Whether or not they choose to voice it. I'm sure that everyone here on the board has an opinion about this subject.

I see. Are you intending to be condescending to me in your response? I hope not. Let me take your points one by one.

1) Why do you think a newspaper would have any insight into the current and ongoing matters of a LCN family? They generally report in arrears.
2) Why would LE inform anyone they started an investigation?
3) Why would LE make public that an informant provided information on this matter?
4) Why is LE "more than obligated"? We see examples where they're not obligated in the context you use, especially on the federal level.

While I neither agree, nor disagree with Scott's reporting, I don't understand the argument either way, which are almost entirely anecdotal.

Hacker, everyone is entitled to his or her own opinions, and you are certainly entitled to have your own.

That being said, let me state that I do not agree with your assessment at all. Not one iota.

And for the record, I was not, "intending to be condescending to you" in my response.

Did the shootings start? Did I miss it?

It's been some time since we heard anything more about this. Was the impending war resolved? Did Mancuso take the money and run? Did the feds nip it in the bud since they knew about it? Maybe Capeci will finally write about it this week

I suggest that you don't hold your breath MS!

That is, unless you wanna turn blue in the face! lol

And I'm sure that I'm not the only one here who feels that way too!

Even though they don't voice their opinions...

This is either one of the very best pieces of journalistic research and "insiders" knowledge of current mob happenings (before the mob happenings even happen, no less)...or, in the alternative, somebody out there is providing phony info and misleading the journalists.

Thoughts?

I checked Pacer and still nothing on the Mancuso VOSR...maybe the impending "war" is what's holding it up?

In a recent podcast Scott Burnstein said he believes these details will come out in court documents within the next 6 months for whatever that's worth.

Yeah, that must be it...For sure!

All the Bonannos are probably out at their local "Sealy Posture-Pedic Mattress" stores stocking up before the big war comes and they're forced to "hit the mattresses"

It seems there's some movement on Mancuso's VOSR. This week's Gangland News reports:

"It's taken eight weeks — not the 10 days the judge wanted — but Robert Capers, the Chief U.S. Department of Probation official in Brooklyn, is apparently ready to tell the Court why the government agreed to let Bonanno family boss Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso plead guilty to a lesser violation of supervised release (VOSR) than the one with which he was first charged."

The hearing is scheduled for April 14, according to Gang Land.

No mention of the impending "war" which you'd think the government would use to really stick it to Mancuso instead of letting him "plead guilty to a lesser violation," especially since the government is supposedly "aware" of the situation and the judge is already angry about the entire thing.

Hmmmm...thats really weird, huh?

Because the feds claim the mob is now a shell of its former self, could it be that they don't feel its pays to investigate all the beatings and bombings and shooting that have been reported lately?

The FBI might feel, that in the year 2023, any new "Banana War" would be a small affair with only a handful of gangland murders, so its not worth allocating government resources to it?

I wonder if that could be it?

Yawn, snooze. That's my opinion all along

https://gangsterreport.com/dodging-...to-the-bk-borough-dino-cammaranos-place/

It appears that Scott is doubling down on his Bonnano claims. I don't subscribe to this but anybody hear anything? Or is just more of the same?

I don't have access either. Part of me says there's no smoke without fire but there's surely no way that if any of this is true the major NY papers aren't eating it up. I've not followed his stuff too closely but have listened to their podcast and other than being a bit obsessed with mobster nicknames they've seemed to be reasonable. But without anyone else reporting on it surely this is all nonsense or at the least massively exaggerated. The funeral assault was all over the news, if there's shootings surely this would get 10 fold that attention...

It's intriguing but pretty disastrous for your reputation and future if you're wrong and reporting on people's homes and businesses getting shot at. It's sensitive stuff to those involved, particularly on the back of a death in their family. But I guess they're all mobsters/criminals so maybe he don't care

Where was the funeral assault all over the news?

Gangland reported it first and then I'm sure it was on NY Daily News or NY Post and some of them. I might be wrong but I thought it was relatively big news

How did we go from it was all over the news to actually I'm not sure but it was probably on some?

