Mobster charged in jeweler’s slaying

A Genovese crime family captain has been charged with racketeering and robbery conspiracy in connection with the slaying of a Grasmere jeweler outside a West Brighton restaurant two years ago.
Anthony Antico, 74, planned the robbery of jewelry and cash from Louis Antonelli, according to an indictment filed by Brooklyn federal [...]

Tommy James: Me, The Mob, And The Music

No, the “mob” in Tommy James’ new autobiography, “Me, the Mob and the Music,” is not a reference to the millions of fans who screamed for his hits, including “I Think We’re Alone Now,” “Mony, Mony” and “Crimson and Clover.”
Rather, it’s the underworld mob … guys inclined to beat people up [...]

Fotios ‘Freddy’ Geas’ lawyers want Adolfo ‘Big Al’ Bruno Mafia hit case moved to New York

Lawyers for Fotios “Freddy” Geas, who is set to be tried here next month for the 2003 Mafia hit of Adolfo “Big Al” Bruno, are asking a federal judge to move the case to New York.
The request comes in the wake of last week’s indictment of two of Geas’ alleged co-conspirators in a federal court [...]

Reputed acting crime boss pleads guilty to racketeering charges

Daniel “The Lion” Leo of Rockleigh, the reputed acting boss of the Genovese crime family, pleaded guilty to racketeering charges Wednesday in Manhattan federal court.
Leo, 69, currently in serving a 60-month federal prison sentence for his conviction on extortion charges in October 2007, faces 40 years in prison when he is sentenced April 2.
At the [...]

Murder charge is dismissed against reputed N.J. mob boss

A Superior Court judge today dismissed the murder charge against a reputed mob boss accused of gunning down a man 32 years ago in a Bridgewater motel parking lot.
Michael Coppola, 63, was accused of shooting John “Johnny Cokes” Lardiere, 68, of Maplewood multiple times outside the Red Bull Inn on April 10, [...]

Taxes excused for Gambino and Genovese family linked club

The estate of a businessman held to be responsible for taxes on a once-prosperous Manhattan strip club does not have to pay more than $4 million in back taxes because the club became so thoroughly infested by organized crime that it was unmanageable, a state administrative law judge has determined.
While the late [...]

The “Lawman” And The Mobster

So Steven Seagal is starring in a new reality series about his work as a “fully commissioned” officer with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. The 57-year-old actor, who carries the title “Deputy Chief,” has “gone out on patrol and worked major cases” for nearly 20 years, according to the A&E network, which is [...]

Genovese linked extortion attempt busted

A Pequannock man who battled allegations of mob ties when he served as president of Teamsters Local 560 in the 1980s was arrested Thursday in an alleged plot to extort more than $200,000 from a Hawthorne landscaper by using the threat of Mafia muscle.
Michael C. Sciarra, 74, reportedly a onetime associate [...]

Genovese connected Board Members-Trustees of NYC Transit Union Plead Guilty

When they weren’t serving in their capacity as union officials, Nicholas and Paul Maddalone shook down bus company owners. Now they’re set to join several partners in prison. The Maddalone brothers, formerly board members and assistant trustees of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1181 in Queens, N.Y., on September 10 pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court [...]

Trial delayed a month for Genovese mob killing

A much-anticipated mob trial has been pushed off another month to allow time for jury selection, which lawyers and a federal judge signaled may be lengthy and complicated.
Fotios “Freddy” Geas, 42, was scheduled to be tried in U.S. District Court starting Feb. 1 for his alleged role in the 2003 murder of [...]

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