New Pennisi Article

[JohnnyS]

Ive always viewed the Persicos as shitty bosses and greedy.

Same.

[furiofromnaples]

I think he killed a doctor or someone for a doctor out west in some western state and then rolled on the guy who ordered the hit...but the LCN guys didn't know about it at the time...

https://thecolombomafia.com/ralph-deleo

DeLeo traveled to Columbus, OH., where he allegedly reconnected with former cellmate Dr. Donald Plotnick. Laying low on Plotnick's farm, Ralph was introduced to Dr. David Ucker, a deputy county coroner and medical professional who hired the Boston bank robber for a job. Ralph was tasked with kidnapping Dr. Walter T. Bond, a prominent African-American physician and an organizer of a local abortion clinic in Columbus. In a plot straight out of a hospital soap opera, Ucker had apparently been dating a pharmacist, and Dr. Bond allegedly drugged and raped her.

DeLeo offered to dish out a beating to Dr. Bond, but Ucker demanded the man be castrated. On October 31, 1977, DeLeo - donned in the full sheriff's attire - approached the alleged rapist, Dr. Bond, as he left his office and told him he had a warrant for his arrest. What exactly happened on Bond's doorstep is unclear, but the abortion doctor ended up with two bullets in the head and chest after a deadly, heat-of-the-moment change of plans.



At the same time that he was cooperating with the government concerning the Bond case, Ralph DeLeo was also being questioned about the possible involvement of two friends in a 1976 slaying in Maine. James A. Cassidy, 43, a banker from Brooklin, Mass., disappeared on April 4, 1976, with at least $350,000 in valuable stamps. He lived in Brookline and operated a stamp and coin collection business in the Chestnut Hill section on Newton, Mass. in his free time. Cassidy was also accused of stealing $1,150,000 from the bank he worked at, and after police uncovered his badly-burned body in his torched station wagon, neither the stamps nor the embezzled money was found. Despite DeLeo's cooperation, nobody was ever charged with Cassidy's murder.

On May 17, 1979, Ralph F. DeLeo formally pleaded guilty to being the "trigger man" in the Bond murder and was sentenced to 15-to-life in state prison.

That’s strange how the mob didn’t look into his past before even sponsoring him for a button, can’t be too surprised though because Scarpa was an FBI informant for over 20 years & they didn’t even notice until he came out as is after the 3rd Colombo war. They got these moles around back in the day that told them about who’s the informant, etc but couldn’t do a checkup on a connected guy who most likely wasn’t known by the rest of the neighborhood and isn’t vouched for by someone else or multiple guys from the neighborhood...

DeLeo was lucky,he become the cellmate of Allie Boy Persico and when went out jail the Patriarcas was in disarray and the colombos need someone to replace the ranks. The good question is:
why when the persicos hear that deleo was a snitch doesn’t kill him?
The Scarpa case was different: he was a long time members and nobody should think that could be a snitch.
For me the fact that DeLeo is still alive is due to his friendship with allie boy.

[Cheech]

Seems odd you would pass a piece of paper with a name on it.

Some of his stories sound made up.

[chin_gigante]

Found an old Gang Land article from December 2016 that relates somewhat to this:

Still Crazy (About Vito) After All These Years

Longtime Colombo gangster Vito Guzzo suffered an eye injury in a federal prison dustup in Danbury last year, and he is not a happy camper in far off Seagoville, Texas these days, where the Bureau of Prisons shipped him, adding insult to his injury. But Guzzo got a great Thinking Of You Card from a bunch of his old pals this year, the best that Gang Land has come across.

It features a dozen smiling faces of a group of wiseguys, mob associates and others with Wish You Were Here looks in a posed photo that was taken at a July 4 barbeque in Massapequa L.I., at the home of a friend of an old Colombo crime family buddy, soldier Salvatore (Sallie Bread) Cambria.

Cambria, 65, is the fourth guy from the right, wearing a white polka dot shirt with a gold chain and medal around his neck. Sallie Bread, the focal point of a mob dispute in 2002 when the Lucheses forced the owners of a bar and restaurant on the Miracle Mile in Freeport to buy their bread from him, has a usury rap but has managed to avoid any serious time behind bars.

