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News and Stories about the Colombo Crime Family
Your children are your real mob. Anonymous Sonny To refer to John “Sonny” Franzese as a gangster would be an understatement. To begin with, his criminal history dates back to the 1930s, with his first arrest being for an assault in 1938. In and around 1950, Franzese became an inducted…...
“How often is the passing of one storm only a prelude to another” – Jane Yolen As I’ve stated before, many mistakenly deem the Profaci/Gallo conflict as the first Colombo family war. But technically speaking, this was an internal war that took place when the family carried the name of…...
Lovesick: in love, or missing the person one loves, so much that one is unable to act normally. The FBI arrested 20 people on October 3, 2019, 11 of whom were members and associates of the Colombo crime family. Racketeering, extortion, loansharking, stalking, attempted sports bribery, and other related charges…...
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it” -George Santayana Indicted Arrested and indicted on September 14, 2021, the Colombo crime family’s administration, members, and associates for a variety of crimes. https://sitdownnews.com/colombo-administration-bust/ Voiding the leadership positions for the Cosa Nostra family with this latest indictment. Yet, another…...
“…This Office and its law enforcement partners are committed to dismantling organized crime families, eliminating their corrupt influence in our communities, and protecting the independence of labor unions.” – Jacquelyn M. Kasulis, Acting United States Attorney Entire Administration The FBI rounded up the entire administration for the Colombo crime family…...
Loan shark: one who lends money to individuals at exorbitant rates of interest – Merriam-Webster The confession In the summer of 2015, this author had been out for a ride with an older woman I had been dating. After receiving a text, she developed a tense expression. Concerned, I inquired…...
Tip to New York’s top reporter The front page of New York’s Daily News screamed, ‘Snake’ was a Rat, Mafia boss Persico spent decades as fed snitch: court records by Larry McShane and Stephen Rex Brown https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-carmine-persico-the-snake-federal-informant-20210820-anhp4c4z2baxznj6dslyyropxa-story.html While vacationing down at the Jersey Shore, Larry McShane received an email accusing…...
Part 2 https://sitdownnews.com/colombo-cuckoo-crazy-sal/ The Jokester As I’ve mentioned, Sal truly loved to make people laugh and always was up to something. One afternoon, he walked over to me in the yard to ask a question. I answered yet he kept asking me to repeat it, finally, I said, “What’s the…...
Part 1 An associate by chance Silvio “Crazy Sal” Salome worked as a licensed electrician, acquiring side jobs to make ends meet. As fate would have it, one such job catapulted him into the belly of the Colombo crime family. Sometime in 1989, Crazy Sal received an electrical job from…...
The indictment and arrest of Colombo family members back in October 2019 put Daniel Capaldo, a soldier in the family in a legal predicament. Subsequently, Daniel aka, “The wig” or “Shrek” had a change of heart regarding a not guilty plea he entered in response to the above-mentioned indictment. Danny,…...
