Robert Morelli. His girlfriend was "Joanna Lombardo" born (1965) from Long Island, New York.
Criminal involvement
He had an arrest sheet dating from when he was only fourteen years old, for such offences as larceny and burglary. Angelo was a friend and fellow hitman of Tommy DeSimone. Sepe helped murder Parnell Edwards with Tommy DeSimone and allegedly helped in the murder and at least the first unsuccessful attempt to murder Martin Krugman. Jimmy Burke, who ordered it was convinced by Henry Hill to spare him because of the money Krugman was earning through his bookmaking and loansharking racket. Jimmy Burke and Tommy DeSimone would later follow through with their plan and murder Krugman a short while later.
Shortly before Sepe's disappearance and suspected murder he bought a 1979 Thunderbird for $15,000 cash. This attracted the attention of the police for his role in the murder. He is also suspected of being involved in helping Jimmy Burke murder his front-man and con-artist Richard Eaton. Before he was murdered he was being charged for having posssesion of a concealed weapon. He never married but had two girlfriends, Hope Barron from Mattituck, New York and Joanna Lombardo from Long Island, New York. He is suspected of burying his share of the loot in the backyard of Hope Barron's bungalow which they shared at the time.
Sepe was mentored by the infamous hitman and racketeer Jimmy Burke, he knew Henry Hill and worked alongside the powerful Capo, Paul Vario. He had a passion for stray animals, including turtles, birds and rabbits and provided a haven for them in his Ozone Park, Queens home. Henry Hill also states that Sepe, like Lufthansa heist suspect Louis Cafora was a more severe cocaine addict than himself, indulging in more than Hill's ten-grams-a-day.
Following the Lufthansa Heist it is alleged that he accompanied Tommy DeSimone to the apartment of gofer Stacks Edwards, where Tommy DeSimone fired 6 bullets into the head and chest of Edwards on the orders of Jimmy Burke. He also helped DeSimone murder Martin Krugman, Theresa Ferrara, Paolo LiCastri and supposedly Louis Cafora (and his wife) on the orders of Jimmy Burke including a warehouse foreman with DeSimone.
Activities collateral to the Lufthansa Heist
Sepe and Joanna Lombardo (born c. 1965, Long Island, New York)——were murdered on July 18, 1984 in Sepe's basement apartment on 20th Avenue in New Utrecht, Brooklyn. In the book ''The Heist'' it is claimed that a week prior to Sepe's death, Sepe had robbed a connected drug dealer. Two Mafia killers with pistols equipped with silencers came for revenge. Volkman and Cummings say that, ''“Before he could ask the hoods not to harm his girlfriend, they put three bullets into his head. Then they walked into a tiny sleeping alcove. One of the gunmen put his gun into the open mouth of the sleeping girl and pulled the trigger.”'' He is one of the suspects in the heist who had outlived the aftermath of the robbery, which included fellow criminal associates, Jimmy Burke (incarcerated and died in prison), Henry Hill (turned states evidence and was relocated), he helped set up the robbery, and Tommy DeSimone who would later be killed by the Gambino crime family in retaliation for killing William Devino in an unrelated situation. Angelo most likely survived the immediate aftermath because he did not agree to cooperate with the FBI, unlike Louis Cafora or threaten Burke like Martin Krugman. After Hill became an informant the FBI had recorded conversations with Sepe and Anthony Stabile under the orders of Jimmy Burke to murder Hill.
References
★ ''Wiseguy: Life In A Mafia Family'' by Nicholas Pileggi
★ ''The Heist'' by Ernest Volkman and John Cummings
★ ''All About The Lufthansa Heist'' by Allan May
★ ''Gangsters and Goodfellas: Wiseguys . . . and Life on the Run'' by Henry Hill & Gus Russo
★ http://genforum.genealogy.com/sepe/messages/24.html
★ "New Jersey & Brooklyn Sepe's"
Angelo Sepe died in july it the basement of 8861 20th Avenue Bath Beach Brooklyn
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