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Joe Colombo Jr., Whose Controversial Arrest In 1970 Triggered Noisy Protests Against The FBI, Dead At 67
This article is published with permission of Gang Land News, which is a paid-subscription website. By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News Joseph Colombo Jr., whose arrest back on April 30, 1970 spurred his Mafia boss father to dramatically turn the tables on the FBI, picketing the agency’s East Side offices and staging huge civil rights rallies, died…
A Little Update on Sammy “The Bull” Gravano
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com It’s been a while since we’ve heard of Sammy “The Bull” Gravano, the former underboss of the Gambino Crime Family, who testified in New York against his boss, the late John Gotti. So we went on the Arizona State Corrections website and found a picture of Gravano and a little information…
Mobster John Gotti: Draft Dodger? Kinda, Sorta
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com Was the late Godfather John Gotti a draft dodger? Well, kinda, sorta. His status with the military is included in 1,580 pages of FBI files on Gotti from 1964 to 1995, archived on a CD-ROM by the website paperlessarchives.com. Gotti was the boss of the Gambino crime family, nicknamed the “Dapper…
Oops: Fed Agents’ Big Goof in Arrest of NY Mobster
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com This is a goof almost too good to be true. Mob expert Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News reports that the feds — more specifically, federal agents with the Department of Homeland Security — were a little embarrassed a few weeks ago when they tried arresting Gambino crime family capo Alphonse…
Acting Genovese Capo Pleads to Plotting to Kill Hitman for Russian Mob
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The acting capo of the Genovese organized crime family pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in New York to taking part in a conspiracy to commit murder of a hitman for the Russian mob, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities say that Anthony Palumbo, a soldier and Acting Capo in the…