Dominic Brucceleri
c.1914 to 1984.
"Dominic Brooklier," "Jimmy Regace"
Brooklier became a member of the Dragna Mafia Family in southern California in the mid-1940s. Early in his underworld career, he was responsible for at least one failed attempt on the life of Dragna rival Mickey Cohen.
Upon the death of Nick Licata in 1974, Brucceleri rose to lead the L.A. Mob. It appears that he became wise to the betrayal of Frank Bompensiero and ordered the San Diego crime chief executed. The order was not carried out until years later.
Brucceleri spent much of his term as Family boss in prison. He died in a federal institution in 1984.
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