This Week In Gang Land
Skinny Teddy Heads Back Behind Bars Once More
Colombo
family wiseguy Theodore (Skinny Teddy) Persico begins his first prison term
as a Mafia boss tomorrow — a stretch that more than likely will not be
his last behind bars — for misbehaving last year following his release from
the fifth prison term he's received since 1988 as ordered by his sentencing
judge.
If his past performances are an accurate guide — they have been since 2004 when Persico violated his parole a month after his release from Green Haven state prison 16 years into a 20-year sentence for drug trafficking — Skinny Teddy could be released from prison and sent back behind bars again later this year.
That's because Persico, 62, sentenced to nine months for violating his supervised release (VOSR).will complete his prison term in late November.That gives Skinny Teddy plenty of time before the end of the year to violate his supervised release restrictions that will begin as soon as the federal Bureau of Prisons turns him loose.
Juror Bribery Case Evokes Memories Of The Stunning Acquittal Of John Gotti
The
two mob-tied defendants in the most intriguing jury tampering case since
Serbian freedom fighter Bosko Radonjich fixed the racketeering and murder
trial for John Gotti 40 years ago are hanging tough in what federal
prosecutors say is a "very simple case" where they are "happy to proceed to
trial," Gang Land has learned.
Wiseguy Doing Time For Racketeering In Philadelphia, Says He's Guilty In Brooklyn Too
Gambino
soldier James (Jimmy) LaForte, who is serving 11 years for a Philadelphia
racketeering case, has followed the lead of his capo and pleaded guilty to
his racketeering indictment without a plea agreement to close out a three
year-old Brooklyn Federal Court case against 10 wiseguys and mob associates.
