Breaking News Joe Massino Dead - highest ranking informant ever ! #joeymerlino #leecole111
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@TheSkinnywithJoeyMerlino announced tonight the death of former Bonnano Crime Family Boss and Rat Joseph Massino. Joseph Charles Massino (born January 10, 1943) is an American former mobster. He was a member of the Mafia and boss of the Bonanno crime family from 1991 until 2004, when he became the first boss of one of the Five Families in New York City to turn state's evidence. He was 80 years old. Following the Galante hit, Massino began jockeying for power with Dominick "Sonny Black" Napolitano, another Rastelli loyalist capo. Both men were themselves threatened by another faction seeking to depose the absentee boss led by capos Alphonse "Sonny Red" Indelicato, Dominick "Big Trin" Trincera and Philip Giaccone.[33] The Commission initially tried to maintain neutrality, but in 1981, Massino got word from his informants that the three capos were stocking up on automatic weapons and planning to kill the Rastelli loyalists within the Bonanno family to take complete control. Massino turned to Colombo crime family boss Carmine Persico and Gambino boss Paul Castellano for advice; they told him to act immediately.[33]
Massino, Napolitano and Gerlando Sciascia, a Sicilian-born capo linked to the Montreal Rizzuto crime family, arranged a meeting at a Brooklyn social club with the three capos for May 5, 1981 where they were taken out. He was also responsible for taking out Sonny Black.
Joe Massino later became a rat but was conspicuously absent from the prosecution witnesses at the 2006 racketeering trial of Basciano, the prosecution deciding he was not yet needed;[162] he was also expected to testify against Vito Rizzuto regarding his role in the three capos murder, but the Montreal boss accepted a plea bargain in May 2007 before Rizzuto's case went to trial.[100] He finally made his debut as a witness at Basciano's trial for the murder of Randolph Pizzolo in April 2011;[163] Massino's testified both during the trial itself and, after Basciano was convicted, on behalf of the prosecution's unsuccessful attempt to impose the death penalty.[151][164] During his testimony Massino noted, as a result of his cooperation, "I’m hoping to see a light at the end of the tunnel."[3]
Massino testified again in the 2012 extortion trial of Genovese capo Anthony Romanello, primarily to provide background as an expert on the American Mafia.[165] While Massino had not worked closely with Romanello, prosecutors decided to use him after another mobster-turned-witness was dropped;[166] the case ended in an acquittal.[167] Massino had also been considered as a witness in the 2013 .#joemassmurder trial of Colombo acting boss Joel Cacace, but was dropped after he was unable to fully remember the meeting where he claimed Cacace indicated his involvement in the murder of NYPD officer Ralph Dols.[168]
In June 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a request to Judge Garaufis for a reduction of Massino's sentence;[169] prosecutors cited both the impact of Massino's unprecedented cooperation and his failing health as reasons for a reduction of his sentence.[170] Garaufis granted their request on July 10, resentencing Massino to time served and supervised release for the remainder of his life.
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Massino, Napolitano and Gerlando Sciascia, a Sicilian-born capo linked to the Montreal Rizzuto crime family, arranged a meeting at a Brooklyn social club with the three capos for May 5, 1981 where they were taken out. He was also responsible for taking out Sonny Black.
Joe Massino later became a rat but was conspicuously absent from the prosecution witnesses at the 2006 racketeering trial of Basciano, the prosecution deciding he was not yet needed;[162] he was also expected to testify against Vito Rizzuto regarding his role in the three capos murder, but the Montreal boss accepted a plea bargain in May 2007 before Rizzuto's case went to trial.[100] He finally made his debut as a witness at Basciano's trial for the murder of Randolph Pizzolo in April 2011;[163] Massino's testified both during the trial itself and, after Basciano was convicted, on behalf of the prosecution's unsuccessful attempt to impose the death penalty.[151][164] During his testimony Massino noted, as a result of his cooperation, "I’m hoping to see a light at the end of the tunnel."[3]
Massino testified again in the 2012 extortion trial of Genovese capo Anthony Romanello, primarily to provide background as an expert on the American Mafia.[165] While Massino had not worked closely with Romanello, prosecutors decided to use him after another mobster-turned-witness was dropped;[166] the case ended in an acquittal.[167] Massino had also been considered as a witness in the 2013 .#joemassmurder trial of Colombo acting boss Joel Cacace, but was dropped after he was unable to fully remember the meeting where he claimed Cacace indicated his involvement in the murder of NYPD officer Ralph Dols.[168]
In June 2013, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a request to Judge Garaufis for a reduction of Massino's sentence;[169] prosecutors cited both the impact of Massino's unprecedented cooperation and his failing health as reasons for a reduction of his sentence.[170] Garaufis granted their request on July 10, resentencing Massino to time served and supervised release for the remainder of his life.
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