The Butcher (24 page)

The house on a Brooklyn mean street where Frank Gangi was born.
Author's collection

 

A night on the town, Barbara Lambrose and Tommy Pitera.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Surveillance shot of Manny Maya (
#1
) and an unidentified male.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Surveillance shot of Tommy Pitera (
#2
) and his associate Billy Bright (
#1
).
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Two of the most dangerous men the Mafia ever produced: Tommy Pitera (
far left
) and Eddie Lino (
middle
). Note that Pitera covers his mouth for fear of surveillance as he goes on a walk-and-talk.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Bonanno boss and Mafia superstar Anthony Spero and Tommy Pitera doing a walk-and-talk on a Brooklyn street.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Manny Maya and another Pitera associate in front of Pitera's bar, the Just Us Lounge on Avenue S, Brooklyn.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

A casual Tommy Pitera with an attentive Billy Bright (
left
) on a Bensonhurst street.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

John Gotti confidant Willie Boy Johnson, shot dead and left on a Brooklyn street.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

The Mafia strikes again. Murdered Colombian drug dealers, left in a Bensonhurst garage.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Sally “Dogs” Lombardi, Genovese captain who sold drugs and bought hot jewelry.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Federal professional informant, Maria Polkowski.
Courtesy of the DEA

 

Insidious weapon, a pen gun, found in Pitera's apartment on Emmons Avenue.
Courtesy of the DEA