Toms River Based Decavalcante Crew Busted

Toms River based Decavalcante Crew busted

FBI Press Release

Please note the FBI press release goes into greater detail, I told you guys months ago the Decavs had a huge presence in Toms River area.

A lot of young guys. Interesting.

They had to outscource a hit? Really?

Just seems like the best way to get caught.

Great info. Was waiting for a Decavelcante bust.

So Frank Nigro is the consigliere, Stango is a captain. Who else of the 10 are made guys? Stango's son?

Wonder who boss and UB are. Guarraci probably boss.

Someone said the other 3 captains are Majuri, Merlo III and Consalvo.

the others listed in the indictment are listed as associates tommy

The FBI think the Decavelcante's are under the Gambino's

http://bitterqueen.typepad.com/files/decavalcante-complaint.pdf

The DCF is an organized criminal group based in New Jersey that operates in the District ofNew Jersey and elsewhere. Currently, it appears that the DCF operates under the Gambino Family of La Cosa Nostra, one ofthe five major crime families based in New York City (the "Gambinos").

Stagno said this to the undercover FBI agent

'And now we run under the f**kin' Gambinos."

I have so many questions about this Complaint . . .

(1) Who is "Milk"? Stagno says that Milk's uncle was a heavy hitter (Underboss or Consigliere - unclear) and that Milk's family basically laid the foundation of Cosa Nostra. Milk is identified as a street boss. Any ideas?

(2) What is Riggi's deal?

Thanks

ova think will find out who milk is soon. but how bout stango taking the under cover into his crew and trying to have another member of the family whacked because he said the undercover was bad. he must look real good today. how the hell do these guys still bring undercovers into there fold its new jersey someone knows him. and almost have another member killed over it calling the cop bad. this guy got egg all over his face. i dont understand the thing with there under the gambinos. like philly brought there beef with the lucheses nj crew to the gambinos to. maybe there is a functioning ny commssion today.

hope we find out who the mutt is. he should be feeling good he called the undercover bad over a year ago. whose milk whose boss. and will one of these guys roll. there lokking at big time. the saint in rhode island got 8yrs for trying to get bobby deluca killed. wonder what bikers from rhode island was gonna do the hit. i would guess the angels cause there all over new england.

they should have known something was up when the cop kept buying 200 grams of coke at 56 a gram or 27500 for half a kilo. the greed blinded them. that should have been red flags all over, these guys go to newark and get in for 30 a kilo. its kind of funny. these guys was opening a whore horse and selling coke how far they fallen.

seriously, just dumb...and the capo is based out of henderson nevada? huh

Ya he was recorded bragging that he planted his flag in las vegas and LA, guy gets around i guess. But it seems that him being all over the place is why he had to do so much business over the phone which is just retarded in this day in age.

I just read the indictment. Kind of shows just how much of an amateur group the decalvacante are. They were seriously thinking about throwing acid in the face of another member or even shooting him in the nuts for allegedly disrespecting another capo at a social event. Not that i condone it but a made guy committing an offense would usually result in getting a bullet in the back of his head. Not acid in the face, thats fuckin barbaric. The other shit in the indictment is like a circus side show. they get caught " attempting to set up an escort service". Also get caught selling coke to an under cover.
I guess they never heard of the term " wire tap" before.

Oh well, at least its a bit more interesting than your standard gambling bust.

Lol they were going to a lot of effort to get that prostitution business up and running too.I didn't understand the whole thing of getting a warehouse as opposed to a storefront.

Latest most up to date article from the local newspaper here at the Jersey Shore...

http://www.app.com/story/news/crime/jers...ution/70209076/

The nickname of the guy they were plotting to hit was "The Pet" per Philly.com article

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/new_je...e_Sopranos.html

LOL Yes, they went through a lot of effort to get that prostitution business up and running in Toms River. The Asians have all the prostitution in Toms River right out in the open via their "massage" parlours. They are all over Toms River, right out in the open.

