Michael Persico the son of legendary Colombo crime family boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico was sentenced to five years behind bars on loansharking charges.
Prosecutors believed that Persico deserved at least three years in prison according to federal guidelines after pleading guilty to the loansharking charge but Judge Dora Irizarry hit the mafia scion with an even harsher sentence. The judge factored in uncharged acts including Persico’s link to the 1993 mob hit of Joseph Scopo that took place during a bloody Colombo family war according to the NY Daily News report. The Judge told Persico that the Scopo hit was “part of protecting your family and your family’s role in the Colombo crime family.”
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She also said that she believed that prosecutors had proven Persico’s role in the murder by “more than a preponderance of the evidence” along with other criminal acts. Michael now 60 years old will join his older brother and one-time acting boss Alphonse “Allie Boy” Persico behind bars. Carmine is currently serving a 139-year sentence while Allie Boy is serving a life sentence. The feds still consider Carmine to hold the rank of the official boss from behind bars and extended family ties and loyalties have allowed the Persico’s to maintain their grip on the Cosa Nostra family. Could the Perisco families influence finally be losing steam and potentially coming to an end opening up the possibility of a new era of leaders?
While some of the other New York Mafia families have found a way to stabilize themselves at least to some extent under new administrations over the last few years the Colombo’s have seemingly found it to be a bit more difficult and remain one of the weaker organized crime family in the city.
This thing took what seemed like forever to play out with Persico pleading guilty and then wanting to take it back etc lol and now it ends up that he gets even more years than his plea deal called for. OUCH!
Perisco refusing to let go destroyed this family
who is the acting boss of the family right now. do they have anybody in a leadership capacity outside of prison?
yes they do have an leadership capacity who the current acting boss is I have heard conflicting reports would not surprise me if andy russos kid is at the top these days there is a number of guys who could be running it but this family has not had a major indictment hit in a few years and a lot of big players getting out of prison in last year they are still weak but the state of that family has been exaggerated they are still a organized family with a hierarchy
thanks, i have also heard that the Bonnanos and Colombos pretty much answer to the three other families. thoughts?
Definitely, has done a whole lot more damage than good over the last few years especially. Family really needs to move into a new era with a newly established hierarchy if they hope to rebound and restabilize like some of the other families have done.
There should be laws passed preventing judges from factoring in uncharged acts. Get the fuck over what you couldn’t get him on and focus solely on what he was convicted for. Sheesh!
Agreed if you couldn’t convict him for it at trial then it should one should not be allowed to assume or use a personal opinion to adjust a sentence. Plus he had a plea deal even if he was probably guilty you couldn’t prove it!
Judges always hold final say for sentencing. Most people have character letters wrote on their behalf. Ones past and character is weighed with the guidelinnes that are determined by crime and a score with past crimes. That said, her mentioning a crime he was found innocent of gives him strong grounds for an appeal.