Guardian reporter Andrew Gumbel noted that Youngstown used to be represented in Washington by former Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio), who was connected to the mob and ultimately served a seven-year ...

In 1999, three men who arranged the shootings of Gains and Van Brocklin were convicted of working for the mafia in Youngstown. Bernard Altshuler, 68, at the time; Lavance Turnage, then 26 ...

Staff file photo / R. Michael Semple Lenny Strollo, left, pleads to charges in May 1999, with his attorney Thomas Buford by his side, during an appearance in U.S. District Court, Cleveland.