The elderly man who was accidentally hit and killed by a truck on a Brooklyn crosswalk on June 12 was a former mafia boss.
Anthony Conigliaro, 86, was struck and decapitated by a Department of Transportation (DOT) truck. New York Post report on friday.
According to the outlet, he was once the “alternate captain” of the Genovese family and one of his nicknames was “Tony Cakes.”
Genovese gangster ‘Tony Cakes’ identified as elderly pedestrian decapitated by NYC Transit truck https://t.co/rHoxrtjg4r pic.twitter.com/E70C4NY2Iz
— New York Post (@nypost) June 21, 2024
Video footage taken at the scene on the day of the incident show Law enforcement vehicles swarmed the scene, and at one point, video shows a white tarp being draped over something on the road as authorities investigated the scene.
Conigliaro lived alone in his Dahlgren Place apartment and neighbors said the father of two always looked out for his neighbors.
of post He then detailed the man’s past run-ins with the law.
Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn accused Conigliaro of being a soldier for the Genovese crime family in 2005. For many years, he worked in the wholesale cake business, sold confections throughout New York City and ran an Italian ice cream and gelato stand in Little Italy, according to court documents.
In a four-count indictment, federal investigators said Conigliaro worked as a loan shark for the Genovese family.
He eventually pleaded guilty to organized crime conspiracy and received a 13-month sentence, according to court records.
The media reported that police arrested him in 1999 on loan sharking charges and a few years later on a grand theft charge.
The accident that killed him happened in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, CBS New York reported. report He added that on June 12, the truck driver was attempting to make a right turn when the accident occurred.
Video footage show A Ministry of Transport truck driver sat in the ambulance, shaken and in disbelief at the accident.
City Transportation Department truck driver inconsolable after killing and decapitating elderly pedestrian: Video https://t.co/2F4DvnS1qr pic.twitter.com/r0UL9uA8g7
— New York Post (@nypost) June 21, 2024
Neighbors who live nearby post It’s a dangerous intersection. “My kids cross that road every day and every day cars go by at high speed because there are no turn signals. It’s a four-way intersection. It scares me and I think it’s awful. They need to do something about it,” she said, adding that she hopes authorities will install turn signals as a safety measure.
