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Colombo Family Captain's GPS Device Used To Track Girlfriend Leads To Arrests Of 11 Mobsters
Twenty people, including 11 members of the Colombo crime family, are facing a host of charges that include racketeering, extortion, sports bribery, and loansharking.
Federal officials announced that three indictments were unsealed that charged Joseph Amato, an alleged captain in the Colombo organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra, as well as Daniel Capaldo and Thomas Scorcia, alleged Colombo family members; and Joseph Amato, Jr. and Anthony Silvestro, alleged Colombo family associates. For a rundown of all 20 facing charges, click here.
The alleged criminal activities detailed in the…
Lucchese Crime Family Captain From Westchester Admits To Murder Conspiracy
A captain in the Lucchese crime family who calls Westchester home has pleaded guilty to murder conspiracy, other charges and will spend time behind bars.
Steven Crea Jr., 46, who lives in New Rochelle, pleaded guilty on Tuesday, Aug. 20 to racketeering, conspiracy, and assault. In exchange for the plea, Crea - who faced a maximum of life in prison - is expected to be sentenced to 13 years imprisonment.
Other crimes Crea admitted to included aiding and abetting, assault with a deadly weapon, ordering lower-ranking family members to murder associates and illegal gambling. He is among 19 other…
Leader Of Westchester Street Gang Gets 40-Year Sentence
The 33-year-old leader of a Mount Vernon street gang known as "Boss Playa Family," was sentenced on Thursday, March 15, In White Plains Federal Court to 40 Years In prison for racketeering offenses Including two murders of rival gang members in 2008.
Jamel Upson, also known as Flynt, was the leader of the “Boss Playa Family” or “BPF” street gang and committed several shootings, including two murders, in furtherance of the gang, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that Upson was sen…
10 Hudson Valley Gang Members Face New Charges
Nearly a dozen members of a Newburgh street gang face additional racketeering and firearms charges, according to the U.S. Attorney in Manhattan.
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, David M. Hoovler, the Orange County District Attorney, William F. Sweeney Jr., the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the FBI, Ashan M. Benedict, the New York Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF), and Aaron Weaver, the Acting Chief of the City of Newburgh Police Department, announced add…