Toms River is a very corrupt town, but they probably wouldn't have gotten busted if it wasn't for the FBI. It takes the FBI to bust anyone in Toms River, just ask ex Toms River Schools Superintendent Mike Ritacco who was running the schools like a gangster before the FBI finally did something.

Ritacco background article:

http://www.nj.com/ocean/index.ssf/2012/0...ax_evasion.html

I agree that coke price shld of been a red flag

Big biz in prostitution , especially high end , I'm sure most fams have a hand in that pie

FBI is pretty good , the get into almost every family

Arrests also made here in Las Vegas:

http://www.reviewjournal.com/news/las-vegas/reputed-new-jersey-mob-captain-arrested-henderson-home

I wonder what they did to even get the feds excited enough to investigate. Probably some ruthless shit.

That guy Stango said " he planted the flag in new orleans, LA ". What the hell does that mean?

That report by that Ed Scarpo guy about the Jersey Mob gaining respect and making guys from NY might be very true if they're really aligned with the Gambinos.

Finally something newsworthy.

My guess is this threads going to turn into a 10+ pager with this case playing out a long time...

phones.........

Idiots.

The people in this thing can't wait a day or two so that it gets said in face to face ,no run to the phone....nobody will ever know...

The wave of there future is here and they are going away in droves because of this very thing....

Do they ever learn?

No.

So 40 made guys. How many are active?

"Following that conversation around last Christmas, Stango instructed the undercover FBI agent to hire a pair of outlaw bikers and pay them 25 thousand dollars each to throw grenades into his intended victim’s place of business."

LOL. You have to be kidding me.

Clowns.

He's an idiot. Even a busted clock is right twice a day. But who says he's even right?

His claim back then was that the DeCavs have "seven new captains." He made no mention of the Gambinos, and he insisted that his "sources" were working on finding out who the "seven new captains" are. Then when he got called out on it, he did what he always does. He edited half the page.

His "sources" are lonely lunatics who send him emails through proxy servers. And his only supporters are guys who have been chased from every other board (Italian Heritage/Cornuto is way up his ass because he can't post anywhere else), and himself (I think the other supporters are Ed posting to himself under various aliases).

And not to hijack the thread, but funny thing about Ed and his "book" that he co-authored with Cicale. No mention at all of Cicale trying to extort the Basciano family, including Vinny's poor ex-wife, with promises of Vinny getting a new trial if they came up with some cash. And this went down at the EXACT time that Ed Leiber was interviewing him for said "book." I hope they both get piles.

And yet the Jersey fanboys (no one from this site) are getting all excited about some kind of renaissance. Well, if this is the future, you can have it. If they get too big, the Feds will chop them right back down to size, especially if there are threats of violence (and, of course, actual violence).

New York has been able to keep the status quo because of the non-violent approach they've been taking. You'd think these idiots would follow suit. Grenades? Really? Morons. But I have a feeling the Feds might have an undercover in New York right now anyway. Things have been too quiet for too long.

A renaissance... anyone can sell coke and plan to open a prostitution ring (that never even opened.) Like you've mentioned before, they aren't in the unions anymore (not these idiots anyway) and selling coke is risky business. They also didn't take many precautions. You've jumped the shark when you ask a Fed to hire Hells Angels to throw grenades into a public place. Seriously, worst idea imaginable.

Riggi remains the last reported official boss. Guarraci was reported to still be acting boss in 2013.



Something similar happened with what remained of the Trafficante family down in Florida, i.e. they were operating under the Gambino family.



Well, he lives there. Seems most of the activity was in Jersey though.



Most estimates put the total membership 40-50 members. Only a handful currently in prison or under indictment. Not sure how many of the rest are active.

He planted it before Katrina, then the hurricane washed it away.

Good analogy, Ivy.

non descript. playing loud music without any complaints. people coming and going (no pun) doesnt arise such suspicion cause its on the outskirts. random people walking in for a drink is less likely to happen. numerous reasons.

