 As an example, DeFeo was receiving between $8,000 to $10,000 per year from P. Chimento Trucking during the 1980s.DeFeo also received payments from Ross Trucking, and controlled Pier 13 in Manhattan, which was known as "the Banana Pier".In 1974, DeFeo came into the news after Ronald DeFeo Jr. murders in Amityville, New York.