Charles Stango, an alleged DeCavalcante crime family captain has made good on his plea agreement with the feds admitting to soliciting undercover FBI agents to whack a mafia associate.
Stango plead guilty in Newark before U.S. District judge William H. Walls and faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. According to the feds, the New Jersey mafia capo offered two undercover agents $50,000 to kill mob associate Luigi Oliveri. He believed that Oliveri had falsely represented himself as a “made man” in the Cosa Nostra family and insulted a high ranking family leader according to U.S. Attorney’s office.
Charles (Beeps) Stango
In exchange for pleading guilty to using a telephone to solicit the murder and a parole violation prosecutors agreed to not pursue other charges including drug charges. The elder mobster was living in Henderson, Nevada when he made the calls soliciting people to whack Oliveri. Stango was arrested along with six other members and associates of the DeCavalcante family in March of last year following an undercover investigation into the organized crime family that began in 2012. According to court documents, the New Jersey mob family is currently operating under the flag of the Gambino crime family from New York.
Stango is scheduled to go back before judge Walls for sentencing on March 28, 2017.
Well at least the feds got Stango even if they missed on Nigro. Would imagine Stango gets hit with maximum sentence here although the DeCavalcante hierarchy can prob breath somewhat easy knowing he is a old school guy who won’t flip. He has done a murder bid already and kept quiet.
Not to mention at 73 years old that’s likely a death sentence
Yea if he gets all 10 probably a bit of a long shot that he makes it out although some of these guys seem to live quite a while.
True, i’m starting to think some of these guys are Highlander’s because they never die
Sonny Franzese is 100 I think
Yes esp considering all of the health problems they seem to have as soon as they hit court. Always seem to be on the way out and yet are still around 10 yrs later.
Who says these guys ain’t making money? You got 50g’s to spend on a hit, you’re doing alright. What the hell is he doing trying to set it up over the phone? C’mon Beeps. These guys shouldn’t own phones.
Definitely still money to be made on the streets. And your right avoiding talking business on phone should now be a priority , yet so many seem to continue to make the mistake.
True. Back in the day any number of associates would have done the work for free. 🙂
My first thought was- “Why doesn’t the Capo tell a soldier to kill the guy?” That’s part of the job duties. Since when do they pay strangers. Makes no sense to go to strangers for such a thing. And using the phone? Even I know to fly home to Newark to whisper orders in an ear. This shows how far they have fallen from past heights.
These guys are their own downfall
So there a Gambino crew , now?