Grancio was shot by machine guns over 50 times in the head, neck, arms, legs and body. A panel truck pulled alongside Persico's car and two men shot him in the face, hand and shoulder. By comparison, the other bosses were in their seventies, and would have likely passed the reins to men of Persico's generation even without the trial intervening. He socialized with people such as Patriarca family consigliere Joseph Russo and Lucchese family associate Anthony Senter. When Profaci took Abbatemarco's lucrative rackets away from the Gallos, the warfare began. Persico was arrested on February 15, 1985. With the end of the war with Orena, Persico had to set up another ruling structure for the family. To his friends Carmine Persico was known on the streets as 'Junior', to his enemies he was known as 'The Snake'. [53] No charges were filed against Persico. At first, Persico did bookmaking and loansharking, then moved into burglaries and hijackings. Orena believed that if he had enough support from the capos, it would strengthen his argument that the Commission should recognize Orena, not Persico, as the rightful leader of the family. However, six months later, Profaci reneged on the deal and war broke out again between the Gallos and the Profaci family. After the first volley of bullets, Anastasia allegedly lunged at his killers. During this decade, Persico was arrested over 12 times, but spent only a few days in jail. He requested that consigliere Carmine Sessa quietly poll all the Colombo capos as to who they wanted as boss. May 30, 2015 - Michael Persico, Carmine's 'The Snake' Persico son, The Colombo Crime Family. [54] To that end, soon after he was sentenced, he named his brother, Allie Boy, as acting boss. The trial was noted for the only appearance of former mobster Joseph Valachi as a prosecution witness. Responding to public outrage over the carnage, law enforcement threw resources into prosecuting the Colombo mobsters, resulting in 68 indictments, 50 convictions and five mobsters turning states evidence. Carmine John Persico Jr. (Italian: [ˈkarmine ˈpɛrsiko]; August 8, 1933 – March 7, 2019), also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", was an American mobster and the long-time boss of the Colombo crime family in New York City from 1973 until his death in 2019. On June 28, Colombo was shot and severely wounded at the second annual Italian-American Civil Rights League rally in Manhattan. Carmine John Persico was the boss of the Colombo Crime Family, one of the five families that run organized crime across New York City. However, the Persico family essentially took control of the Colombos on the then-imprisoned Carmine's behalf, with Carmine himself coordinating the suppression of the Gallos. No charges were filed against Carmine., and after the second hit squad was murdered Cacace and Persico was able to successfully cover their tracks and eliminate all loose ends. Orena was tired of the constant stream of orders that he received from Persico in prison. For the next several months, the Persico and Orena factions engaged in peace negotiations brokered by the Mafia Commission. Carmine Persico designated his brother Alphonse acting boss with support from Gennaro Langella and Carmine's brother Theodore Persico. On October 14, 2004, Alphonse Persico was indicted on federal racketeering charges, including conspiring to murder Cutolo and Joe Campanella. [39] According to Colombo hitman and FBI informant Gregory Scarpa, Persico and Gambino boss John Gotti backed a plan to kill the lead prosecutor, and future New York mayor, Rudy Giuliani in late 1986, but it was rejected by the rest of the Commission. 1986)", "Persico Submits a Plea of Guilty to a Conspiracy", "Persico, on Tape, Discusses $250,000 Payoff to I.R.S Agent", "Persico Rank Rankles as He Is Given 5 Years", "UNITED STATES of America v. Carmine PERSICO, Defendant No. The aim of prosecutors was to strike at all the crime families at once using their involvement in the Mafia Commission. Carmine Persico's sons are Colombo former Acting Boss Alphonse Persico, commonly known as "little Allie Boy" (named after Carmine's beloved older brother) and Colombo associate Michael Persico. [55] By the end of 1991, the two Colombo factions had traded several successful murder attempts. [2], Colombo and Commission trials, Life imprisonment, https://www.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nyed.439246/gov.uscourts.nyed.439246.248.0_1.pdf, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205623921/carmine-john-persico, https://mafia.wikia.org/wiki/Carmine_Persico?oldid=40716. Lawrence is the middle of Carmine Persico’s three sons. In 1973, Persico was imprisoned on hijacking and loansharking charges. His brothers Theodore Persico and Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico (died 1989) also became caporegimes in the Colombo crime family. On June 6, 1962, Profaci died of cancer and Magliocco became the new family boss. In 2004, with the conversion of Lompoc into a different correctional facility, the government transferred Carmine Persico to the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, a medium correctional facility in North Carolina. In September 2015, Persico had been incarcerated