Suspected Colombo mob scion Michael Persico celebrates release from jail with pizza and pasta

Colombo crime scion Michael Persico had at least two things on his mind as he was released from jail on Wednesday night: pizza and pasta.

Of course, he planned to celebrate his freedom – secured with $5 million bail – at his own Bay Ridge restaurant, Bella Luna.
Persico, 53, spent more than two months behind bars [...]

Feds Line Up Tough One-Two Punch For Colombo Top Guns

The feds have just lined up a tough one-two punch against two top Colombo family mobsters awaiting trial for six mob murders, Gang Land has learned. The mob hits include the 1997 execution slaying of New York City police officer Ralph Dols.
Sources say prosecutors plan to unleash two new turncoats against family “street boss” Thomas [...]

Alphonse Persico Tied To 1999 Murders Of Stock Swindlers In NJ Mansion

Mob prince Alphonse (Allie) Persico, who is serving life for the 1999 rubout of then-underboss William (Wild Bill) Cutolo, has been linked to the gangland-style slayings of two high-flying penny-stock promoters who were killed that same year in a Colts Neck, N.J. mansion where one of the men lived, Gang Land [...]

Colombo Family Boss Alphonse Persico Broke ?

What are they going to do, bust his kneecaps?
A Long Island debt-collection law firm is suing the imprisoned boss of the Colombo crime family, Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico, demanding more than $34,000 in unpaid credit card bills, court records show.
“I’d reconsider how badly they want that money,” quipped one veteran lawyer familiar [...]

From Godfather to God the father: Ex-Colombo mob goons are now ministers

Meet the Godfellas.
In previous incarnations, mob rats Joe Campanella and William Cutolo Jr. were entrenched in the Colombo crime family.
Now they want deliverance from evil – as “ministers” in a flock of mob misfits known as Goodfellas4God.
“There are people who want to get out of that life and they talk to me,” said ministry founder [...]

FBI to resume dig at suspected mob burial site on LI

FBI agents plan to bring in heavy excavation equipment Monday to resume the search in East Farmingdale for the bodies of two victims of mob hits believed to have been buried in an industrial park off Route 110, bureau spokesman James Margolin said Sunday evening.
An informant had told agents that the site [...]

Alphonse Persico life sentence may end control of Colombo crime family

Colombo boss Allie Boy follows in dad’s steps – to prison
The Persico clan has maintained control over the Colombo crime family for more than three decades – but its iron grip may be at risk.
Crime boss Carmine (The Snake) Persico and his son, Alphonse (Allie Boy) Persico, have prevailed despite tough [...]

Colombo boss Alphonse (Allie Boy) Persico sentenced to life in prison for 1999 hit

Like father, like son.
Colombo boss Alphonse (Allie Boy) Persico was sentenced Friday to life in prison without parole for ordering the 1999 murder of a rival he feared was poised to take over the crime family.
“The defendant was born into the [Mafia] life and like his father, Carmine Persico, will spend the rest of his [...]

FBI to resume digging at E. Farmingdale ‘mob cemetery’

FBI agents plan to return to an apparent mob cemetery in East Farmingdale on Monday in an attempt to uncover two more bodies they believe were buried there by hit men, an FBI spokesman said late Friday.
The renewed excavation plans come after two leaders of the Colombo organized crime family were [...]