Sources say the picture was sent to Guzzo, who still has 13 and a half years left in his 38-year-prison term for racketeering and murder that he's serving, by his older brother Anthony, 57, who's the second smiling face from the right in the blue shirt, standing next to the gray headed Gambino soldier Michael Mattarazzo, 65, in the white shirt.

Anthony Guzzo was implicated, but never charged in an alleged plot to whack FBI undercover agent Joaquim (Big Jack) Garcia in 2005 after he infiltrated the crime family for three years and enabled the feds to convict 32 Gambinos on racketeering and other charges.

At the time, Anthony was in Sing Sing state prison serving five years for parole violation. But the FBI took the threat seriously based on his — and his brother's — known propensity for violence. Anthony was behind bars for nearly killing a patron in a Long Island bar fight in 2002 by slashing him in the neck with a knife. His parole stemmed from 1990 manslaughter and assault convictions for killing one man and wounding another in Queens.

Vito, 52, is serving 38 years in a plea deal for five mob rubouts. He was also involved in a 1997 home invasion robbery in Mill Basin, Queens.

Gambino soldier Frank Radice, the dark-haired, front and center wiseguy in the orange shirt was bounced from his Teamsters union job because of his status as a made man. In the white shirt, with his left hand on Radice's shoulder, is longtime Gambino associate Anthony Amoroso, a onetime driver for John A. (Junior) Gotti. Amoroso, 53, was among scores of rabble rousers outside the federal courthouse in downtown Brooklyn that overturned cars and stoked a mini-riot on June 23, 1992, the day the late Mafia boss was sentenced to life in prison.

Radice's brother, John (Johnny Biz) Radice, a reputed associate in Gurino's crew, is standing behind Amoroso, with his right hand on Amoroso's shoulder.

Sources say that Frank Radice, Matarazzo, who owns a trucking company, Amoroso, who runs a restaurant, and Steve Kaplan, another former Junior Gotti pal, are all closely aligned with capo Caesar Gurino, a cohort of the late Dapper Don. The quintet was among a dozen or so attendees at a Christmas party for the crew last week at Matteo's on Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach, the sources say, noting that Luchese capo, Joseph (Little Joe) DiBenedetto, the son-in-law of that family's imprisoned for life boss, Vittorio (Vic) Amuso, who also hails from Howard Beach, was also at the party.

Junior Gotti, who gets this year's Jack Of All Trades, Master Of None Award, was nowhere near Matteo's. But based on a Christmas Day New York Post picture-story, in which the beefed-up, erstwhile Junior Don-turned movie producer was wearing an extra-large red Christmas shirt and apron making like Mario Batali, he was likely slaving over a hot stove preparing a "spicy seafood stew." That's what he told reporter Dean Balsamini he'd make and serve 60 or so family members and close friends during the Gotti family's traditional Feast Of The Seven Fishes dinner on Christmas Eve.

The picture of Junior in the kitchen of Saggio's in East Norwich reminds Gang Land of a picture of another Junior wearing a red apron and working in a kitchen that landed on Gang Land's desk decades ago — of Carmine (Junior) Persico. The 83-year-old mob boss was in the kitchen at the Lompoc Federal Prison where he served many of the 31 plus years he has spent behind bars in the government's 1980s war against the mob. He gets the Longest Prisoner Of War Award.

https://www.ganglandnews.com/members/column1033.htm

Cambria.jpg

[I've posted Anthony Guzzo's photograph in the mugshot section.]

[chin_gigante]

https://youtu.be/atUeA6dMHdM

Pennisi making his first podcast appearance

[CornerBoy]

Salvatore Cambria. Is he related to the Persicos?

no, he is long island capo near levittown- they call him sally bread. his cousin is actually a guy named calamia who owned a bar on qns/LI murder and was convicted of ass raping 15-16 year olds.

google- calamia molest or sometihng- he owned a bar.

