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Rick Porrello
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Rick Porrello

Rick Porrello is a Greater Cleveland police officer with Mafia roots. He is also the author of The Rise and Fall of the Cleveland Mafia. Porrello began writing his first book during research into the murders of his grandfather and three uncles who were mob leaders killed in Prohibition-era, bootleg violence. The book quickly became a regional favorite. Porrello is an accomplished jazz musician and soloist, and spent three years traveling worldwide as a drummer for the late Sammy Davis Jr. With a degree in criminal justice, Porrello is a member of the Italian-American Police Officers Association, the National Writers Association, and the American Federation of... Read full bio

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Canada Free Press, January 7, 2013
...Effective Public Official” in Southern Nevada. Miller writes internationally syndicated columns on organized crime and political corruption for Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com. Steve can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this...
Canada Free Press, January 3, 2013
...Effective Public Official” in Southern Nevada. Miller writes internationally syndicated columns on organized crime and political corruption for Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com. Steve can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this...
Canada Free Press, December 5, 2012
...Effective Public Official” in Southern Nevada. Miller writes internationally syndicated columns on organized crime and political corruption for Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com. Steve can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this...
Canada Free Press, November 30, 2012
...Effective Public Official” in Southern Nevada. Miller writes internationally syndicated columns on organized crime and political corruption for Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com. Steve can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this...
Canada Free Press, November 26, 2012
...Effective Public Official” in Southern Nevada. Miller writes internationally syndicated columns on organized crime and political corruption for Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com. Steve can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this...
Canada Free Press, November 14, 2012
...Effective Public Official” in Southern Nevada. Miller writes internationally syndicated columns on organized crime and political corruption for Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com. Steve can be reached at: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this...
Canada Free Press, October 12, 2012
...victim Kirk Henry in the likely event Henry prevails on March 26, 2013. FULL COLUMN this Monday on Rick Porrello’s AmericanMafia.com Steve Miller, is a former Las Vegas City Councilman. In 1991, the readers of the Las Vegas Review Journal voted him...