Colombo crime family
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1928-present
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Italian,
Italian-American, Sicilian,
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Racketeering,
conspiracy, loansharking,
money laundering, murder, extortion, gambling, hijacking, cigarette
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The Colombo crime family is
the youngest of the "Five
Families" that dominates organized
crime activities in New
York City, United
States, within the nationwide criminal
phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). The family, formerly known as the Profaci
crime family, was originally formed in 1928 by Joseph
"The Olive Oil King" Profaci.[2][3] The family has since gone through three separate family
wars. The first war took place during the late 1950s when Crazy
Joe Gallo began revolting against his boss
Joe Profaci for demanding too much tribute. The war began to lose momentum in
the early 1960s, when Crazy Joe was arrested and boss Joe Profaci died of
cancer. The family came together under Joseph
"Joe C." Colombo's
command. After some years the second family war began immediately after the
release of Crazy Joe from prison he ordered the shooting of Colombo in 1971. The
Colombo supporters led by Carmine
Persico won the war when his side murdered
Crazy Joe Gallo in a Little Italy
restaurant in 1972.
After two decades of peace the third
and bloodiest war erupted in 1991 when Victor
Orena undermined the imprisoned boss
Carmine Persico. The family then split into two separate factions, one loyal to
the boss Persico and others to Orena. The Persico faction attacked soldiers and
capos who were supporting Orena and vice versa. In 1993 with twelve family
members dead and Orena imprisoned the war was finally over. Since then, the
family has been hit again and again by prosecutions, informants and convictions
due to the third war. Due to this, the Colombo family is believed to be the
weakest of the Five Families of New York City.
History
Origins
In September 1921, Joseph
Profaci arrived in New
York City. Months before he had decided to
make the voyage to America, leaving behind his small town of Villabate, Sicily,
Italy.[2] After some time of struggling in Chicago with his businesses he moved back to Brooklyn in 1925, becoming a well known olive oil importer. Profaci
obtained his American citizenship on September 27, 1927.[2] With his olive oil importing business doing well he made
deals with friends from his old town in Sicily and one of his largest buyers
was Tampa mobster Ignazio Italiano. He controlled his small gang of criminals that operated
mainly in the borough of Brooklyn. The most dominant Cosa Nostra groups active
in Brooklyn were led by Salvatore D'Aquila,
Frankie
Yale, Giuseppe
Masseria and Nicola Schiro
(leader of the Castellammarese Clan).
On July 1, 1928 Brooklyn mobster Frankie
Yale was murdered by Chicago
Outfit's boss Al
Capone hit-men.[4] Yale was murdered because he did not want to give Al Capone
the control over the Unione
Siciliana.[4][5] Yale's murder allowed Joseph Profaci and his brother in-law
Joseph Magliocco
to gain territory for their small gang.[2] Profaci's gang gained territory in Bensonhurst,
Bay Ridge,
Red Hook
and Carroll Gardens while the rest of Yale's group went to the Masseria family.
Months later on October 10, 1928 the
capo di tutti capi Salvatore "Toto" D'Aquila was murdered resulting in a dispute over who would take
over D'Aquila's family.[2] In order to prevent a long and violent war in Brooklyn a
Mafia meeting was called. The meeting took place on December 5, 1928 in the Statler Hotel
in Cleveland. The hotel was chosen in Cleveland,
Ohio because it was under the Porrello crime family control and protection. The main topic discussed was the
dividing of D'Aquila's territory.[2] At the meeting the mobsters representing Brooklyn were
Joseph Profaci, Joseph Magliocco (Profaci's second ), Vincent Mangano (who reported
to disputable D'Aqulia family boss Alfred
"Al Mineo" Manfredi),
Joseph Bonanno
(represented Salvatore Maranzano),
Chicago mobsters Joseph Guinta, Pasquale Lolordo and Tampa mobster Ignazio Italiano arrived to make a peace resolution.[2] As a result of Profaci's connections present at the meeting
he received a fraction of D'Aqulia's Brooklyn territory.
