Mob rat comes to Bridgeport

Henry Hill, the mob informant who inspired the hit movie “GoodFellas” 20 years ago, will be speaking July 27 at Testo’s Restaurant, 1775 Madison Ave. in Bridgeport, to mark the film’s anniversary.
Vito Colucci, of Colucci Investigations in Stamford, said Monday said he hopes people come to understand that Hill has changed his life and is [...]

Jurors selected in 1st Milano trial

BUNNELL — A trial begins today for an ex-mob hit man who gained infamy in a fracas over a calzone at the now defunct Goombas Pizzeria in Palm Coast.
On Monday, attorneys questioned potential jurors with some being dismissed because they had read about the case in the newspaper. One potential juror, though, could not serve [...]

abc40 Investigates: Springfield’s Organized Crime

Six years after reputed mob boss Al Bruno was gunned down while walking from a card game, a series of arrests have been made and all of the suspects are allegedly connected to organized crime with a chain of command trailing to New York.
However, local police have said the face of organized crime has [...]

Mafia Hit Man Trades Corpses for Art Canvas

Mob Killer Emerges from Dismembering, Ratting and Witness Protection at Outsider Art Fair

When Dominick Montiglio was only 2, his “Uncle Nino” — captain of the notorious Gambino crime family — banished the boy’s alcoholic father from his home and took on the role of surrogate and godfather.
Anthony ‘Nino’ Gaggi and his crew, headed by [...]

Deputy U.S. marshal convicted in mob leak case

Deputy U.S. Marshal John Ambrose was convicted today by a federal jury of leaking sensitive information about a cooperating mob witness.
Ambrose was found guilty of charges of theft and disclosure for leaking that mob turncoat Nicholas Calabrese was cooperating with law enforcement. He was acquitted on two counts that he lied [...]