Parrello pleads guilty

[Hailbritain]

http://nypost.com/2017/05/16/crowd-show ... ilty-plea/

[Hailbritain]

No suprise that a Genovese mobster has pleaded guilty

[Camo]

Wait, why was Parello attacking someone over a debt owed to a Luchesse associate? Makes no sense.

[Camo]

Here's something on Capolongo that i'm sure has been posted before. This has him linked to the Genovese Family with no mention of the Lucchese Family.

https://www.local10.com/news/florida/br ... lice-says-

[Wiseguy]

Wait, why was Parello attacking someone over a debt owed to a Luchesse associate? Makes no sense.

In other places Capolongo has also been identified as a Genovese associate. Likely works with both families.

[Pogo The Clown]

5-7 years. He didn't get off as easy as expected.


Pogo

[Cheech]

^ I think cause he's all over the tapes with violence and talk of murder. with his priors I think 5-7 is light IMO. When this first came to light I think everyone expected Patsy to get more than others who had non violent crimes.

[Kash]

^ I think cause he's all over the tapes with violence and talk of murder. with his priors I think 5-7 is light IMO. When this first came to light I think everyone expected Patsy to get more than others who had non violent crimes.

Ya I think one of the first articles I read said he could face 40 years. 5 ain't bad. It's doable.

[joeycigars]

5-7 years. He didn't get off as easy as expected.


Pogo

Pogo, Thats what the offer was its a good one , He did a year already , If he gets the 5 he will be out in 3 1/2 not bad for a east coast LCN enterprise leader , way better than what he should have gotten and that would be in the 20-30 range

[SonnyBlackstein]

I think the point also stands that although the FBI fucked things up to a certain degree there is still some weight to these charges. And Joey Merlino would be semi retarded if he doesn't take two years.

A lot of people thought Parello/Merlino etc would take this to trial.

I'd be stunned if Parello takes 5-7 and Joey fights a two plea.

[Fughedaboutit]

5-7 years. He didn't get off as easy as expected.


Pogo

Pogo, Thats what the offer was its a good one , He did a year already , If he gets the 5 he will be out in 3 1/2 not bad for a east coast LCN enterprise leader , way better than what he should have gotten and that would be in the 20-30 range

Agreed.

Looks like he got off pretty easy to me.

[Fughedaboutit]

I think the point also stands that although the FBI fucked things up to a certain degree there is still some weight to these charges. And Joey Merlino would be semi retarded if he doesn't take two years.

A lot of people thought Parello/Merlino etc would take this to trial.

I'd be stunned if Parello takes 5-7 and Joey fights a two plea.

They seem to have less on Joey...

On Parello they have more recordings...and the violence likely plays a big part in the added years

Joey might fight this thing, I personally think it depends on the length of the supervised releases, he doesnt wanna get dinged meeting with his guys in a cigar bar again lol

With Jacobs, he has a good shot at beating it too

[JerryB]

NY POST
Judge to wiseguy: You should’ve thought before joining the mob
By Emily Saul
September 7, 2017

A ​no-nonsense ​Manhattan federal court judge blasted an aged wiseguy Thursday before sentencing him to seven years in prison — saying he should have thought beforehand about joining the mob if he didn’t want to die behind bars.

“There’s a long history of capos who have died in prison,” Judge Richard Sullivan coldly told 73-year-old Pasquale “Patsy” Parrello before handing down the sentence — which brought audible gasps of disbelief from the packed courtroom.

“You must have understood this, you had 88 months to think about it before,” he added.

The jurist was referencing the reputed Genovese capo’s previous stint in prison on racketeering charges, and then went on to reference the bushels of letters submitted on his behalf, which touted the namesake of Bronx sauce joint Pasquale’s Rigoletto as a kind, generous, and charitable man.

Sullivan noted the letters resembled those he’d read in connection with the mobster’s last sentencing — saying some were nearly identical.

“[The letters] can’t be a get out of jail free card when they’ve been used before,” the judge bristled. “He did take for granted a second chance.”

The judge also scorned claims made by defense attorney Mark DeMarco regarding his client’s intense Roman Catholicism and his faith.

“I don’t think Roman Catholicism takes a favorable view toward extortion,” Sullivan said, interrupting the attorney.

Parrello — who is mostly deaf and kept his index finger inserted in his left ear throughout the two-hour sentencing — pleaded guilty to various extortion charges earlier this year. He was arrested last August alongside dozens of other alleged crime family members.

Prosecutors said Parrello instructed henchmen on the best way to shake down debtors who’d gotten behind on payments to their illegal gambling ring — often instructing his goons to resort to violence.

“First of all, I’d like to apologize for everything that transpired,” the frail-looking mafioso told the court. “I feel remorse for all the things I’ve done, and I’ve taken responsibility and am just trying to be a better person.”

The gallery was packed with Parrello’s friends and family, including a wheelchair-bound, 107-year-old WWII veteran whose friendship the defense repeatedly dangled as proof of the mobster’s good deeds.

“To his friends and family he is a kind, generous, and loving man, he sends meals to this WWII veteran, and also organized transportation for him to come to the restaurant,” DeMarco said, adding his mobbed-up client also “counseled young people he felt were moving in an unfavorable direction.”

Assistant US Attorney Lauren Abinanti, conversely, called Parrello a “man of two faces,” who used his multiple personas to remain a beloved community figure while “never taking no for an answer” in his quest to collect debts.

As part of the sentence, Parrello was also instructed to pay a $15,000 fine, and a $63,800 forfeiture. DeMarco immediately produced the hefty check, and handed it over to the court.

“I hope you reflect on what got you here,” Sullivan told Parrello as marshals re-shackled him.

As he was led out, the capo nodded to his wife, asking “you alright?” and then said “thank you for everything” to the packed pews.

“We love you, Patsy!” the nearly 50 people yelled. “Love you,” he mumbled as he shuffled out.

Later on Thursday, Sullivan went much easier on another defendant in the case sentencing John “Tugboat” Tognino — one of the other 46 men from four crime families rounded up last year for a variety of illegal schemes — to just six months of home confinement.

The 75-year-old man faced four to 10 months in prison after taking a plea deal in May for running gambling schemes with codefendant Anthony “Tony the Wig” Vazzano.

Sullivan said “this is a guy who has been engaging in this conduct for a long time,” referring to Tognino’s previous convictions.

But the judge also said he thinks Tognino’s addiction to gambling played a big role in committing these crimes and believes his treatment has made him contrite.

“Enough is enough. I promise my wife it’s finally over,” Sullivan read from Tognino’s letter noting, “[the letter] strikes me as sincere.”

Sullivan also said he took into consideration Tognino’s health problems when giving him such a light sentence.

http://nypost.com/2017/09/07/judge-to-w ... g-the-mob/

[Teddy Persico]

That's funny how Porrello used the exact same sentencing strategy as at his last rackeeting trial.

[Teddy Persico]

That's a boss move whipping out a check for $79k right after the fine/forfeiture was decided.