Ten members and associates of the New Jersey mafia also known as the DeCavalcante crime family were busted last year for plotting to kill a rival mobster, drug trafficking, and prostitution.
From a federal court in Newark U.S. District Judge William Walls sentenced DeCavalcante family associate John Capozzi to 30 months behind bars. Capozzi, 36, was charged with distributing over 500 grams of cocaine after selling a half of kilo of coke to an undercover F.B.I. agent. He plead guilty via a plea deal last December and will also have to serve two years of supervised release.
Among the others arrested in the New Jersey mob sweep was DeCavalcante capo Charles “Beeps” Stango his son mob associate Anthony “Whitey” Stango and alleged family consigliere Frank Nigro. The younger Stango has already pleaded guilty to selling cocaine and a prostitution-related charge and was sentenced to six years in prison. The elder Cosa Nostra captain was caught on a wiretap talking to his son about setting up a prostitution business and met with an undercover F.B.I. agent that infiltrated the mafia crew to plot the murder of a rival mobster, Luigi Oliveri.
“Charles Stango“
Charges are still pending against both Charles Stango and Nigro although many of the others involved in the case have agreed to plea deals. According to prosecutors, this bust proved that organized crime is still active in the Garden State and that the now diminished DeCavalcante family was still in business.
I am a bit shocked that Charles Stango and Nigro have not already coped to plea deals themselves. Perhaps the feds are playing tough with those guys hoping they can flip one of them and take down some added members of the Decavalcante family and perhaps even some of the Gambino family who definitely has a hand in things over in Jersey.
Oh they’ll take a plea. They probable just didn’t bite with the first offer. Seems like they got them good on the conspiracy to murder charge since it was a Fed agent who set them up.
Agreed they definitely seem to have em by the balls as to the murder conspiracy. I wouldn’t be shocked if the feds have been dragging their feet on the plea side of things though hoping one of them folds and turns rat as both could probably do some damage to rest of new jersey family for sure and maybe more.
How did that 1st guy get only 30 months for selling 1/2 a key to an agent, without cooperating? I know guys that got 25 to life and 15 to life for less than that. Did they change the drug laws and didn’t tell anyone?
I was thinking the same thing. Maybe it’s his first offense.
It was part of a plea deal so perhaps it was a first offense thing or something negotiated among all those in case that also agreed to plea deals already.
Speaking from a past life, they must have changed the laws or NJ and the Feds are differant then NY in the early 90’s. Anything over 4 ounces was considered an A-1 Felony 25 to life for 1 guy I knew. Another who ratted everyone under him got 13 to life. A friend of mine got 5-15 for talking on the phone (Conspiracy) So either your better off being busted by the feds vs NYPD. All 3 I mentioned were 1st offenders. So I have no idea what to think….Just glad those days are 20+ in my rear view. They should thank God for the time they got..seriously.
The Drug Laws have changed. Defendants w/o weapons or violents pasts getting lower sentences. Yet,strange as it may seem,some still get higher sentences still.