01-20-2011, 12:42 PM
bye bye Soprano wannabes...your time was up years ago. :wheelchair: 
NY Daily News
The feds staged a massive Mafia roundup Thursday, arresting 127 suspected gangsters from the city's five mob families - along with hoods from New Jersey and Rhode Island - on charges ranging from racketeering and extortion to murder.
Federal agents launched their crackdown before dawn, and by mid-morning the jail at Fort Hamilton was filling up fast.
"Some of these men were involved in classic mob murders," said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. "Some were senseless murders."
In one case, said Holder, a man was shot and killed "over a spilled drink."
Among those nabbed were:
* Reputed Colombo capo Anthony Russo, who is charged with the 1993 gangland killing of then-underboss Joseph Scopo during the crime family's civil war.
* Accused Gambino family capo Bartolemeo Vernace, who charged with double homicide in Shamrock Bar in Queens in 1981.
* Andrew (Mush) Russo, 76, alleged street boss of Colombo Family.
* Joseph (JoJo) Corozzo, 69, reputed Gambino family consigliere.
* Benjamin Castellazzo, 73, believed to be a Colombo family underboss.
* Luigi Manocchio, 83, suspected former boss in the New England mob.
The suspects, including alleged members of the Decavalcante family in New Jersey, are charged with a slew of crimes in multiple indictments that will be unsealed in Broooklyn Federal Court.
An 800-strong army of federal agents carried out the takedowns across three states. One arrest was made in Italy, Holder said.
Earlier this month, the last of 14 members and associates of the Gambino family arrested in a crackdown in April 2010 pleaded guilty to charges against them in federal court in Manhattan.
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NY Daily News
The feds staged a massive Mafia roundup Thursday, arresting 127 suspected gangsters from the city's five mob families - along with hoods from New Jersey and Rhode Island - on charges ranging from racketeering and extortion to murder.
Federal agents launched their crackdown before dawn, and by mid-morning the jail at Fort Hamilton was filling up fast.
"Some of these men were involved in classic mob murders," said U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder. "Some were senseless murders."
In one case, said Holder, a man was shot and killed "over a spilled drink."
Among those nabbed were:
* Reputed Colombo capo Anthony Russo, who is charged with the 1993 gangland killing of then-underboss Joseph Scopo during the crime family's civil war.
* Accused Gambino family capo Bartolemeo Vernace, who charged with double homicide in Shamrock Bar in Queens in 1981.
* Andrew (Mush) Russo, 76, alleged street boss of Colombo Family.
* Joseph (JoJo) Corozzo, 69, reputed Gambino family consigliere.
* Benjamin Castellazzo, 73, believed to be a Colombo family underboss.
* Luigi Manocchio, 83, suspected former boss in the New England mob.
The suspects, including alleged members of the Decavalcante family in New Jersey, are charged with a slew of crimes in multiple indictments that will be unsealed in Broooklyn Federal Court.
An 800-strong army of federal agents carried out the takedowns across three states. One arrest was made in Italy, Holder said.
Earlier this month, the last of 14 members and associates of the Gambino family arrested in a crackdown in April 2010 pleaded guilty to charges against them in federal court in Manhattan.