The
Castellammarese War
Months after the D'Aquila murder,
Joe Masseria began a campaign to become Capo di tutti capi
(Boss of Bosses) in the United States demanding tribute from the
remaining three Mafia groups in New York City which included the Reina family,
the Castellammarese Clan and the Profaci family.[6] Castellammarese Clan boss Salvatore Maranzano began his own
campaign to become boss of bosses, this started the Castellammarese War.
Masseria along with his allie Alfred Manfredi, the new boss of the D'Aquila
family ordered the murder of Gaetano
Reina. Masseria believed that Reina was
going to support Maranzano to become the new boss of bosses. On February
26, 1930, Gaetano Reina was murdered and Masseria appointed Joseph
Pinzolo as the new boss of the Reina
family. During the war Profaci remained neutral, while he secretly supported
Maranzano. The war would come to an end when Charles
"Lucky" Luciano a
lieutenant for Masseria betrayed him and worked with Maranzano. The secret
alliance between the two had Masseria killed on April 15, 1931.[6] Maranzano then became the new Capo di tutti capi in the
United States. Five months later on September 10, 1931 Luciano had Maranzano
killed and created the Mafia Commission.
Now there would be five independent Cosa Nostra families in New York City and
twenty one additional families across the United States.[6]
Gallo-Profaci
War (1960-1964)
Joseph Profaci had become a wealthy
Mafia boss and was known as "the olive-oil and tomato paste king of America".[7] One of Profaci's most unpopular demands was a $25 due from
every soldier in his family. In the late 1950s, capo Frank "Frankie
Shots" Abbatemarco became a
problem for Joe Profaci. Abbatemarco controlled a lucrative policy
game that earned him nearly $2.5 million
a year with a average of $7,000 a day in Red Hook, Brooklyn.[7][8] In 1959, Abbatemarco with the support of gangs (the Gallo
brothers and the Garfield Boys) he controlled in Red Hook,
Abbatemarco began refusing to pay Profaci's excessive tribute demands.[8] In 1959, Abbatemarco's debt had grown to $50,000 and Joseph
Profaci ordered Joe Gallo
to murder Abbatemarco.[8] In return Profaci agreed to give the Gallo's control over
Abbatemarco's policy game.[9] On November 4, 1959, Frank Abbatemarco walked out of his
cousin's bar on 4th Avenue and Carroll St in Park Slope, Brooklyn when Joseph
Gioielli and another hitmen shot and killed him.[8][10] Profaci then ordered the Gallo's to hand over Abbatemaro's
son Anthony, the Gallo's refused and Profaci refused to give them control over
the policy game, this started a war.[8] The Gallo brothers and the Garfield boys (led by Carmine
Persico) went up against Profaci and his
loyalist.[7][9]
On February 27, 1961 the Gallo's
kidnapped four of Profaci's top men underboss Joseph
Magliocco, Frank Profaci (Joe Profaci's
brother), capo Salvatore Mussachia and soldier John Scimone.[7] While holding the hostages Joe Gallo was sent to California by his brothers. Profaci's Consigliere Charles "the
Sidge" LoCicero negotiated with the Gallo's and all the hostages were
released peacefully.[11] On August 20, 1961 Joseph Profaci ordered the murder of
Gallo members, Joseph "Joe Jelly" Gioielli (who was murdered) and
Larry Gallo who survived a strangulation in the Sahara club on Utica Ave in
East Flatbush by Carmine Persico and Salvatore "Sally" D'Ambrosio
after a police officer intervened.[9] The Gallo's then began calling Carmine "The
Snake", he had betrayed them, the war continued on resulting in nine
murders and three disappearances.[9]
The war lost momentum when Crazy Joe
Gallo was sentenced to seven-to-fourteen years for murder in late November
1961.[12] A year later boss Joe Profaci passed away from cancer,
leaving Joe Magliocco as the boss. The war continued on between the two
factions. In 1963, Carmine Persico survived a car bombing and his enforcer Hugh
McIntosh was shot in the groin after as he attempted kill Larry Gallo.[12] On May 19, 1963 a Gallo hit team opened fire shooting
Carmine Persico multiple times, Persico survived.[12]
In the same year boss Joe Magliocco
