Leo Lanzetta

Leo Lanzetta
Born	1895 Ward 3, South Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	August 22, 1925 South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Nationality	Italian American
Other names	Leo Lanzetti
Occupation	Gangster, crime boss, bootlegger, dope peddler
Parent(s)	Ignatius and Michele Lanzetta

Leo Lanzetta was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1895. Leo had five other brothers, with whom he formed a bootlegging and drug trafficking gang. He and his brothers were also called "the Lanzetti brothers" (due to incorrect documentation and newspaper retrieving incorrect information).

Leo Lanzetta was born in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1895 to Italian American parents Michele and Ignatius Lanzetta. Leo had five other brothers: Ignatius, Pius, Willie, Teo, and Lucien; Leo being the oldest and Pius being the second oldest.

Leo formed the Lanzetta Gang with Ignatius, Pius, and their other brothers in the early 1920s. Leo, Ignatius, Pius, and their other brothers ran the gang. The brothers controlled bootlegging in Little Italy.

They were allied with Italian gangsters Michael Falcone and Louis "Fats" Delrossi and their rivals included: Polish mob boss William Michael Cusick, Sicilian Mafia and Bruno crime family boss Salvatore Sabella, Jewish mob boss Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, and Italian Mafia made man and rival dope peddler and bootlegger Joseph Bruno.

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