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Joseph Anthony Colombo Sr. (Italian:; June 16, 1923 – May 22, 1978) was the boss of the Colombo crime family, one of the Five Families of the American Mafia in New York City. Colombo was born in New York City, where his father was an early member of what was then the Profaci crime family.
Anthony "Big Anthony" Russo – former acting capo, not related to Andrew Russo. In 2011, Russo was charged with the 1993 murder of Orena loyalist Joseph Scopo and agreed to be a federal witness. [308] Gregory Scarpa Sr. – notorious hitman and FBI informant from the 1970s to 1994. [309]
In response, Joseph Colombo Sr. claimed FBI harassment of Italian Americans and, on April 30, 1970, sent 30 picketers outside FBI headquarters at Third Avenue and 69th Street to protest the federal persecution of all Italians everywhere; this went on for weeks. [2]
The father-son duo are the kin of Joseph T. Tomasello — a notorious Colombo crime family capo who was thrown behind bars back in 1998 on a slew of racketeering and murder charges after years on ...
His younger son, John Franzese Jr., was a Colombo family associate before becoming an FBI informant. On June 23, 2017, the elder Franzese was released and returned home at age 100. [ 38 ] In 2019, Franzese Jr. met with his father at the nursing home where he resided and reconciled with him; John Jr. had previously voluntarily left the Witness ...
Joseph Massino – underboss (1981-1991), boss (1991–2004), became an informant Anthony Spero – acting boss (1987–1993) Vincent Basciano – acting boss (2004–2009)
Joseph Gallo (April 7, 1929 – April 7, 1972), also known as "Crazy Joe", was an Italian-American mobster and a caporegime in the Colombo crime family of New York City, New York. In his youth, Gallo was diagnosed with schizophrenia after an arrest.
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