He used to call them "a pit bull and an alley cat." Richard was born in Jersey City, NJ, to the late Gabriel and Rose (Calvanico) Scarpa. I do not minimize the evil acts Mr. Scarpa committed over the course of his criminal career, Korman wrote in his decision on Wednesday. In 1983, Scarpa was the mastermind behind a plot to kill Colombo crime family member Sal Cardaci. The Grim Reaper pulled out his gun and shot him dead on the spot. Genovese Family associate THOMAS POLI pled guilty before United States District Judge John G. Koeltl on September 29, 2022, and is scheduled to be sentenced by Judge Koeltl on April 13, 2023. He was already incarcerated in another case before that. She spends most of her days at the kitchen counter of the rented, sparsely furnished Staten Island condo that she shares with Linda and three of Linda's four children. In one of his most cold-blooded killings, during the Orena-Persico war, he shot Vincent Fusaro a man he suspected of loyalty to the wrong side in the . "He kept saying, 'I'm fine,' and he had this big hole in this head." Who Fat Andy Loved; John Gotti's Other Side: Anthony Ruggiano Junior, Part FOUR. Scarpa, 69, a former Colombo crime family boss turned prison snitch he helped the government probes of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing and the 1993 World Trade Center bombing is currently at a federal Bureau of Prisons halfway house in Kansas City, Kan., records show. At the time, the former mobster approached the FBI telling them that there was a secret stash of explosives available to Nichols' henchmen who remained free. Greg Scarpa, Sr., was born on May 8, 1928 near Venice, Italy and immigrated to the United States with his parents and brother Salvatore at a young age. Greg Scarpa Jr. and Joe Waverly were real tough guy, not in between, we will talk about some of their exploits and talk about some of the stuff that they did to show the rest of the mob that they. Cicale is planning to launch the podcast series with an historical bang: The debut episode, to be posted online next week on Valentines Day, will touch on secret codes, schtupping a Luchese soldiers wife, issues of trustand plotting against Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso (who is the official top Banana on the street today). We further note that Scarpa himself submitted a document to the court titled 4 "Letter from Gregory Scarpa Jr. to Angela Clemente expressing his concern with a statement 5 reportedly made by Emilio Bravo Concerning Imminent Attack for the 10th Anniversary of the OKC 6 Bombing. A source told us that Dom "offered to work to help society at large, and he has made great strides working with Yehuda Kaploun. 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Please refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in, The former mobster was involved in several murders in the 1980s, Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile. Scarpa provided the government with information against Yousef. "The reality, however, is that Scarpa is a seriously ill man who is unable to care for himself and has little prospect of recidivating.". Scene outside home of Frank Cali, the Gambino mob boss who was shot dead in New York. He wound up being right." She watches her daughter's kids halfheartedly while Little Linda is in Manhattan, trudging from restaurant to restaurant. It has been acknowledged that he was in fact an Italian-American n 1979, he feuded with Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, who broke Strongbow's leg. .more Get A Copy The explosives were recovered. Underboss: Anthony Abbatemarco (51y) 3. He died in prison in 1994 after contracting HIV. And the Bonanno crime family, with which he was once affiliated has disowned him. During the 1990s, Scarpa was sentenced to 40 years in prison for racketeering, but provided the government with false information about terrorist tactics and possible . Borrello, 38, was given a six-month sentence by a judge in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday for participating in podcasts about organized crime and for associating with other criminals while doing so. Whitey was convicted a few weeks ago of 11 murders that were a result of intelligence leaked to him by John Connolly, his contacting agent. Greg Scarpa Jr. has been in prison even longer than Amuso, since 1988. He was widely considered the most brutal member of New York's most violent, dysfunctional mob family, the man at the center of the Columbo war of the early 1990s. (Is he contemplating those Christmas envelopes?) Every day, Little Linda tries to think of a way to escape what has become of her life, but mob princesses don't get much in the way of job training, and she comes up empty. . DeVecchio got promoted and ended up leading two organized crime squads in New York; Scarpa got paid $66,000 for the information he supplied over 12 years, and when he was arrested for credit card . Even when her father was alive, Little Linda and her mother never got along. The Scarpas were a Mafia dynasty led by Greg Scarpa Sr., a man so addicted to killing that he was nicknamed "The Grim Reaper." Still