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Cork Civella: Bonus Stories

Gangland Wire

Gary Jenkins: Mafia Detective

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

4.6623 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Retired Intelligence Detective Gary Jenkins brings you the best in mob history with his unique perception of the mafia. Gary remembered a few more Cork stories so watch this to hear about Cork’s sex life and his gun buying gone wrong.Support the Podcast Subscribe to get new gangster stories every week. Hit me up on Venmo for a cup of coffee or a shot and a beer @ganglandwireClick here to “buy me a cup of coffee” To go to the store or make a donation or rent Ballot Theft: Burglary, Murder, Coverup, click here To rent Brothers against Brothers, the documentary, click here.  To rent Gangland Wire, the documentary, click here To buy my Kindle book, Leaving Vegas: The True Story of How FBI Wiretaps Ended Mob Domination of Las Vegas Casinos. To subscribe on iTunes click here. Please give me a review and help others find the podcast. Donate to the podcast. Click here! Transcript [0:00]Well, hey, all you wiretappers out there, Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City police detective in the intelligence unit. You know, we just did Cork Civella, Carl Civella, and I left a couple of stories out that were I thought were pretty good. And plus, I was involved in one and some members of the unit were involved in the other. So anyhow, let me tell you those stories is a little bonus for episode. And, you know, I could have gone back and tried to insert these in, but that’s kind of a pain. So I just did another little short podcast here. You know, back in 1981, we had a couple of guys, Harold Nichols and Randy Collins were out driving around, you know, doing their thing, you know, looking for mob guys, going to the city market, going to the trap, the social club and some of the other usual haunts. Maybe if they had a business that, you know, they hung out at and then maybe you’d pick up on them and you’d follow them to see where they went. You know, if you find them going to a spot that you never heard of before, you know, that’s how we caught, got those phones on a Tuffy DeLuna calling Las Vegas is following Tuffyand finally get him going in this hotel. [1:05]Then you catch him going there again and somebody runs inside and you see him on the phone. Like, bam, you got it. That’s how it works guys. And so these guys were out cruising around, not thinking about anything, not doing anything. They were downtown. I remember they were downtown Kansas city, a lot of traffic back then. And 1981 or 80, I believe, yes, 1980, it was in the spring. And so they saw Quark Civella with a woman by the name of Rita Armillio. And they were, I don’t know, looking for a parking spot. And they thought, well, you know, let’s just pull over and, you know, see where they go. And they finally settled in a parking spot. and they both went into a store that sold guns and and so they documented that and and at the time cork and another guy named paul barcelona they kind of about the same age they were contemporaries they were friends and they both had a big head of white hair although barcelona’s i think was real and corks was a wig he had this huge big head of white hair gray gray white hair but it was a wig and he was a dapper. Have you ever seen that picture of him in that checkered sport coat and that white wig? He’s a very, very dapper dude. [2:24]So he and Rita go in there and they run up and kind of peek in the window and they’re looking at handguns and so they don’t want to burn the deal. They just back off and then they follow them and they follow them over to Rita’s apartment and they both go inside. [2:40]So, you know, you write that up, send it over to the Bureau. Bureau goes to the U.S. Attorney, and the U.S. Attorney said, okay, we’ll put them in front of a grand jury. So they get Ms. Armillio. Of course, they know Cork’s not going to say anything. They get Ms. Armillio to come, and she testifies that she wasn’t there that day. Says, no, he wasn’t with me. me i he he there was another guy named Paul Varselona that was with me you know i did go into that store ...

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0:00.0

Well, hey, all you wiretappers out there, Gary Jenkins, retired Kansas City Police Detective in the Intelligence Unit.

0:07.0

You know, we just did Cork Covella, Carl Covella, and I left a couple of stories out that were, I thought were pretty good.

0:14.2

And plus, I was involved in one and some members of the unit were involved in the other.

0:19.2

So anyhow, let me tell you those stories.

0:21.1

There's a little bonus for episode.

0:23.8

And, you know, I could have gone back and tried to insert these in,

0:26.6

but that's kind of a pain.

0:27.6

So I just did another little short podcast here.

0:31.0

You know, back in 1981, we had a couple guys,

0:35.5

Harold Nichols and Randy Collins were out driving around, you know, doing their thing, you know, looking for mob guys, going to the city market, going to the trap, the social club and some of the other usual haunts, maybe if they had a business that you knew they hung out at.

0:50.2

And then maybe you'd pick up on them and you'd follow them to see where they went.

0:54.3

You know, if you find them going to a spot that you never heard of before you know that's how we caught got those

0:59.1

phones on tuffy deluna calling los vegas is following tuffy and finally get him going in this hotel

1:05.1

then you catch him going there again and somebody runs inside and you see him on the phone like bam you got it

1:12.0

that's how it works guys and so these guys were out cruising around not thinking about anything

1:17.5

not doing anything they were downtown i remember they were downtown kansas city a lot of traffic back

1:22.0

then it's 1981 or 80 i believe yes 1980 uh it was in the spring and so they saw corksabella with a woman by the name of

1:35.7

rita armilio and they were this i don't know looking for a parking spot and they thought well you

1:42.7

know let's let's just pull over and you know see where they go and they, looking for a parking spot, and they thought, well, you know, let's just pull over and, you know, see where they go.

1:46.5

And they final settled in a parking spot.

1:49.1

And they both went into a store that sold guns.

1:54.1

And so they documented that.

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