Michael D'Urso direct examination notes (Michael Coppola trial)
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Re: Michael D'Urso direct examination notes (Michael Coppola trial)
OK am I misreading this or did D'Urso get a number on his beeper that he called back and got yelled at by some guy he didn't know, and that guy turned out to be Farby Serpico, landing him in deep shit? Do I have that right?
Also who is this Mac Castellano?
Also who is this Mac Castellano?
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I didnt know that...thank you Johnnyjohnny_scootch wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 7:56 amVinny Unions was one of the guys who went on the hunting trip from which Guzzo Sr never returned. Pennisi has a whole video about the Guzzo’s where he talks about itBrowniety86 wrote: ↑Sat Aug 19, 2023 10:08 pm Didnt know Vinny Unions helped kill Guzzo Sr...Answers the question that the asshat Pennisi ducked when I asked...
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Thanks Chin. That part was so weird that I was pretty certain I had it wrong lol.
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This part literally had me laughing out loud. D’Urso gets beeped by some number he doesn’t know, calls it back, guy starts yelling at him, he doesn’t know who the fuck it is so he starts yelling back, soon they’re exchanging death threats. Oops, turns out it’s Frank Serpico and now they have to have a series of sit downs just to try and prevent D’Urso from getting whacked, leading D’Urso to flip. All because he decided to go into business with some dude named Zero.Ivan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:49 pmThanks Chin. That part was so weird that I was pretty certain I had it wrong lol.
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That's one hell of an oopsie. But you know what? I blame Serpico and totally understand D'urso flipping after that shit. If that happened to me I too would probably be like "You know what? I'm tapping out."PolackTony wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 9:38 pmThis part literally had me laughing out loud. D’Urso gets beeped by some number he doesn’t know, calls it back, guy starts yelling at him, he doesn’t know who the fuck it is so he starts yelling back, soon they’re exchanging death threats. Oops, turns out it’s Frank Serpico and now they have to have a series of sit downs just to try and prevent D’Urso from getting whacked, leading D’Urso to flip. All because he decided to go into business with some dude named Zero.Ivan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:49 pmThanks Chin. That part was so weird that I was pretty certain I had it wrong lol.
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Borderline surreal, man. You've probably figured this out already from my posts on here, but this is my favorite part of the mob story: all the really weird, funny shit like this. There's a lot of it.
The acting boss of the Ivy League of organized crime beeping an associate.
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One of the weird random things I found interesting is the first part of the document, where the FBI agent who was a part of the raid on Coppola's San Fran apartment, said they found an invoice from Z Gallerie - which is a furniture store in New Jersey. So Coppola furnished that apartment in SF by ordering from a place in NJ? lol - found that kinda funny
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Maybe I'm just forgetting here but anyone know which crew John Gagliardi was running in Brooklyn (Bay Ridge) at the time? He was charged in a stock fraud case back in 2002 along with Charles Delmonico, Dominic Dimare and Charles Tourine.
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Re: Michael D'Urso direct examination notes (Michael Coppola trial)
That really is a fucked up sequence of events. Everyone is just a big hot head some just had more power. But why the fuck would you not ask who you are talking to before throwing out death threats.Ivan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:49 pmThanks Chin. That part was so weird that I was pretty certain I had it wrong lol.
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Yeah just one "Who dis?" and D'Urso would be just another ordinary Genovese soldier today probably.Blunts wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:53 pmThat really is a fucked up sequence of events. Everyone is just a big hot head some just had more power. But why the fuck would you not ask who you are talking to before throwing out death threats.Ivan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:49 pmThanks Chin. That part was so weird that I was pretty certain I had it wrong lol.
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Surprised nobody said the classic "you know who the fuck you are talking to?". Not so fucken wise guys. Also don't know why he would beat up the bookie before finding out who he worked for.Ivan wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 8:06 pmYeah just one "Who dis?" and D'Urso would be just another ordinary Genovese soldier today probably.Blunts wrote: ↑Tue Aug 22, 2023 7:53 pmThat really is a fucked up sequence of events. Everyone is just a big hot head some just had more power. But why the fuck would you not ask who you are talking to before throwing out death threats.Ivan wrote: ↑Sun Aug 20, 2023 5:49 pmThanks Chin. That part was so weird that I was pretty certain I had it wrong lol.
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One of the 'best' and most interesting breakdowns / testimonies in recent times posted here IMO. I think we kinda knew about a lot of this D'Urso stuff through articles, GL, etc. but there's some interesting little details in here.
Remember that full transcript of a convo between Thomas Cafaro and D'Urso taped at, I believe, the Parkside? Where did that come from? I'm wondering if there are any other convo transcripts out there that could be attained by us here...
I always thought that the Serpico yelling incident was just a plausible front reason to lodge a complaint against D'Urso, but the real reason was that people in the Genovese more important than the people that D'Urso was close to, sided with Carmine Polito. It's kind of amazing D'Urso wasn't just killed after the failed attempt on his life, and after he tried to retaliate when he was told not to.
Remember that full transcript of a convo between Thomas Cafaro and D'Urso taped at, I believe, the Parkside? Where did that come from? I'm wondering if there are any other convo transcripts out there that could be attained by us here...
I always thought that the Serpico yelling incident was just a plausible front reason to lodge a complaint against D'Urso, but the real reason was that people in the Genovese more important than the people that D'Urso was close to, sided with Carmine Polito. It's kind of amazing D'Urso wasn't just killed after the failed attempt on his life, and after he tried to retaliate when he was told not to.
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Re: Michael D'Urso direct examination notes (Michael Coppola trial)
Any updates on Thomas Cafaro?