He was on the other end of the steakhouse bar when restaurant owner Bruno Selimaj was punched in the mouth over an $86,000 gambling debt that his relatives owed a Queens bookie. But Genovese wiseguy Joseph Celso ended up with the stiffest prison term of the three defendants convicted in the seven year old case.Continue reading “Tallest Guy In The Room Gets The Stiffest Sentence In The One-Punch Extortion Case”
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Wiseguy’s ‘Girlfriend’ Gets A No-Jail Sentence For Their Labor Racketeering Scam
In the old days, Erin Thompkins, a very close associate of Colombo capo Vincent (Vinny Unions) Ricciardo, might have been dubbed a “moll.” But prosecutors, who probably never heard that term, just called the 56-year-old grandmother the “girlfriend” of the mobster who orchestrated his crime family’s 20-year extortion of a construction workers union. At any rate, despiteContinue reading “Wiseguy’s ‘Girlfriend’ Gets A No-Jail Sentence For Their Labor Racketeering Scam”
Tough Day For Mob Capo & Genovese Chieftain’s Sweetheart As Their Daughter Gets Sentenced For Cocaine Sales Rap
He was facing double-digit years so it didn’t hurt much when Luchese capo Joseph (Joey Relay) Lubrano was sentenced to 57 months more than a dozen years ago. But it had to sting last week as he watched Brooklyn Federal Judge Carol Amon mete out a prison term of 22 months to his daughter Amanda for sellingContinue reading “Tough Day For Mob Capo & Genovese Chieftain’s Sweetheart As Their Daughter Gets Sentenced For Cocaine Sales Rap”
Bonanno Boss “Mikey Nose” Tells Troops To Stay Off Social Media In Wake Of Philly Don “Skinny Joey” Podcast Controversey; Sources
In reaction to the “no podcast” edict issued towards reputed Philadelphia mafia chief and rising social-media influencer Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino brought down by Genovese Boss Barney Bellomo and Gambino crime family acting boss Lorenzo Mannino at the beginning of year, jailed Bonanno mob leader Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso has chimed in with his twoContinue reading “Bonanno Boss “Mikey Nose” Tells Troops To Stay Off Social Media In Wake Of Philly Don “Skinny Joey” Podcast Controversey; Sources”
Cancer Snares NYC Button Man “Ronnie Shoes” Nistico, Genovese Mob Mover & Shaker Gone At 66
For decades, whether it was the mob elite, the political elite or the social elite in New York City, Genovese crime family member Rinaldo (Ronnie Shoes) Nistico was in the mix. Now, he’s gone. “Ronnie Shoes,” 66, died of natural causes last week, losing a bout with cancer. The Yonkers mob staple worked as aContinue reading “Cancer Snares NYC Button Man “Ronnie Shoes” Nistico, Genovese Mob Mover & Shaker Gone At 66”
Colombo underboss ‘The Claw’ catches break after attorneys argue he’s too old and sick for long jail sentence
A reputed Colombo Crime Family underboss caught a break from a Brooklyn federal judge Monday — after his attorneys argued that he’s too old and sick to receive a lengthy prison sentence. Benjamin “The Claw” Castellazzo, 86, got hit with 15 months in the slammer by Judge Hector Gonzalez on a guilty plea to moneyContinue reading “Colombo underboss ‘The Claw’ catches break after attorneys argue he’s too old and sick for long jail sentence”
In Wake Of Quiet Dom’s Death, Murder Mystery Surrounding Genovese Mob Don’s Son Still Lingers Two Decades Later
Troubled mafia prince Nicky Cirillo vanished on Mother’s Day 2004, setting off decades of rumors, speculation and innuendo about what role his father did or didn’t play in the never-solved kidnapping and gangland hit. Cirillo’s father, longtime Genovese crime family powerhouse Dominick (Quiet Dom) Cirillo, passed away early this week of natural causes at theContinue reading “In Wake Of Quiet Dom’s Death, Murder Mystery Surrounding Genovese Mob Don’s Son Still Lingers Two Decades Later”
Quietly Checking Out Of The Game: Beloved NYC Mafia Power, Genovese Elder Statesman “Quiet Dom” Cirillo Gone At 94
Popular, stoic and universally respected around the country, Genovese mob heavyweight Dominick (Quiet Dom) Cirillo died over the weekend after a legendary life in the NYC rackets. He was 94. A trusted adviser to multiple bosses and a don himself, “Quiet Dom” passed peacefully Sunday surrounded by family. His roots in New York City mobContinue reading “Quietly Checking Out Of The Game: Beloved NYC Mafia Power, Genovese Elder Statesman “Quiet Dom” Cirillo Gone At 94”
Colombo Mob Chief “Little Rob’s” Order To Have Son-In-Law Attacked In ’17 Sparked Beef Yet To Be Squashed With Gambinos
The long-simmering tensions between the Colombo family’s acting boss, Robert (Little Rob) Donofrio and the Gambino family’s current power regime regarding “Little Rob’s” street cowboy son-in-law, aspiring Gambino mob button man, Michael Scotto, can be traced back almost six years to a spring 2017 baseball-bat attack in Staten Island ordered by Little Rob for theContinue reading “Colombo Mob Chief “Little Rob’s” Order To Have Son-In-Law Attacked In ’17 Sparked Beef Yet To Be Squashed With Gambinos”
Colombo & Gambino Crews Butting Heads Over “Little Rob’s” Request For Son-In-Law’s Shelving, per sources
Entering the New Year, the FBI and mafia powers in New York are keeping tabs on a sticky situation within the Five Families involving the Colombo and Gambino crime families, respectively, and the treatment of a newly-minted acting boss’s daughter by her hot-tempered husband, per multiple sources on both sides of the law. The recentContinue reading “Colombo & Gambino Crews Butting Heads Over “Little Rob’s” Request For Son-In-Law’s Shelving, per sources”
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