Grim Reaper whacks Big George DeCicco, longtime lieutenant of Dapper Don John...
Gambino capo dies at 85 after running bloodthirsty Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, crew for decadesBY JOHN MARZULLI NEW YORK DAILY NEWSA GANGSTER who was a member of the late Gambino boss John Gotti’s inner...
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View ArticleThe Godfather Trilogy Blogspot: The Godfather: Behind the scenes in the...
The Godfather Trilogy Blogspot: The Godfather: Behind the scenes in the Sicilian v...: by: Jenny Stevens IT WAS an offer we couldn’t refuse: a trilogy of Sicilian villages little changed for...
View ArticleEx-Gangster Turned Hasidic Rabbi Busted for Impersonating Cop Authorities...
NBCMan of Many Faces: Roberto Eddy Santos changed his name to Avroham Gross and assumed the identity of a rabbi.By Raffi Wineburg (JTA) — In 1995, Latin Kings gang member Roberto Eddy Santos was...
View ArticleMan with mob ties receives prison time as part of plea on gambling ring
Dan Kittridge, Editor A Johnston resident prosecutors describe as a mob associate will serve more than three years in prison as part of a plea agreement entered in Superior Court this week.Vincent...
View ArticleGangster John Gilligan heading for home
By Emma McMenamy Shot crimelord risks his life to go to funeral of ‘close relative’ Notorious gang boss John Gilligan walked free from prison after 17 years behind bars Mobster John Gilligan could...
View ArticleMobster get 40 months
MOB ASSOCIATE GETS 40 MONTHS TO SERVE IN PLEA DEAL OVER GAMBLING RING By Donita Naylor PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A New England mob associate from Johnston pleaded no contest to operating an illegal gambling...
View ArticleFed with ties to mob pushes for release after Miami murder case overturned
BY DAVID OVALLE Nearly five months after an appeals court reversed his murder conviction in Miami on a legal technicality, ex-Boston FBI agent John Connolly remains behind bars as prosecutors fight to...
View ArticleSon of Bonanno mobster involved in infamous Lufthansa heist pleads guilty to...
Jerome Asaro, 56, pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court on Friday to moving the body of Paul Katz during the 1980s.BY JOHN MARZULLI JEFFERSON SIEGEL/NEW YORK DAILY NEWSJerome Asaro, 56, after his...
View ArticleDozens arrested had mob ties in gambling ring bust, authorities say
BY TOM TRONCONEThis story was originally published in the Thursday, Dec. 2, 2004 edition of The Record.The Genovese crime family controlled an offshore gambling venture through which members of four...
View ArticleJames M. LaRossa, Defender of Mob Bosses in Court, Dies at 82
By DOUGLAS MARTINOCT. 17, 2014 James M. LaRossa outside court in Brooklyn in 1996. Credit Wally Santana/Associated Press James M. LaRossa, who numbered himself among “the last of the gladiators” — his...
View ArticleMerlino's lawyers: Stop trying to revoke 'Skinny Joey's' probation
By Jeremy Roebuck, Inquirer Staff WriterLawyers for former Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino said Monday that "the government is out of time" and urged a federal judge to halt...
View ArticleMobsters in the News: Merlino's lawyers: Stop trying to revoke 'Skinny J...
Mobsters in the News: Merlino's lawyers: Stop trying to revoke 'Skinny J...: By Jeremy Roebuck, Inquirer Staff Writer Lawyers for former Philadelphia mob boss Joseph "Skinny Joey" Merlino said Monday...
View ArticleAnti-crime group targets 'sweepstakes' machines
By MICHAEL TARM CHICAGO — An anti-crime group in Illinois launched a campaign Thursday to eradicate unregulated casino-like kiosks in bars and other venues that mimic legal video gambling, arguing the...
View ArticleThe New England Mafia: Owner's alleged mob ties could stall development o...
The New England Mafia: Owner's alleged mob ties could stall development o...: • Dustin DeNunzio is the focus of state and federal charges that he and Anthony Gattineri lied about their...
View ArticleGenovese crime family members, associates charged in wide-ranging...
NJ Attorney General's OfficeDan Ivers NEWARK — Authorities have charged 11 members and associates of the notorious Genovese crime family with running a number of illegal financial schemes, including...
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