Editing Frank Costello (section)

== Early life ==
Costello was born Francesco Castiglia on January 26, 1891, in [[Cassano allo Ionio|Lauropoli]], a ''[[frazione]]'' of the town of [[Cassano allo Ionio]] in the province of [[Cosenza]] in the [[Calabria]] region, [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]].<ref name=name>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NzPHkSi4mXEC&q=Francesco+Castiglia+Cassano+allo+Ionio&pg=PA139|title=Into the Heart of the Mafia: A Journey Through the Italian South|publisher=Thomas Dunne Books|author=David Lane|year=2010|isbn=978-1847651990}}</ref> In 1895, he boarded a ship to the [[United States]] with his mother and his brother Edward to join their father, who had moved to [[New York City]]'s [[Spanish Harlem|East Harlem]] several years earlier and opened a small neighborhood Italian grocery store.

While Costello was still a boy, his brother introduced him to gang activities. At 13, he had become a member of a local gang and started using the name Frankie. Costello committed [[petty crime]]s and went to jail for [[assault]] and [[robbery]] in 1908, 1912, and 1917. In 1918, he married Lauretta Geigerman, a Jewish woman who was the sister of a close friend. That same year, Costello served ten months in jail for [[carrying a concealed weapon]].