Gangland 10/20/2022

[Don sterling]

Thanks for posting

[Shellackhead]

Surprised that this guy even got inducted into the Genovese Family but I assume that after this whole thing is finished, he will probably be on the shelf

X2

[TallGuy19]

Thanks for posting.

$3k+ per week in vig from a car service driver?? This dude must’ve had something going on on the side because that’s an absurd figure to expect from a guy that drives a car for a living to cover weekly.

This Messina guy literally fucked up every step of the way here. He’s soaking a loan shark customer who can’t afford it but is still doing his damndest to make his payments on time. He brags about his button to this poor bastard. He name drops the freaking boss of the family to him as well. He gets pulled over and asked about this guy by the cops, and then he immediately hops off the phone and calls a captain to tell him about it. Only way they don’t shelve this dude right away is if they think it might make him flip (kinda like with Mikey Scars).

He might have had his own customers. He was paying about two points per week, so he might have been loaning it out at four points or whatever.

[Cheech]

Thanks for posting.

$3k+ per week in vig from a car service driver?? This dude must’ve had something going on on the side because that’s an absurd figure to expect from a guy that drives a car for a living to cover weekly.

This Messina guy literally fucked up every step of the way here. He’s soaking a loan shark customer who can’t afford it but is still doing his damndest to make his payments on time. He brags about his button to this poor bastard. He name drops the freaking boss of the family to him as well. He gets pulled over and asked about this guy by the cops, and then he immediately hops off the phone and calls a captain to tell him about it. Only way they don’t shelve this dude right away is if they think it might make him flip (kinda like with Mikey Scars).

He might have had his own customers. He was paying about two points per week, so he might have been loaning it out at four points or whatever.

fair point

[TSNYC]

Fact that Balsamo had a phone convo with Messina after he was hard stopped in a car and questioned about a loan shark customer says a lot about Balsamo’s own intelligence.

[NYNighthawk]

Ralphie was never considered to be the sharpest knife in the drawer!

[Cheech]

Fact that Balsamo had a phone convo with Messina after he was hard stopped in a car and questioned about a loan shark customer says a lot about Balsamo’s own intelligence.

it mind boggling...

anyone notice that Jerry mentioned that he named dropped ernie and barney but he didnt post that transcript

[PPPP]

MM: No, no they got me, they got me with this kid.
RB: They didn't mention, they didn't mention anybody else or anything. . .
MM: No. They said okay here here's our number if you think of anything call us. If we have any questions, give me your number so I gave them my number.
RB: Not this number right?
MM: No are you out of your fucking mind.

Love this interaction. Each of them basically saying "Are you stupid? How stupid do you think I am?" as they are both recorded.

[aray22]

All the other photos this week are old photos or photos found in the mugshot section except for this one

Michael Messina

The Mafia is basically over when old clowns like this are who the west side have to turn to when they add members.

[DonPeppino386]

Messina gets pulled over by the feds. immediately calls balsamo.....smh still on the phone in 2022

I was thinking the same thing. Haven’t they learned their lesson by now. Pure stupidity.

[DonPeppino386]

Thanks for posting!

[Little_Al1991]

Messina gets pulled over by the feds. immediately calls balsamo.....smh still on the phone in 2022

I was thinking the same thing. Haven’t they learned their lesson by now. Pure stupidity.

The same thing happened in the Colombo case which busted the admin
So many conversations took place on the phone…Always surprised at that in the current day

[johnny_scootch]

The Mafia is basically over when old clowns like this are who the west side have to turn to when they add members.

Whether it’s ‘young clowns’ or ‘old clowns’ whenever a made guy does some stupid shit someone always says it’s signaling the downfall of the entire mafia. It’s not.

In the words of the esteemed Lawrence Peter Berra, “it ain’t over til it’s over”

[TommyGambino]

Fact that Balsamo had a phone convo with Messina after he was hard stopped in a car and questioned about a loan shark customer says a lot about Balsamo’s own intelligence.

And this is one of the guys closest to Barney, but but but they are untouchable and geniuses is all you hear on this board

[Tonyd621]

I wonder what this Messina guy did to get made