Tommy Lucchese would be Lucchese's only conviction. Lucchese was released from prison in 1923, three years into prohibition. His old friends Charlie Luciano, Frank Costello, and Meyer Lansky had become partners with Jewish gangster Arnold "the Brain" Rothstein selling bootleg alcohol. During the 1920s, Lucchese became a strong ally of Luciano's and became a top member of Gaetano Reina's crime family. In August 1927, Lucchese was arrested under the alias of "Thomas Arra" and charged with receiving stolen goods. On July 18, 1928, Lucchese was arrested along with his brother-in-law, Joseph Rosato, for the murder of Louis Cerasulo; the charges were later
Sam Lansky before joining the editorial staff of "TIME". At TIME he profiled Madonna, Nicki Minaj and Adele. In 2016 he released his first book "The Gilded Razor", a memoir of his troubled teenage years: Sam Lansky Sam Lansky is a journalist, author and editor at "TIME" magazine. He has written for "New York Magazine", "The Atlantic", "Esquire", "Out", and "Grantland". He came out at the age of 11. After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School. He began using drugs when he was in his early teens. He was forcibly entered into a