While this is so sad and disgusting there is a funny story i heard from from a kid who was around Sally Bread in like 2005. there was a big gambling debt that had to be settle- the debt was 85K and this calamia guy brought the kid to the sally bread to squash it. i shit you not, "here let me tuck in your shirt for. the sit down. oh we have untuck and do again. this occurred 3 subsequent times in thsoe 5 min. this is all long island. Im from city

[Shellackhead]

https://youtu.be/atUeA6dMHdM

Pennisi making his first podcast appearance

Just finished watching it, it was pretty good... didn’t know he did almost 20 years for manslaughter. John Alite & Gene Borello are looking stupid for making fun of Michael because of the whole “Caporegime” thing if even a ex modern wise guy confirms it.

[chin_gigante]

Just finished listening to the podcast myself. Most of it is discussing things that were covered in his testimony, though there are a few extra details that are worth taking note of:

The St Joseph's Day incident with Ralph Balsamo at the strip club

- The man identified as 'Philly' in Pennisi's testimony who started causing trouble at the strip club was the son of Philip Giaccone
- Balsamo got punched in the face during the fight that broke out because nobody knew who he was
- The 'Jamie' identified in the testimony who came to the club with Balsamo was also with the West Side but was on the shelf
- In the testimony, Jamie is identified as Jamie DeLeo or Jamie DeLee (just from looking at the Genovese thread in the charts section I'm thinking this is maybe contractor James Delio)
- In the aftermath, Pennisi was told by many people that 'the West Side will lie and twist a story to always make themselves right'

Why Pennisi was proposed to be made

- He was never told why he was made though he thinks it was for a few reasons
- First, it is difficult to find new, younger guys for the life
- Pennisi and Anthony Guzzo had both done lengthy stretches in prison for violent crimes
- They were both known in the neighbourhood
- While meeting with higher-ranking members at the club in the Bronx, Pennisi felt he was almost being interviewed so they could get a grasp of who he was and how he conducted himself

Pranking Guzzo on the day of their ceremony

- Pennisi played a prank on Guzzo by telling him that nobody wore suits to their initiation anymore and he would embarrass himself if he did
- Pennisi showed up in a suit at Guzzo's house and found him wearing dress pants and a sweater
- Guzzo cursed him out and then refused to change his clothes
- Once in the basement of the house in Staten Island, Guzzo was extremely nervous and this was made worse by the fact that he was called upstairs twice (Pennisi says he will talk about the reason for this later)
- When members are formally introduced to captains, they are still referred to as caporegimes
- This is backed up by the 2010 Nicholas Stefanelli transcripts, where Joseph Licata can be heard introducing several people as caporegimes

Meeting with Lorenzo Mannino

- Shortly after he was inducted, Pennisi had to meet with Mannino over an issue
- Mannino offered to introduce Pennisi to a member of the Colombo family
- As he was recently inducted, Pennisi felt Mannino was testing him, so he said, 'I have no reason to meet him, Lorenzo, unless you want me to meet him. If you want me to meet him, I'll meet him, but I don’t have any reason to meet him.'
- Mannino then smiled at Pete Inzerillo and walked away
- Pennisi believed this was a test to see whether getting his button would go to his head as many guys, once they are made, want to be introduced to everyone and want it to be known that they are a member
- Pennisi respected how low-key the Sicilian Gambinos were
- Mannino was a caporegime at the time of this meeting, though he may also have had an acting administration position or been promoted to an acting administration position shortly after
- Based on the timing of that meeting (2013) Mannino could have been on the 'rotating panel of street bosses' that we know John Gambino, Anthony Gurino and Joseph Juliano sat on
- Gurino was identified as sitting on that panel in 2012 and 2013, so we know it was in operation at that time
- Alternatively, this is speculative but perhaps Mannino could have been serving as the acting consigliere
- Pennisi was inducted on 02 April 2013 and Bartolomeo Vernace was convicted on 17 April so the timing lines up pretty well if Mannino getting an acting administration role had anything to do with Vernace's position

[chin_gigante]

Pranking Guzzo on the day of their ceremony

- Pennisi played a prank on Guzzo by telling him that nobody wore suits to their initiation anymore and he would embarrass himself if he did
- Pennisi showed up in a suit at Guzzo's house and found him wearing dress pants and a sweater
- Guzzo cursed him out and then refused to change his clothes
- Once in the basement of the house in Staten Island, Guzzo was extremely nervous and this was made worse by the fact that he was called upstairs twice (Pennisi says he will talk about the reason for this later)
- When members are formally introduced to captains, they are still referred to as caporegimes
- This is backed up by the 2010 Nicholas Stefanelli transcripts, where Joseph Licata can be heard introducing several people as caporegimes

Correcting a mistake on my part. Typo. This should say, 'Guzzo was extremely nervous and this was made worse by the fact that he was called upstairs last'.

