Sica reportedly controlled the Pittsburgh families interests in Penn Hills, Wilmerding and Turtle Creek. He was involved in gambling, prostitution, loansharking and bookmaking. Sica was a shareholder in a motel with a Pennsylvania Governors patronage chief, he also owned Valley beer distributing co., Versailles amusement Corp., which operated amusement parks, J&L cigarette service and the Tri-boro vending machine company.