Scott M. Deitche
Scott M. Deitche was born in Perth Amboy and grew up in Fords, NJ. He lives in St. Petersburg, Florida with his family. He is an environmental scientist by profession.
Books
The Silent Don: The Criminal World of Santo Trafficante Jr. Ft. Lee: Barricade, 2007.
Cigar City Mafia: A Complete History of the Tampa Underworld. Ft. Lee: Barricade, 2004.
Magazine Articles
“Analyze This.” Weekly Planet, July 31, 2002, cover story.
“Peeping Feds.” Weekly Planet, January 31, 2002, cover story.
“Ciao Jimmie.” Weekly Planet, June 14, 2001, news section.
“The Mob: A Drive-By Historical Tour of Tampa’s Notorious Wise Guys.” Weekly Planet, April 26, 2001, cover story.
“Redfellas” Weekly Planet, April 2000, cover story.
Web Articles - www.americanmafia.com
Professional papers
Deitche, S.M., and D.H. Hicks. (2006). Fishes of the Brooker Creek Preserve, Pinellas County, Florida. 26th Annual Meeting
of Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Florida: Florida Chapter American Fisheries Society.
Deitche, S.M., and D.H. Hicks. (2006). Lake Tarpon Drainage Basin Management Plan Update. Florida: Pinellas County
Department of Environmental Management. http://www.pinellascounty.org/Environment/pagesHTML/pdfs/LTDrainageBasin.pdf
Hicks, D.H., and S.M. Deitche. (2005). Annotated Checklist of Fishes of the Brooker Creek Preserve, Pinellas County,
Florida. Florida: Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management.
http://www.pinellascounty.org/Environment/pagesHTML/pdfs/LTBCFishSample.pdf
Deitche, S.M., and C. Meyer. (2005). Pinellas County Seagrass Transect Monitoring Program Status Report 1998-2003.
Florida: Pinellas County Department of Environmental Management.
http://www.pinellascounty.org/Environment/pagesHTML/pdfs/2003%20seagrass%20paper.pdf
Deitche, S.M., and M.P. Weed. (2005). Meeting NPDES Enforcement Requirements: Pinellas County’s Proactive Approach
and Tracking System. Proceedings of Stormcon 05. California: Forester Communications.
Deitche, S.M., and D.H. Hicks. (2004). Assessment of Fish Kill Complaints in Pinellas County Lakes and Ponds. 24th Annual
Meeting of Florida Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. Florida: Florida Chapter American Fisheries Society.
Deitche, S.M., and D.H. Hicks. (2003). Assessment of Fish Kills in Pinellas County Lakes and Ponds. Proceedings of the
12th Annual North American Lake Management Society Southeastern Lakes Management. Florida: Florida Lake
Management Society.
Deitche, S.M. (2002). Assessing Citizen Stormwater Complaints in Pinellas County, Florida. Proceedings of the 7th Biennial
Conference on Stormwater Research and Watershed Management. Florida: Southwest Florida Water Management District.
Deitche, S.M. (2002). Assessing Citizen Stormwater Complaints in Pinellas County, Florida. Proceedings of Stormcon 02.
California: Forester Communications.
Television- Interviewed on WFLA (Tampa NBC affiliate), WTSP (Tampa CBS affiliate), Flashpoint newsmagazine, Kathy
Fountain Show, Baynews9, Fox-13, Discovery Channel (show Mob Scenes) , and The History Channel (show Declassified:
The Mob in Havana).
Radio- Interviewed on WFLA, WQYK, WMNF, and The Radio Detective in Sacramento
Newspaper- Interviewed by The St. Petersburg Times, The Miami Herald, The South Tampa News, and The Tampa Tribune
Magazine- Florida Trend, Smoke