Anthony “Little Anthony” Pipitone a captain in the Bonanno crime family of the New York mafia is headed back to the slammer after a judge decided his sentence was fair.
He was previously sentenced to two years in prison for violating the conditions of his probation that prohibited him from hanging out with his fellow mobsters but challenged the sentencing decision. The NY mafia capo was busted attending a Bonanno family Christmas Party and having two other meetings with mafia members over a nine month period. Pipitone served 46 months in prison for a 2004 knife attack on some kids he mistakenly fingered for some broken windows on his Napa & Sonoma steakhouse in Queens.
Brooklyn federal judge Nicholas Garaufis blasted the wiseguy for what he called brazen disregard of court orders. He said the mafia captain claimed he was done with his mobster lifestyle after his last conviction and then turned around and abused the court’s trust. The judge said, “The defendant has not given any indication to me that he is willing to extricate himself from the Bonanno family.” It seemed like a long shot that the New York mob captain would have left the mob life he is so deeply rooted in.
Pipitone was just one of multiple Bonanno family members headed back to prison for parole violations relating to mandatory attendance to last Decembers Christmas Party. He challenged the length of his sentence as two of his fellow captains were only sentenced to a year and a day each for the same offense. Members of the NY Mafia family attended the party to pay tribute to the newly installed acting boss Joseph Cammarano Jr.
Was basically no chance that he was getting that sentence reduced even though he got twice as much as the two others for attending that Christmas Party. It seemed like a bad move all around by the new acting boss to have guys who were known to be on paper still attending such an open and easy monitorable party. Now capos and more importantly earners are back off the street.
Is it just me or are these”Men of Honor” doing more/some of the DUMBEST things to get sent to prison? What happened to the Good Old Days where it was murder charges,assaults even Usery? Now its attacking kids. And there never were Capo’s doing “the Work”. Then again the Leadership were the old guys,50+ yrs of age. Now they’re 35-45 yrs old. The Feds will never stop this,but age will. Pretty soon Bosses will be 20 yr olds Just joking,i think
Its def not the good old days anymore and things have trended down for m much of the families. Very few still even trying to do things the “right” way anymore.
They are around 30-50+ years of age. Though they are no more than 70.