In the late 1930s, LaSala accompanied Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel to Los Angeles as hired muscle to expand the Lucky Luciano-Meyer Lansky syndicate. Once in California, LaSala became involved in drug smuggling. By 1940, he controlled syndicate drug trafficking in California and several other Southwestern states. LaSala was also a main supplier to Brooklyn mobster Joseph DiGiovanni. In 1954, LaSala was convicted of some felony and received a large prison term. From this time on, no other information is available on him.