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Caponigro was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1912. He operated out of the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. As a made member of the Philadelphia crime family in the 1950s and 1960s he became a recognized crime figure after being identified by mob turncoat Joseph Valachi in 1963. During that time he served under capo Riccardo Biondi. He was the son of a banana merchant who owned and managed a stand at the Italian Market, otherwise known as the South 9th Street Curb Market; this is why he earned the nickname "Tony Bananas".

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  • Antonio Caponigro
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  • Caponigro was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1912. He operated out of the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. As a made member of the Philadelphia crime family in the 1950s and 1960s he became a recognized crime figure after being identified by mob turncoat Joseph Valachi in 1963. During that time he served under capo Riccardo Biondi. He was the son of a banana merchant who owned and managed a stand at the Italian Market, otherwise known as the South 9th Street Curb Market; this is why he earned the nickname "Tony Bananas".
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  • Caponigro was born in Chicago, Illinois on June 22, 1912. He operated out of the Ironbound neighborhood of Newark, New Jersey. As a made member of the Philadelphia crime family in the 1950s and 1960s he became a recognized crime figure after being identified by mob turncoat Joseph Valachi in 1963. During that time he served under capo Riccardo Biondi. He was the son of a banana merchant who owned and managed a stand at the Italian Market, otherwise known as the South 9th Street Curb Market; this is why he earned the nickname "Tony Bananas". His police record dated back to 1927 ( at 15 years old??), and included arrests for auto theft, burglary, robbery, bootlegging and suspicion of murder. Caponigro went on to lead a branch of the Philadelphia crime family in Newark, New Jersey. He was said to be a self-made man who became a millionaire. He owned a motel, a bar, restaurants and vending machine companies. He also ran a very lucrative bookmaking operation. He lived in a Jersey neighborhood and lived in a simple ranch style house. Caponigro married a Scot/Irish woman named Kathleen Cox and had one son and 3 daughters. His wife Kathleen died in 1991. He also had a half sister by the name of Susan who had a daughter out of wedlock by the name of Teresa. Susan Caponigro married Alfred Salerno. Susan died in St. Barnabas Hospital in 1966 of brain tumor complications. In 1976 Caponigro was sentenced to 2 years for a crime he committed in 1974 to avoid a subpoena. Agents rushed his car and smashed Tony's driver side car, as they are trained to do. As they had not identified themselves Tony pulled away with agents giving chase.
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