Peter LoCascio

Peter J. "Mr. Bread" LoCascio (10 June 1916 – 2 September 1997) was a New York mobster, drug trafficker and brother of Carmine LoCascio.

LoCascio has an arrest record dating from 1935, that includes arrests for illegal alcohol trafficking, narcotics violations, and forgery. A lieutenant under his brother Carmine, Peter LoCascio was the main supplier of heroin on New York's Prince and Elizabeth Street. He was also an associate of John Ormento, Solomon Kaplan and brothers Joseph and Peter DiPalermo, prior to the Apalachin Meeting in 1957.

Further reading

• United States. Congress. House. Appropriations. Treasury Department - Post Office Appropriations for 1951. 1951. [1]

References

• Kelly, Robert J. Encyclopedia of Organized Crime in the United States. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000. ISBN 0-313-30653-2
• Sifakis, Carl. The Mafia Encyclopedia. New York: Da Capo Press, 2005. ISBN 0-8160-5694-3
• Sifakis, Carl. The Encyclopedia of American Crime. New York: Facts on File Inc., 2001. ISBN 0-8160-4040-0
• New York Times: Narcotics Arrests Show Sharp Rise