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.

Indian-origin councilman Anand Shah was arrested and charged for allegedly running a $3 million illegal gambling ring alongside the Lucchese crime family, Italian-American mafia. The US politician ...

A chart is shown as New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan speaks during a news conference announcing racketeering and other charges against 39 people including what said is a ...

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 ...

A New Jersey councilman is among more than three dozen people who’ve been charged with money laundering, racketeering and conspiracy in connection to a gambling ring run by members of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo courtesy of NJ Department of Law and Public Safety. Click to enlarge.) By BRIAN DONOHUE. A Red Bank man identified as a high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family was arrested in a predawn ...

Those charged included Joseph R. Perna, 56, a reputed Lucchese captain known as Big Joe, and George J. Zappola, 65, whom prosecutors believe is a member of the crime family’s so-called ruling panel.

TRENTON —Thirty-nine people, including men from Red Bank, Spring Lake, Island Heights and Lincroft, have been charged after a two-year investigation into illegal gambling tied to the Lucchese ...

New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan speaks during a news conference announcing racketeering and other charges against 39 people including what said is a Lucchese crime family ...