If a mobster is found shot , its not that the public doesnt care, its almost expected because he was in the life. Someone throws acid in his face, then people are outraged. It was a fuckin stupid thing to even suggest and then say "maime him for life" just because he may have insulted someone. Not that they are choir boys but Belomo or Crea would never talk like that. Just shows how minor league they are.

man... these guys literally seem like such amateur retards...how can you be a skipper and been in the life for decades and still fucking be talking on the fucking phone!!! not only on the phone but discussing murder, to a god damn undercover agent..if that was my skipper I honestly don't think I could even be around him.. it would be like just waiting to get get popped.. I understand some people obviously do need to speak on phones.. but all they would have to do is both call from a payphone, but theyre probably too lazy to even do that.. or at least get an encrypted phone.. or get a burner that you dispose of weekly.. seems like it just all comes down to laziness.. or arrogance just thinking there is no way your phones wired or that you will get busted.. just crazy its 2015 and these life long criminals still are so naïve.

This is for Ivy also, were the Trafficante's still there own family, but being influenced. Or were the remainding members transferred into the Gambino family?

They weren't transfered into the gambinos they were just operating under there flag and prob kicking up to them , pretty much like the philly mob have operated under either the genovese or gambinos

Yeah, they couldn't be "made" into another family. Still their own family but affiliated with the Gambinos.

Weird the westside and the lucheses would just let the gambino take 40 50 guys in. Does that mean the new england answers to a family or philly. Shit that's kinda like your in the triple a or farm league. Are the gonna call you up to the bits. So did some internet ing found out the guy milk is frank guaricci a Sicilian. Riggi like 100 just name a successor. When's the last time a don't named a succeser. For all the shit we talk a out gigante it strange he didn't name a successor. Rusty named massino. Ducks amuso. Boston baby shacks just took it. Yaeh pizza I think k its a FBI priority to get a agent inducted like on this great TV show the Americans to get a Russia. President never thought there'd be a keyan next a girl

On spike gangland all day fucking Latin kings have 25000 members.

Does murk have a chart of this family.

The Gambino's have had influence over the Decavalcante family since the days of Gotti, why would the Westside have any claim or problem with that? They have around 40 of there own members in Jersey and are far more powerful in the state.

I highly doubt New England answer to anyone, same with Philly.

Greg depalma called riggi a rat to agent Cuba cause he admitted he had Fred Weiss killed as a favor to gotti. Real interesting guy in that family was corky. He's in his 80tys inducted in the 50tys was underboss for riggi at some time. Any one want a great book on this family think its made men on wall street great read starts with guys robbing the WTC.

They were going to pay outsiders to do work? That's not the usual way, is it?

And in a warehouse you have different types of people working, so just about anyone could fit in. A guy in a tie would look like a salesman or a manager, a working guy would look like one of the workers in the warehouse. If the girls come to work in skirts and heels they will look like a woman working in the office.

Fair points, but all moot. Because look how it all worked out. Morons.

Yeah, I don't know much about the Vinny Gorgeous situation or, even about this Ed Scarpo guy. And I won't act like it. I just know about that article on the site. It was pretty vague, so I bet he did remove some things.

I missed that in the file. That's fucking hilarious.

You're right. I think if they hadn't carried on like Al Capone or Nicky Scarfo on the phone with the talk about killing someone, the feds might have thought there were bigger fish to fry then some (future) whore house.

Exactly. All fucking talk anyway. And look at them now. When an undercover comes out and the Feds go public, the first story to break is usually just the tip of the iceberg. But, in this case, I think these idiots talked themselves right to the head of the class.

Here's some DeCavalcante Family pics...Sorry for the poor quality.


Ribera Club...Elizabeth, NJ



Francesco "Frank" Guarraci





Girolamo "Jimmy" Palermo



Joseph “JoJo” Ferrara



Carl Corsentino






Duke & Anthony DeMaio



Anthony DeMaio





DeCavalcante & Local 394 Hierarchy



1. Joe Cascio
2. Joe Russo
3. Emanuel Riggi
4. Joe Sferra
5. John Riggi
6. John Corsentino


7. Mike Lombardo

Good photos Nj.