aligned himself with Joseph
Bonanno together they planned to murder
bosses Carlo Gambino,
Tommy Lucchese,
Stefano Magaddino
and Frank DeSimone.[13] Joseph Magliocco gave the contact to Joseph
Colombo, who feared for his life and
reported the plot to The Commission,
resulting in the forced retirement of Magliocco and Bonanno.[13]
Colombo
and the second war
In 1963, Joseph Colombo was rewarded
becoming boss of the Profaci family for his loyalty to the Commission. Along
with former Gallo crew member Nicholas
Bianco and New England family
boss Raymond Patriarca,
Colombo was able to end the war.[7] As a reward for his loyaly Bianco was made into the Colombo
family.[14] As boss Colombo was able to bring stability back to the
broken crime family. Many American Mafia bosses viewed Colombo as Carlo
Gambino's "puppet boss", who
never deserved to be a boss.[7] Colombo's leadership was never challenged due to his
support from Carlo Gambino. In 1968, the Colombo family leaders watched the
renegade Gallo crew leader Larry Gallo die of cancer.[7]
In 1969, Joe Colombo founded the Italian
American Civil Rights League many American Mafia bosses disapproved of the
idea because it brought unwanted attention.[7] Colombo ignored the concerns of the other bosses and
continued gaining support for his league. On July 28, 1970, Colombo held the
first league demonstration which was a success.[7] In 1971, months before the second demonstration began, the
other Mafia bosses order their men to stay away and show no support for
Colombo's cause.[7] In the same year Colombo also lost one of his biggest
supporters, the league's chief organizer Gambino family capo Joseph DeCicco,
who had become ill and resigned.[7] Joe Gallo was also released from prison, and he did not
agree with the past peace treaty. On June 28, 1971 Colombo held the second
demonstration at Columbus Circle in Manhattan.[7] As Colombo prepared to speak, an African American man,
Jerome Johnson, walked up and shot Colombo in the back of the head three times;
seconds later Johnson was shot to death.[7] The shooting did not kill Colombo but left him brain dead;
he died naturally on May 22, 1978.[15]
Colombo's Consigliere Joseph
Yacovelli to become the family acting boss, and directed a campaign to murder
Joe Gallo and his crew.[15] On April 7, 1972 four gunmen walked into Umberto's Clam
House in Little Italy
and shot and killed Joe Gallo.[15] Yacovelli later fled the city, this left Carmine Persico as
the new boss.[16]
The
family under Persico
Gennaro "Jerry Lang"
Langella
Following the high-profile media
exposure of Joseph Colombo and the murderous excesses of Joe Gallo, the Colombo
family entered a period of comparative calm and stability. With Colombo in a
coma, the family leadership went to Thomas DiBella, a man adept at evading the
authorities since his sole bootlegging conviction in 1932. However, DiBella was
unable to prevent the Gambino family from chipping away at Colombo rackets, and
the Colombos declined in power.[17] Poor health forced DiBella to retire in 1977, and Colombo
died in 1978. The Colombo family was facing another power vacuum.
During the 1970s, Carmine
Persico had grown in stature within the
family and was considered to be the clear successor as boss. However, Persico
had spent much of this time in prison, and it was unclear if he could
effectively rule the family from prison. Nevertheless, Persico took control,
designating Gennaro "Jerry Lang" Langella as his street boss. In 1986, both men were convicted on
massive Racketeer
Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
(RICO) charges and were sentenced to 100 years. In 1988, Persico named Victor
Orena as the new acting boss.
Third
Colombo war
Orena, an ambitious capo from Cedarhurst was not content with being acting boss to Persico. In 1990,
using his strong ties to Gambino boss John
Gotti, Orena petitioned the Mafia
Commission to declare him the official boss of the Colombo family. Unwilling to
cause more conflict, the Commission refused. On June 21, 1991, an enraged
Persico sent gunmen under the leadership of Carmine
Sessa to murder Orena at his house.
