Louis "Louie Eggs" Consalvo (born July 3, 1958) is a

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mobster and reputed

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and acting

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in the

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. A lifelong resident of

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, Consalvo reportedly joined the North Jersey-based

during the disappearance in November 1991 of underboss Louis "Fat Lou" LaRasso. Consalvo, Gregory Rago, and Anthony Capo allegedly murdered LaRasso in return for becoming

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, or full members, of the family. Consalvo is a nephew of Carmine and Francis Consalvo who are in-laws to

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capo

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. He is also the

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capo Philip C. Abramo. Louis holds a

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brokerage license. In the mid-1990s, Consalvo and Rago began working in a social club on

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in New York, as well as operating various criminal activities on

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, which eventually led to a dispute between the New Jersey and the New York families. At a sit-down in New York, reputed

acting boss, Giacomo "Jake" Amari and

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Stefano "Steve the Truck Driver" Vitabile represented the family, along with

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captain/street boss Nicholas "Little Nick" Corozzo and

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acting

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Vincenzo "Vinny" Aloi, where the representatives of New York argued that Consalvo's operations should've gone to one of the Five Families, as those criminal operations were in New York City, and not New Jersey. The conflict was eventually resolved peacefully when it was ruled that the DeCavalcante crime family could no longer 'make' members outside of New Jersey and

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, which was another area that the DeCavalcantes had traditionally recruited from.

Prison

Consalvo and Rago began operating in New Jersey, and held their criminal interests in labor

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and

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activities. In 1997, Amari died and a panel was installed to run the day-to-day operations the members of this panel included Vincent "Vinny Ocean" Palermo, Charles "Big Ears" Majuri and Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo. After the panel was installed a brief skirmish insured as Majuri was not pleased, feeling that he should have been made the acting boss due to his service to the family. Palermo recruited members of the DeCavalcante family to do the hit but they got nervous and backed off. After Palermo decided Majuri wasn't a threat, but seized control of the day-to-day operations in effect becoming ''de facto'' boss. On October 19, 2000, 50 DeCavalacante family members were indicted on federal racketeering charges. Consalvo was charged with participation in the 1991 LaRasso

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, the operation of an illegal

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business and a conspiracy to commit

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from the government and in 2002 was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison. Consalvo was imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in

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. He was released from prison on February 14, 2012. In 2013 he was made acting captain of his brother-in-law Philip Abramo's crew.

References

External links

*http://www.ipsn.org/indictments/loren-maltese_indictment/doj_pressrel_decavalcante.htm *http://www.ipsn.org/indictments/loren-maltese_indictment/decavalcante_indictment2.htm

{{DEFAULTSORT:Consalvo, Louis 1958 births American gangsters of Italian descent Criminals from New York City People from Old Bridge Township, New Jersey DeCavalcante crime family American people convicted of murder Living people People convicted of murder by the United States federal government