Uncle Joe, right, and Skinny Joe. From Big Trial Blog: The jury in the racketeering trial of mob boss Joseph “Uncle Joe” Ligambi delivered a split verdict today leaving courtroom observers and attorneys scrambling to make sense of a mixed bag of predominantly not guilty and undecided pronouncements. Three defendants were convicted of racketeering conspiracy, the most serious charge… Read More »
EXCLUSIVE FROM TMZ.com: Calvin Klein’s ex-boy toy Nick Gruber says he fears for his life … after a star of “Mob Wives: Chicago” allegedly threatened to kill him with a screwdriver … this according to court docs obtained by TMZ. 23-year-old Nick requested a restraining order against “Mob Wife” Nora Schweihs in Los Angeles Superior Court on January 22. … Read More »
Castellazzo’s castle in West Creek, N.J. UPDATE: NY Daily News: “A judge Wednesday handed down a 63-month prison sentence to a Colombo gangster [Benjamin “The Claw” Castellazzo] who tried to get off easy on a racketeering rap by saying he’s just a struggling schmoe who lives in a trailer park.“ Colombo underboss Benjamin “The Claw” Castellazzo, 75, has been… Read More »
From NY Daily News: Church janitor/hit man A reputed hit man who quit the mob to work as a janitor at a Manhattan church pleaded guilty Monday to lying about his participation in a 1992 shooting during the Colombo family war. Anthony Colandra will be sentenced to five years in prison under the plea agreement hammered out with… Read More »
The drug alliance that we reported on between Bonanno associate John “Big Man” Venizelos and Canadian drug kingpin Jimmy “Cosmo” Cournoyer included the use of a $2 million “hit” fund – “so they could quickly hire henchmen to murder snitches, Brooklyn feds said today,” an article in today’s New York Post reports. Venizelos used a BlackBerry to send messages… Read More »
Marc Parent, Montreal chief of police. From The Globe and Mail: Montreal is in the middle of a bloody gang war and city police chief Marc Parent is desperately trying to hold on to federal funding for what he describes as a vital tool for fighting organized crime. While the Charbonneau inquiry has grabbed all the attention by exposing… Read More »
How did I wind up in Staten Island on both sides of the law, stuck between a butter knife and a gavel? I don’t know, but I love Mob Wives and Staten Island Law, so there you have it! In fact, I was just sitting here missing my two favorite Staten Island Reality Shows, Mob Wives thanks to… Read More »
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