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Tonyd621 wrote: ↑Wed Oct 09, 2019 6:14 pm

gohnjotti wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:21 pm For the past decade now, Colombo family captain Joey Amato has been on thin ice in more ways than one. After fifteen years in the can, Amato, now 60, was released in 2009 and forced to rejoin a Mafia clan that had once marked him for death. Since then, he has delicately climbed the ranks of the Colombo family, becoming the captain of a crew and facilitating the inductions of his top men. Labeled by Jerry Capeci as the Colombo family's Staten Island boss, Amato has also been namedropped more than a few times by the feds, and it appears to be only a matter of time before he returns to a federal prison cell.

Read the full article on thecolombomafia.com/thin-ice-joey-amato-a-marked-man.

EDIT: Let me know what you guys think about this one. I had a really hard time piecing together all the tidbits of information and making it flow nicely.

What do you mean he was "forced?" Like he wanted out of that family, out of the life, etc.?

No, but I doubt it was easy for him since he was a main Orena combatant.

gohnjotti wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 10:21 pm For the past decade now, Colombo family captain Joey Amato has been on thin ice in more ways than one. After fifteen years in the can, Amato, now 60, was released in 2009 and forced to rejoin a Mafia clan that had once marked him for death. Since then, he has delicately climbed the ranks of the Colombo family, becoming the captain of a crew and facilitating the inductions of his top men. Labeled by Jerry Capeci as the Colombo family's Staten Island boss, Amato has also been namedropped more than a few times by the feds, and it appears to be only a matter of time before he returns to a federal prison cell.

Read the full article on thecolombomafia.com/thin-ice-joey-amato-a-marked-man.

EDIT: Let me know what you guys think about this one. I had a really hard time piecing together all the tidbits of information and making it flow nicely.

What do you mean he was "forced?" Like he wanted out of that family, out of the life, etc.?

If you are in the mafia you are constantly a marked man by someone

I like to think of them going from recruiting NFL first draft picks to begging the water boy to join their team.

Not worth it. I'll keep my 401k and pension benefits.

Etna wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:18 pm

newera_212 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:11 pm

Etna wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:58 pm Lots more info to come in future court documents too.

exactly what I was thinking, lmao. more info for a future Gohn article

cant wait to read this. especially now that I see this crew got popped today

Absolutely. Same way as we saw info on Amato from the Bonanno case. If someone flips, depending on who, we may have more insight on the current structure/state of the Colombos.

Until then, I'm going to stick with the hypothesis of a great rhodes scholar, Pogo the Clown, who humbly mentioned that they were a "Sinking ship" in the old RD days.

lmao...the sinking ship. maybe not sinking but they’ve downsized from the queen mary to a bass fishing boat. smaller but still pushing on. i just hope the money is worth it for all these kids hopping in and getting in trouble. really cant imagine there is a whole lot out there. god bless em

newera_212 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 6:11 pm

Etna wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:58 pm Lots more info to come in future court documents too.

exactly what I was thinking, lmao. more info for a future Gohn article

cant wait to read this. especially now that I see this crew got popped today

Absolutely. Same way as we saw info on Amato from the Bonanno case. If someone flips, depending on who, we may have more insight on the current structure/state of the Colombos.

Until then, I'm going to stick with the hypothesis of a great rhodes scholar, Pogo the Clown, who humbly mentioned that they were a "Sinking ship" in the old RD days.

Etna wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 5:58 pm Lots more info to come in future court documents too.

exactly what I was thinking, lmao. more info for a future Gohn article

cant wait to read this. especially now that I see this crew got popped today

Lots more info to come in future court documents too.

Cheers fellas. PM for college football picks - I'm feelin' lucky!

Couple of points.
- Amato's crew includes soldiers John Cerbone, Danny Capaldo, Thomas Scorcia, and Vincent Scura. While I don't know Scorcia and Scura's previous allegiances, court papers confirmed that Cerbone moved from the crew of Joseph Carna after his 2011 incarceration and subsequent death, and it also appears that Capaldo was placed in Amato's crew following his release from prison in 2015. This indicates to me that the family went through some serious restructuring in the wake of the 2011 busts, with the crews of Joseph Carna, Theodore Persico Jr. and Reynold Maragni all being disbanded or rearranged, and Joseph Amato and Ralph Lombardo both being promoted to captain.
- Others who apparently moved crews include John Dunn, who was under Joseph Carna until his 2011 arrest, and Joseph Marra, a former Scarpa guy who, despite his incarceration, appeared to be "around" the Teddy Persico Jr. crew.
- I'm thinking Thomas Scorcia was made recently, because his name was not on the Probation Department's list of Colombo figures from 2011. Vincent Scura's, however, was.

nice prediction, gohn.

Pogo The Clown wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 11:19 am Looks like the ice just broke under Amato. He was just indicted.


Pogo

Ironic the feds let him sell some property recently in New Jersey and onky seized ten percent of it toward his fortiture

Looks like the ice just broke under Amato. He was just indicted.


Pogo

damn tekashi brought down another one. CT caught up lol

CTamg65 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 30, 2019 3:10 pm Gohn, i meant to say it earlier Great Job as always. Id still love to read a great article about Teddy Jr. . He's definetely a interesting guy hes 100pct into the life. Anyway i gotta go in for a violation on Oct 10 but i wont be gone long im pretty sure ill be back somewhere between jan or march so not long at all. Im gonna try to have my boy send me the gangland articles and anything new from your site to read . Just wanted to say keep it up your a valued poster here and your site is Great.. id like to read avout other families when you finally finish the Colombos, I have definitely found out many things i never knew until reading your articles. Great article i look forward to future articles.

Keep your head up kid- pump a ton of iron, run everyday, and better your mind by reading!! u mind me asking if it’s Federal or State?

Good luck. Catch you when you get out.