FBI searches for bodies possibly buried by Gambino crime family at upstate farms: sources

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The FBI has been searching for bodies at two horse farms in New York state in connection with ongoing federal investigations into the Gambino crime family, according to sources.

Federal authorities arrived at the properties on Hampton Road in Goshen and Hamptonburgh Road in Campbell Hall on Tuesday and spent Wednesday searching the grounds, according to News 12 and an FBI spokesman.

They descended on the Orange County farms, located just five miles away, after an informant said bodies were buried on the properties, a law enforcement source confirmed.

“The activity is related to federal investigations into the Gambino crime family,” the source said.

Investigators were seen using heavy equipment, including a backhoe and shovels, NBC 4 News reported.

No remains were found Wednesday, but the search will continue Thursday.

News 12 reported that the two farms were previously owned by Giovanni DiLorenzo, who has the same last name as one of ten suspected Gambino crime family mobsters who were indicted last week on charges of using violent tactics to take over of the garbage transport of the Big Apple and the demolition industry.

The 16-count indictment lists the defendants as Joseph “Joe Brooklyn” Lanni, 52, of Staten Island; Diego “Danny” Tantillo, 48, of Freehold; Robert Brooke, 55, of New York; Salvatore DiLorenzo, 66, of Oceanside; Angelo “Fifi” Gradilone, 57, of Staten Island; Kyle “Twin” Johnson, 46, of the Bronx; James LaForte, 46, of New York; Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero, 36, of Staten Island; Name “Vi” Rappa, 46, of East Brunswick; and Francesco “Uncle Ciccio” Vicari, 46, of Elmont, New York.

Much of the indictment centers on the group’s alleged attempts to extort money from an unidentified garbage hauling company and an unidentified demolition company, beginning in late 2017.

The defendants, who include mobsters and associates of the notorious Brooklyn crime syndicate, allegedly attacked a victim with a hammer so brutally that he was sent to the hospital, threatened to cut a property owner in half a company with a knife and tried to burn down a restaurant they were kicked out of, among other brutal crimes.

The men faced charges including racketeering conspiracy, witness retaliation, fraud and embezzlement.

They all face between 20 and 180 years in prison for the list of crimes they allegedly committed.