Its my buddy Jon Mirasty. Hes in Bakersfield, California at the time. In 2014 Jimmy was released from prison and now he is working in federal prison for six years. For the Galante family, the Sopranos parallels are unavoidable. The government seized most of his assets after his arrest and conviction. You cant spoil them. My father said, out of nowhere, If I ever buy a hockey team, youre going to run it. I was like, Yeah, sure. Then, two days later, he said, Okay, I bought the team., Between 2004 and 2006, the Danbury Trashers gained a reputation for their fights and toughness on the rink. Jimmy Galante was one of the more divisive personalities in Connecticut during the 1990s and early 2000s. She loved this man. I heard there mightve been fire alarms pulled at hotels, 2:00, 3:00 in the morning, things like that. They were there because early Friday morning, March 18, Galante was involved in a single-car crash on the Causeway where he was treated on scene, before being transported to a local hospital with. The DeCavalcante family made its money by racketeering, controlling a powerful division of the Laborers International Union of North America in Elizabeth, New Jersey, which helped push millions into mob coffers. Advert. [3] He was released in 2014 after serving seven years. Loading. Powerful bosses relied upon his areas of expertise. Galante also agreed to forfeit his stake in 25 trash hauling and recycling companies to the federal government, and promised to never work in the business again, stating to the Judge that he agreed to withdraw from involvement with any segment of the trash industry in the United States. The 25 trash-disposal companies owned by Galante, all based in Danbury and estimated by him to be worth $100 million, were condemned and forfeited to the United States of America. The businesses were sold, with the money going to the United States Department of the Treasury, under laws allowing the forfeiture of property obtained through criminal activities. 6 of 18 7 of 18 Auctioneer Paul Erickson, of Worster, MA, leads an auction of seized property of James Galante's at Metro Auto Body & Towing in Harford, CT, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. You guys are kind of like streetwise Italian guys, New York kind of guys, and then, youve got these rustic Canadians that are playing hockey, who seem kind of like the opposite thing, but you guys are all just thrown together in this hockey environment. File photo. He ended up serving an eight-year sentence. Netflixs Untold: Crime and Penalties brings to the viewers this rather unusual story of the meteoric success that AJ achieved as a teenager before an FBI investigation into his fathers businesses changed everything. MARBLEHEAD Marblehead High School senior James Galante had a lot to celebrate. In the years since the critically-acclaimed show ended in 2007, many of its stars have kept . The mob might be intertwined and some might even call themselves a family, but in reality they are a business. And so Im like, Who the hell is this guy? And he ends up scoring four goals against us. By the time he was a teenager, he led his own gang on New Yorks Lower East Side. How did AJ Galante get injured? As the team president, how did you sort of foster an environment that would make it happen? Powerful bosses relied upon his areas of expertise. If you have not seen it, the show is about a guy named "Jimmy Galante" who buys his son a hockey team called, " The Trashers". And oh man, those two are fun. AJ stepped away from hockey for a while, and his father served time in federal prison. So I'm not going to spoil the show because it was not only a great crime show but also a bit of a comedy as well. 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I learned very early on theres enforcers in hockey, obviously. Jimmy has been suspected of paying upwards of $120K a year to mob boss "Matty the Horse" Ianniello. //