Guzzo was called up last, not twice.

[CabriniGreen]

Just finished listening to the podcast myself. Most of it is discussing things that were covered in his testimony, though there are a few extra details that are worth taking note of:

The St Joseph's Day incident with Ralph Balsamo at the strip club

- The man identified as 'Philly' in Pennisi's testimony who started causing trouble at the strip club was the son of Philip Giaccone
- Balsamo got punched in the face during the fight that broke out because nobody knew who he was
- The 'Jamie' identified in the testimony who came to the club with Balsamo was also with the West Side but was on the shelf
- In the testimony, Jamie is identified as Jamie DeLeo or Jamie DeLee (just from looking at the Genovese thread in the charts section I'm thinking this is maybe contractor James Delio)
- In the aftermath, Pennisi was told by many people that 'the West Side will lie and twist a story to always make themselves right'

Why Pennisi was proposed to be made

- He was never told why he was made though he thinks it was for a few reasons
- First, it is difficult to find new, younger guys for the life
- Pennisi and Anthony Guzzo had both done lengthy stretches in prison for violent crimes
- They were both known in the neighbourhood
- While meeting with higher-ranking members at the club in the Bronx, Pennisi felt he was almost being interviewed so they could get a grasp of who he was and how he conducted himself

Pranking Guzzo on the day of their ceremony

- Pennisi played a prank on Guzzo by telling him that nobody wore suits to their initiation anymore and he would embarrass himself if he did
- Pennisi showed up in a suit at Guzzo's house and found him wearing dress pants and a sweater
- Guzzo cursed him out and then refused to change his clothes
- Once in the basement of the house in Staten Island, Guzzo was extremely nervous and this was made worse by the fact that he was called upstairs twice (Pennisi says he will talk about the reason for this later)
- When members are formally introduced to captains, they are still referred to as caporegimes
- This is backed up by the 2010 Nicholas Stefanelli transcripts, where Joseph Licata can be heard introducing several people as caporegimes

Meeting with Lorenzo Mannino

- Shortly after he was inducted, Pennisi had to meet with Mannino over an issue
- Mannino offered to introduce Pennisi to a member of the Colombo family
- As he was recently inducted, Pennisi felt Mannino was testing him, so he said, 'I have no reason to meet him, Lorenzo, unless you want me to meet him. If you want me to meet him, I'll meet him, but I don’t have any reason to meet him.'
- Mannino then smiled at Pete Inzerillo and walked away
- Pennisi believed this was a test to see whether getting his button would go to his head as many guys, once they are made, want to be introduced to everyone and want it to be known that they are a member
- Pennisi respected how low-key the Sicilian Gambinos were
- Mannino was a caporegime at the time of this meeting, though he may also have had an acting administration position or been promoted to an acting administration position shortly after
- Based on the timing of that meeting (2013) Mannino could have been on the 'rotating panel of street bosses' that we know John Gambino, Anthony Gurino and Joseph Juliano sat on
- Gurino was identified as sitting on that panel in 2012 and 2013, so we know it was in operation at that time
- Alternatively, this is speculative but perhaps Mannino could have been serving as the acting consigliere
- Pennisi was inducted on 02 April 2013 and Bartolomeo Vernace was convicted on 17 April so the timing lines up pretty well if Mannino getting an acting administration role had anything to do with Vernace's position

Great stuff man. I really love this style of breaking things down..... great stuff on Mannino...

