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Colombo underboss 'The Claw' catches break after attorneys argue he's too old, sick for long jail sentence
A reputed Colombo Crime Family underboss caught a break from a Brooklyn federal judge Monday — after his attorneys argued that he’s too old and sick to receive a lengthy...
High-ranking gangster who lounged shirtless in a pool while on the lam pleads guilty to racketeering
A high-ranking gangster in the Colombo crime family who infamously appeared lounging shirtless in a swimming pool while on the lam pleaded guilty to racketeering Thursday.
Former Colombo family boss likely to die in jail after being denied compassionate release
Victor “Little Vic” Orena’s appeal for compassionate release was slapped down by a three-judge panel from the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, which sided with a lower-court jurist in affirming...
Colombo family boss Andrew 'Mush' Russo remembered at Brooklyn funeral
Terrifying Colombo family boss Andrew “Mush” Russo was remembered Saturday at his funeral by about 100 mourners in Brooklyn.
Old-school NY mobsters reportedly fear handing the reins to phone-obsessed, soft millennials
The five families fear handing over the reins to the new generation because they're softer and dumber having grown up in the suburbs rather than city streets.
Mobster in Colombo takedown surrenders after son's tweet blows Florida cover
Ralph DiMatteo turned himself into the FBI at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan, according to Brooklyn prosecutors.
'Fugitive' mobster in Colombo takedown spotted getting a tan in Florida in pic posted to son's Twitter page
A photo of a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family sought in a sweeping federal takedown shows him lounging in a pool -- one day after he was supposed...
Wagner student who tried to fix NCAA basketball game gets one year probation
Benjamin Bifalco, 25, pleaded guilty last year to attempted sports bribery involving a game between two Division I schools — and faced up to six months in jail.
Feds want $182K from Colombo boss who won money in prison ping-pong injury settlement
Prosecutors have filed papers to get their hands on Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli’s settlement money to partially satisfy a $360,000 forfeiture order related to a pair of robberies in the...
Legendary New York mobster, 'Deep Throat' producer, dead at 103
Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo crime family, has died at 103, according to TMZ. As a younger man, according to Mafia lore,...
Suspect in Brooklyn pizzeria slaying 'a patsy,' lawyer says
He's just a pizza patsy. A Long Island man charged with gunning down the owner of an iconic Brooklyn pizza joint in 2016 is being framed, his lawyer said at...
Son of reputed Colombo mobster gets out on $1M bail
The son of reputed Colombo capo Joseph Amato Sr. was granted release on $1 million bail — four days after federal prosecutors objected to his release because he keeps dropping...
How a tracking device owned by a jealous mobster shook the MTA
The Colombo crime family wasn't the only victim of the GPS tracking device that sparked Thursday's big mob takedown — it also shook up the New York City bus system....
Son of Colombo crime capo loses $1M bail for blabbing daddy's name around town
The son of reputed Colombo crime family capo Joseph Amato Sr. was granted $1 million bail Friday morning after spending a night in jail as part of Thursday's 20-defendant mob...
102-year-old mobster: 'I never hurt nobody that was innocent'
Longtime Colombo under-boss John "Sonny" Franzese is the living embodiment of the ultimate mob rule — bragging in an interview about refusing to rat despite it making him the oldest...
Bernie Madoff’s closest prison pal is a crime-family boss
Shortly after Bernie Madoff arrived in prison, at the start of a 150-year sentence, the mastermind behind the largest fraud in financial history was slapped across the face. Madoff was...
Mob rat turns life around to give up 39 bad guys
A triple-murder suspect-turned-mob informant whose colorful stories led to the arrest of 39 underworld operators was sentenced to time served Friday — and he was even heralded by the judge...
Mob prince battles prosecutors over loan-sharking sentence
Mob prince Michael Persico isn't going down easy. After a judge rejected his bid to yank a guilty plea last year, the reputed Colombo associate and son of jailed family...
'Dopplegangster' changes shirts to escape photographer after sentencing
A Colombo hood who once posed as his own twin brother to skirt a subpoena reached back into his bag of tricks Thursday when he swapped shirts after a sentencing...
Mafia hoodlum takes the fall, files $10M suit over jailhouse slip
Former Colombo crime family capo Tommy “Tommy Shots” Gioeli might be off the streets - but that doesn’t mean he still can’t be an earner. The fat mafia veteran is...