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I agree Attaboi1 that Pitera clearly has/had some psychopathic tendencies. In fairness, to Phil Carlo, his book about Richard Ramirez was actually pretty good. The problem is that clearly Carlo did not have much experience researching organized crime which can be seen in his books about Kuklinski, C...

Hi Tocco686 and welcome to the forum. There is limited information out there about Pitera other than the information from Carlo's book and transcripts from Pitera's trial. What I will say is that Carlo had a beef with Pitera so many of his claims such as asserting that Pitera had a really high femin...

I have heard that he was shelved. I believe he lost some money through a trucking company he invested in with Tony "The Hatch" Chiaramonti (who eventually got whacked) and he got blamed for money that The Hatch stole. This is what Magnafichi has said in his interviews with Joe Fosco. Magna...

Wasn't trying to start some big thing. Thousand pardons I wasn't trying to infer that you were an idiot Kash. I meant no offense. That board just pisses me off because there are certain people over there who tell bullshit stories, they edit sites such as wikipedia to include their bullshit, and the...

If I remember correctly, I believe one of the long time members of this forum, I think it was Cheech, caught Serpiente in a lie (do not remember what it was). When Serp was confronted he claimed that one of his friends in the bar took his phone and made the alleged claims. It is funny how the idiots...

Hey Dixie the guy you are talking about calls himself Daniel Bonanno. I questioned him once and he blocked my email. His real name is Daniel Torbitt.

Pogo is right on Scarpelli, Marino, and Dinunzio. Although Dinunzio has been identified as an alleged made member. Gregory Costa has also been allegedly made as well. Again none of these guys have been confirmed by LE.

If I recall correctly, I believe Londonio was in Joe Lubrano's crew, and the mess that resulted from this hit was blamed on Lubrano thus Lubrano was busted down from being a capo.

Snakes I agree with you that it is not easy to always think of new material. However, there are current mob related stories he could discuss. For example he could have discussed how members of Nick Santora's crew just took plea deals, and what the current state of the case is. The Gotti story is so ...

Bonanno mobsters plead guilty to involvement in enterprise April 09, 2017 Exclusive: Inside jury deliberations in Bonanno trial After nearly four years in prison and a mistrial last year, an alleged Staten Island Bonanno mobster has admitted to his role in the crime family's enterprise. Anthony &quo...

Vincent Asaro has a cousin called Valenti. I wondered before if the Rochester Valenti brothers are relatives especially they retired to Arizona where Bonanno. Are the Rochester Valenti's from CDG? [/quote] I believe the Valenti's are Calabrese. they are originally from Reggio Calabria I believe. The...

Rene Piccarreto was friends with some Brooklyn based Bonannos, and we was photographed speaking with some of them. However, I concur with Pogo that there is no actual proof the Rochester crew was "with" the Bonannos. Marotta was just playing Delmonti in those recordings. Delmonti was payin...

According to this article Frank Nunziata is a rat so perhaps he is the informant? Federal Grand Jury Probes A Rash Of Home Invasions In Howard Beach By Jerry Capeci Gang Land News A federal grand jury in Brooklyn is investigating a violent gang of low level Bonanno crime family associates that is al...

I think it might be Valenti. He pleaded guilty to racketeering and armed robbery. Also the timeline fits in that Valenti was wearing a wire during the period that the arson occurred.

Great find buddy. I am sure we can all agree that the Feds were pissed that he walked in that last trial, and they really want to put him away for the rest of his life. Everyone on the forum probably expected him to get indicted at some point. He was actually in their cross hairs for the home invas...