However, Orena managed to escape before the gunmen could strike. The third
Colombo war had begun.[17]
While both sides appealed to the
Commission for help, the war continued. On November 1991, Gregory Scarpa Sr.,
a Persico loyalist, was driving his daughter and granddaughter home when
several Orena gunmen ambushed them. Scarpa and his relatives managed to escape.
The war continued until 1992, when law enforcement imprisoned Orena and most of
his loyalists.
Twelve people, including three
innocent bystanders, died in this gang war.[18] More than 80 made members and associates from both sides of
the Colombo family were convicted, jailed or indicted. These included Persico's
brother Theodore "Teddy" Persico and his son Alphonse Persico,
DeRoss, and Orena's two sons, Victor Jr. Orena and John Orena.
While the Colombo war raged, the
Commission refused to allow any Colombo member to sit on the Commission[citation needed] and considered
dissolving the family and splitting its manpower and resources among the
remaining families.[19] In 2002, with the help of Bonanno family boss Joseph
Massino, the Commission finally allowed the
Colombos to rejoin them.[20]
Current
leadership
Carmine "Junior" Persico allegedly remains boss of the much-weakened Colombo family.
He is serving a life sentence in a federal prison in North
Carolina. Persico had designated his son Alphonse
"Little Allie Boy" Persico
as his successor. However, in December 2007, Alphonse Persico and Underboss John "Jackie" DeRoss were convicted of ordering the 1999 killing of William
Cutolo and were sentenced to life in
prison.
John "Sonny" Franzese, 92 years old and a bitter Persico enemy, is allegedly
underboss. Franzese has spent much of his life in prison and is under tight
parole restrictions, but has still assumed a top spot in the family. In May
2007, Franzese was arrested on parole violation charges from meetings with
Colombo caporegimes and high-ranking members of other crime families. Franzese
was released from jail in 2008. In January 2011, Franzese was convicted of
extortion and sentenced to eight years in prison.
Andrew "Andy Mush" Russo,
longtime capo and former street boss, assumed the role of acting boss after the
2008 arrest of Thomas Gioeli.[21] Vincenzo "Vinny" Aloi is said to be the current Colombo Consigliere. He is currently living in Florida and considered
semi-retired.
In June 2008, acting boss Thomas
"Tommy Shots" Gioeli,
underboss John "Sonny" Franzese, former consigliere Joel
"Joe Waverly" Cacace,
captain Dino Calabro, mob soldier Dino Saracino and several members and
associates were indicted on multiple racketeering charges. These charges included drug trafficking, loan
sharking, extortion and three murders dating back to the Colombo Wars. As of
October 2010, Gioeli is being held at the Metropolitan Detention Center in
Brooklyn. If convicted, he faces life in prison. On December 24, 2008, Franzese
was released from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn. However he is
still under indictment and is scheduled to go on trial sometime in 2009 along
with Gioeli and Calabro.[22] If convicted, they are all facing life
sentences.
On December 17, 2009, the FBI
charged members of the Colombo family with allegedly engaging in drug
trafficking, extortion and loansharking. The crew was operating in
Massachusetts, Arkansas, Rhode Island, New York and Florida. The leader of the
crew is the current "Street Boss", Ralph F. DeLeo. He grabbed a piece
of territory in Boston for the family. As the new street boss, DeLeo is not a
New York City based mobster. He met Alphonse Persico in prison in the early
1990s and when he was released he became a made member in the family. DeLeo
became street boss after the Gioeli arrest in 2008.[23][24][25][26]
On January 26, 2010 capo Dino
Calabro, facing trial for murdering a New York police officer, became a
government witness. His testimony could be devastating to the family leadership.[27] On July 20, 2010. Michael Souza became a government
witness, testifying against Anthony Dentico of the Genovese crime family.[28]
On January 20, 2011 members of the
Colombo crime family, as well as members of other Mafia families in New York
City, were arrested on charges of murder, narcotics trafficking, and labor
racketeering.[29]
Historical
leadership
Boss
(official and acting)
The Boss (also sometimes called Godfather
or Don) is the head of his own family. He makes all the major decisions
within the organization. The Boss, Underboss, and Consigliere are the only men
allowed to induct an associate into the family. If the Boss is incarcerated or
debilitated, he chooses an Acting Boss to enforce his decisions.
