Philly wiseguy gets fine, probation for spitting on Margate cop

Reputed South Philadelphia mob underboss Martin “Marty” Angelina was sentenced to a year’s probation and fined $1,000 this morning morning for spitting on a Margate police office last summer following his arrest on a disorderly person’s charge.
Angelina, 48, appeared before Atlantic County Superior Court Judge Bernard DeLury who imposed a sentence agreed upon in June [...]

Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese betrayed by son, who’ll testify against legendary mobster

Legendary Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese, who turned murder into an art form and whose name made foes shudder in fear, is about to get the biggest double cross of his life.
While he’s literally turned stoolies into mincemeat, the one set to betray the 93-year-old wiseguy in a courtroom Wednesday once held a special place [...]

Curtis Sliwa : Junior Gotti’s Revisionist history on Mafia Life goes unchallenged on ‘60 Minutes’

Coming off a ratings bonanza with its coverage of Tiger Woods’ return to the Masters, CBS went platinum with its heavily hyped “60 Minutes” exclusive with John A. (Junior) Gotti.
Instead of the shotgun-tough Q&A the show is famous for, interviewer Steve Kroft seemed in awe of Gotti.
At points, he was smiling and laughing it up [...]

Colombo Family authorized Junior Gotti Hit

In a significant victory for the defense, the judge in the John “Junior” Gotti racketeering trial ruled Wednesday morning that Gotti will be allowed to present evidence that another top mobster approved killing him after Gotti used the defense that he had withdrawn from the mob in his second trial in 2006.
If U.S. District Judge [...]

Genovese Family still major Mafia Power

Staten Island jeweler Louis Antonelli didn’t know he was being watched when he left El Sabor Tropical restaurant in April 2008.
As he placed containers of takeout food in the back of his GMC Yukon, two hooded men pulled up beside him and demanded the precious stones they knew he always carried on [...]

Reputed mob killer Tommy Shots Gioeli: Prison is hazardous to my health

To hear Tommy Shots tell it, jail is for the birds.
No toenail clippers. Too many potatoes. And those mattresses are so hard.
The reputed mob killer – real name: Thomas Gioeli – came to court Tuesday with an impressive list of complaints about the federal lockup in Brooklyn.
“What he needs most immediately is a toenail clipper,” [...]

Mob boss admits role in massacre

Vito Rizzuto, named as the Godfather of the Mafia in Canada, yesterday admitted his personal role in a notorious gangland massacre, accepting a 10-year sentence but avoiding a damaging and embarrassing trial in New York.
The guilty plea marks the end of his charmed life as one of the untouchables, a man who [...]

Reputed Philly mobster wins early release from jail

Joseph “Mousie” Massimino, the reputed underboss of the Philadelphia mob, is coming home after serving more than five years of a 10-year sentence on a New Jersey racketeering charge.
Judge Anthony Pugliese reduced Massimino’s sentence to time served during a sentence reconsideration hearing today in Camden County Superior Court.
In issuing what amounted to [...]

Gotti Trial: Alite: Junior and Gottis Taught Me Treachery of Mob Life

John (Junior) Gotti may have met his Sammy Bull.
John Alite took the stand last week in Gotti IV to testify against his old pal and quickly evoked the image of perhaps the most famously devastating mob turncoat witness.
Gambino family defector Salvatore Gravano, the first Mafia underboss to take the witness stand against [...]

Lucchese crime family members busted in mob raid

A trio of Lucchese crime family associates infiltrated the city Department of Buildings, climbing to mid-level inspection jobs and pocketing tens of thousands of dollars a pop in bribes for years — even as they plied elsewhere their more underworld trades of guns, drugs and gambling, officials said today.
“They had developed a [...]

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