from YouTube interview with Tough Tony Federici. Gregory Scarpa, Jr. is a prison informant who predicted that al-Qaeda would bomb the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and an airplane flying out of New York. Joining him on this episode is Larry Mazza who was also a member of the Colombo family as he was a key member of the Scarpa family crew. "I never thought anything would happen to Greg," she says. Sometime in early August, the Bureau enlisted Gregory Scarpa, the FBI's Top Echelon informant-- who had earlier been contracted to murder the boss of his own crime family-- to go to Mississippi to accomplish what the agents could not. In August of 1980 Persico orders the murder of Colombo soldier Dominick Somma for drug dealing, Scarpa carries out the hit. Between Scarpa's cancer diagnosis, his trouble eating, and the signs that he's developing Alzheimer's, Mr Korman determined it was best to let the former mobster out. Thomas "Tommy Two-Guns" DeSimone killed a made member of the Mafia -- and for that, among other things, he was killed in what's been described as a classic setup. Joey Scarpa was drawn into his father's life as a teenager . He earned the moniker "the Grim Reaper" because he preferred to do the killing himself instead of jobbing out the task to hit men. Gregory Scarpa Jr a reputed soldier in the Colombo crime family may be in for early release if a Brooklyn judge agrees to reduce his 40 year sentence.. He became a jailhouse informant and has been granted a compassionate release by a federal judge. Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. He is believed to have committed 24 murders. During the 1970s and 80s, Scarpa was the chief enforcer and veteran hitman for Colombo boss Carmine Persico. Luke Joseph Scarpa un attore di 94 anni ( 8 octobre 1928). The mastermind of the bombing, Timothy McVeigh, was convicted and executed in 2001. The truth is, we know very little about this murder, including who pulled the trigger. He planned to live with a sister in Florida. Instead of gazing at a banquet-length dining table laden with stolen diamonds and gold, as she did many nights during her 30 years with Scarpa, Schiro clears a place amid the box of Cheez-Its and sleeves of Oreos to rest her elbows and put her graying head in her hands. This is their story. Court papers say Scarpa plans to live with a sister in Florida. (Postmarked March 14, 2005)" (emphasis ours). For nearly 30 years, he had the protection of the FBI and a virtual "license to kill", because he was an informer for two successive FBI agents. As they act out the traditional Kabuki of mob-wife life, clawing at each other, throwing back pia coladas, and hopping into their shiny cars, she wonders if, late at night, once the camera crew has headed back to Manhattan, they think about the crimes the men in their lives have committed, the drugs on the street, where the money that paid for their granite kitchen counters came from, the mothers without sons. ", Her daughter shoots her a look of pure contempt, black eyes narrowing just like her father's. Mikey Nose Mancuso. Renee Graziano's ex-husband got a reduced sentence in 2014 because he flipped and testified against tw, How did former Gambino associate John Alite make it inside Donald J. Trumps gilded Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, long enough to be photographed alongside the former president? Gregory Scarpa Sr. 192858199464""The Grim Reaper""The Mad Hatter Colombo crime family capoFBI 19701980 . With a history of psychiatric hospitalizations, Big Linda has nowhere else to go. DeVecchio, promoting a book on his relationship with the mobster and its aftermath, told Anderson Cooper that Scarpa had become a close friend. Reply Lil-Tokes420 Free John Gotti Additional comment actions . In those sessions, Scarpa Jr. made an abrupt about-face, owning up to his role in the Bari killing and that of Colombo soldier Joseph "Joe Brester" DeDomenico in 1987, after denying involvement. "I used to ask them, 'What do you think he's going to do now, like this?' In the third Colombo civil war, he sided with Carmine Persico. Who Really Killed Tommy Two-Guns DeSimone? "Greg bought me a whole new wardrobe. But the enemy knew where his family lived in Bensonhurst in Brooklyn and was waiting for Scarpa that morning as he pulled away from the house. The wiseguys patted them on the back, told them they were "good kids," and maybe asked them to watch the cars, Longtime Bonanno wiseguy Anthony (Bruno) Indelicato, 75, who shot his way into the annals of American organized crime, was released from prison on May 20, 2022, as per the BOP inmate locator website. He followed in his father's footsteps and pursued a criminal career in the Colombo organization. He earned the moniker "the Grim Reaper" because he preferred to do the killing himself instead of jobbing out the task to hit men. [4], In November 2020, Judge Korman granted Scarpa a compassionate release from prison. Today virtually every important mobster is locked up, including Sonny Franzese, the 93-year-old boss of the Columbo family, who was sentenced to eight years in 2011. In