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Former Colombo Street Boss Ralph DeLeo Back In The Can

By Ed Scarpo
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Ralph F. DeLeo, 82, who was released on parole last year after spending more than a decade in prison for crimes committed while serving as the street boss of the Colombo crime family, was arrested yesterday, according to court documents filed in Massachusetts. Ralph DeLeo Why he was arrested is not something we know, though we may learn about it later today. DeLeo appeared yesterday afternoon for a revocation hearing before Massachusetts Magistrate Judge Paul Levenson and has a detention hearing at 2:30 p.m. today. The FBI ended DeLeo’s yearlong reign as Colombo street boss when they pinched him on a drug rap in Little Rock, Arkansas, in December 2009. In 2012, he was sentenced to nearly 17 years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release (and a $50,000 fine—which alone would be enough to make us want to gargle Drano). DeLeo earlier that year had pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. DeLeo—a veteran bank rob...
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The Psychology Behind Online Gambling: Insights for Pokiesurf Players

By Ed Scarpo
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If you’re into online pokies australia , it helps to know what’s happening behind the scenes — not just in the game code, but in your own head. Online gambling is built to keep you spinning, swiping, and chasing wins, even when the odds are stacked against you. That’s not by accident. It’s psychology, baked into every flashing light and near-miss. In this article, we’re digging into how your brain reacts to pokies, why they’re designed the way they are, and what you can do to stay in control while still having a good time. If you understand how the tricks work, you’re less likely to fall for them. Why Your Brain Loves Pokies Pokies trigger your brain’s reward system. Every spin, every sound, every little win — even when it’s smaller than your bet — lights up the same areas of the brain that respond to food, sex, or praise. It’s like your brain gets a shot of feel-good juice every time those reels line up just right (or almost right). The randomness of pokies is part of what makes them ...
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Bobby Manna, The Genovese Power Who Once Sought To Behead The Gambinos, Released From Prison

By Ed Scarpo
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'' Gene Gotti's dead." -- Bobby Manna (as per FBI transcripts) '' We're gonna be paying for this, you know, for the rest of our lives." -- J ames (Jimmy Nap) Napoli  Louis (Bobby) Manna— the Genovese family's former number three man who in the 1980s was poised to shoot it out with the Gotti regime of the Gambino family to protect Genovese family interests in the Garden State—was released from prison last month and is now under the care of court-approved custodians, as per reports. Manna and his crew were rounded up in June 1988. Manna was recorded plotting to kill both John Gotti and his older brother Gene, among others. Manna, 95, served more than 36 years of an 80-year Federal racketeering sentence. U.S. District Court Judge Robert Kirsch granted the petition for “compassionate release” –which detailed Manna’s deteriorating health – on April 16. Manna reportedly is bed-ridden and suffers from chronic kidney disease, lung cancer, bacterial infecti...
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Kitchen Nightmares Gangster Back In Business (Mob Business, That Is)

By Ed Scarpo
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“Nobody is gonna go against them. They’d go head to head with anybody.” Source on Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso and his Administration in the Bonanno crime family. Bonanno mobster Peter (Peter Pasta) Pellegrino, a name you are familiar with if you have been watching Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares and reading Cosa Nostra News , is back in business—the gambling and shylocking business, though, not the restaurant business. Peter Pasta Pellegrino. (From Facebook.) In fact, Peter Pasta was among the Bonannos who benefitted from Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso 's reorganization of the crime family last Christmas, we've learned. Pellegrino was bumped from acting capo to official capo. He’s now overseeing a Bonanno crew in Florida and one allied with Albanians in Ridgewood, Queens. Also part of the Nose's Christmastime shakeup, Anthony (Bruno) Indelicato , the longtime Bonanno wiseguy who was a direct participant—he was one of the shooters—in the 1979 Carmine Galante murders, w...
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The Strange Fate Of Santo Giordano

By Ed Scarpo
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One night in early May 1981, FBI agents were watching the Middle Village, Queens, home of Bonanno soldier Santo Giordano, a skilled mechanic who operated a gas station and was a licensed pilot. Santo Giordano, aka Tony. Giordano belonged to the Bonanno family’s Zip faction, which at the time had been aggressively focusing on the sale of heroin. The Zip faction also included Gerlando (George from Canada) Sciascia, Sal Catalano, Cesare Bonventre, Baldo Amato, and Giovanni Ligammari (who would all variously feature in the Pizza Connection Case). Also fully with the Zips was the “Sixth Family,” members of the Bonanno-linked outpost that Carmine Galante had established in Montreal decades prior . When Galante was slain by members of his own crime family in 1979, Giordano was among the Bonannos stationed outside the restaurant. The wheelman, he stood guard by the car used to ferry the shooters to and from the scene. Giordano’s fingerprint was later discovered on a door handle, though even...
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Yes, Former Gambino Associate John Alite Is A Councilman (In New Jersey) And A Former Gotti Family Spokesperson Confronted Him At A Town Hall

By Ed Scarpo
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Englishtown, New Jersey, entered the pages of history in the 18th century when General George Washington briefly made it his headquarters following the Battle of Monmouth in 1778. The town got another dramatic, albeit much more recent, kick last month when the mayor appointed former Gambino associate John Alite to serve on the town council. By now, many of you have already heard about—or read  the big New York Post story  on—John Alite’s latest gig serving as a councilman for Englishtown, a small town of around 2,300 residents in New Jersey's Monmouth County. (Fun fact:  Vito Genovese purchased property  there in 1935 and had the grounds redesigned to resemble Naples, Italy. The gardens of the estate—which include a fake volcano—can still be perused today.) Alite’s move into politics doesn’t really surprise us—pretty much nothing does these days. This nation last November elected a twice-impeached convicted felon to the office of President of the United States. In fa...
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