Cheers

@pmac,
Obama's a Kenyan as much as Hilary's a girl as much as you're an English professor.

Great photo's.

Ribera social club looks nice!!

No problem Fellas...It really is Tommy, inside and out. They did a nice job on the place.

So I read over on Scotts site the guy was locked up for 30 yrs and probably got out last couple yrs he missed the pistone memo the commission trial and the gotti saga. Should have read this site for couple days get hip to the 21 mafia. Where your. OS's wears a wire on you. Sounds like a lot of tough talk this case will probably fall apart cause I bet 100$ that the agent did some real improper shit to get these guys to trust them and they don't want it out there after papa smurf case with the kiddy rapist informant. But there fucked on the coke charges 8 10yrs around. If it was crack probably 20

Yep pmac, you would be correct. probably 8-12 years per sentencing guide lines in the federal system for a powder charge.
Not a whole lot anyone can do, even a good lawyer, when it comes to federal plea deals.

how many times did the fbi go and tell this made guy his life in danger and how come the made guy didn't go to his capo the capo to the boss and say hay the fbi keeps telling joe theres a hit on his life red flags there all in the same family of what 30 40 guys. these guys were plotting his life for 6 months. wonder how far they let the plot almost go threw just to make a case. guess this and the case in boston shaking down joker poker the only thing this far 2015. back in the pre p.c. days the feds loved to make a bust right around or on st pats day cause you know why.

oh I think it only carries 10yrs in the feds for soliciting murder. I remember st laurant down rhode island was asking some wired up guys to murder capo bobby DeLuca. he plead out the judge gave him 7 8 years he was playing the death role hes still alive porbaly gets out in a year. the guy wearing the wire asked if st. had permission cause they didn't wan to kill a made guy with out a ok he said yes. but the could never get anyone else. then DeLuca went on to roll

Since the files are kinda hard to parse, who was Stango trying to kill? Made or no? What reason? Thanks.

He wanted to kill a made guy of a rival crew out of Elizabeth. The made guy is only identified as "the mutt/the pet". Ironically Stango's problem with the guy he wanted kill came from the guy having an altercation with the undercover FBI agent. And the guy supposedly disrespected the acting boss during a family meeting. And members of the rival elizabeth crew were making fun of stangos son on facebook messages lol. So it came down to that stango was gonna have the undercover agent hire two members of a NE biker gang to kill the guy for 25k each.

Really does sound like a episode of sopranos if was still on in 2015. The made fun of aj on Facebook and tony lost it. Rip tony.

What is this I don't even...

Interesting story, incredible stupidity. I'm not a criminal by any means but even I know you don't say shit like that on a phone. In terms of the hit being outsourced, I wonder if that was out of necessity? I mean if the Decavs are under the Gambino's and Stagno wanted someone clipped, how hard could it have been to get a couple of guys from the Gambino's to do it? Or would they have perhaps turned it down and told him to get someone else to do it?

It seems mental to me, it really does. You want another guy clipped, so you go off mouthing about it to an undercover. Why not speak to someone you trust, someone going back years? This undercover is unlikely to have been there for THAT long.

The mouthing off part, ridiculous as it is, isn't even the worst of it. The way they wanted the hit to be executed reaches new heights of hilarity. Lmao hiring a couple of bikers to throw around grenades like some coked-out paramilitary lunatics. What year are we in?

Exactly. It's just crazy. I mean maybe the idea was for bikers to do it so that it didn't look like it came from his crew, but as you say to want to throw grenades around is stupid. And for 25 grand, EACH!

I would have done it for 50 bucks

Only an idiot talks on the phone about murder, fool...

...and a button, right

Gangster Report Write Up on Bust

Nj sick photos my man well done...the pic of Ribera is that like a social club? It looks like a really nice house or like a community center? Seems like that would stick out in Elizabeth

Dellacroce stalking family members of mobsters on Facebook?