March of 1962, Greg Scarpa was arrested for armed robbery. Scarpa initially offered the feds a note - allegedly written in code by Nichols - that explained the location of the explosives. Trailer added below An unassuming Instagram post will lead curious mob watchers to some potential intrigue, assuming they value recent Bonanno crime family history. "This is not some glamorous fantasy," says Schiro, known as Big Linda, while her daughter is called Little Linda. Several reasons underlie that conclusion, the most significant of which is that Mr. Scarpa is a seriously ill man who, at the age of 69, is unable to care . Gang Land also reported today that tensions between Mikey Nose and Joe C. ramped up significantly last week, to the extent that there was a big brawl at a Long Island funeral parlor during a wake for Cammarano's father-in-law, Vito Grimaldi. The mob talks about family values, but there's never really been any of that. The comments below have not been moderated. He is the son of notorious hitman and fellow caporegime in the family Gregory Scarpa. Sources say Lafaro, who testified in 1988 at the federal racketeering trial of several members of a Colombo family crew headed by soldier Greg Scarpa Jr., also gave police information that ended with Persico being convicted of state drug dealing charges and sentenced to 20 years-to-life. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. Genovese associate Thomas Poli. "After my father proposed Nicky, Nicky went to my father, Convictions: A Prosecutor's Battles Against Mafia Killers, Drug Kingpins, and Enron Thieves, Jerry Capeci reporting that in September 1998, Federal Judge slammed him with 40 years for racketeering and other crimes, NYPD law enforcement has specific information directly linking Scarpa Jr. to 24 gangland hits. She always thought her mother's erstwhile husband, Charlie Schiro, was her father and Gregory (or "Greggy," as she knew him) was just a family friend. Prison informant Gregory Scarpa Jr. claimed that Ramzi Yousef had told him of plans to bomb an airplane or kidnap a US Attorney to cause a . Genovese Family Captain RALPH BALSAMO and Soldier MICHAEL MESSINA pled guilty before Judge Koeltl on February 9 and are scheduled to be sentenced by him on June 28, 2023. For all the body count of the mob war, the friends gone, the possessions lost, Greg Scarpa's tortured endthat's what finally broke both Lindas. Gregory Scarpa Jr was granted a compassionate release from prison after being diagnosed with late stage cancer. Scarpa was convicted while serving time in prison for other crimes committed during his stint as a high-ranking member of the Colombo crime family. Scarpa has in recent years asked for early release in exchange for his cooperation with investigators that revealed information related to the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing as well as the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. During the 1970s and 80s, Scarpa was the chief enforcer and veteran hitman for Colombo boss Carmine Persico. Former Assistant US Attorney John Kroger highlights the violent encounter in his memoir. ", For Big Linda, the trip with Scarpa to Mississippi was a high point. Feds Indict 15 Reputed Philadelphia Mafia Members, DEA Report on Carmine Galante Leaked To Media Was Las Vegas Mob Museum Offers A Tour You Can't Refuse. 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Yet in 1979 Scarpa agreed to let Linda carry on a torrid sexual relationship with Larry Mazza, a handsome eighteen-year-old delivery boyand later made Mazza his protg, schooling him in the . Consigliere: Alphonse 'Alley Boy' Persico (43y) . Mr Korman attempted to reduce Scarpa's sentence by 10 years to reward him for helping investigators, but a federal appeals court reversed the ruling and reinstated the 40 year sentence. His deal fell through after he failed to pass a polygraph test. The 62-year-old prosecution witness, a longtime belle of deceased Colombo crime family captain Gregory "The Grim Reaper" Scarpa Sr., described three decades of sitting in on mob meetings where murders and other crimes were plotted and discussed. "In the end I used to wheel him out to the yard in his chair, and the guards would be all around us," recalls Big Linda. Took his beating like a man in fairness. He appears to have been drawn into the Colombo familythen called the Profaci familyby his older brother, Salvatore, who died in a shooting in 1987.. Episode Website More Episodes Fat Andy prevailed, however, and they both decided that only Nicky would get made. Joseph Amato JR in Bronx, NY Age 39 (1984 or 1983) Home address, vacation, business, rental and apartment property addresses for Joseph. Federal authorities also said that Scarpa murdered Anthony Frezza of the Gambino crime family in 1985. Prior to Scarpa killing him, Dominic Somma complained to Scarpa Sr. about his son's Gregory Scarpa Jr. regarding a bank robbery. Kaploun told us that Dominick has been "a model of redemption since his release." According to our generally reliable sources, Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso, 67, has been taking $200 a