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1973–present — Carmine
"Junior" Persico [30] – imprisoned 1973-1979 for truck-hijacking,[33] 1981–1984 for criminal conspiracy,[34] 1985–present [35]
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Acting - 1981-1983 — Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico –
Carmine Persico's brother; fugitive 1980-1987, imprisoned [36][37]
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Acting - 1987— Ruling Panel: Benedetto
Aloi, Vincent "Jimmy" Angelino
and Joseph T. Tomasello – disbanded September 1987 [39]
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Acting - 1991–1993 — Vacant – disputed leadership during
the third war
o
Acting - 1993–1994 — Ruling Panel: Joseph Tomasello,
Theodore "Teddy" Persico and Joseph Baudanza – disbanded 1994
o
Acting - 1996–present — Alphonse
"Little Allie Boy" Persico
[11] – Carmine Persico's son, imprisoned serving life [44][45][46]
Street
Bosses
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1996–1999 — Andrew "Andy
Mush" Russo – imprisoned
Underboss
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1977-1981 — Alphonse "Allie
Boy" Persico – Carmine Persico's brother; promoted to Acting Boss[36][60][61]
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Acting 1991–1993 — Vacant — disputed leadership during the
third war
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Acting 2008–2009 — Theodore "Skinny Teddy" Persico Jr.[45] – Theodore Persico's son; joined the ruling panel
Consigliere
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1983-1988 — Alphonse "Allie
Boy" Persico –[71][72][73] Carmine Persico's brother; died in 1989 [36]
o
Acting - 1991–1993 — Vacant – disputed leadership during
the third war
o
Acting - 2001-2004 — Ralph
"Ralphie" Lombardo
Factions
of the third war
The Colombo family divided into two
factions during the third family war (1991 to 1993).
Current
family members
Current
administration
·
Boss Carmine
"Junior" Persico – has
been boss since 1973. In 1986, Persico was convicted in the Mafia Commission Trial and sentenced to 100 years in federal prison.[77] His projected release date is March 20, 2050.[78]
·
Acting
Boss Alphonse
"Little Allie Boy" Persico
– Carmine Persico's son, holding the title of "Acting Boss".[77] In 2009, Alphonse was sentenced to life in prison and is
currently in the United States
Penitentiary, Florence in Colorado.[79]
·
Street
Boss Andrew "Andy
Mush" Russo – is Carmine Persico's cousin.[80] In November 1986, Russo was sentenced to 14 years, he was
released on July 29, 1994 under special parole conditions.[43] In August 1999, Russo was convicted of jury tampering and
sentenced to 57 months, he was also sentenced to 123 months for both parole
violation and his involvement in a racketeering case of a Long Island carting
company.[81] In March 2010, after his parole period expired, Russo
became Street boss. In January 2011, Russo was imprisoned along other members
of the Colombo family.[29]
Capos
Brooklyn faction
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(In prison) Thomas
"Tommy Shots" Gioeli
– a capo and former Street boss. Gioeli's crew is operating in Brooklyn, Staten
Island and Long Island. In 2011, Gioeli's acting capo Paul Bevacqua became a
government informant.
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Joseph Baudanza – a capo with operations in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Staten
Island. Baudanza along with his brother Carmine and nephew John
were arrested and convicted on stock fraud in 2008.[82][83] Baudanza was released from prison in February 2011.[84]
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William
"Billy" Russo – a capo
and the youngest son of Andrew Russo.[85] His brother Joseph "Jo Jo" Russo died in prison
in 2007.
