![]() ![]() According to Casso, they were responsible for the murder on June 13, 1986, of Russian-American gangster Vladimir Reznikov. As Sammy said, 'Gaspipe (Casso) was half a fucking nut himself!'.Īfter the murder of Roy DeMeo, Senter and Testa drifted into the Lucchese crime family. That's why they were passed to Anthony Casso and the Luccheses. After DeMeo was hit, the Gambino family kept their word about sparing Senter and Testa, but didn't want them on their books. Realising how difficult it was going to be, DeCicco went to the Gemini Twins, Testa and Senter, and told them about the contract on them, but promised them that they would get a pass if they killed DeMeo. ![]() ![]() He gave the contract to John Gotti, who in turn gave it to Frank DeCicco. Īccording to Sammy 'The Bull' Gravano, Paul Castellano wanted to have the whole DeMeo crew killed, because they had all turned into serial killers. DeMeo was seated, about to receive coffee, when Testa and Senter opened fire. Īccording to former Lucchese acting boss Anthony Casso, DeMeo was killed at Patrick Testa's Canarsie home by Joseph Testa and Senter following an agreement with Casso, who was given the contract by Gambino crime family Boss Paul Castellano and Frank DeCicco after they were unable to kill DeMeo in the fall of 1982. Anthony Gaggi was originally suspected by law enforcement officials of being the one who killed DeMeo. He had been shot multiple times in the head and had a bullet wound in his hand, assumed by law enforcement to be from throwing his hand up to his face in a self-defense reflex when the shots were fired at him. The car was left abandoned at the Varuna Boat Club parking lot. On January 20, he was found murdered in the trunk of his Cadillac Coupe DeVille, a chandelier placed on top of his body. in Canarsie, Brooklyn for a meeting with his men. On January 10, 1983, Roy DeMeo went to crew member Patrick Testa's bodyshop Patrick Testa Motors Inc. Chris had previously held that position within the crew. After the murder of Rosenberg, Joseph Testa became Roy’s right hand man. DeMeo publicly executed college student Dominick Ragucci on Apafter mistaking him for a Cuban hitman and the crew subsequently went into hiding, with Senter and Testa fleeing to California. Albert's personal judgment of Senter was that "there was something slick and phony about him". Although Senter was a large earner for the Gemini Lounge crew, he was highly disliked by Albert DeMeo, the son of Roy DeMeo. Senter gained a reputation for providing the crew with significant revenue from auto theft. The crew was suspected to be involved in 75 to 200 murders throughout the mid-1970s and into the 1980s. DeMeo, Rosenberg, Senter and Testa became the core of the DeMeo crew, and became notorious for their ruthless violence. Rosenberg introduced his friends Senter and Testa to Roy DeMeo, who asked them to join his crew. DeMeo crew Ĭhris Rosenberg hired Senter and Testa to wax his Corvette and Porsche and steal cars for him. ![]() Testa and Senter eventually became known as the "Gemini Twins," because they were always together, and the primary hangout of the DeMeo crew was the Gemini Lounge. Testa and Senter had all of their cases dismissed because they were juveniles at the time. Senter hunted down the Puerto Rican and nearly beat him to death with his fists.īy 1970, at the age of 15, Senter had already been convicted of auto theft three times. In 1973, Testa was nearly killed in a bar fight with a Puerto Rican opponent, when the assailant's knife punctured his lung. The assault victim complained to Testa, who gathered Senter among others and led the group in a borrowed car, spending the day searching for the assailant. When Testa was fifteen, a thirteen-year-old neighbor was mugged by a knife-wielding Puerto Rican man from East New York. Growing up, Anthony Senter became close friends with Joseph Testa. His brother Patrick Testa also became a mobster, joining the DeMeo crew. Testa was one of nine children born to a transport truck driver and a housewife. Joseph Carmine Testa was born in 1955 in the United States. Joseph Testa and Roy DeMeo in a 1982 FBI surveillance photo. The wedding was attended by many criminals including Gambino crime family member Roy DeMeo. As a young man Anthony worked at both his father's small debris removal business and his uncle's sanitation company.Īnthony Senter married an Italian-American woman on July 24, 1977, at a catering hall in Canarsie, Brooklyn. His uncle, Gambino and Colombo associate, Robert Senter, owned the Canarsie Recycling Company in Canarsie. The original family name was "Sente", but was later anglicized to "Senter". Unemployed United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America carpenter's assistantĪnthony Michael Senter was born in Canarsie, Brooklyn, New York, to immigrants Michael Senter (Northern Italian) and wife from Rovereto, Italy. Midwood, Brooklyn, New York, United States ![]()
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