month from each and every Bonanno. The mob may not be dead, but it certainly is doddering: in a massive January sweep that arrested 125 mobsters across the country, the six leaders caught in the net had an average age of 72. Boss: Thomas DiBella (67y) Soldiers [Reported Direct to Boss] - John 'Johnny Bath Beach' Oddo (69y) 2. What no one but father and son knew was that for 30 years, Scarpa, Sr. was an informant for the FBI. A pair of Yorkshire terriers yap nonstop at her feet. Federici, who remarkably appeared in several YouTube video interviews about six years ago (three of which are posted below), was the longtime owner of Park Side Restaurant, a popular Italian restaurant located in the heart of Corona, Queens that his parents opened in 1960 under a different name. The best mob story ever told does not involve Al Capone or Bugsy Segal or John Gotti. In healthier times, Scarpa Jr. whose father was also a famous murderous Colombo family associate was a high ranking member of the crime family, often requesting permission from leaders to kill perceived enemies. ': Trump sticks the knife in and mocks woke host Brian Stelter after he was unceremoniously fired from CNN, Are you struggling with social anxiety? At the time, he also owned two boats that he'd park in a pricey nearby Babylon harbor called Great South Bay. He eventually revealed the location of the explosives to a private investigator. Sources say that after his conviction was overturned, he was one of the last men standing in the war-torn Colombo Family to take over the last of Greg Scarpa, Robert Zambardi, and Michael Sessa's crews. Sammy Gravano is on there talking about killing people. I dont like being made a fool of, the judge said. The Colombo foot soldier became an FBI informant after convincing his neighbor that the mafia was sympathetic to al Qaedas cause. Federal authorities believed Scarpa murdered his associates Robert DiLeonardi in 1981, Anthony Frezza in 1985 and Joseph DeDomenico in 1987, ordered the murder of limousine driver Alfred Longobardi in 1981 and plotted the murder and burial of suspected informant Sal Cardaci beneath a Bensonhurst store. Since then, Fusco Jr. has been somewhat of an underworld enigma. Bikers Bloodied Up At Least Three Bonanno Wiseguys At Long Island Funeral Parlor, Gang Land Reports. His longtime FBI handler, Lindley DeVecchio, confirmed the story on 60 Minutes in May. In 2005, Scarpa and Nichols were housed near each other at the notorious Supermax federal prison in Florence, Colorado. The Federal Bureau of Investigation had previously searched the home multiple times and the new discovery "embarrassed the F.B.I." 30 min FEB 23, 2022 Steve Forbert Interview ~ Part 2 Doctors removed Scarpas salivary glands during the surgeries and now he regularly chokes on his food, to the point where he has had to learn to be able to do the Heimlich maneuver on himself, the judge wrote. And through his decades on the street, he seemingly never tired of the work. But, as it turns out, being married to the mob, particularly in its declining years, is often a far grittier propositionlonely, dangerous, and squalid. (Yes, this is kind of an unusual story for this blog to publish, we admit.) After being released from prison, Dominick met with a rabbi "who works to better humanity," he said. [6] Judge Reena Raggi agreed, ruling that Scarpa had not provided substantial assistance but had actually colluded with Yousef to mislead the government and chose to amend his initial sentence by doubling the length of his imprisonment. Gregory J. Scarpa Jr. (born April 8, 1951) is an American mobster and former caporegime in the Colombo crime family and government informant. The title of the book is a little deceptive because I found that the book deals primarily with Greg Scarpa Sr. Rather, one of his close friendsBrazilian businessman Pedro (Peter) Alberto Leite, president of Hichens, Harrison & Co., who is a years-long member of Mar-a-Lagobrought him in as a guest. . A judge sentenced him to time served and probatio, Well, Sierra Leone, Pakistan, and Guatemalato name three places that Dominick Cicale, former Bonanno crime family capo, has visited on business during post-Cosa Nostra life over the past nine years. They saw the wiseguys on the street pulling up to the curbs in their big shiny Cadillacs, loafing around social clubs wearing pricey suits and sporting hundred-dollar haircuts and manicured fingernails. