The New Springville Boys was an Italian-American recruitment gang or "farm team" for the American Mafia, specifically the Bonanno crime family.
[1] The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York indicted members of the New Springville Boys which prosecutors alleged was a mob farm team for the Bonanno and Colombo crime families.
The crew was charged with burglarizing over 30 night-deposit boxes at banks across the country, netting $240,000, committing push-in robberies, loan sharking and money laundering.
They were also charged with hijacking a truckload of marijuana worth over $1 million, and selling drugs in their neighborhood.
[2] Members included leader Lee D'Avanzo, Ned Bilali, Robert Catanese, Randy (Randy The Jew) Gordon, Francis Costanzo, William "Big Billy" Fauci, Joseph "Fat Joe" Gambino, and Edward Shamah.