All over mob news I should have clarified.. or big news in the NY mob reporting. I apologize if I misled you Mafia101, I'll be careful with my words in future

Gangland is the recognized authority when it comes to LCN in New York City and NJ.
If he printed it, you can take the story to the bank.

He worked for the NY post for decades.
The daily news for about 10 years
Gangland News ran in the SUN for many years.

He started Gangland News in in the late 90’s

He has been been covering LCN for about 40 years.

That is longer than a lot of the posters on here have been alive.

I don’t think anyone on this earth has his RESUME let alone any poster on here has the credentials to challenge him or his weekly column.

P.3.R.O.I.D.

[quote=NYMafia][quote=MafiaStudent]It seems there's some movement on Mancuso's VOSR. This week's Gangland News reports:

"It's taken eight weeks — not the 10 days the judge wanted — but Robert Capers, the Chief U.S. Department of Probation official in Brooklyn, is apparently ready to tell the Court why the government agreed to let Bonanno family boss Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso plead guilty to a lesser violation of supervised release (VOSR) than the one with which he was first charged."

The hearing is scheduled for April 14, according to Gang Land.

No mention of the impending "war" which you'd think the government would use to really stick it to Mancuso instead of letting him "plead guilty to a lesser violation," especially since the government is supposedly "aware" of the situation and the judge is already angry about the entire thing.
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I just read the most of Scott’s articles.

I do not think there is a war.

A mob war would mean two sides trying to get at each other.
J.C. Defended himself and that’s it.

I 100% believe Mancuso has sent out a team or teams of guys to: “GET Joe C. Jr”

JC has one upped Mancuso a couple of times.

1) JC won a captains vote.
2) JC embarrassed the shit out of him with the Funeral Home Abortion.
3) JC took his case to trial and like a MOBSTERS MOBSTER - BEAT THE FEDS.

I do NOT believe there is a murder contract on JC.
This is why I think what I think:

1) Hit teams are sent out to “KILL”.
2) Hit teams do not set fires to their targets businesses.
3) Hit teams do NOT shoot up their targets houses.

If you do stuff like 2 and 3 above you alert your “TARGET” it’s like sending a letter to your target and saying “Hey I am Coming To Kill YOU”

So now the target will:

1) Go on the lam. -OR-
2) Go to the Feds for protection. -OR-
3) Run to another family for protection. -OR-
4) Start Carrying Guns.-OR-
5) Hire Body Guards. -OR-
6) KILL YOU FIRST!!!

I.E. in Canada there was a hit attempt carried out a by a shooter, who was ordered to “KILL RIZZUTO”
now they didn’t shoot his car or his house they shot at him and shot him.

To SUM this up:

I think Mancuso ordered a “HOSPITAL BEATING” as he has done in the past -Vs- Meldish.

And further instructed his guys to “TERRORIZE” them JC & DC while you are “HUNTING them DOWN”

Give them some “FOOD FOR THOUGHT”

Let them know that we had a team of guys waiting for them where they lay there heads at night and where they think they are safe, fire a few shots into the Garage, let them know we also had a team at their businesses burn one of their trucks and/or set their dumpster on fire.

Let them constantly look -????- over their shoulders to see if someone is there to get them.

Lastly I believe JC is way smarter than Mancuso and that he might be biding his time.
Look at it this way:

Mancuso lost the vote BEFORE:

1) He started squeezing his captains for more money monthly.
2) He made a complete fool of himself and whole family.
3) The other heads stopped JC’s ascension prior to Mancuso doing all these idiotic things, I do not believe they will step in for him again.

4) I think JC steps up when Mancuso gets taken off the streets for a decent amount of time 5+ years.

Again some Bonnano’s and the head of the other families saved Mancuso, will those Bonnano’s stay loyal to him?

The bottom here is that Mancuso is not boss material, he will continue to hurt this family his stupid shit is keeping in wanted and needed a scrutiny which leads to more indictments and more guys flipping, which means more indictments.

It’s a VICIOUS CYCLE…