Pittsburgh crime family
| Founded by | Gregorio Conti |
|---|---|
| Founding location | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Years active | c.1910s-present |
| Territory | Allegheny County, Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Eastern Ohio. |
| Ethnicity | Italian, Italian-American made men and other ethnicities as "associates" |
| Membership | 1 made men, couple associaties |
| Criminal activities | Racketeering, loansharking, extortion, and gambling |
| Allies | Genovese, Cleveland, Philadelphia, and Gambino crime families. |
| Rivals | Various gangs in the Pittsburgh area. |
The Pittsburgh crime family, also known as the LaRocca crime family, is an American Mafia crime family based in Pittsburgh, United States.
In Pittsburgh the Italian underworld was broken into two ethnic factions, with the "Sicilian Mafia" controlling the North and South sides of the city and the "Neapolitan Camorra" controlling the East End of the city. In the early 1920s, the two factions became involved in bootlegging, the illegal making, selling and transporting of alcohol. Throughout the Prohibition era the factions fought in the city for control over the Italian neighborhoods of Larimer, Homewood, the Hill District and Downtown. In the outer suburbs of southwestern Pennsylvania the factions fought over New Kensington, Arnold, Wilkinsburg, McKees Rocks, Wilmerding and Braddock. During the late prohibition era, from 1926 to 1933, there were over 200 murders in Allegheny County.
During Stefano Monastero's regime as boss in the late 1920s, he rivaled other Pittsburgh gangs and a Chicago gang. Stefano was eventually murdered in front of St. John's hospital on August 6, 1929. His brother Sam was murdered a short time later on March 18, 1930. Siragusa's regime as boss was cut short due to his allegiance to the Castellammarese Clan in New York City, and he was murdered on September 13, 1931, just days after Salvatore Maranzano was murdered.
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