By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Ex-DEA agent Louis (Louie The Actor) Diaz, testified last week in Brooklyn federal court in the trial of a Gambino mobster that he did some devilish things himself while working undercover, Gang Land News. Mob expert Jerry Capeci, editor of Gang Land News, reports that Diaz testified in the racketeering…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s the end of the line for Thomas Gioeli, the ex-acting boss of the Colombo crime family. A federal jury in Brooklyn convicted Gioeli and family solidier Dino Caracino on Wednesday of racketeering conspiracy in a case that involved allegations of murder, witness tampering and obstruction of justice. In other words,…
Shoshanna Utchenik ticklethewire.com Racketeering, narcotics trafficking, assault, extortion, murder? Just another day-in-the-life of a Gambino mobster. Five Gambino wise guys pled guilty this week to a range of nefarious charges, announced Preet Bharara, NY U.S Attorney in Manhattan. Working as “soldiers” and “associates” of the Gambino crime family, Vincenzo Frogiero, Todd Labarca, John Brancaccio, Christopher…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Agents with the FBI have arrested a group of individuals operating a fraud ring out of a luxury high-rise Brooklyn condo, reports the New York Post. The alleged ringleader, Kwan Miller, used a European instant-messaging service to obtain stolen credit card numbers while chatting with contacts in Russia, according to the…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com FBI agents returned to an elementary school in Brooklyn on Wednesday in an ongoing inquiry into a teacher’s aide who arrested this week on child molestation charges, reports the New York Times. Agents were searching for more victims, according to the Times. Taleek Brooks, 40, was out on bail after a…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A Brooklyn cop caught up in an FBI sting pleaded guilty Monday in a smuggling case involving guns, cigarettes and slot machines, the Associated Press reported. Officer William Masso was among five NYPD cops charged in the smuggling case. Others included three retired NYPD officers and a New Jersey correction officer,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Two members of the Folk Nation Gang remain at large in Brooklyn after NYPD detectives and FBI agents arrested a number of other members early Tuesday morning, the FBI said. One of the fugitives, standing 6′ tall at about 200 pounds, is Devon Rodney, 24, a leader of the violent gang,…
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Out of federal prison only since July, the “Sevon-Second Bandit” Jack Mannino is again wanted in connection with a bank robbery, reports SILive.com. Mannino, a former Gambino Crime Family associate, got his name in the 1990’s, according to SI Live, when he was caught entering banks with a package and threatening…