at Federal Correctional Complex, Butner in Butner, North Carolina, with a projected release date of March 20, 2050—when he would have been 117 years old. Read the obituary and most up-to-date profile of Carmine Persico here. Carmine John Persico Jr. , also known as "Junior", "The Snake" and "Immortal", was an American mobster and the long-time boss of the Colombo crime family in New York City from 1973 until his death in 2019. On August 12, 1961, Larry Gallo met with Persico at the Sahara Lounge in Brooklyn to discuss war strategy. Cutolo was then taken to a mob associate's apartment and murdered, and his body was buried in Long Island. The Profaci crime family was now the Colombo crime family. His street boss at the time was Andrew Russo, his official underboss Persico's former rival, John Franzese, the acting underboss Benjamin Castellazzo and the consigliere Richard Fusco. In 1984, Persico allegedly boasted of the crime to a relative: "The FBI knows who really hurt Anastasia. Persico then allegedly ordered Sessa to lead a team to kill Orena. Anastasia's underboss Carlo Gambino wanted control of the family and conspired with his allies, Genovese family boss Vito Genovese and Profaci boss Joe Profaci, to kill Anastasia. 29.9k members in the Mafia community. Carmine Persico Jr.'s nephew is Theodore Persico Jr. Carmine Persico, Sr. was a legal stenographer for several law firms in Manhattan and provided his family with a comfortable living. The gunmen continued firing and finally killed Anastasia. [59] Despite Persico's claim as the legitimate boss, the Commission refused to take sides in the Colombo conflict. Cacace delegated the job to two hitmen who mistakenly killed Aronwald's father George. He believed Persico would have potentially had a long reign ahead of him had he not been taken off the streets. He is the son of Colombo gangster Theodore Persico, Sr. and nephew of Colombo family boss Carmine Persico. A panel truck pulled alongside Persico's new car and two men shot Persico in the face, hand, and shoulder. Carmine Persico, Jr. is the brother of Colombo capos Theodore Persico and Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico (died in 1989). [47] On January 13, 1987, Keenan sentenced Persico to 100 years in prison, to run consecutively with his 39-year sentence in the Colombo trial, fined $240,000, and given no option for parole.[48][49]. In the early 1950s, Profaci crime family capo Frank Abbatemarco 'Frankie Shots' recruited Carmine Persico Jr. into the crime family. Persico reportedly spat out the bullet that had entered his face. Persico tried to project a friendly image to the jury and urged them to put aside any preconceptions about "the Mafia" or "Cosa Nostra", Many believe that Persico inadvertently sabotaged his own defense by acknowledging criminal activities during his cross-examinations of prosecution witnesses. Responding to public outrage over the carnage, law enforcement threw resources into prosecuting the Colombo mobsters,[55] resulting in 68 indictments,[60] 58 convictions and ten mobsters turning state's evidence. [16] Soon after this attempt on his life, Persico was imprisoned on extortion charges. Allie Boy Persico was supposed to have come forward and taken the rap for another Carmine Persico homicide, drawing a very lengthy sentence so Junior wasn't sent down. In February 1961, the Gallo faction kidnapped Profaci underboss Joseph Magliocco and capo Joseph Colombo. [8][10] The Gallos then began calling Persico "The Snake"; he had betrayed them, the war continued on resulting in nine murders and three disappearances. [9], However, Profaci had no intention of honoring this peace agreement. Persico also started working with Joey Gallo and his brothers Albert and Lawrence. Profaci demanded high tribute payments from family members and was viewed as a wealthy autocrat. Like his father, Alphonse Persico was sentenced to life in prison. Persico was indicted later that year for attempted murder of Gallo, but the charges were dropped when Gallo refused to testify. Persico's imprisonment coincided with the release of his brother Alphonse from 17 years in prison. In early 1963, the Gallos bombed Persico's car, but he escaped with minor injuries. He believed that his history of convictions gave him sufficient experience to defend himself. Police concluded that Johnson was the sole shooter. On November 17, 1986, Persico was sentenced to 39 years in prison in the Colombo Trial. Prosecutors aimed to strike at all the crime families at once using their involvement in the Commission. Persico then named a three-man ruling panel to run the family. Law enforcement and the Mafia assumed Gallo had organized the hit; Gallo had built ties with African-American gangsters and, upon his release, threatened to start another gang war unless he received $100,000 compensation. [17][18] The trial was noted for the only appearance of former mobster Joseph Valachi as a prosecution witness. Colombo survived in a paralyzed state until his death on May 22, 1978. [41][42] Persico received counsel from lawyers to help guide him when the prosecutors questioned him. On June 20, 1991, a ten-man heavily-armed hit squad led by Sessa two black vans parked on the street close to Orena's home on Long Island and waited for Orena to come home. [1] By then he was a leader of the Garfield Boys, a Brooklyn street gang. By the late 1960s, Persico's crew was one of the most profitable in the Colombo family. By the late 1950s, Persico and the Gallos were becoming increasingly dissatisfied with Profaci's leadership. The recently released Alphonse was facing new federal charges that threatened to send him back to prison, and the Persicos were worried about Cutolo seizing control of the family. Press reports indicated he had become friends with convicted fraudster Bernie Madoff.