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Jack William Tocco

Charged in the 1996 Detroit indictment as 'Boss of the Detroit Cosa Nostra Family' since about 1979, and convicted in 1998 of two RICO conspiracy counts and a Hobbs Act conspiracy count; the Sixth Circuit affirmed the convictions and twice vacated his sentence.

Aliases
Jack W. Tocco, Jack Tocco
Family
Detroit Cosa Nostra Family, as the 1996 indictment charged (Sixth Circuit, 2000 and 2002)
Role
"Boss of the Detroit Cosa Nostra Family" since about 1979 (the 1996 indictment's charge, recited by the Sixth Circuit)
Source
United States v. Tocco, 200 F.3d 401 (6th Cir. 2000), CourtListener
Rights
Biography on this page is limited to what the cited federal records state.

On the record

  • 1996-03-14 — United States v. Tocco (6th Cir. 2000): charged with sixteen others in a twenty-five-count indictment; "The indictment herein alleged that Tocco had been involved in the Detroit branch of the national Mafia organization, and that he had been the 'Boss of the Detroit Cosa Nostra Family' since about 1979." That is the charge, as the court recites it.
  • 1998-04-29 — After a trial that began January 27, 1998, the jury convicted him on the two RICO conspiracies and the Hobbs Act conspiracy and acquitted him on ten counts of extortion or attempted extortion. On November 13, 1998 he was sentenced to twelve months and one day.
  • 2000-01-05 — United States v. Tocco, 200 F.3d 401: "we AFFIRM Tocco's convictions ... but VACATE his sentence and REMAND for resentencing."
  • 2000-09-27 — United States v. Corrado, 227 F.3d 543: the court directed forfeiture against Jack Tocco, jointly and severally, of $234,700 in street taxes plus $1,000,000 from the extortion of Sal Vitello.
  • 2002-09-06 — United States v. Tocco, 306 F.3d 279: after his May 2000 resentencing to thirty-four months, the court "again VACATE[D] Tocco's sentence and REMAND[ED]."
  • 1998 — FBI Detroit Division history: "By 1998, Detroit boss Jack Tocco and several of his most important assistants had been convicted."

The family and role lines are labelled by kind. The “Boss” title is the 1996 indictment’s charge as the Sixth Circuit recites it; the jury convicted him on the conspiracy counts, and the court did not make a separate finding of rank. The FBI history page calls him “Detroit boss” in its own voice; a history essay is not used as a role. The charge is not placed on a family chart here.

This page is limited to court records and the FBI’s own history page. A Jack Tocco is also named in 1951 Kefauver testimony and in 1958-1959 McClellan Committee testimony (see the Detroit hub); those records are filed as items and are not used on this page. No filed record gives his birth or death.

Records

itemUnited States v. Tocco, 200 F.3d 401 (6th Cir. 2000)Sixth Circuit opinion of January 5, 2000 affirming Jack W. Tocco's convictions on two RICO conspiracy counts and a Hobbs Act conspiracy count from the 1996 Detroit indictment, and vacating his sentence of twelve months and one day.itemUnited States v. Tocco, 306 F.3d 279 (6th Cir. 2002)Sixth Circuit opinion of September 6, 2002 on the cross-appeals from Jack Tocco's May 2000 resentencing to thirty-four months; the court again vacated the sentence and remanded.itemUnited States v. Corrado, 227 F.3d 543 (6th Cir. 2000)Sixth Circuit opinion of September 27, 2000 on the government's appeal from a forfeiture judgment of nothing against five Detroit RICO defendants; it directed forfeiture of $1,234,700 each against Jack Tocco and Vito Giacalone, jointly and severally.itemFBI history: the Detroit DivisionThe FBI's own history of its Detroit field office mentions the Prohibition-era 'Purple Gang', the 1966 Canadian arrests of Anthony Joseph Giacalone and Dominic Peter Corrado, the 1975 gambling sentences of Anthony Giardano, Anthony Zerilli and Michael Pollizzi, and the 1996 GAMTAX indictment of 17 members of 'the Detroit mob'.