Friends of Ours: Benjamin Castellazzo
06:42 PM in Anthony Turzio, Benjamin Castellazzo, Benjamin Castellazzo Jr. , Colombo, Douglas LaChance, Glenn LaChance, Mob History, Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Union, Rocco Giangregorio, Rocco Miraglia, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Feds: The Claw Held Sitdown Over Carnie Game
Benjamin "The Claw" Castellazzo is sounding more white trash by the day.
Earlier this month it was reported that the reputed Colombo underboss lives in a New Jersey trailer park and his wife is on food stamps.
Now it's alleged that he was resolving disputes between rival mobsters over placement of the carnie game Razzle Dazzle at an Italian feast as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News.
Maybe the next stop for The Claw is as an attraction at the freak show on the Coney Island boardwalk.
Actually, his next stop likely will be federal prison -- another kind of freak show -- when he is sentenced later this month on an extortion conviction by Brooklyn federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto. Although Castellazzo faces up to eight years he perhaps may catch a break from Judge Matsumoto who since the 2011 takedown of the Colombo family has given 24 sentences "below the recommended guidelines, according to court records" as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News.
09:08 AM in Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Extortion, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Mob Boss Lives In A Trailer Park
Apparently the mobster is a brokester.
Reputed Colombo underboss Benjamin "The Claw" Castellazzo faces eight years in prison after pleading guilty to shaking down a Brooklyn construction company and a Staten Island pizzeria, and in a plea for leniency the 75-year-old has disclosed "in court papers that he lives in a New Jersey trailer park and his wife receives food stamps" as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News.
So let's get this right: Castellazzo is asking for leniency because his supposed life of crime was not as financially rewarding as he once presumably hoped? That hardly sounds like a defendant accepting responsibility notwithstanding his new-found claim that "I am not proud of the life I have led," and should be duly noted by federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto when she sentences him later this month.
08:40 AM in Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Extortion, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Feds Brace For Mob Vendettas
01:27 PM in Andrew Russo, Anthony Russo, Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Richard Fusco, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Mobsters For ObamaCare
What's a suspected mobster to do when he gets hurt -- an occupational hazard in the underworld -- but has no health insurance?
This was the predicament apparently faced by reputed Colombo associate Walter Samperi after allegedly getting "stabbed by a low-level Gambino thug" as reported by the New York Post. The Gambinos purportedly agreed to pay Samperi $150,000 after some persuasion by the Colombos, and $100,000 of the promised payout would come from the Gambino share of the alleged "illegally skimmed . . . proceeds of the annual Figli di Santa Rosali celebration on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn." However, "like a bad health-insurance claim, the Gambinos didn't pay out," and officials believe the unfortunate Samperi was reduced to traveling to Italy for its free health-care system.
Five reputed Colombo mobsters -- street boss Andrew "Andy Mush" Russo, acting underboss Benjamin "The Claw" Castellazzo, consiglierie Richard "Richie" Fusco, capo Dennis "Fat Dennis" DeLucia and acting capo Anthony "Big Anthony" Russo -- are charged with extortion for their alleged medical expense reimbursement claim against the Gambinos.
11:36 AM in Andrew Russo, Anthony Russo, Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Dennis DeLucia, Gambino, ObamaCare, Richard Fusco, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News, Walter Samperi | Permalink
Friends of Ours: Benjamin Castellazzo
06:42 PM in Anthony Turzio, Benjamin Castellazzo, Benjamin Castellazzo Jr. , Colombo, Douglas LaChance, Glenn LaChance, Mob History, Newspaper and Mail Deliverers' Union, Rocco Giangregorio, Rocco Miraglia, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Feds: The Claw Held Sitdown Over Carnie Game
Benjamin "The Claw" Castellazzo is sounding more white trash by the day.
Earlier this month it was reported that the reputed Colombo underboss lives in a New Jersey trailer park and his wife is on food stamps.
Now it's alleged that he was resolving disputes between rival mobsters over placement of the carnie game Razzle Dazzle at an Italian feast as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News.
Maybe the next stop for The Claw is as an attraction at the freak show on the Coney Island boardwalk.
Actually, his next stop likely will be federal prison -- another kind of freak show -- when he is sentenced later this month on an extortion conviction by Brooklyn federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto. Although Castellazzo faces up to eight years he perhaps may catch a break from Judge Matsumoto who since the 2011 takedown of the Colombo family has given 24 sentences "below the recommended guidelines, according to court records" as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News.
09:08 AM in Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Extortion, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Mob Boss Lives In A Trailer Park
Apparently the mobster is a brokester.
Reputed Colombo underboss Benjamin "The Claw" Castellazzo faces eight years in prison after pleading guilty to shaking down a Brooklyn construction company and a Staten Island pizzeria, and in a plea for leniency the 75-year-old has disclosed "in court papers that he lives in a New Jersey trailer park and his wife receives food stamps" as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News.
So let's get this right: Castellazzo is asking for leniency becaus
e his supposed life of crime was not as financially rewarding as he once presumably hoped? That hardly sounds like a defendant accepting responsibility notwithstanding his new-found claim that "I am not proud of the life I have led," and should be duly noted by federal judge Kiyo Matsumoto when she sentences him later this month.
08:40 AM in Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Extortion, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Feds Brace For Mob Vendettas
01:27 PM in Andrew Russo, Anthony Russo, Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Richard Fusco, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News | Permalink
Mobsters For ObamaCare
What's a suspected mobster to do when he gets hurt -- an occupational hazard in the underworld -- but has no health insurance?
This was the predicament apparently faced by reputed Colombo associate Walter Samperi after allegedly getting "stabbed by a low-level Gambino thug" as reported by the New York Post. The Gambinos purportedly agreed to pay Samperi $150,000 after some persuasion by the Colombos, and $100,000 of the promised payout would come from the Gambino share of the alleged "illegally skimmed . . . proceeds of the annual Figli di Santa Rosali celebration on 18th Avenue in Brooklyn." However, "like a bad health-insurance claim, the Gambinos didn't pay out," and officials believe the unfortunate Samperi was reduced to traveling to Italy for its free health-care system.
Five reputed Colombo mobsters -- street boss Andrew "Andy Mush" Russo, acting underboss Benjamin "The Claw" Castellazzo, consiglierie Richard "Richie" Fusco, capo Dennis "Fat Dennis" DeLucia and acting capo Anthony "Big Anthony" Russo -- are charged with extortion for their alleged medical expense reimbursement claim against the Gambinos.
11:36 AM in Andrew Russo, Anthony Russo, Benjamin Castellazzo, Colombo, Dennis DeLucia, Gambino, ObamaCare, Richard Fusco, The Mafia & Other Organized Crime News, Walter Samperi | Permalink