Kyle "The Croc" Bellini in one of his Warehouses now controlled by the Corleone Crime Family, Circa 1951.
Kyle "The Croc" Bellini (1888 - 1966) was a Stracci crime family Soldato who ran an explosives racket from the Waterfront Warehouse in Hoboken, New Jersey during the late 1920s to 1946, later becoming a Soldato under Larry Marciano, a Corleone Crime Familiy Caporegime, in 1949.
Biography[]
Kyle Bellini (1888 - 1966) was born in Hoboken, New Jersey in 1888 to an Italian-American family, and he became an top associate of the Stracci crime family with the nickname "The Croc" (due to his snappy nature outside of business). He was later made a soldato under Leon Grossi, and he became a key figure in the explosives racket and a rival of Santino Stracci. In 1946, the Corleone crime family enforcer Aldo Trapani muscled in on the warehouse and forced Bellini to give the majority of his racket's income to the Corleones.
In 1949 he became a Caporegime under Larry "The Beak" Marciano, a Corleone Crime Family Caporegime, and by 1953 he was one of the top racketeers of New Jersey, Expanding his rackets to protection in 1959, Kyle Bellini passed away in December of 1966 from old age in his villa, aged 78 years old, circa 450 mourners participated in his funeral, including Celebrities, Politicians and fellow Gangsters.