Anthony “Tony” Joseph Tocco, of Chesterfield Township, the only person aquitted in a major Rico mob case in 1996, involving the power packed high command of the Mafia in Detroit, died Friday of natural causes. He lived 80 years. Read the story By Christy Strawser. CBS Detroit
His nephew Bill Bagnasco, owner of Bagnasco & Calcaterra Funeral Homes in Sterling Heights and St. Clair Shores, said many will miss his uncle.
“He was great guy, well-respected with a lot of friends,” Bagnasco said.
Scott Burnstein, a national expert on the Detroit mob scene, said Tocco was the brother of Detroit mob boss Jack Tocco and the “longtime consigliere of the family.” Burnstein is the author of “Motor City Mafia: A Century of organized crime in Detroit read more click Here
