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Ralph F. DeLeo, 82, who departed Federal prison last year on supervised release after serving nearly 20 years for crimes committed while he was street boss of the Colombo family, was arrested last month for plotting to murder those responsible for convicting him in 2012. DeLeo's goose just might be cooked this time. DeLeo, who was chosen to run one of the Five Families as street boss because he was perceived as having no ties to either the Persico or Orena factions, plotted to "murder no fewer than three people who played roles in his most recent criminal conviction," the U.S. Attorney's office in Boston said in a court filing. DeLeo was "actively planning to kill two current and one former federal official, all of whom were involved in the federal criminal case resulting in DeLeo's 2012 conviction." According to the court filing, DeLeo was seeking "personal identifying information, including home addresses and names of immediate family members, ...

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It looks like ex-Colombo associate John Pappa still might break the record for serving one of the longest prison sentences in US criminal history. Pappa was part of the hit team that rubbed out John Gotti ally Joseph Scopo. Pappa, who committed four murders at the age of 19 and was convicted and sentenced to multiple life sentences, filed a motion for compassionate release on December 19, 2022.  Pappa asked the Court to grant him a sentence reduction under Section 3582(c)(1)(A) based on what he argued were "extraordinary and compelling circumstances": -- his upbringing and youth at the time he committed the crimes of conviction; -- the fact that a life sentence in his case will be unusually long given his young age at the time of his convictions, which, in turn, "creates a sentencing disparity" when compared to "nationwide sentencing practices for those convicted of murder in federal court"; -- the sentencing court's inability to consider the mitigatin...

Bonanno big shots John (Johnny Joe) Spirito and Ernie Aiello, among others, were relieved of their cash in a robbery of a Bonanno family social club in the Bronx on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, as per blog and podcast reports. Mikey Nose and his pearly whites. We contacted our own Bonanno family-linked sources about the robbery to see what we could find out — only to hear that the robbery never happened. “It’s a complete bullshit story,” one of the sources said, laughing. (These guys seemed to be well aware of the social club robbery story, which tells us they must keep up with online mob news, at least as much as we do.) According to The Gangster Report , tens of thousands of dollars in tribute was stolen in the robbery, cash that had been destined for the pockets of Bonanno boss Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso . GR also noted that, as per three different sources, Johnny Joe’s son, John (Johnny Boy) Spirito, Jr. also was a victim of the stick-up. Balderdash, said our sources, one ...