Cosa Nostra News

Some claims made in the press seem suspicious to us. A remake of a 1974 film was also based on the story of the Ray Merolle crew, a Staten-Island-based car-theft ring? Sounds preposterous to us, and yet.... If you have read about new Mob Wife Love Majewski, chances are you will have seen a little anecdote in the story that goes something like this:    Love Majewski and Ray Merolle, the man famous for running the "Untouchables" car-theft operation, were the inspiration for the film " Gone in Sixty Seconds ," with Angelina Jolie playing a character based on Love. [Does that mean ol' Nic Cage was playing Ray?]

Roy DeMeo, hunting -- game this time, it would appear. Ray Merrole and his crew considered themselves as untouchable car thieves -- and even claimed a big budget Hollywood movie was based on their exploits (we strong disagree with this, as we noted ) Roy DeMeo, who also ran a stolen-car ring, had a much bigger operation than Ray did. Roy's went all the way up to mob boss Paul Castellano, who was actually on trial for this auto-theft operation when he was whacked by John Gotti and company. Big Paul, not trusting Roy to "stand up," had had him whacked months earlier.