Wedding Bliss

He is scheduled to be released on $50,000 bail on Friday in Honolulu unless a judge in New York orders him held without bail.

The FBI rounded up 13 Bonanno gangsters, including Vitos brother, reputed capo Anthony Pipitone, on Oct. 7. Family members contacted
Vito and his wife when they reached Honolulu and told him the feds were looking for him, too.

F.Y.I
The wedding was first rate,and enjoyed by all. However the Pipitones did recieve to many place settings, and will be taking some back.

Tommy

If your going to Montreal anytime in the near future, take a bullet proof vest, as all hell is breaking loose. As a mafia war is breaking out in the city. Since the imprisonment of godfather Vittorio Rizzuto, no fewer then 5 of his top soldiers/associates and relatives have either been murdered, or are missing. Vito is doing a stretch for the murder of the three Bonnano captains in 1980. You remember the scene from the movie Donnie Brasco. The three captains were lured to the basement of a home, while Al Pacino and company were waiting. That scene is not 100% true, but close enough. Well Vito was part of the crew that whacked out the three captains. The Bonannos have always had a close connection to the Montreal organized crime crew, and several members of the Montreal crime family are actually members of the NY Bonanno family, including Vito Rizzuto. Vitto is the current head of the Montreal family, but his father Nicolo was the first of the Rizzutos to hold the mantle. The Bullets started flying in near the end of December, Nicolo Rizzuto’s namesake and grandson, Nick Jr., was killed on Upper Lachine Rd. in Notre Dame de Grâce. This was followed by the disappearance of Paolo Renda in the spring. Renda is the son in law of Nicolo Sr , and the brother in law of Vito. Renda is married to Vito’s sister. He was also the consigliere of the family. And weeks later, Agostino Cuntrera, considered a potential leader of the Sicilian clan in Montreal, was gunned down in front of his business in St. Léonard.
Right after Renda disappeared, Nicolo Rizzuto Sr. was warned by police that his life might be in danger. As a result, Rizzuto delayed the start of an impaired driving trial in municipal court.
There has been speculation that street gangs are behind the murders, as well as bombings of Italian restaurants in the area earlier this year. Rizzuto Sr, was killed by a sniper in a tree behind his home. Street gangs? No way!!. There has been speculation that an insider in the family is making a grab for power. There is also speculation that he Calabrians in Toronto, which is the biggest city in Canada and a top 10 world financial center, together with the Calabrians in Montreal and Italy are taking back what was theirs. Remember that Nicolo took the reins from the Controni family before he took power. The Contronis were of Calabrian decent.

Last but not least, some say that the NY Bonannos are staking there claim. The former acting boss of the Bonannos Sal “The Iron Worker” Montagna was recently deported to Canada from NY. Rumor was that the Rizzuto’s were not going to take any orders from The Bonanno family. With Sal in Canada, it is really a crap shoot as to who is behind this. We will keep you informed as soon as we get more info.

Tommy

P.S
Sal Montagna on left,Vito Rizzuto center, Nicolo Rizzuto on right

The crew are divided into 4 regions. The Elmwood Park crew, wich is run or overseen by Capo Pete”Greedy Petey” Difronzo. The Melrose Park crew, wich is run by Capo John”pudgy” Matassa. The West side crew wich is run by Capo Joseph”Joe Kong” Cullota. And the South Side crew run by Capo Frank ” Tootsie” Caruso.

Each Capo has 4 street bosses under them. Mike Sarno is under Pudge Matassa and the Melrose Park Crew. Sarno started his caraeer as a little fat kid running errands for the older outfit guys. Working his way up the ladder of organized crime, Sarno become an enforcer and loan shark in the Cicero crew. He was always seen as a muscle guy, and his reputaion would take him a long way on the streets of Chicago. Sources say Sarno is the new face of the Chicago Outfit, and it is a poor reflection on the state of the mob in the city. One source said Sarno is a strange character, and and is not smart enough to put his own things together, so he just takes from other people. I ask you, Isn’t that what organized crime does?

Sarno is on trial for ordering the firebombing of a video poker business in 2003. The business was in direct competition with another mob owned company. Sarno was also being paid street tax by a pawnshop owner that operated a crew of high end burglars.

The state authorities say that they have just crippled a highly organized and violent crew run by Capo Mark Rossetti. Rosetti’s crew delt in the usual staples like loansharking,drugs and gambling. Also arested was Rosetti’s right hand man Ernest Bufalino. Stayed tuned for more Clam chowder mafia talk.

Bonanno Associate Threatens to Make Swiss Cheese Out of Loand Sharking Customer.
As reported in the NY Daily News

Bonanno family associate James Malpeso pleaded guilty yesterday to threatening to kill a loan shark victim over a $500,000 loan-sharking debt. Melpeso cruised around Staten Island looking for the intended victim in his Cadillac Escalade.
During a meeting with the victim, Malpeso was taped by federal agents threatening, “You owe $110,000 . . . you never f- – -king paid. . . . I’m going to put a hole in you somewhere.”
Malpeso faces up to 20 years in prison, but under a plea agreement, the most he’ll likely get is five years, plus a $100,000 hit for restitution.

Bonanno Big Takes Plea

Bonanno mobster Joseph (Sammy) Sammartino cops plea on loansharking charge.
A member of the families ruling panel Samartino pleaded guilty in Brooklyn Federal Court Monday to loansharking.
The reputed capo admitted that he conspired with other wiseguys to collect a high-interest loan from a victim identified only as “Sal from Staten Island.”
Sammartino, 55, of New Jersey, faces up to two years in prison when he is sentenced in October by Federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis.

**JUST IN **

Bonanno Busted For Hitting Pappa Bear.

Brooklyn Bonanno Armando Rea was just picked up in Las Vegas for whacking Gerard Pappa in 1980. Pappa was a feared wiseguy in the Genonvese family. The order came down by then boss, Vincent “The Chin” Gigante. Supposedly Pappa was doing some unsanctioned work ( he wahacked someone without orders). You have to think Joey Massino my be whispering in the ear of the feds on this one.(See Massino at the top of this blog) This hit was 30 years ago. Not alot of Bonannos are around from those days. The ones that are have been with the feds since the Massino trial. Pappa was the mentor of Sammy The Bull Gravanno. Gravanno even named his only son after Pappa. Pappa’s son John, was a Colombo associate who got jammed up in the War of 1990 and is now doing life. The younger Pappa fired the shot that killed Colombo Capo/Underboss Joey Scopo.(all pictured below)http://www.tommysaturdaynight.com/?p=339 Back in April of this year, word on the street was that the top spot of the Genovese crime family was on the verge of being filled. With the conviction of acting boss Danny” The Lion” Leo, and the death of long time Genovese family boss Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, the top spot in the Genovese family had been vacant. But that was about to change sources were saying as one of the families long time Capo’s was back on the streets and had his eye on taking over.