Bonanno crime family hit man hiding in witness protection gets extra jail time for 'calzone rage'
'What you need is anger management,' judge tells mobster
BY John Marzullii NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
A federal judge Thursday tacked on a side order of six months in prison to go with a mob rat’s lengthy sentence for a “calzone rage” beatdown in his pizzeria.
“What you need is anger management,” Brooklyn Federal Judge Edward Korman lectured ex-Bonanno crime family hit man Joey Calco.
“Yes, I understand, I used bad judgment,” Calco said.
Calco was facing an additional 46 months in prison for violating supervised release on a 2002 racketeering conviction — on top of the 13-year-sentence he was slammed with for pistol-whipping two customers in his pizzeria in Florida and illegal gun possession.
The customers had griped their calzone order was wrong and demanded a refund, prompting Calco to vault over the counter to pummel them.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicole Argentieri reminded the judge that when the defendant last stood before him he had vowed to stay out of trouble after helping the government convict scores of gangsters, including late Bonanno consigliere Anthony Spero.
“He was allowed to have a second chance,” Argentieri said. “A dispute about food? Come on. It was a horrible beating.”
But Korman said the defendant had been severely punished for his recent crimes and reminded the prosecutor that he had gotten a second chance at the urging of federal prosecutors who were grateful for his snitching.
Calco, 42, had resurfaced in Florida in the witness protection program with the new identity, “Joseph Milano.”
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I would've liked to have heard the conversation. Why didn't they bring the calzone back up to the counter? They probably ate it first, then complained about it after, that's why.
lol I remember seeing this last year on the news. What a dirt bag, climb over a counter and assault someone because they are complaining about a calzone you made? He made himself look like an asshole too, i love the way he falls on his ass after he lunges over the counter.
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Wow, is that how wiseguys of today acts nowadays? No wonder the mafia are in decline if this is how a "hitman" from one of the Five Families "deal" with civilians. What an embrassment.
Wow, is that how wiseguys of today acts nowadays? No wonder the mafia are in decline if this is how a "hitman" from one of the Five Families "deal" with civilians. What an embrassment.
Actually I would cut him some slack, there are lots of rednecks in Florida. I lived there for a few years. I couldn't wait to move back to the new jersey. lol
It's not so much how he lost his cool because he has to deal with "rednecks", it's more to do with him getting owned like two seconds into the "fight". And this freaking guy is a Bonanno hitman? Tommy Karate would be turning in his grave. Oh wait...Tommy is still alive. My apologises.
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Wow, is that how wiseguys of today acts nowadays? No wonder the mafia are in decline if this is how a "hitman" from one of the Five Families "deal" with civilians. What an embrassment.
Actually I would cut him some slack, there are lots of rednecks in Florida. I lived there for a few years. I couldn't wait to move back to the new jersey. lol
nope i lived in Lakeland Fl for 2 years. Could not wait to get back to Pittsburgh! fuck that noise!