The Godfather Of Grand Avenue Is Gone: Chicago Mafia Power Joey The Clown...
October 21, 2019 – There hasn’t been much to laugh about for Chicago mob legend Joey (The Clown) Lombardo the last 15 years or so. Lombardo, 90, passed away in prison over the weekend, nearly a decade...
View ArticlePhilly Mob’s Sicilian Phase Was Quite A Mess: The John Stanfa Era Hit List...
Sicilian-born Mafioso John Stanfa came to the United States in the 1970s and was placed by New York’s Gambino crime family in the Philadelphia mob under don Angelo Bruno. Stanfa was acting as Bruno’s...
View ArticleThe 6 In The Morning Crew: Feds Raid Springfield Businesses, Residences Owned...
October 24, 2019 — Former Springfield (MA) mob affiliates and local businessmen Jimmy Santaniello and Victor Bruno has their homes and offices raided by the IRS and FBI this week. The news broke...
View ArticleBody Count Continues To Rise In Montreal Mafia War, Add Scoppa Brothers To...
Rizzuto crime family rivals Salvatore and Andrew Scoppa were both killed this year in the ongoing Montreal Mafia War, which started in Quebec in the 2000s and has since spread to Ontario mob hotbeds...
View ArticlePatriarca Listening Party: Boston FBI Bugged Mob Making Ceremony In October ’89
October 28, 2019 — The feds hit pay dirt 30 years ago this week in Boston when they successfully recorded a mafia induction ceremony held by New England’s Patriarca crime family in the middle of a mob...
View ArticleDrugs, Sex & Murder: Production Of Robert Evans’’84 Cotton Club Movie Was...
October 30, 2019 — Legendary Hollywood producer and playboy Robert Evans sought help from the mob and a female drug kingpin he was romancing in rounding up the financing for the 1984 film The Cotton...
View ArticleTrick Or Treat Philly Mob Style: Aspiring Don “Skinny Joey” Made Presence...
October 31, 2019 — The Skinny Joey Era of the Philadelphia mafia began with a gun blast 30 years ago this week, when, according to FBI informants, Joseph (Skinny Joey) Merlino, pumped 8 shots from a...
View ArticleUp In Smoke: Bobby DeLuca Hoped Cooperation Deal Would Result In Promotion To...
November 1, 2019 – In 2009, Providence mob captain Robert (Bobby the Cigar) DeLuca reached out to cooperate with the Rhode Island State Police and FBI as a way to eliminate his enemies and clear a...
View ArticleThe Monster Mash: Outlaws MC Chief From Beantown Busted By Feds For Gun...
November 2, 2019 — Boston biker gang boss Bruce (Monster) Sartwell, the president of the Brockton, Massachusetts chapter of the feared Outlaws Motorcycle Club, was arrested last week on federal...
View ArticleBlood In, Blood Out: Detroit’s Seven Mile Bloods Get Sentenced In Federal Court
November 3, 2019 — Motor City drug lord Corey (Cocaine Sonny) Bailey, the second-in-command and co-founder of the Seven Mile Bloods street gang, and his lieutenant Arlantis (Grimy) Shy were both hit...
View ArticleDoing The Hokey Pokey: Video Poker Proceeds Alleged Stolen By Fmr. Chicago...
November 4, 2019 — Chicago bar owner Vince Dublino, the star witness at the trial of jailed Windy City mob boss Michael (Fat Mike) Sarno in 2010, was arrested last week for felony theft. The 45-year...
View ArticlePagan’s MC Leader In Pittsburgh Picked Up For Directing Attack On Deserter
November 6, 2019 — High-ranking Pagan’s Motorcycle Club member Michael (Montana) Barringer was indicted for felony aggravated assault, attempted murder and witness intimidation last week in state...
View ArticleCat Scratch Fever: Mafia War In Canada Claims Another Body, Commisso Clan...
November 8, 2019 — Toronto mobster Antonio (Scratchy) Fiorda was gunned down this week in the suburb of Etobicoke, Ontario. The 50-year old Fiorda is the latest victim in the ongoing gangland war that...
View ArticleThe Hand That Rocks The Cradle: Famous Chicago Mob Duo Back On The Street
November 9, 2019 — Aging Chicago mafia soldier, Joseph (Jerry the Hand) Scalise and his best friend and longtime partner-in-crime Art (The Genius) Rachel were recently released from federal prison...
View ArticleBorn To Be Wild: Chicago Outfit Hit Squad Littered The Streets With Bodies...
In the 1970s, the Chicago mob created an epically lethal enforcement unit known as the Wild Bunch. The group of heavy hitters was made up of a half-dozen young assassins led by Harry (The Hook)...
View ArticleMaking Amends, Flipping The Script: Prison Lifers In Michigan Look To...
Below is a guest piece written by Gangster Report correspondent Ricardo Ferrell telling the inspiring story of three men behind bars, including himself, trying to change their lives in a positive...
View ArticleThe Face That Launched 1,000 Ships: SW Detroit Crime Lord Scarface Viramontez...
November 12, 2019 – Historic crime boss Tony (Scarface) Virmontez is back in the Motor City. The 49-year old leader of the Latin Counts was released to a halfway house last week after spending more...
View ArticleWheeling & Dealing In Steel Town: Pagan’s MC’er Pleads Out In Assault Case
November 13, 2019 — Pittsburgh Pagan’s Motorcycle Club heavy Brian (The Dude) Keruskin copped a plea in state court this week, pleading no contest to leading a beat down of a former associate back in...
View ArticleMassachusetts Mobsters, Gardner Museum Robbery Suspect Get Out Of Prison Early
November 15, 2019 — Boston mob soldier Stevie Rossetti and Patriarca crime family associate David Turner were recently released from prison early. They were sentenced to nearly 40 years and but did...
View ArticleMafia Movie Magic: First Jimmy Hoffa Film In The ‘90s Had Mob Links
November 19, 2019 — Reputed Gambino crime family soldier Joe Isgro, a powerful player in the music business for years dating back to the 1970s, gave Jimmy Hoffa the Hollywood treatment long before...
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