William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (1936/37 – June 11, 1970), also known as William Devino, was an Italian-American mobster with the Gambino crime family...
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Thomas DeSimone (section Murder of William Bentvena)
heist. He also committed numerous murders, including killing William "Billy Batts" Bentvena in 1970. DeSimone went missing in 1979 and is believed to have...
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narcotics trial started on November 21, 1960; one of his co-defendants was William Bentvena, a Gambino made man who was murdered by Henry Hill's associates James...
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there that, on June 11, 1970, Burke and DeSimone murdered William Bentvena (also known as William "Billy Batts" Devino), a made man with the Gambino crime...
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Hill said that after William "Billy Batts" Bentvena was released from prison in 1970, they threw a "welcome home" party for Bentvena at Robert's Lounge...
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hideout. He was shot and killed in 1983. William "Billy Batts" Bentvena – also known as William Devino, Bentvena was a racketeer and drug smuggler. His...
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it another mob hangout. According to the book Wiseguy, after William "Billy Batts" Bentvena was released from prison in 1970, a welcome-home party was thrown...
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Gambino crime family. His offense was that he murdered made man William "Billy Batts" Bentvena (a member of the Gambino crew led by then caporegime and future...
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girlfriend and future wife, who testified against Werner before a grand jury. William "Bill" Fischetti, a taxi dispatch company owner: 228–229 and a mob relative...
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owned a shoeshine stand and other businesses. In real life, William "Billy Batts" Bentvena taunted Thomas "Two Gun Tommy" DeSimone, calling him "spit-shine...
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name of Bàsquet Club Andorra less than a year later. Died: William "Billy Bats" Bentvena, 49, convicted organized crime smuggler, was murdered three...
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