It was in the indictment jerkoff, what are you stalking me on the board, grow up kid.

I'm just busting chops dude.

Go fuck your mudda...

*Rimshot*

What are you still doing here, i thought i told you to go fuck your mudda

Bah dum tiss.

Bing pow boom , ...man I wish I was big just once lol

im retarded and don't know how to post a pic.... but heres a link to the picture.. if someone wants to post it... was curious to see how many people could be identified in the pic... its the members of the ribera club..

http://ripost.it/2014/08/12/il-forte-leg...el-ribera-club/

If he was away that long, he had to be way behind the times when he got out. I don't know how much they can tell the guys in prison to keep them up to date, the visits and phone calls must be monitored, I would think.

Here is an article on the bust from The Mob Museum site, with quotes from me.

FBI PLUCKS ALLEGED NEW JERSEY MOBSTER FROM LAS VEGAS AREA HOME


By Launce Rake

Tales of the Mob in Las Vegas typically are seedy stories of yesteryear. But if the FBI is right, they also are stories of the here and now.

An alleged captain in New Jersey’s DeCalvacante crime family is alive and living here. Charles “Beeps” Stango, 71, was arrested this week in Henderson and charged with, among other crimes, murder, pimping and cocaine distribution. Nine alleged associates of Spango, including his son Anthony Stango, 33, were rounded up and charged back in the crime family’s home turf in central New Jersey.

The DeCalvacante family garnered a bit of notoriety a few years ago when a number of people, including law enforcement and crime family members themselves, noticed that its modern history seemed to parallel the fictional history of a crime family on the HBO series The Sopranos. Not coincidentally, The Sopranos also takes place in New Jersey and its creator, David Chase, is from New Jersey.

As with the fictional crime family, the DeCalvacante family struggled to make it to the top ranks of organized crime. Back in the closing years of Prohibition in the early 1930s, Charlie “Lucky” Luciano organized the big five New York crime families into The Commission. The New Jersey mobsters didn’t make the cut. Nonetheless, the organized crime family worked well with its friends across the Hudson River, and shared profits with the Big Five, as well as with Mob families in nearby Philadelphia and other East Coast cities.

Historically, the DeCavalcante family has been associated with the whole range of Mob profit centers: loansharking, illegal gambling, prostitution, construction-industry rackets, labor union infiltration and corruption, drug dealing, murder, theft and extortion. The family’s roots go back to the Prohibition era, but it was Simone DeCavalcante who took over the crime family and put a stop to violent power struggles in the mid-1960s. Born in 1913, he headed the family until he stepped down in 1982, and even elevated the family to The Commission sometime in the 1960s, according to Mob historians.

In recent years the family’s fortunes, like those of other Mob families, have not fared well. Struggles for leadership – with one boss being murdered because of reputed gay relationships – have sapped the family’s strength. The Gambino family of New York, when it was headed by John Gotti, grabbed money and power away from the DeCavalcantes. And between 1999 and 2005, about 60 family members were arrested and 45 imprisoned on various federal and state charges, decimating the leadership.

Charles Stango may have joined other Mob leaders who relocated to the Southwest to get away from the heat of law enforcement and the chill of winter weather. Scott Deitche, a Tampa, Florida-based expert on the Mob, says the Southwest and the Sunshine State seem to be popular destinations for some of the older bosses.

“Palm Springs still has some older guys out there. It was [Los Angeles capo] Jimmy Caci’s stronghold until he died a few years ago,” Deitche says. “Bobby Milano of the L.A. family and Tony ‘Joe Batters’ Accardo from Chicago both lived out there. Joe Bonanno [of New York’s Bonanno family] moved out to Tucson in the late 1960s, and according to many insiders, still wielded tremendous influence in La Cosa Nostra activities well after he ‘retired.’ Many of his close confidants spent a great deal of time out there.”

Deitche says a lot of people assumed the DeCavalcante family was largely an artifact of the past.

