Word: colombos
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...hand man, Salvatore "Sammy Bull" Gravano, who delivered up his old mentor, as well as underboss Frank Locascio. "The safest place for John Gotti is in jail," observes Michael Cherkasky, head of investigations for the Manhattan district attorney. Gotti may hope to run the Gambino operation from prison, as Colombo boss Carmine Persico, serving 100 years, is trying to do with his family, but dissension is too strong among the Gambinos...
...target for the new Asian and Hispanic gangs that are moving in on their territory. The government has more big cases in the pipeline. In New York, where the Mob is most virulent, four of five bosses are in prison or under indictment, and two more leaders of the Colombo mob were arrested last week for murder. "Our cup runneth over," exulted Maloney...
...toll taken by internal warfare is reflected in the fading power of New York's Lucchese, Bonanno and Colombo families. The Genovese family, the Gambinos' rival for power, has not been as hard hit by internal strife. The Genoveses, with only 300 soldiers, may find this an ideal time to muscle the Gambinos out of some of their business...
...everyone believes the killings are part of an authentic gangland war. "I'm not convinced, simply because too many innocent bystanders are getting hurt," maintains Stanley Meyer, a lawyer for Persico and several other Colombo members. "It seems to be very unprofessional." But Meyer knows just how messy the Colombos can be: he prosecuted Mob cases during the family's so-called Gallo wars, which broke out in 1960 and resulted in 13 murders. In 1972 Joseph Gallo was sloppily killed by fellow Colombos in Umbertos, a crowded clam house in Manhattan's Little Italy. Several months later, his avengers...
...attempt to stop the current bloodletting, Hynes has issued subpoenas to more than 90 reputed Colombo men. Since mid-December, more than 30 camera- shy wiseguys -- many donning upturned collars, oversize hats and dark sunglasses -- have strolled in and out of Brooklyn's courthouse without admitting anything. Unlike federal law, which gives prosecutors the option of granting immunity in return for testimony, New York law hampers state investigations by making immunity automatic unless the individual agrees to waive it. The result, in this case, is a deadlock. "It's clear that Hynes has no intention of immunizing them, while most...