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gangland:Carmine Persico still has influence - 07/01/16 01:00 PM
Colombo-Bonanno Sitdown Resolves Dispute Between Big Bobby And Little Angelo
He is a shell of his old self, and he may have no clout with federal judges. But from his federal prison hospital digs in Butner, North Carolina, Carmine Persico can still reach out to loyal New Yorkers to do his bidding, especially when it concerns someone near and dear to both his families.
Recently, according to knowledgeable sources on both sides of the law, the Bonanno and Colombo clans had a sit-down to iron out some very disrespectful treatment that Persico son-in-law Angelo (Little Angelo) Spata received from Bonanno family members and associates two years ago. It started when Little Angelo began serving a 15-month sentence for money laundering and gambling at the federal prison at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Seems that the wiseguy contingent at Fort Dix, led by Bonanno soldier Robert (Big Bobby) Attanasio, 69, constantly "made fun" of the pint-sized Spata, 42. They belittled him for getting caught "stealing light bulbs" from Home Depot in 2013 and for being a "crybaby" who got "a break from the judge" in his case because the "Colombo guys were always picking on him," said one source.
In fact, Spata's 15-month sentence was within his recommended guidelines. But, as Gang Land reported in 2013, defense attorney Sarita Kedia did note that Little Angelo was "constantly bullied by other Colombo members and associates because of his diminutive size" in a request for a non-prison term for her client.
"It got pretty nasty," said a second source. "Carmine put a stop to it by getting word to the prison that Angelo was in line to get made, and to show him the proper respect."
Sources say that when Attanasio, who was serving a 10-year sentence for disposing of a body in a 1984 mob rubout, "got the message to leave Angelo alone, " he did. But he still mocked Spata behind his back. Little Angelo and Big Bobby were both released from prison last year. They are each serving three years of strict post-prison supervised release, and not allowed to see each other — which is probably a good thing.
It's unclear whether Spata has been inducted into the crime family since his release from prison. But according to court documents, he was slated to be "made" back in 2010. The induction ceremony was canceled when family members began to suspect — correctly — that FBI agents were onto them.
Manhattan Federal Court Picture Story Evokes Work Of Kenny McCabe
He's gone ten years now, but former mob-busting federal investigator Kenny McCabe would have been proud of the work that a team of Nassau County detectives did in chronicling the activities of a bunch of Genovese gangsters during and after they allegedly took part in a plot to whack a mob rival two years ago.
McCabe snapped thousands of pictures of wiseguys and mob associates all around the town in his 35 plus years as an NYPD detective and an investigator for the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office. He popped into Gang Land's mind Monday when we finally got a couple of "action" shots of a few Genovese gangsters awaiting trial in McCabe's old haunts in Manhattan Federal court.
In one shot, white-haired wiseguy Robert (Old Man) Debello and burly mob associate Ryan (Baldy) Ellis are seen walking toward a meeting they are about to have with several others regarding an alleged scheme to murder Queens gangster Joseph Bonelli in June of 2014.
The meeting was a day after two mob associates in the plot, Salvatore (Fat Sal) Delligatti and Robert Sowulski, were arrested by detectives who learned about the murder plot while working a gambling case and quickly moved into action to stop the rubout.
In the second photo, Ellis is seen speaking to Luigi (Louis Sunoco) Romano, who owns the Exxon gas station where the get together takes place, and who allegedly paid $5000 for the hit team. If so, he didn't get his money's worth. The hitmen failed in their first try, and got themselves arrested when they tried a second time.
A few minutes later, according to federal prosecutor Samson Enzer, the trio had their not-so-secret gas station meeting with Sowulski, who has since become a cooperating witness. The enterprising Nassau detectives also caputured a shot of the meeting, with Debello, his hands raised in anger yelling at Sowulski about the potential nightmare they were all facing.
That photo, in a decision that makes no sense to Gang Land, is still sealed. But Enzer described it in detail at a bail hearing for Debello last month.
"A very worried looking Luigi Romano, with his hands on his head," looks on, said Enzer, who noted that Debello was "upset about the fact that Delligatti has been arrested and that the murder crew was caught in the car (which was supplied by Sowulski and owned by his girl friend, according to court records) with a gun."
Enzer stated that at the meeting, Debello, who was nailed in a Genovese family racketeering conspiracy case back in 2001, told his cohorts, "You can't beat a fucking conspiracy," and warned them "to stay away from" Delligatti because he was "going to get us all pinched."
Debello, 74, Delligatti, 40, and Ellis, 34, are detained as dangers to the community as they await trial on racketeering and murder conspiracy charges. Romano, 38, is confined to his home, except from 6AM until 8PM, when he can be found at the Exxon gas station and mini mart he runs at 150-65 Cross Island Parkway in Whitestone Queens, or next door at his car wash.
