In 1989, an FBI statement was filed in connection with a gambling investigation and identified Todaro Sr. allegedly became the underboss of the Buffalo crime family when his father became the new head of the crime family upon the retirement of his predecessor Samuel "Sam the Farmer" Frangiamore. Finally, after hiding behind a rolled-up rug, he was able to escape out a door leading to 17th Street. He then turned, ran into Falzone, and fired the weapon into his chest, but it jammed. Feeling boxed in, he shot once at Falzone, and again at Sacco who was allegedly still coming at him. and Frank Billiteri, crouched on the floor on either side of him. Novino said that he then saw two men, Todaro Jr. Then, hearing footsteps behind him, he turned and shot at a man he identified as Leonard Falzone. Novino testified that he believed that he and Pisa were alone when he noticed a heavyset man, whom he identified as John Sacco, raising his arm to hit him. Allegedly, the ambush was set up by Novino's long-time associate and friend Louis Pisa who approached him about committing a burglary at a warehouse at 463 Connecticut Street on Buffalo's west side. was accused of being involved in an unsuccessful plot to murder Faust Novino in 1976. became a business agent for the Laborers' International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 210. Todaro and Carla (she later married Salvatore Pantano). He later married Carol Ann "Cookie" and had two children Joseph E. is the current boss of the Buffalo crime family, a position previously held by his father Todaro Sr. In 2017, Canadian court proceedings alleged that Todaro Jr. have been accused of holding regional leadership roles in the American Mafia, charges that Todaro Jr. Todaro is best known as the owner of La Nova Pizzeria, a popular pizzeria chain in the Western New York region that was founded by his father. (born 1945 or 1946) is a Buffalo, New York businessman and the son of Joseph Todaro Sr.
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