
Ten associates and members of the Gambino crime family were arrested on a series of charges as a part of an effort to dominate the carting and demolition business — including threatening someone with a baseball bat.
The defendants — Joseph Lanni, 52, Diego Tantillo, 48, Angelo Gradilone, 57, James LaForte, 46, Vito Rappa, 46, Francesco Vicari, 46, Salvatore DiLorenzo, 66, Robert Brooke, 55, Kyle Johnson, 46, Vincent Minsquero, 36 — are in custody and were scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday afternoon. The 16-count indictment was unsealed on Wednesday in federal court.