Danny Leo

[Fughedaboutit]

The guy from the bronx who was recording merlino and the genovese guys was heard saying leo doesn't want to make anyone the books are closed. This was a conversation with that guy rooster onfrio about proposing one of the younger guys in Springfield mass.

Leo was boss at the time of those recordings? That wasnt that long ago if you are talking about Merlinos last case?

[InCamelot]

manhattan/bronx would make the most sense just because of the lineage of the bosses (acting bosses) they’ve had since Gigante, almost all except Cirillo, coming from that E116th Street Crew.

There's even debate about whether Cirillo really was part of 116 and not Greenwich right? At least where he started?

ever since his name first became ‘known’ which i believe was thanks to a Capeci article, i have read on various forums that he’s from Harlem, Bronx, Jersey and also from Williamsburg, Brooklyn. then on top of that, to add more confusion, you have the Leo family of Corona, Queens ... there are some “Leo”s with well planted roots there (like the namesake deli and bakery there) coupled with the fact that there have been a other Genovese guys and a ton of LCN guys in general from Corona. adding to the speculation but maybe he could be a Queens guy?

Wow I did not know about Williamsburg or the Corona fact lol

[InCamelot]

Circa late 1970s he was tied to Pasquale Prisco, Angelo Prisco, and Ray Rescildo , of the aforementioned "Purple Gang". Strong correlation with his involvement in narcotics operations. He also had ties to Frank Viserto Jr.

June 13, 1980, Leo was referred to as a member of the Purple Gang. His address was given in Rockleigh , NJ (Bergen County, right on the NJ.NY border). I see that he may still live in the town?

. He was indicted for contempt for refusing to testify about the murder of Maurice Anzisi. Maurice (18) and his girlfriend (17) were found shot to death in the Bronx. Anzisi lived at 308 E 108th St in East Harlem and was the nephew of John Santaniello.

Being tied to the Purple Gang, makes him most probably originally an East Harlem/Bronx guy. He lives in Boca Raton, Fl now or has a winter home there. He was convicted in 1981 but aquited after a successful appeal. I tend to believe he was made in the late 1980s and rose pretty quickly through the ranks. By 1990, he was a skipper. Since I can´t see where he actually fits in crew wise, it´s possible he was given his own crew of older members who perhaps had previously been under skippers recently deseased or demoted, like Jimmy Alo, combined with younger associates. But that´s just speculation from my part, I don´t see him being an off shoot fron Barney Bellomo´s crew for some reason. John Bologna gave information about his position saying that around 2005, he became the acting boss after a stint as a member of a ruling panel.

So he at least had an address out in NJ as far back as the early 80s. I'm not sure about the other families but many Genovese crews tend to not follow a straightforward path of lineage when their leaders change, it seems. They seem to always split in different directions once the skipper is out of the picture one way or another. It probably makes it even harder to ask: what became of the Leo crew, then?

The inverse of that is even more difficult to track. There's evidence of guys transferring to a whole other family, or a crew changing captains, but a made guy jumping from crew to crew (being told by the boss, "you answer to this guy now") -- is pretty difficult to track, no? Danny Leo for example, having shown up in almost all the boroughs + NJ....would it be possible he worked for different skippers at different points?

[Cheech]

The guy from the bronx who was recording merlino and the genovese guys was heard saying leo doesn't want to make anyone the books are closed. This was a conversation with that guy rooster onfrio about proposing one of the younger guys in Springfield mass.

It was Rubeo who said he doesnt make anyone and Rooster saying ya he does. Then Rooster goes into how he doesnt want to see Rubeo made as he could
Do more with his life and doesnt need a button or something like that iirc

[bluehouse]

The guy from the bronx who was recording merlino and the genovese guys was heard saying leo doesn't want to make anyone the books are closed. This was a conversation with that guy rooster onfrio about proposing one of the younger guys in Springfield mass.

wouldnt that mean that Leo is the true boss of the Genevese

[JohnnyS]

The guy from the bronx who was recording merlino and the genovese guys was heard saying leo doesn't want to make anyone the books are closed. This was a conversation with that guy rooster onfrio about proposing one of the younger guys in Springfield mass.

wouldnt that mean that Leo is the true boss of the Genevese

Not necessarily. Leo could've been serving as one of Bellomo's street bosses at that time. I don't think there is any doubt Barney is the boss, it's been confirmed numerous times since Capeci first confirmed it in 2016.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Can we confirm the above quote "Leo doesnt want to make anyone" is true?

