Originally Posted By: domwoods74
Persico was on the Gallo side during there war with profaci , the reason he is called the snake is because he swapped sides and was involved in the attempted murder of Larry Gallo


Yep, that´s right! Some of the more famous names in Gallo´s crew include: John "Mooney" Cutrone, Mike Rizzitelli (a Californian who was later made in LA, Cali), Pete "The Greek" Diapoulos (who later wrote a book on Joey, Joe "T" Tomasello, Sally D´Ambrosio, Joseph "Lolly Pop" Carna, Tony "Shots" Abbatemarco (later served as underboss), "Big" Tony Peraino (the guy who produced the porno movie Deep Throat if I`m not misremembering, and of course kid brother Albert and Joe "Punchy" Illiano (both later made with the Genoveses). Bobby Boriello (later made with the Gambinos) also seems to have had a role in the Gallo gang. He was a lookout in the neighborhood, looking for Profaci soldiers coming in. He was too young at the time to have a bigger part of the gang. Ten years later however, he was extremely close to Joey Gallo and served at times as his bodyguard.

Last edited by HairyKnuckles; 05/14/14 11:08 AM.

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