He defended Big Paul Castellano aswell,didnt he..?

Ya Gigante to, as well as a number of other guys.

Yes Alex in the Mafia Commission case. He was also saw him before his visit to Sparks when Paul was killed.

Good stuff. Thanks Mick.

jimmy was not demoted he went to prison in 94

very good , duffy was joe's on the west side of nyc.. allie shades was pinched with him..joe went to trial and knew could not win, why..who knows could have taken a plea for far less time..he went to trial everyday gassed..judge got upset with him.

i read that a few times plus some other trials, i didn't get anyone ripped him up..maybe the other way around..his partner gravanos bros. inlaw robbed and he covered him up...pizza.. larossa didn't get a shot at him..i found much of what he said the most credible on bklyn guys..no question..

I do my best, Bronx .

But seriously, I was with the local for more than ten years by the time that indictment came down. And Duffy was on the Feds radar long before Danny Benedetto picked up the phone for Chambers Paper. And Francolino got on the radar through a videotape of him with Gotti on a Tuesday at the Ravenite.


It wasn't me who said that he tore DiLeonardo to shreds. I just pointed out that LaRossa was the lawyer in one of the other trials. It was Fat Dom Borghese who LaRossa ripped apart. I don't know where to find the testimony, but if someone can look it up you'll see what I mean.

100% fat dom was taken apart by larossa, you are quick..i read it way back..one trial was JW murder case . not guilty... fat dom got caught with safe deposit boxes with a couple hundred grand he didn't tell the fbi about.

Thank you, Bronx. That's because I try to only post about things in my comfort zone and believe to be true. And The Bronx, the Teamsters and the garbage business are in my comfort zone.


I remember that. Unbelievable. And on top of everything else, he contradicted the testimony of other rats who came after him.

And it's funny because I just posted on one of the other sites that I'm surprised that none of these convictions are ever overturned when these witnesses contradict each other. But those are the Feds for you .

you are correct, with all the guys that flipped , there must be so many contradictions, then you throw in how each agent writes up the 302's, on the same set of events , should be good for reasonable doubt. but you know , when you are fighting a case ,you are your best lawyer and do all the research. some firm should compile all material , from every guys testimony and debriefings and cross mention by names and events. .save a lot of work and be accurate on every case..Hmmm. maybe we should start a company

A couple of interesting articles on Cosa nostra news on Michael Scars DiLeonardo and the Gotti's.

i thought it was great, maybe he would do a Q and A

I think Bronx that he's sincere and seems very credible to me. He had a great reputation in the streets. Very level headed guy.

Say what you want about Lieber/Scarpo,but he does come through with some very entertaining articles. That Mikey Scars piece was really pretty cool. As said above, Scars seems like a sincerere, bright guy abd I get the feeling, he regrets what he did. But what the hell do I kno? lol

Thanks for the "credit," Cheech. I made that post on January 5th, just off personal memory. But Ed doesn't read anything that I write, huh?

I was with 813 from 1981 thru 2006 (Give or take six months because I had a lot of time owed to me that built up over the years. I was honestly a workaholic, and not in the good way).

My point being, that whole Chambers-Duffy thing was smack dab in the middle of my time there. I remember it like it was yesterday.