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 What does the son of reputed Luchese family underboss Steven Crea have in common with Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, the woman who recently accused now Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of attempted  rape in the 1980s? Stevie Wonder Boy, arrested in the 1980s for murder. Both passed a polygraph exam administered by retired FBI veteran Jeremiah Hanafin. The younger Crea’s polygraph responses were “not indicative of deception” to questions about his involvement in two cases, including a reputed mob murder up in the Bronx. Hanafin reportedly has performed more than 2,500 polygraph exams during his 24-yearlong FBI career. So reported New York Daily News journo Larry McShane in a breaking news story in which he also noted that this is “the latest bit of good news” for Crea, 46, who was released on $1 million bond in August after a White Plains federal judge blasted prosecutors for not having the goods to back up some of their claims regarding what is considere...

After pleading guilty, reputed Luchese wiseguy Joseph Datello faces life in prison for attempting to murder a federal witness. Datello Specifically, Datello, 67, of Staten Island, New York, pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit racketeering, and as part of that plea admitted racketeering acts including the attempted murder of the Witness, narcotics trafficking, and collecting debts through the threat of violence. According to prosecutors the witness in question helped the Fed's build cases against Datello and other members of the Luchese crime family, including alleged underboss Steven Crea. Authorities said Datello thought he knew where the witness could be found; with Crea's blessing, he then went there to kill the former Luchese associate. U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said : “Witness safety is paramount to ensuring the prosecution of criminal organizations. Thanks to the FBI’s Joint Organized Crime Task Force, who uncovered Datello’s c...

A Luchese mobster faces 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder in federal court in White Plains, authorities announced this week. Stevie Crea in 1983 when he faced a murder charge. Vincent Bruno, 34, was among 19 reputed mobsters arrested in a May 2017 sweep that targeted what has been described as "the Lower Hudson Valley's most notorious organized-crime figures," a roster that includes alleged Luchese underboss Steven "Wonder Boy" Crea of Tuckahoe. The press got plenty of mileage out of the case based on the alleged gangsters' nicknames, which included "Joey Glasses" and "Jimmy the Jew." Bruno pleaded guilty to attempted murder in aid of a racketeering conspiracy on Thursday (September 13) before United States Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison. Specifically, he pleaded to attempting to kill, and conspiring to kill, a Bronx man described as a Bonanno associate, in 2012. Last Year's Big Luchese...