Long Island faction
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Ralph
"Ralphie" Lombardo
– a capo and former acting consigliere. Lombardo runs bookmaking and
loansharking activities on Long Island. In 1975, Lombardo was convicted of
conspiracy of selling stock in an automobile leasing company in New Jersey.[86] In 2003, Lombardo was the Consigliere and he was indicted
on illegal gambling, loan-sharking and witness tampering.[1] He was released from prison on August 27, 2006.[87]
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Michael Uvino – a capo since 2007. Uvino ran his crew from "The
sons of Italy Social Club" in Hauppauge,
Long Island.[88] In 2009, Uvino was sentenced to 10 years for running
illegal card games on Long Island and for assaulting two men.[89]
Florida faction
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Reynold Maragni – a capo, he was running loansharking and illegal gambling
in South Florida since the 1980s. Maragni was arrested during the January 2011
Federal indictments that arrested 127 Mafia members.[90]
New England faction
·
Ralph F. DeLeo – lives in Somerville, Massachusetts and led the New England faction for family. He met Alphonse
"Little Allie Boy" Persico in prison in the 1990s, when he was
released in 1997 he was inducted into Colombo crime family, in 2008 became
Street Boss after Thomas Gioeli was arrested, in 2009 DeLoe was indicted on Racketeering
chargers.[91]
Soldiers
Imprisoned
soldiers
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Theodore
"Teddy" Persico - brother
to Carmine Persico, uncle to Alphonse "Little Allie Boy" Persico, and
father to Theodore N. Persico Jr. The 71 year-old mobster has been a capo in
Brooklyn since the 1970s. Persico served on the family ruling panel in the
early 1990s until his arrest. His projected release date is October 9, 2013.[93]
·
John
"Jackie" DeRoss – a
soldier serving life in prison after his 2009 conviction for the 1999 William
Cutolo murder. DeRoss is a cousin to
Carmine Persico and was underboss from 1999 to 2004.[94][95][96]
·
Vincent
"Chickie" DeMartino
- a soldier. In 1993, DeMartino was sentenced to four years on weapons charges.[97] In 1999, Alphonse
Persico ordered DeMartino and Thomas
Gioeli to murder William
Cutolo. On July 16, 2001, DeMartino and
Michael Spataro attempted to murder Joseph Campanella but failed.[98][99] In May 2004, Campanella testified against DeMartino. He is
currently imprisoned with a projected release date of January 1, 2025.[100]
·
Anthony
"Chucky" Russo - a
soldier and cousin to William "Billy" Russo, in 1990s he worked
closely with now deceased cousin Joseph "Jo Jo" Russo, operating in
Brooklyn and Long Island.[101]
·
Michael Catapano - former acting capo. Catapano is the nephew of John
Franzese. He is currently serving a 6½ year
sentence after pleading guilty to extorting a pizzeria and a gambling club.[102]
Family
Crews
·
The
Garfield Boys – was an Italian
American street gang that operated in South
Brooklyn sections of Red Hook
and Gowanus.
The gang was headed by future Colombo boss Carmine
Persico from the 1950s and until the 1970s.[103]
Controlled
unions
·
N.Y.C.
District Council of Carpenters
The Colombo crime family and the Genovese crime family worked together from (1991–1996) extorting the N.Y.C. District
Council of Carpenters union. The Colombo family capo's
Thomas Petrizzo and Vincent "Jimmy" Angellino were controlling
Frederick Devine the President of N.Y.C. District Council of Carpenters. The Genovese crime family had two members working inside the union, Anthony Fiorino
(brother in-law to Liborio Bellomo)
and Leonard Simon (brother in-law to Ralph Coppola) together the men gave
hundreds of jobs and trust founds to their associates.[104] In 1998 informants Sammy
Gravano and Vincent
Cafaro testified against Devine. He was
found guilty of embezzling union funds and sentenced to fifteen months in
Former
members and associates
·
Joseph
"Jo Jo" Russo – the
oldest son of Andrew Russo, convicted in 1994 with his cousin Anthony
"Chuckie" Russo both received life sentences when ex-FBI agent
Lindley DeVecchio testified against them, in 2007 JoJo died of kidney cancer in
prison.[107]
·
Salvatore
"Sally" D'Ambrosio
– During the 1960s Gallo war, D'Ambrosio and future boss Carmine
Persico attempted to murder mobster Larry
Gallo.[108][109] D'Ambrosio also participated in the murder of Joseph
Gioelli.