“On my end, I think this bust will be surprising to some who wrote this family off,” he says. “The Decavalcantes hit a major setback in the late ’90s, early 2000s when [family leaders] Vinny Palermo, Anthony Rotondo and a few other guys flipped. However, there were rumors that when Frank Guaracci took over the top spot, he beefed up the ranks with some Sicilians. The Decavs always had a significant Sicilian faction.

“Former boss John ‘The Eagle’ Riggi was released from prison in late 2012, but he’s around 90 so I don’t think he’s involved in this case. One other thing I noticed is that there were a number of younger associates – guys in their 30s and 40s. Not something you’d associate with the Decavs, whose made guys definitely tilted toward the Early Bird Special crowd.”

According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Charles Stango, known as “Beeps,” has five felony convictions, including a 1981 conviction for homicide. The more recent murder charge stems from Stango’s alleged order to murder a rival in the prostitution business in New Jersey who insulted the family’s leadership. Federal officials say Stango told an informant to pay two members of a motorcycle gang $25,000 each to kill the rival. Stango appeared Thursday evening before U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Koppe in Las Vegas, and Koppe ordered him held in jail pending his transfer to New Jersey.

Reports indicated that Stango received permission for the hit on the rival from the DeCavalcante consigliere, or top adviser, Frank Nigro, who is 72 and living in New Jersey. Nigro was one of those arrested Thursday.

In a written statement, Federal officials said the busts show that the Mafia is far from done.

“Though its ranks have been thinned by countless convictions and its own internal bloodletting, traditional organized crime remains a real problem,” said U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman in New Jersey. “As today’s complaint shows, members and associates of a long-standing organized crime family continue to ply their illegal trade, selling dangerous drugs and illegal cigarettes, promoting prostitution and threatening internal scores with violence and death.”

But the most recent arrests will hurt, said Richard Frankel of the FBI in Newark, New Jersey. “This is a severe blow to the La Cosa Nostra family,” he said.

Very good article but a little confused as to why the DeCavs always think the Soprano's are based off of them. Didn't we clear that up. Richie the Boot Boiardo and Tony Boy among others are who the show is based on. The Luciano/Genovese crew was running north Jersey. Jersey ppl just know this but others are misinformed.

Other than that + 50 on the informative article. Thnx.

Ok. After reading the 3 pages...

Phone calls are stupidity staring you in the face. I doubt that's happened unless the person using the phone was also using the coke, lol. It was a joke! (Kinda). Stupid doesn't last long, hence the bust. Second, hahaha@hiring out the bikers. W. T. F. That wouldn't happen under the Gambinos and if this family is umbrellaed under them, it prolly wasn't sanctioned.

My gut reaction is the Feds played/manipulated both sides to get what they wanted. I don't trust them. I've experienced my share of trying to get what they want and putting my damn life on hold. Fuckers. Sorry, that was my anger showing. Rant over about the gov't. Enjoy your Sunday.

Yeah, because the Gambinos didn't give us Sammy Gravano and almost induct a Cuban FBI agent. Give me a break. There's stupidity everywhere.


I agree that the Government doesn't play fair. They stack the deck in their favor to win. But if you're not threatening to blow people up with grenades and biker gangs, they probably won't go out of their way to frame you .

The american justice system is meant to be fair but NOT meant to even the playing field when it comes to the prosecution and the defense, the laws werent designed that way; case in point ( RICO ).
Where i have a problem is when the government threatens to arrest innocent people, particularly family members if the defendant doesnt do what they want such as pleading guilty or cooperating. Thats playing dirty.
I also firmly believe the government purposely leaked the Gotti Jr. Proffer. They MUST be held to higher standards and someone should of been held accountable.

Fair post all the way around. The Feds (and all of law enforcement for that matter) have a job to do. But they have to be held to a higher standard. By all means, go get the bad guys and put them in jail. But do it fair, and leave their families out of it.

If you've ever lived through Federal harassment because of who a relative might be, or even might have been (yeah, even after they've been dead for YEARS), then you can appreciate what these guys are capable of. But things won't change, especially with the Feds. They hold all the cards. That's why you seriously have to be half-nuts to jump into the life today. But now I'm getting sidetracked, so . . .