I dont recall any quote mentioning Leo.

[JohnnyS]

Onofrio: "Everything's shut down."
Rubeo: "He doesn't put anyone up."
Onofrio: "Yeah he does."
Rubeo: "Never."
Onofrio: "I do."
Rubeo: "He don't." (apparently referring to Danny Leo, a top Genovese boss)
Onofrio: "I already put a guy up from Springfield, Mass. ... You know, Springfield was given to me."
Rubeo: "Yeah, you told me."
Onofrio: "I got four, five guys up there. One I love to death."

[Pmac2]

I thought rubeo says Dan leo like his whole name I could be wrong. I mean that tape was from 5 6 yrs ago so shit could have changed. Hes up there in age close to 80 rite?

[JohnnyS]

I thought rubeo says Dan leo like his whole name I could be wrong. I mean that tape was from 5 6 yrs ago so shit could have changed. Hes up there in age close to 80 rite?

I don't recall him ever mentioning his name.

Leo is 79 born in 1941.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Onofrio: "Everything's shut down."
Rubeo: "He doesn't put anyone up."
Onofrio: "Yeah he does."
Rubeo: "Never."
Onofrio: "I do."
Rubeo: "He don't." (apparently referring to Danny Leo, a top Genovese boss)
Onofrio: "I already put a guy up from Springfield, Mass. ... You know, Springfield was given to me."
Rubeo: "Yeah, you told me."
Onofrio: "I got four, five guys up there. One I love to death."

So Leo's name is never mentioned.

So we literally have no idea who 'he' is and its baseless speculation its Leo.

Thanks for the post J.

[Frank]

Onofrio: "Everything's shut down."
Rubeo: "He doesn't put anyone up."
Onofrio: "Yeah he does."
Rubeo: "Never."
Onofrio: "I do."
Rubeo: "He don't." (apparently referring to Danny Leo, a top Genovese boss)
Onofrio: "I already put a guy up from Springfield, Mass. ... You know, Springfield was given to me."
Rubeo: "Yeah, you told me."
Onofrio: "I got four, five guys up there. One I love to death."

So Leo's name is never mentioned.

So we literally have no idea who 'he' is and its baseless speculation its Leo.

Thanks for the post J.

Thanks Sonny. Im on the same page as you. .

[CTamg65]

So who was it that in the article that after the Rubeo comment wrote in quotations that he was referring to Danny Leo..just confused ,was it the Feds that put that down next to Rubeos comment and did they get that info from him ,I'm guessing that's what Pmac rembered(seeing Leo's name next to Rubeos comment about he's not making anyone)

[SonnyBlackstein]

So who was it that in the article that after the Rubeo comment wrote in quotations that he was referring to Danny Leo..just confused ,was it the Feds that put that down next to Rubeos comment and did they get that info from him ,I'm guessing that's what Pmac rembered(seeing Leo's name next to Rubeos comment about he's not making anyone)

What article or fed post? Can you link?

[gohnjotti]

Onofrio: "Everything's shut down."
Rubeo: "He doesn't put anyone up."
Onofrio: "Yeah he does."
Rubeo: "Never."
Onofrio: "I do."
Rubeo: "He don't." (apparently referring to Danny Leo, a top Genovese boss)
Onofrio: "I already put a guy up from Springfield, Mass. ... You know, Springfield was given to me."
Rubeo: "Yeah, you told me."
Onofrio: "I got four, five guys up there. One I love to death."

So Leo's name is never mentioned.

So we literally have no idea who 'he' is and its baseless speculation its Leo.

Thanks for the post J.

https://www.masslive.com/news/2018/07/f ... ew_ha.html

It's not baseless speculation, it appears to be something that is in court papers. I don't think Masslive would pull the name out of nowhere.