·
Nicholas
"Jiggs" Forlano – former
capo who ran a loan-sharking operations with Charles "Ruby" Stein. In
the 1970s, Forlano moved to Fort Lauderdale and started operating from Florida.
In 1977, Forlano died of a hart attack at the Hialeah race track.[110]
·
Frank "Frankie
Shots" Abbatemarco – was
born in 1899 and grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn. During the 1950s, Abbatemarco
was a prowerful capo in Profaci family controlling Red Hook.[8] On November 4, 1959 Abbatemarco was murdered.[8]
·
Antonio
Cottone – deported back to Sicily where he
became the Mafia boss of Villabate
the town the Profaci family originated from; he was murdered in 1956[111]
·
Benedetto
"Benny" Aloi – capo
and brother to Vincent Aloi. During the third family war in the 1990s, Aloi was
Orena's underboss. In 1991, Aloi was convicted in the Window Case, was released
from prison on March 17, 2009.[112] He died on April 7, 2011.[113]
Associates
·
Hugh
"Apples" MacIntosh
– was an Irish-American[114]
enforcer for Carmine Persico during the 1960s.[115] In 1969, he was imprisoned on hijacking charges.[115] He was released in 1975 and controlled clubs and loan
sharking rings for Persico.[115] In 1982, McIntosh was caught bribing an IRS agent for
Carmine Persico early release. McIntosh was imprisoned in the Colombo family
Rico case and released on December 31, 1992.[115] He was later arrested for meeting with Daniel Persico
(Teddy Persico's son) and was sent back to prison. McIntosh died on November
10, 1997.[115]
·
Charles
Ruby Stein – "loan shark to the
stars", was a former associate and business partner to Nicholas
Forlano. He ran a gambling club on Upper West Side. In early 1970s, Jimmy
Coonan became his bodyguard. Stein was
murdered in 1977.[116]
Government
informants and witnesses
Members
·
Gregory
Scarpa, Sr. – notorious hitman and FBI
informant from the 1970s to 1994. Scarpa Sr. died in prison from AIDS–related complications.
·
Paul
"Paulie Guns" Bevacqua
– former acting capo of the Gieoli crew.[117] In 2011, Bevacqua became a government witness.[118]
·
Dino
"Big Dino" Calabro
– former capo involved in the 1997 murder of NYPD officer Ralph Dols.[27][119] Calabro was convicted of murder in 2009 and became a
government witness in 2010.[27][48] Calabro is going to testify against mobster Joel Cacace,
who allegedly ordered him to murder Dols.[120]
·
Anthony
"Big Anthony" Russo
– former acting capo, he is not related to Andrew Russo. In 2011, Russo was
charged with the 1993 murder of Orena faction underboss Joseph Scopo and agreed
to be a federal witness.[118]
·
Joseph
"Joey Caves" Competiello
– former soldier, he was involved in the 1997 murder of NYPD officer Ralph
Dols.[120] Competiello became an informant in 2008 and led the FBI to
find the body of Colombo mobster William Cutolo.[27][119][121]
·
Joseph
"Joe Campy" Campanella
– former capo. In 2001, after surviving a assassination attempt, he was
arrested and became a government witness.[122]
Associates
·
Kenny
"Kenji" Gallo – former
associate. Gallo a Japanese American,[123]
worked for the Colombo family before becoming a government witnesses.
·
Joseph
"Joe Pesh" Luparelli
– was a Colombo associate and bodyguard to Joseph Yacovelli. Luparelli was part
of the team that murdered Colombo mobster Joe
Gallo. After the Gallo murder, a fearful
Luparelli entered the Witness Protection Program and later testified against Yacovelli.[15]
·
Salvatore
"Crazy Sal" Polisi
– a former associate of the Colombo and Gambino crime family's.[124] Polisi and his friends Dominick and Joseph Cataldo all
joined the Mafia.[124] In 1984, Polisi was arrested on narcotic charges and became
an informant.[124] Polisi testified in John Gotti's 1986 trial.[124]
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