Samuel "Sassy" Chioccoli was a multifaceted gangster who had direct ties to Murder, Inc., a Brooklyn based murder for hire organization. The crime outfit, which operated out of Brownsville, was headed by Louis "Lepke" Buchalter. By the 1930s it operated nationwide, the first of its kind to extend throughout the United States. Chioccoli ran a pastry shop in Ozone Park. The business was a front for his bookie operation.