[51]. However, the stunned Anastasia had actually attacked the gunmen's reflections in the wall mirror of the barber shop. [56], On December 28, 2007, in a second trial, Alphonse Persico and DeRoss were convicted of Cutolo's murder. However, the war with the Gallo faction continued. Persico was involved in labor racketeering, extortion, loansharking, illegal gambling, hijacking and especially murder for hire. By the end of 1991, the two Colombo factions had traded many successful murders and murder attempts, which led to dozens of innocent people getting hurt or killed in the crossfire. [74], On March 7, 2019, Persico died at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina. On June 6, 1962, Joe Profaci died of cancer and Joseph Magliocco became the new family boss. [56], By 1991, Orena had become disgruntled with the current leadership scheme and was tired of the constant stream of orders that he received from Persico in prison. On a wiretap, two accused members of the Colombos, Joseph Amato Sr. and Thomas Scorcia, were recorded discussing Persico's funeral. In early 1999, with Alphonse in legal trouble, Persico made Joel Cacace the acting boss. Carmine Persico was born in 1933 in Brooklyn, New York. On August 11, 1981, Persico pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge of attempting to bribe an IRS agent from 1977-78 while in federal custody. However, one contemporary source says that in 1950 the 16 year-old Persico actually belonged to the South Brooklyn Boys, a successor gang to the Garfield Boys. On July 2, 1985, Persico was indicted, along with other New York Cosa Nostra leaders, on a second set of racketeering charges as part of the "Commission Trial". This committee consisted of brother Theodore Persico, mobster Joseph Baudanza and Joseph Tomasello. According to Colombo hitman and FBI informant Gregory Scarpa, in late 1986 Persico and Gambino crime family boss John Gotti backed a plan to kill the leading prosecutor and future New York City mayor Rudolph Giuliani, but it was rejected by the rest of the Commission. By 2017, Persico was in the medium-security Federal Correctional Complex in Butner, North Carolina. Langella supervised various labor rackets for the family, including their stake in the "Concrete Club", and exerted control over various labor unions, including Cement and Concrete Workers District Council, Local 6A. [37], Persico hid in the home of his cousin, mob associate Fred DeChristopher, in Hempstead, New York. The first Colombo war started on November 4, 1959, when Profaci's gunmen murdered Frank Abbatemarco on a Brooklyn street. On November 9, 1981, Persico was sentenced to five years in federal prison. Carmine Persico was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Carmine John Persico Sr. and Assunta "Susan" Plantamura. However, later in 1999, either Carmine or Alphonse Persico ordered Cutolo's murder. But Mr. Persico apparently misjudged Mr. Orena’s willingness to obey him. He ordered acting boss Joel Cacace to kill U.S. Attorney William Aronwald, a federal prosecutor who had allegedly been disrespectful to the La Cosa Nostra and also trying to prosecute several high-ranking members of the Colombo crime family, including Persico on several counts of murder, extortion and racketeering charges. /r/Mafia features stories, interviews, documentary and news articles about organized crime around the world. He also resented the idea of eventually surrendering his control to Alphonse Persico. In 1996, Russo went to prison and Persico replaced him with his son Alphonse. Mr. Persico my grandfather was convicted with a web of lies and deceit 32 years ago. i … [1] His father was a legal stenographer for several law firms in Manhattan. Persico formed the "Lompoc Four", a band in which Russo played guitar and Persico played drums. Read the obituary and most up-to-date profile of Carmine Persico here. [4], In 1957, Persico allegedly participated in the murder of Albert Anastasia, the former leader of Murder, Inc. and the boss of what was then the Anastasia family. [57] On June 20, Sessa took a five-man hit team and parked on the street close to Orena's residence on Long Island, waiting for his return home. [27] On April 7, 1972, Joey Gallo was shot and killed by Persico gunmen as he was celebrating his birthday at Umberto's Clam House in Manhattan's Little Italy.