abstract
| - Carabbia and his three brothers were all known as "the Crab", which was a play on their last name, and had become prominent in the organized crime scene in Youngstown, Ohio, working closely with the Cleveland Crime Family. Carabbia answered directly to Leo Moceri and later to Anthony Delsanter. Carabbia was suspected in the car-bombing death of Greek gambling boss Chris Sophocleos in a war for control of the Youngstown, Ohio rackets. During the Cleveland family's war with Irish mob boss Danny Greene there were a reported eight failed attempts to kill Greene, it became evident that they needed outside help. So the Cleveland mob at the suggestion of Jimmy "the weasel" Fratianno, contracted Los Angeles crime family hit man Ray Ferritto to kill Greene. Ferritto had moved to Warren, Ohio a few years earlier where he met "The Crab" and Anthony Delsanter. When Ferritto learned that Greene planned to visit his dentist, he and Carabbia waited for him to arrive to his appointment in the parking lot of the building where the dentist's office was, and planted a box bomb inside a bomb car, and while Greene was inside the dentist, they parked the car next to Greene's. When Greene came out and went to open his door, Carabbia set off the bomb, killing Greene instantly. Ferritto later heard that the Cleveland crime family wanted him dead, so he flipped and made a deal with the authorities.
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