Vito Guzzo, Jr. Being Recruited Hard By Mancuso.

[RushStreet]

Newly-Freed Colombo Soldier Vito Guzzo, Jr. Being Recruited Hard By Mancuso’s Bonanno Mob

The Bonanno crime family is the leader in the clubhouse to acquire the mob rights to Vito Guzzo, Jr. as the recently-sprung-from-prison Colombo mobster has become the object of a bidding war for a requested transfer, per sources. Last week, news broke of multiple NYC crime families negotiating with the Colombo mob to take possession of Guzzo, Jr. in a de-facto free-agency recruiting blitz. The validity of Guzzo, Jr.’s button-status has resulted in debate in the days following him coming home from the feds on the heels of finishing a 28-year stint for racketeering and murder, but Guzzo, Jr. himself is viewed as an elite commodity in the modern-day LCN landscape.

Over the past month, Bonanno mob boss Michael (Mikey Nose) Mancuso and his underboss John (Johnny Joe) Spirito allegedly approached the Colombo crime family’s administration regarding transferring Guzzo, Jr. into their organization and the Colombos were receptive to the possibility, sources claim. Mancuso and Spirito are said to have grown close to Guzzo, Jr. during their respective bids in the feds for their own murder convictions. Back in the 1990s, the 60-year old Guzzo, Jr., 60, headed the Caffe Giannini Crew, a mafia farm team out of Ridgewood, Queens named after a restaurant once owned the Bonannos. Some sources speculate Guzzo, Jr. could immediately enter the fray as a capo, no matter what borgata he ends up with.

The Caffe Giannini Crew is alleged to be responsible for more than two dozen killings and acted as a breeding ground for future inductees to all of the NYC Five Families. Guzzo, Jr., personally admitted his part in the 1992 slayings of local dope boys John (Johnny Danger) Ruisi, Steve (Stevie Love) Pagnozzi and Ralph Sciulla and Colombo mob bodyguard Anthony Mesi in October of that year in an attempted revenge-murder targeting the man he considered responsible for clipping his dad five years prior. As part of his September ’98 plea deal, he also admitted to being a triggerman in the fall 1996 Maspeth, Queens murder of a Gambino mob affiliate and bitter street rival named John (Johnny Boy) Borelli, reportedly put into motion because Borelli was dating Guzzo, Jr.’s ex-girlfriend.

Ruisi and Pagnozzi were the victims of a drug and cash rip-off and a subsequent coldblooded execution. Sciulla was lured to a mutual friend’s basement and killed because he refused to pay the Caffe Giannini Crew tribute from his narcotics trafficking. Besides romancing Guzzo, Jr.’s girl, Borelli had allegedly fallen out of favor with his bosses in the Gambinos related to insubordinate behavior. Adding to his mob lore and reputation for fearlessness, Guzzo, Jr. has himself survived being shot 11 times.

Members of the Colombo and Genovese mob hierarchies allegedly contributed money to Guzzo, Jr.’s legal defense fund back in the day, per FBI intelligence memos. Colombo mob underboss “Wild Bill” Cutolo donated a cool 20k in cash to the cause and Genovese leaders chipped in a combined $50,000 to aid his and his big bro Anthony’s separate defense funds, according to confidential informants. Genovese mob brass in the Bronx are alleged to have once hired Guzzo, Jr. to do hits and even helped pay attorney expenses for his appeal effort more recently, sources claim. Cutolo would be slain gangland style in May 1999 in fallout from the Colombo Mob War.

Vito Guzzo’s Jr.’s older brother, Anthony, received a button from the Lucchese mob following serving state prison time for a 1989 machine-gun slaying carried out in a Queens parking lot and then another stint in the can for stabbing someone in the throat in a 2002 bar fight. The Guzzo brothers’ dad, Vito Guzzo, Sr., was a made guy in the Colombos before disappearing on a 1987 hunting trip amid a feud with Vincent (Vinnie Unions) Ricciardo, never to be seen nor heard from again. Anthony Mesi was shot to death driving “Vinnie Unions” to a funeral in a bullet intended for Ricciardo that went astray. Ricciardo died of cancer last August doing a prison bid for labor racketeering and extortion.

Guzzo, Jr. maintains ties to a number of high-ranking Genovese, Bonannos and Gambinos from his time on the street and behind bars, sources say, including current bosses in those borgatas, such as “Mikey Nose” and “Johnny Joe.” GR sources allege. While doing of his time on the inside, he grew to be one of the most powerful Italian inmates in the federal prison system. Locked up in the spring of 1997 before he could get made the traditional way, Guzzo, Jr. was allegedly inducted into the Colombo mob in an unconventional making ceremony held in a rec room at the Danbury Federal Correctional Institute in Connecticut at some point in the past dozen years or so, at least according to the BOP, federal prosecutors and the FBI. Guzzo, Jr.’s attorneys deny he took an oath behind bars and Guzzo, Jr. offered to undergo a polygraph exam for his judge to defend himself against the accusation. FBI surveillance units intercepted chatter within the top levels of the Colombos where Guzzo, Jr. was discussed and how other mob organizations needed to know Guzzo, Jr. held the weight of a full-fledged made man and spoke for them on the inside.