Bail release and some words of wisdom from a complete fucking idiot.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Judge lets DeCavalcante family members out on bail
Two alleged members of the DeCavalcante crime family accused in a murder plot were released on bail today over the objections of a federal prosecutor who warned that the safety of the victim and an undercover agent is at risk.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Falk ordered the family's reputed family counsel, Frank Nigro, 72, and Paul Colella, 68, confined to their Toms River homes while they await trial on a charge of conspiring to kill a rival family member with the help of two outlaw bikers.

Each man was released on an unsecured bond of $250,000 apiece and must remain at home except for medical emergencies.

Assistant U.S. Attorney James Donnelly urged Falk to keep both men locked up, saying they are key players in a crime family with a long history of conspiring against witnesses and could order up retaliation with little more than a phone call.

"There is nothing that's going to stop that," Donnelly said. "There is nothing that's going to prevent that.''

Falk said he, too, was concerned about reprisal.

"The government's claims about the safety of the community is legitimate," he said.

But, he said, those concerns could be allayed with stringent restrictions on the defendants' freedom while they're confined to their homes 24 hours a day.

As a condition of their release, both men will be allowed to use the phone and accept visitors only between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. and federal agents can choose to listen in on their phone calls if they choose, Falk said.

Nigro and Colella were among ten alleged members and associates of the crime family arrested Thursday following a FBI-led probe that began in September 2012.

Federal prosecutors say an undercover law enforcement agent managed to infiltrate the upper-ranks of the DeCavalcante family and eventually found himself enlisted in an alleged plot to kill a rival who had insulted Charles Stango, a 71-year-old alleged family capo.

The agent recorded Stango telling him that the unidentified victim "had to meet death or you gotta maim him or you just gotta put him in a wheelchair for the rest of his life," according to a criminal complaint filed last week in U.S. District Court.

Stango, who lives in Henderson, Nev., is in custody and is expected to be returned to New Jersey in the coming days to face charges in the alleged murder plot.

Also today Falk agreed to release Stango's son, Anthony, 33, of Brick, on a $150,000 unsecured bond.

The younger Stango is accused of conspiring with other members of his New Jersey-based crew to sell more than $100,000 worth of cocaine as well as a plan to start a prostitution business that would cater to a high-end clientele in the Toms River area, prosecutors say.

Donnelly said Anthony Stango has a number of convictions for burglaries and drug dealing over the past decade.

"He's shown just a complete disregard for any court orders in the past," Donnelly said.

Stango's attorney, Gary Mizzone, said his client weighs 370-pounds and suffers from Type 2 diabetes. "Quite frankly, judge, he's not the picture of health," Mizzone said.

"This is basically a prostitution and drug case for a guy who may have been trying to talk tough to his Dad on the phone," Mizzone said.

On the tape, Stango tells his father of plans to run the prostitution business and gets back some fatherly advice on the perils of being too greedy, the complaint says.

"The bulls and the bears, Anthony, they survive," Charles Stango tells his son, according to the complaint. "The pigs they get slaughtered. Ok?"

Stango will also be confined to his home for 24 hours a day.

Prosecutors say Nigro, a father of five married for 52 years, signed off on the plot to kill the unidentified rival referred to as "The Mutt."

And, prosecutors say, Colella supported Charles Stango by enlisting the approval of other family members for the plot.

About 15 years ago i had an issue and the feds were not only bothering me but they were threatening to arrest my girl. I obviously wasnt happy about it and my lawyer said: " belmont, you have to understand, they feel they wear the white hat and you wear the black hat, they dont see it as hiiting below the belt".
In other words, whatever it takes to get a conviction, the feds will do it. They firmly believe its for the common good despite collateral damage.

Interesting that Elizabeth still has enough of an Italian population to facilitate rivalries.

I wonder if some of these crew members don't originate from Rahway or Woodbridge or another closeby town but still identify with Elizabeth.