He is a shell of his old self, and he may have no clout with federal judges. But from his federal prison hospital digs in Butner, North Carolina, Carmine Persico can still reach out to loyal New Yorkers to do his bidding, especially when it concerns someone near and dear to both his families.
Recently, according to knowledgeable sources on both sides of the law, the Bonanno and Colombo clans had a sit-down to iron out some very disrespectful treatment that Persico son-in-law Angelo (Little Angelo) Spata received from Bonanno family members and associates two years ago. It started when Little Angelo began serving a 15-month sentence for money laundering and gambling at the federal prison at Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Seems that the wiseguy contingent at Fort Dix, led by Bonanno soldier Robert (Big Bobby) Attanasio, 69, constantly "made fun" of the pint-sized Spata, 42. They belittled him for getting caught "stealing light bulbs" from Home Depot in 2013 and for being a "crybaby" who got "a break from the judge" in his case because the "Colombo guys were always picking on him," said one source.
In fact, Spata's 15-month sentence was within his recommended guidelines. But, as Gang Land reported in 2013, defense attorney Sarita Kedia did note that Little Angelo was "constantly bullied by other Colombo members and associates because of his diminutive size" in a request for a non-prison term for her client.
"It got pretty nasty," said a second source. "Carmine put a stop to it by getting word to the prison that Angelo was in line to get made, and to show him the proper respect."
Sources say that when Attanasio, who was serving a 10-year sentence for disposing of a body in a 1984 mob rubout, "got the message to leave Angelo alone, " he did. But he still mocked Spata behind his back. Little Angelo and Big Bobby were both released from prison last year. They are each serving three years of strict post-prison supervised release, and not allowed to see each other — which is probably a good thing.
It's unclear whether Spata has been inducted into the crime family since his release from prison. But according to court documents, he was slated to be "made" back in 2010. The induction ceremony was canceled when family members began to suspect — correctly — that FBI agents were onto them.
Manhattan Federal Court Picture Story Evokes Work Of Kenny McCabe
He's gone ten years now, but former mob-busting federal investigator Kenny McCabe would have been proud of the work that a team of Nassau County detectives did in chronicling the activities of a bunch of Genovese gangsters during and after they allegedly took part in a plot to whack a mob rival two years ago.
McCabe snapped thousands of pictures of wiseguys and mob associates all around the town in his 35 plus years as an NYPD detective and an investigator for the Manhattan U.S. Attorney's office. He popped into Gang Land's mind Monday when we finally got a couple of "action" shots of a few Genovese gangsters awaiting trial in McCabe's old haunts in Manhattan Federal court.
In one shot, white-haired wiseguy Robert (Old Man) Debello and burly mob associate Ryan (Baldy) Ellis are seen walking toward a meeting they are about to have with several others regarding an alleged scheme to murder Queens gangster Joseph Bonelli in June of 2014.
The meeting was a day after two mob associates in the plot, Salvatore (Fat Sal) Delligatti and Robert Sowulski, were arrested by detectives who learned about the murder plot while working a gambling case and quickly moved into action to stop the rubout.
In the second photo, Ellis is seen speaking to Luigi (Louis Sunoco) Romano, who owns the Exxon gas station where the get together takes place, and who allegedly paid $5000 for the hit team. If so, he didn't get his money's worth. The hitmen failed in their first try, and got themselves arrested when they tried a second time.
A few minutes later, according to federal prosecutor Samson Enzer, the trio had their not-so-secret gas station meeting with Sowulski, who has since become a cooperating witness. The enterprising Nassau detectives also caputured a shot of the meeting, with Debello, his hands raised in anger yelling at Sowulski about the potential nightmare they were all facing.
That photo, in a decision that makes no sense to Gang Land, is still sealed. But Enzer described it in detail at a bail hearing for Debello last month.
"A very worried looking Luigi Romano, with his hands on his head," looks on, said Enzer, who noted that Debello was "upset about the fact that Delligatti has been arrested and that the murder crew was caught in the car (which was supplied by Sowulski and owned by his girl friend, according to court records) with a gun."
Enzer stated that at the meeting, Debello, who was nailed in a Genovese family racketeering conspiracy case back in 2001, told his cohorts, "You can't beat a fucking conspiracy," and warned them "to stay away from" Delligatti because he was "going to get us all pinched."
Debello, 74, Delligatti, 40, and Ellis, 34, are detained as dangers to the community as they await trial on racketeering and murder conspiracy charges. Romano, 38, is confined to his home, except from 6AM until 8PM, when he can be found at the Exxon gas station and mini mart he runs at 150-65 Cross Island Parkway in Whitestone Queens, or next door at his car wash.