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
Gangster No. 1 of the impending attack. It goes as planned, and the Gangster sits in a car nearby to watch as Lennie and his gang shoot and stab Mays, and slit the throat of Mays' fiancée, Karen (Saffron Burrows). Later that night, the Gangster goes to Lennie's flat, shoots him in the leg, and then tortures him to death. The Gangster discovers the next day that Mays did not die but was hospitalised. Mays is unjustly convicted of Taylor's murder and sent to prison for 30 years. With Mays out of his way, the Gangster becomes leader of the gang and consolidates