hey guys, does anyone have any knowledge of the deceased Joe 'junior' chilli. he used to operate out of staten island and manhattan/brooklyn primarily. he was a bonanno capo

he also has a brother gerry whos currently doing some time or on trial in broward cty florida

Oh yeah...the chilly Chilli brothers.

Both of them were listed as official captains in the Bonanno Family but at different times. Joe "Junior" already around 1986 and Gerry later on in the early 1990s (this in spite of being imprisoned at the time). He is still listed as a captain today. I believe Gerry succeeded his older brother as crew leader.

Joe Junior was born in Manhattan July 7th, 1933. Gerry a year later. Their father, Joseph Chilli Sr, had passed away while the brothers were still teenagers. And Joe Jr took care of his mother and helped raise his younger sister, Francine, who saw him as a father figure.
In 1957 Joe Jr started to work as a seafood business executive at the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan. He also owned a seafood store. He retired from this business in the late 1990s. According to his obituary, Joe Jr enjoyed playing cards, especially pinochle, as well as cooking, listening to music and singing. He enjoyed life and good food and was described as a great father and son.
Joseph Chilli Jr died in June 2008.
According to Joseph Massino, Joe Chilli Jr was made in the same initiation ceremony in June 1977 as him and Anthony Spero.

To my knowledge, the Chilli brothers were first mentioned in the Donnie Brasco book. Lefty Ruggiero described them as big earners and explained to Pistone that they were members of Sonny Red´s crew. Later on, Greg Scarpa informed that the brothers were members of Anthony Spero´s crew (before Spero was named consigliere).
Gerry Chilli was convicted of fraudulent check charges in early 1980s and relesed in 1987. I think Pistone gave testimony against him, but I´m not sure.
In another "early" work, "Body Mike" by Thomas C. Renner (2nd edition published in 1990), the brothers were also mentioned. According to turncoat Joey Cantalupo, Gerry´s son (Joseph Gerald Chilli), was responsible for Cantalupo´s brother´s death during a brawl at a party. In 1979 a sitdown was arranged and a pledge was made to make Joseph Gerald Chilli (Gerry Chilli´s son) pay for the death of Cantalupo´s brother. In January of 1984, the dead body of Joseph Gerald Chilli was found in the trunk of a car. But it´s uncertain if this killing was a result of Cantalupo´s brother´s death five years ealier. The police wrote it off as a narcotics murder.
In 1989 Gerry Chilli, his brother Joseph Chilli Jr and his son Joseph Chilli III, were indicted on multiple racketeering charges. One of the charges was for trying to murder two men who they believed (according to the prosecutor) had killed Joseph Gerald Chilli.
Gerry Chilli seems ta have been aquitted of the murder charges but convicted and sentenced to a 9 year prison term for racketeering and gambling. His brother and nephew were sentenced to 15 years in prison.
In 1995, while in prison, Gerry Chilli was again indicted. This time for running a credit card fraud. From his prison cell! He pleaded guilty on these charges.
Gerry Chilli was released in 2002, did another stint in prison in 2007 before being indicted again in 2008. And while still in jail, a new indictment was handed over in July 2011.

Did one of them get arrested in Florida back in 1992?

Yes you are right. Gerry Chilli was arrested, but in 1993, for running a criminal enterprise. I guess he had just been released from prison.

I'm surprised you didn't mention Gerry's relationship with Gus Farace, Hairy. Only because it got a lot of attention here in NYC at the time of Farace's murder. Other than that, great job .

Aah yeah, I forgot about that. And thank you PB for your kind words.

In 1989, Everett Hatcher, a federal drug enforcement agent was murdered in New York. The killer turned out to be a low level drug dealing mobster, connected to Gerry Chilli and the Bonannos. According to some sources, Costabile "Gus" Farace, the killer, had unofficially been adopted by Gerry Chilli.
Some weeks after the Hatcher murder, Farace was found shot to death in a car.
The killing of Everett Hatcher created an uproar not only among the good guys but also within Mafia´s ranks. It is believed that Gerry Chilli doubble crossed Farace and had him set up to be killed.

Here is a link for further reading http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costabile_Farace

RIP agent Everett Hatcher.

Very informative knuckles, appreciate it. I was asking bc I knew Joe was, or at least considered, a heavy guy in ways of money n murder back in the day. He was an old school guy and well respected; prior to his death he was still a true mobster thru his later years .

he was also sleeping with gerry's daughter

im pretty sure lefty from donnie brasco fame kid was in the car to. with the chilli kid both shot dead. howie winter had a book wrote on him citizen sommerville its good he talks a little about lefty ruggerio in leavenworhts and he had a chip on his shoulder its weird now his grand daughter is on mob wives and she never talks about her gambino father.

I would like to make a correction here. It seems like both Chilli brothers ran their own crews at the same time. Gerry Chilli was most likely upped to captain around 1989, just before he was indicted on murder charges. It looks like he was entirely based in Florida at the time, taking care of Bonanno Family interest down there. It also looks like Gerry did not have any made guys in his crew, until much later.

gerry is a staten island guy.he had guys in jersey and florida to. there are guys in his crew. he had that rat steve lenhan around him at one time.know this, guys like jerry,tony g., they are a dying breed. pure bred fucking gangsters.

frankie steel, longtime colombo associate is playing for team america, he gave up that guy anthony from the drunken monkey which is owned by big ang on the tv show and also lee fama rumored gambino made man

A Colombo guy flipped? I don't believe it .

yes.pontillo. real cock sucker. he is the kind of person the feds wont want to take to trial.

yea, seems anytime there is a colombo indictment half the guys flip, after andy russo reached out to donni shacks and farese to come back to ny and run the family, farese was indicted and just beat his case, shacks hasnt traveled to nyc since he heard the feds knew he was tapped, they are keeping a very close eye on him since they consider him more likely to call the shots than farese who was recently acquitted

Farese lives not too far from me in Florida, like right around the block. He ain't ever coming back to New York (if he has half a brain).

no worries teddy will be out soon. and he will 'get things into shape'.lol.

he can start with tommy shots.lol!

tell him i said congrats haha



not if he's indicted before haha



that was too easy lol

did the chilli guy who was like a adopted dad to gus farace set him up to get killed quickly and not totured by other hit crews. i dont get why anyone would be mad.

Is Jerry still active in the mafia?

Gerry with a G.

I don't think he spells it that way. I'm pretty sure it's Gerald "Jerry" Chilli. But whatever same thing man lol

Why would some one whos name is Gerald, (G) switch the first letter of his name for his nickname? Jerry is spelled Gerry all the time.

Ask Geoff.

I'm just going from what I see on Wikipedia an what I know. But is it really that big of a deal??? Lol lets just forget about it.

gerry is the fucking energizer bunny.he will stop when hes dead!

Gamms!!!

Where you been? I figured you were in a Yuengling induced coma or something .

Wait Gamms drinks yuenglings??????