Why Is This Wealthy Genovese Soldier Even in the Mob?
Sallie DeMeo, Genovese soldier. You've heard of On the Waterfront ? This guy apparently owned it.... Well, huge swaths of it, anyway..... Reputed Genovese soldier Salvatore (Sallie) DeMeo, 77, was busted on tax-evasion charges this past Thursday for failing to report $2 million in capital gains income and not ponying up about $367,000 in taxes. However, it's not mob-related, the Feds say. The mob-related stuff was last month. DeMeo got off in September with five years' probation. In Brooklyn Supreme Court he copped to participating in a loansharking and gambling racket. DeMeo is a "longtime, loyal member" of the Genovese crime family, per the federal prosecutors. In 2002, in Brooklyn federal court, he copped to being "connected" to a bank stick-up and an armored car heist. As for his most recent headache, the Feds charge that DeMeo inherited from his father shares of downtown Brooklyn land -- specifically along Atlantic Ave...