[28]. He was 85 and died at Duke Univers Serving a life term. [16], After being promoted to capo, Persico was constantly on the streets. In 1994, when Andrew Russo was released from prison, Persico disbanded the committee and designated Russo as acting boss. In 1988, he dissolved the panel and named Victor "Little Vic" Orena, a loyal capo from Brooklyn, as temporary acting boss. By the fall of 1963, with Joey Gallo in prison also, the shooting war had ended with Magliocco the winner. Abbatemarco had stopped paying tribute to Profaci earlier that year with the support of the Gallo faction. Theodore (Teddy) Persico – his other brother who would rise to the hierarchy of the Family in the early 1980s, served a long jail term, and died shortly after being paroled. [24] After this assassination attempt, Yacovelli fled New York, leaving Carmine Persico as the new boss,[25][26] with Carmine himself coordinating the suppression of the Gallos. [66] However, the Cutolo murder trial ended in a mistrial due to juror deadlock. With more than 30 years as head of the Colombo crime family, Carmine "The Snake" Persico is one of most enduring godfathers in Mafia history, but his time at the top came from a ruthless drive for power—a drive that earned him his infamous nickname. [3] In March 1951, 17-year-old Persico was arrested on charges of fatally beating another youth in Brooklyn's Prospect Park. His father was a legal stenographer, a … Allie Boy did not reign long, however; he was arrested for loansharking and averted bail. Abbatemarco had stopped paying tribute to Profaci earlier that year with the support of the Gallo faction. However, one contemporary source says that in 1950, the 16-year-old Persico actually belonged to the South Brooklyn Boys, … Indeed, Persico picked Orena in part because he was the capo of Little Allie Boy's old crew. Carmine Persico's sons are Colombo former Acting Boss Alphonse Persico, commonly known as "little Allie Boy" (named after Carmine's beloved older brother) and Colombo associate Michael Persico. After several weeks of negotiation, the Gallos reached an agreement with Profaci and released the two captives. However, all charges were eventually dropped. [40], At the start of the Commission trial Persico decided to serve as his own lawyer. In turn, Colombo rewarded the imprisoned Persico by naming him a capo. The FBI concocted the fake "manhunt" to shield DeChristopher, who would later provide damning testimony against Persico as a key witness for the prosecution. [50] Persico was sent to United States Penitentiary near Marion, Illinois, to serve his combined 139-year sentence. [67], In 2004, with the conversion of Lompoc into a different correctional facility, the government transferred Carmine Persico to the Federal Correctional Complex, Butner, a medium-security correctional facility in North Carolina. By then, he was a leader of the Garfield Boys, a Brooklyn street gang. In March 1951, the 17 year-old Persico was arrested on charges of fatally beating another youth in Prospect Park in Brooklyn. In 2011, Carmine Persico was still the official boss of the Colombo crime family. In 1968, Persico was convicted on federal hijacking charges after five separate trials dating back to 1960. On August 11, 1981, Carmine Persico pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge of attempting to bribe an Internal Revenue Service special agent from 1977 through 1978 while in federal custody. However, Raab noted, Persico had already led the family for 14 years and was "at the peak of his abilities." [72], Persico's projected release date was March 20, 2050—when he would have been 117 years old. [6][7], On February 27, 1961 the Gallos, led by Joe Gallo, kidnapped four of Profaci's top men: underboss Joseph Magliocco, Frank Profaci (Joe Profaci's brother), capo Salvatore Musacchia and soldier John Scimone. Unbeknownst to Persico, DeChristopher had been relaying information to the FBI for the previous two years after being caught up in a sting operation, and had already told the Bureau of Persico's whereabouts. He was the uncle of Theodore Persico Jr.[2] The family lived in the Carroll Gardens and Red Hook sections of Brooklyn. In August 1961, Persico betrayed the Gallo faction (after lengthy talks with Frank 'the prime minister' Costello )and attempted to murder Larry Gallo. On November 18, 1991, the Third Colombo War started when Orena lieutenant William Cutolo sent a 4-man hit squad with uzi submachine guns to try and kill Persico's chief enforcer and top hitman, Gregory Scarpa, on a Brooklyn Street. Michael’s brother Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico, 63, is … Persico received a help counsel of lawyers to help guide him when the prosecutors asked him questions. This way we’ll be nice and sharp.”, In that same call, Scorcia also jokingly asked Amato, after Amato suggested that Scorcia and [co-defendent Daniel] Capaldo drive the one-time boss’s body back to New York, “Do I move up in the ranks.”[sic] [1], Carmine Persico is interred at a family-owned mausoleum at Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery, alongside his namesake father, mother Susan Persico, and his brothers Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico and Theodore Persico. On August 20, 1961 Joseph Profaci ordered the murder of Gallo members Joseph "Joe Jelly" Gioielli and Larry Gallo. "[46] On November 19, Persico and the other Commission Trial defendants were convicted on all charges.

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