Anthony Indelicato

On the record

• 12 July 1979 — United States v. Salerno, 868 F.2d 524 (1989), summarizing the evidence, describes him "consulting with Gambino family underboss Aniello Dellacroce, at the Gambino headquarters less than half an hour after the murders." What the evidence showed, as the court summarizes it.
• 1979-1981 — United States v. Indelicato, 865 F.2d 1370 (en banc): "Indelicato was a member of the family; his father was a capo." "On July 12, 1979, Indelicato and two other men, all wearing ski masks, entered a restaurant in Brooklyn" and shot Galante, Turano and Coppola. "He, Trinchera, and Bonventre were promoted to the rank of capo. Indelicato maintained that rank until at least 1981." Court opinion, in its account of the evidence viewed for the government.
• May 1981 — A New York teletype of May 20, 1981 (FBI Vault, Operation Donnie Brasco, p. 134) reports informant information that he "is still hiding out and that a contract had been placed" on his life. FBI teletype.
• 7 July 1982 — United States v. Ruggiero, 754 F.2d 927: the New York indictment charged "a conspiracy to murder Anthony 'Bruno' Indelicate, Alphonse's son" (the scan's spelling). Charge, as the court summarizes it; he was not a defendant in that case.
• 26 February 1985 — The FBI's briefing outline on the Commission indictment (NARA 118568050) lists "Anthony Indelicato, solider, Bonanno family" (as typed) in its list of murders the Commission "authorized." The court record makes him a defendant in the Galante killing, not a victim. FBI document; see the note below.
• 22 April 1988 — Pistone testified that "Bruno Indelicato escaped the assassination, and I was given a contract to kill him," and that he "was convicted in the commission trial in New York City, and I think he got sentenced to 35 years." Testimony; the court's figure is below.
• 13 January 1989 — United States v. Indelicato, 865 F.2d 1370 (en banc): "He was sentenced to two consecutive 20-year terms of incarceration and a $50,000 fine." The court held that his part in three murders in a single transaction could form a RICO pattern. Court opinion.
• 31 January 1989 — The same opinion: "Indelicato was a member of the Bonanno family, who was approved by the Commission for promotion to the rank of 'capo'" after taking part in the Galante murders; "we reverse the conviction of Indelicato on the substantive RICO count." What the government established, as the court summarizes it; court ruling.
• 6 August 2008 — The E.D.N.Y. release: "soldiers Anthony Indelicato, also known as 'Bruno,'" and another man "admitted to their involvement in the 2001 murder of Frank Santoro"; under the plea agreement he was expected to be sentenced to 20 years. Guilty plea, as the DOJ release reports it.

Two federal records place him differently. The FBI’s February 1985 briefing outline on the Commission indictment lists “Anthony Indelicato, solider, Bonanno family” among the murders the Commission “authorized.” The court record makes him a defendant in the Galante killing: the en banc Second Circuit states that he and two other men shot Galante, Turano and Coppola, and that he was convicted. The FBI’s May 1981 teletypes report that he was in hiding with a contract on his life, and the 1982 indictment charged a conspiracy to murder him. He was not killed, and both records are given here. The outline’s line is not repeated as fact.

His sentence is the court’s: two consecutive 20-year terms. Pistone’s recollection of “35 years” is testimony and is not used. The 2008 release does not mention the 1979 case; the name and the alias “Bruno” match the Anthony “Bruno” Indelicato of the 1982 indictment, and this page treats them as one person on that basis. The 20-year term in 2008 is the expected term under the plea agreement, as the release states it; no judgment is filed here. The family and role lines are the Commission appeal’s, and the Bonanno family chart is not filled from them.

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