NYMafia, what makes you say Robino wasn't a Colombo? And if not, was he at least on record with them?
PS, I refer to the NYC crime families by their present names, even in times before the bosses they were named after. It's less confusing for newbies and other readers.
Chris Robino WAS connected and "with" Joe Profaci/Colombo. But I do not believe he was an 'inducted' member. He was closely associated with Profaci as a drug smuggler/distributor. Joe used Robino as such, and after he got pinched with the interstate heroin operation they shot him dead in Brooklyn. I think his brother-in-law Lo Cascia got shot in that incident also but wasn't killed. In other words Profaci dealt with Robino at arms length to traffic in drugs, and after Robino got nabbed he was expendable.
This all took place during the 1950s era.
