Locatelli Family

The Locatelli Family is a crime family based in Las Vegas. The Locatellis are partly responsible for returning Vegas to its former glory, along with the Thompson Family and Delacroix Family. In 1990, the three families got together to rebuild the city. Friendly competition between the families lasted until 2008, when the head of the Locatellis killed a member of the Thompson Family. Tensions rose, and while the major powers in the region were focused fighting in the Second Californian War, the Locatellis waged war against the other families and seized absolute power in the city in 2020. Their power would dwindle after the Angels Republic's annexation of Vegas in 2024, and even more so when Adrian Calvert came to power in the AR in 2045, as he cracked down on the family. After the coup that removed Calvert in 2054, however, the family prospered once again as the Republic was weakened.

History
Tomasso Locatelli was born in Calabria in 1905. His family immigrated to New York City in 1921. The young Locatelli quickly fell in with organized crime, ultimately ending up working for the Luciano Crime Family. In 1938, Tomasso moved to Las Vegas, Nevada to involve himself in mob activities in the area. Tomasso's son Edward was born in 1940, and Edward became very interested in his father's line of work. Tomasso wisely invested his earnings in a bomb shelter in the Mojave Desert, and moved his family into it the same morning the United States invaded Cuba in 1962.

The family survived the Great War, but Tomasso's wife died in 1964, and Tomasso himself only lived until 1969. Their son Edward remained in the shelter with his younger brother Giuseppe, but the two would occasionally return to Las Vegas to reconnect with old colleagues. Edward became a figurehead for the surviving Las Vegas gangsters.

In 1987, Edward and Giuseppe moved out of the shelter permanently, but would keep it as a safehouse for the gang's activities. The same year, Edward officially started the Locatelli Gang, and dedicated himself to restoring Las Vegas to the glory it saw before the war. In 1990, Locatelli allied with the Thompson and Delacroix Families to rebuild the city. Edward Locatelli died in 2004, and his brother Giuseppe took control. Giuseppe took a more aggressive stance against the other families. Giuseppe mobilized his men to remove the Thompson and Delacroix Families from Vegas. Giuseppe set up a sort of kleptocracy in the city, ensuring the area was locked down by allied crime families.

Giuseppe died in 2017, and his son Vinnie took over. Vinnie struggled to maintain the control of the city, especially when the Vegas area was annexed by the Angels Republic in 2024, and even more when Mojave became a state in 2026. The lowest point of the family's history was during the administration of President Adrian Calvert, who cracked down on organized crime across the Republic. Calvert ordered the execution of Vinnie Locatelli, and this execution was carried out in 2049. Vinnie's son Silvio took over, and he ensured that the family operate much more slowly and carefully to avoid attracting the attention of the AR government. Immediately after the coup of 2054 that removed Calvert from power, the Locatelli's began growing rapidly. Silvio ordered the assassination of newly elected President Thomas Jefferson Eldridge in 2055, but no evidence could be gathered to connect the assassination to the family.

In 2070, Silvio involved himself with the Statue of King Matias, recently stolen by mercenaries hired by Daniel Everett from a small homestead in Riverland. Silvio's men intercepted the mercenaries and sent the statue to the Locatelli outpost at Tecopa Station. A different group of mercenaries, also hired by Everett, and led by Michael Baker, attacked the station and took the statue back. Baker got disconnected from his squad, and happened to wander upon the homestead that the statue was stolen from. Baker was asked to retrieve the statue by Abigail North, and, ironically, soon became employed by the Locatelli family. Trusting Baker eventually proved to be a lapse in judgement on the part of Silvio Locatelli, as Baker would return the statue to Abigail North, who destroyed it. This enraged Silvio so much that he called a hit on Baker, who as a result would be forced to flee California.

List of Bosses

 * 1) Edward Locatelli (1987-2004)
 * 2) Giuseppe Locatelli (2004-2017)
 * 3) Vincent Locatelli (2017-2049)
 * 4) Silvio Locatelli (2049- )