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. It is quite the devious, twisted little plot, as Dom tells itreplete, in all its sociopathic splendor, with a manufactured fall guy. Nose and his preternaturally bright smile. "I do not minimize the evil acts Scarpa committed over the course of his criminal career," Mr Korman wrote. Nonetheless, this is really a petty observation and insignificant because Greg Scarpa Jr. is the focus of the story as the author tells the story through Greg Jr's eyes by prison correspondence. According to prosecutors, Scarpa shot Robert DiLeonardi in the head in a secluded area on Staten Island in 1981. In the 1950s, Scarpa married Connie Forrest; she and Scarpa had one daughter and three sons, including Gregory Scarpa Jr. Greg Jr. would follow his father into the Colombo family, eventually becoming a capo. In 1995, when their paths crossed inside Manhattans Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), and after trading insults, Greg Scarpa Junior nearly beat Luchese boss Vittorio (Vic) Amuso to death. But really, at this point, I can't imagine how I'd ever get it.". Farm Heroes Saga, the #4 Game on iTunes. She met Scarpa when she was 17, from a family with less than nothing; he was a made man already and married with four kids. A convicted Brooklyn mafia figure serving a 40-year prison term for his role in several killings in the 1980s and who later became a jailhouse informant has been granted a compassionate release by a federal judge as he is said to be seriously ill. Gregory Scarpa Jr, 69, who was once a top-ranked member of the Colombo organized crime family, will be released from federal custody, the Brooklyn-based US District Court Judge Edward Korman ruled on Wednesday. Just ask Linda Schiro, widow of notorious Columbo capo and executioner Greg Scarpa. (See Peter's Italian Restaurant menu here .) Scarpa has asked for early release in the past on the grounds that he insisted investigators in with information relating to the Oklahoma City bombing and the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. NOT FOR PUBLICATION MEMORANDUM & ORDER KORMAN, J.: I grant Mr. Scarpa's motion for compassionate release pursuant to 18 U.S.C. DeSimone disappeared, meaning there's zero evidence as to how he was killed; in fact, it can't be said with absolute certainty that he was killed. Yet, she did not actually know this truth until she was a teenager. In 2016, Scarpa had his sentence reduced by 10 years after he tipped off federal investigators about a cache of weapons found underneath the former home of Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols (pictured in 2000). Brooklyn mafia figure Gregory Scarpa Jr, 69, was serving a 40-year prison term for his role in several killings in the 1980s. It is a lifetime away from the decked-out three-story house in the Midwood section of Brooklyn, the home in Florida, and the apartment Scarpa had use of on Sutton Place. While behind bars, the former mobster tipped off federal officials about a cache of explosives found in the former home of convicted Oklahoma City bombing co-conspirator Terry Nichols. Now he is going out of his way to give back. Alite visited Mar-a-Lago which since September 2019 has been the primary residence of the former pr, This story from 2014 is one of the most popular on this siteand we didn't even know it until very recently (for reasons stemming from the fallibility of generalized analytics data.) One of Joey's friends also took a bullet; Little Linda sat with him in the back seat of her father's car, holding in his brain matter until the ambulance arrived. Through the years he confided to her about everythingthe robberies, the killings, how the bureau let it go on despite the pileup of bodies. "I would give up everything just to see Joey's face again.". In 1935 Greg Scarpa was forced to go work with his dad, delivering coal. In his decision, Korman wrote that Scarpa has had to learn to do the Heimlich maneuver on himself. The people who ask that question have usually heard some version of this story: Desperate to solve the case involving the missing trio, the FBI enlisted their informant, mobster Gregory Scarpa Jr . He later revealed to a private investigator that the cache of explosives was buried under Nichols' home in Kansas, which turned out to be the case. certain "inexplicable" things started happening to Scarpa Jr. He didnt need a gun. I, Longtime Genovese family powerhouse Anthony (Tough Tony) Federici, who ran a landmark Queens-based Italian restaurant, died this morning of natural causes, sources tell Cosa Nostra News . Mar 17, 2017 - Explore Vincent Gigante's board "Greg Scarpa Colombo Capo" on Pinterest. Behind bars, Scarpa Jr. turned into quite a rat. Once he shot and killed a guy who was hanging Christmas lights. Scarpa was diagnosed with late stage cancer during his time in prison. Gregory Scarpa Jr, 69, who was once a top-ranked member of the Colombo organized crime family, will be released from federal custody after a judge granted him compassionate release. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group, Ben Affleck kisses bride-to be JLo on the steps of his $8.9m 'plantation' mansion as A-list guests including Matt Damon descend on Georgia for wedding of the year, Don't you have somewhere else to be? Acting on a tip from his FBI handler, Colombo crime family capo Greg Scarpa Sr. ordered his teenage son to kill his best buddy, according to an explosive affidavit filed with the Brooklyn Dis. People love John, he said. Co-workers at the bureau who had long been uneasy with DeVecchio's methods pushed the case. Gregory Scarpa, known as "Grim Reaper," was the most feared gangland enforcer in New York and executioner for one side of an internal war in the Colombo crime family. 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