In addition to their father, Vito, Jr. and Anthony were mentored in the mafia by a collection of heavyweights in the Colombo and Bonanno crime families, including the Colombos’ Benny Aloi, William (Wild Bill) Cutolo, Dennis (Little Denny) Guzzardo and Pasquale (Fat Patty) Catalano and the Bonannos’ famous zip, Baldo Amato of his syndicate’s Brooklyn crew. Amato was the silent owner of the Caffe Giannini before his incarceration for killing his front man in the restaurant, mob associate Sammy DiFalco, for stealing from the establishment. The Guzzos launched their hit on Vinnie Unions in November ’92 as he traveled to pay his final respects to Little Denny Guzzardo at a Queens funeral home.

[TallGuy19]

Is this from Burnstein?

[B.]

If they really did transfer him to another Family within New York it would be the first time this is known to have happened since possibly Jake Columbo in the 1950s and we don't have many other examples even before that.

[SonnyBlackstein]

Is this from Burnstein?

Yup

[SonnyBlackstein]

If they really did transfer him to another Family within New York it would be the first time this is known to have happened since possibly Jake Columbo in the 1950s and we don't have many other examples even before that.

I'm not arguing for the article but perhaps it is a different situation as the ceremony may not be recognized.
Weren't there a couple of guys from Philly who transferred to the Lukes after their ceremony was deemed illegitimate?
There was also the bunch of guys who got made by Spirito Jnr. which was quashed.

Not saying there's ANYTHING to this article (cough author), but this may not be as simple as a made guy transferring from one family to another.

[scott22]

Rush Street ,

Maybe a synopsis of the article not a full scab next time , buddy , what ya think ?

Scott

[RushStreet]

Rush Street ,

Maybe a synopsis of the article not a full scab next time , buddy , what ya think ?

Scott

Because you are gentleman I will agree to that. Hope you are having a wonderful day Scott!

[B.]

If they really did transfer him to another Family within New York it would be the first time this is known to have happened since possibly Jake Columbo in the 1950s and we don't have many other examples even before that.

I'm not arguing for the article but perhaps it is a different situation as the ceremony may not be recognized.
Weren't there a couple of guys from Philly who transferred to the Lukes after their ceremony was deemed illegitimate?
There was also the bunch of guys who got made by Spirito Jnr. which was quashed.

Not saying there's ANYTHING to this article (cough author), but this may not be as simple as a made guy transferring from one family to another.

Good point. If there was an issue with the ceremony it's possible it could be invalidated like what happened with the guys Scarfo Jr. tried to make. While jailhouse ceremonies have happened in the US and Sicily, they would still need to send a list and make sure there are no objections. Not sure if those details are out there about the Guzzo ceremony.

[Mvguy818]

Complete bullshit.. this is insane

[TommyGambino]

Didn't Pennisi say the Lucchese admin thought Guzzo's ceremony was a disgrace? Maybe im wrong

[chin_gigante]

Didn't Pennisi say the Lucchese admin thought Guzzo's ceremony was a disgrace? Maybe im wrong

Pennisi said Joe DiNapoli specifically was against ceremonies taking place in prison bathrooms. It was DiNapoli who said the Lucchese family were not obligated to recognise Guzzo as a member.

https://youtu.be/p81tEHurwCQ?si=RzIaNu_kc3uF50IN

It doesn't seem however that this prevented Guzzo from being introduced or recognised as a member while in prison. Pennisi has also said that Anthony Guzzo told him about frequently being introduced to other members through Vito while on visits.

https://youtu.be/nhyJCf7XfC8?si=UScaCjWeJjnBbOZJ

Pennisi has also stated in a Q&A that he doesn't believe DiNapoli's statement would cause Guzzo problems or require him to be re-inducted. He believes guys will continue to recognise Guzzo as a member.

https://youtu.be/njH9B6kn42c?si=odsb_fehL0BVHPFW

[Blunts]

Complete bullshit.. this is insane

It is fan fiction. Making up an alternate version of history and charging a sub for it. Nice wee racket really. Rush you are being big naughty posting it for free here.

Heard the Outfit sent Vito a really fancy gift basket to get him to join them instead.

[MoLarryCurly]

This can’t even be real at this point with this guy. Does he smoke a pipe and take mushrooms to come up with these ideas. If someone’s feeding him info they must die laughing when they see he actually reports what they tell him.

[Waingro]

I didn't know Anthony Guzzo's background that was surprising to read because I thought John Pennisi always talked about how Anthony isn't a tough guy.

[johnny_scootch]

If they really did transfer him to another Family within New York it would be the first time this is known to have happened since possibly Jake Columbo in the 1950s and we don't have many other examples even before that.

Anthony Persiano transferred from the Lucchese family to Philly and if I recall correctly Robert Vaccaro was also made into the Lucchese family but transferred to the Gambino’s.