[JohnnyS]

Just finished listening to the podcast myself. Most of it is discussing things that were covered in his testimony, though there are a few extra details that are worth taking note of:

The St Joseph's Day incident with Ralph Balsamo at the strip club

- The man identified as 'Philly' in Pennisi's testimony who started causing trouble at the strip club was the son of Philip Giaccone
- Balsamo got punched in the face during the fight that broke out because nobody knew who he was
- The 'Jamie' identified in the testimony who came to the club with Balsamo was also with the West Side but was on the shelf
- In the testimony, Jamie is identified as Jamie DeLeo or Jamie DeLee (just from looking at the Genovese thread in the charts section I'm thinking this is maybe contractor James Delio)
- In the aftermath, Pennisi was told by many people that 'the West Side will lie and twist a story to always make themselves right'

Why Pennisi was proposed to be made

- He was never told why he was made though he thinks it was for a few reasons
- First, it is difficult to find new, younger guys for the life
- Pennisi and Anthony Guzzo had both done lengthy stretches in prison for violent crimes
- They were both known in the neighbourhood
- While meeting with higher-ranking members at the club in the Bronx, Pennisi felt he was almost being interviewed so they could get a grasp of who he was and how he conducted himself

Pranking Guzzo on the day of their ceremony

- Pennisi played a prank on Guzzo by telling him that nobody wore suits to their initiation anymore and he would embarrass himself if he did
- Pennisi showed up in a suit at Guzzo's house and found him wearing dress pants and a sweater
- Guzzo cursed him out and then refused to change his clothes
- Once in the basement of the house in Staten Island, Guzzo was extremely nervous and this was made worse by the fact that he was called upstairs twice (Pennisi says he will talk about the reason for this later)
- When members are formally introduced to captains, they are still referred to as caporegimes
- This is backed up by the 2010 Nicholas Stefanelli transcripts, where Joseph Licata can be heard introducing several people as caporegimes

Meeting with Lorenzo Mannino

- Shortly after he was inducted, Pennisi had to meet with Mannino over an issue
- Mannino offered to introduce Pennisi to a member of the Colombo family
- As he was recently inducted, Pennisi felt Mannino was testing him, so he said, 'I have no reason to meet him, Lorenzo, unless you want me to meet him. If you want me to meet him, I'll meet him, but I don’t have any reason to meet him.'
- Mannino then smiled at Pete Inzerillo and walked away
- Pennisi believed this was a test to see whether getting his button would go to his head as many guys, once they are made, want to be introduced to everyone and want it to be known that they are a member
- Pennisi respected how low-key the Sicilian Gambinos were
- Mannino was a caporegime at the time of this meeting, though he may also have had an acting administration position or been promoted to an acting administration position shortly after
- Based on the timing of that meeting (2013) Mannino could have been on the 'rotating panel of street bosses' that we know John Gambino, Anthony Gurino and Joseph Juliano sat on
- Gurino was identified as sitting on that panel in 2012 and 2013, so we know it was in operation at that time
- Alternatively, this is speculative but perhaps Mannino could have been serving as the acting consigliere
- Pennisi was inducted on 02 April 2013 and Bartolomeo Vernace was convicted on 17 April so the timing lines up pretty well if Mannino getting an acting administration role had anything to do with Vernace's position

Great breakdown. I'll just add the panel wasn't really a rotating panel of street bosses iirc. It was more like a ruling panel of captains that assisted Cefalu and Cali. Interesting info on Mannino though I suspected he's held an admin position for a lot of years. Wouldn't be surprised if he replaced John Gambino on the panel because of his health issues around that time then was promoted to acting consigliere and street boss since we know Cali 100% was the underboss before his death.

[JohnnyS]

Fat Larry Sessa is a good guess for the Colombo member Mannino offered to introduce Pennisi to.

[slimshady_007]

Fat Larry Sessa is a good guess for the Colombo member Mannino offered to introduce Pennisi to.

Im pretty sure Sessa was in jail at the time.

[Pmac2]

Crazy deleo could induct a guy. Hes only a soldier at best today if he really is in good standing. Was there someone higher at the prison who may have inducted this guzzo guy. And allie boy persico must have okayed it. I'm surprised other family's would say it's ok. But there was something in a old merry ferel file some guy in a ny state pen in the 50tys ran a induction in his cell. It's been awhile I can't remember the names. They might have been redacted to. Just deleo of all people. That article Gohn wrote about him is a masterpiece. I'm mean he didnt rat on any mob guys and took 20yrs. I'm sure he could have rolled and got 5yrs. So maybe that's why they kept him in good standing. Maybe this guy is lying to....

[Pmac2]

Just sounds so farfetched