Drug arrest of John Gotti's grandson triggers cops to raid late mobster's...
BYJOHN MARZULLINEW YORK DAILY NEWSUpdated: Thursday, August 4, 2016, 10:27 PMIt’s the Fall of the House of Gotti.The late mob boss John Gotti must be spinning in his grave after NYPD cops raided his...
View ArticleMember And Associates Of The Lucchese Crime Family Plead Guilty To Extortion...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASETuesday, August 16, 2016Member Carmine Avellino and Associates Daniel and Michael Capra Admit to Threatening Two Victims in Efforts to Collect a $100,000 LoanOn Friday, August 12,...
View ArticleThe gang wars that left New York littered with bodies BEFORE the Mafia's Five...
• The four Tong Wars started in 1900 and raged on for 25 years in New York• There were men armed with hatchets executing their rivals and open warfare on the streets of Chinatown•...
View ArticleAlleged Mob Kingpin Joey Merlino Banned from All Pennsylvania Casinos
BY KEVIN HORRIDGEJoey Merlino, the man who the FBI believes to be the head of the Philadelphia Mob, has been banned from entering the state’s 12 casinos. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB)...
View ArticleJapan police capture 976 yakuza to prevent 'state of all-out war'
25 people were killed and 70 injured when the Yamaguchi-gumi split in 1984 The arrests are intended to deplete manpower and funds from the Yamaguchi-gumi, the nation's largest crime syndicate, and the...
View ArticleLegendary cop 'Shotgun Ménard' helped take down Mafia don
TU THANH HAThe Globe and MailFor six years in the 1970s, Robert Ménard led a double life, pretending to be an electrician living in a flat that he rented from the acting boss of the Montreal Mafia.Mr....
View ArticleAnti-mafia police are probing a Calabrian couple who had their local town...
• Italian mafia fugitive found on family holiday in Benidorm (23 Aug 16)• Italy sacks council in Sicilian 'Godfather' town (11 Aug 16)• Italy arrests senator over 'mafia...
View ArticleGreetings NYCPlaywrights
*** PLAYWRIGHTS OPPORTUNITIES ***Musical Theatre Development Lab (MTDL) is a program devised and directed by Megan Doyle for the 92nd Street Y, and is the umbrella for intersectional opportunities for...
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Imago Summer, 1971. A short story by John William Tuohy
Imago: An idealized image of someone, formed in childhood and persisting in later life. From Latin imago (image). Ultimately from the Indo-European root aim- (copy), which also gave us emulate,...
View ArticleFormer Mob Boss’ House to be Auctioned
By Chris Fry -May 9, 2016Got at least $5.5 million to burn and want to make someone an offer they can’t refuse? Then head over to Fort Lee next month for the auction of a house with a colorful history...
View ArticleMob's OldFellas still putting bodies in the ground
Brad HunterMichael Meldish didn’t want to square up his gambling debt.After all, the 63-year-old had his own violent crime group in the Big Apple — the Purple Gang.Why should he?According to the New...
View ArticleMobster's son says he knows where Jimmy Hoffa is buried (and who killed him)
To my readers: This guy is full shit. Don't believe it. Everything he says can be found on the internet. JWTMobster's son says he knows where Jimmy Hoffa is buried (and who killed him) By Eric Shawn...
View ArticleDear readers; once again, this seems to be more poo-poo, take it with a grain...
Meet the Mafia enforcer who ‘murdered the Pope’LURKING outside the Pope's bedroom in Vatican City, New York mobster Anthony Raimondi clung to the shadows. Inside, his cousin, Cardinal Paul Marcinkus,...
View ArticleMurder trial to begin in death of iconic Brooklyn pizza joint owner
By Andrew Denney and Ebony BowdenNovember 18, 2019 | 5:35pmIt’s an enduring murder mystery with all the red sauce fixings.Three years after a killing that shocked Brooklyn, the trial of the suspect in...
View ArticleFBI task force arrests Saco man with alleged Mafia ties
A Saco man was arrested by Massachusetts State Police and FBI agents with the Boston organized crime task force on Thursday and faces one count of Hobbs Act robbery, which is robbery that affects...
View ArticleLegalized Sports Gambling May Bring An Unwanted Guest To The Market
As various states prepare to offer sports wagering in some form, foreign companies eager to gain a foothold in U.S. markets are routinely showing up on the short-list for major contracts – and some...
View ArticleInside Home Depot’s efforts to stop a growing theft problem at its stores
Courtney Reagan@COURTREAGANIt’s known as organized retail crime, and it’s a growing trouble for the nation’s retailers. Instead of stealing for personal use, these criminals are part of a larger crime...
View ArticleBad news for mobster Tommy Shots — Federal judge rules inmate’s $250G...
By LARRY MCSHANEThat’s the way the ping-pong ball bounces.One-time Colombo crime family street boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli’s $250,000 settlement for a table tennis tumble while behind bars should...
View ArticleOklahoma-Northwestern in 1959
Oklahoma-Northwestern in 1959: College football’s infamous cold case comes to lifeNorthwestern’s improbable victory over Oklahoma 60 years ago remains clouded in controversy. Whispers of a fix,...
View ArticleConstable: Impact of mob in suburbs mostly memories, but not to FBI
Burt ConstableThere's nothing like a Martin Scorsese movie to rekindle memories of when the mob was a suburban institution. The famed director's gangster epic, "The Irishman," comes to Netflix...
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