Fog/Mist 52°
Tag:

Mafia

Police & Fire
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say 2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say
2 Broken Thumbs Down: Gambino Family Hothead Nearly Torches Jersey Shore Restaurant, Feds Say Life imitated art when a reputed Gambino crime family captain threatened to burn down a Jersey Shore restaurant, then went to a service station across the street and tried to buy and fill a plastic gas can, federal authorities said. In what could’ve been a scene from any number of modern-day mob movies, Joseph Lanni of Staten Island became a walking cliché, the Justice Department said in announcing an organized-crime takedown that stretched all the way to Sicily. Lanni and fellow Staten Islander Vincent “Vinny Slick” Minsquero “became belligerent” after being asked to leave Roxy’s Bar and G…

SHARE

by Jerry DeMarco
News
TV Crew To Film Docu-Series In Pennsylvania TV Crew To Film Docu-Series In Pennsylvania
TV Crew To Film Docu-Series In Pennsylvania A television docu-series will film on-location in Marple Township on Friday, Sept. 22, police advise.  A camera crew for A&E's "Undercover" will be on the 200 block of Lawrence Road throughout the day, authorities said.  They will be set up on the local residential lane on the street's south side and not on the four-lane highway, so delays to traffic are expected to be minimal, according to the department.  The series goes behind the scenes to discuss the real-life stories of undercover police work through interviews with detectives and archival recordings, said Green Le…

SHARE

by Mac Bullock
Police & Fire
Man Sharing 'Bonanno' Name With 1 Of The US' Top 5 Mafia Families Fired Shots In PA: Police Man Sharing 'Bonanno' Name With 1 Of The US' Top 5 Mafia Families Fired Shots In PA: Police
Man Sharing 'Bonanno' Name With 1 Of The US' Top 5 Mafia Families Fired Shots In PA: Police The "Bonanno" family name might not be as well known to you as Tony Soprano, but this real-life crime family is considered one of America's top five Mafia families according to the FBI— and a man  sharing that name has just been arrested for a shooting incident in Pennsylvania, authorities say. William Frank Bonanno Jr., 56, of Manheim, saw two people around his parked car outside his home in the 1600 block of Auction Road in Penn Township just before 1 a.m. on Friday, August 5, according to a release by Northern Lancaster County Regional police. Armed with a firearm, he exited hi…

SHARE

by Daily Voice