A multi-year investigation by the feds targeting the Genovese crime family has led charges against 18 individuals.
Among those charged in the unsealed superseding indictment were Genovese family soldiers Steven Pastore and Robert DeBello and mafia associates Salvatore Delligatti and Ryan Ellis. The investigation targeted racketeering activities by members and associates of the New York Mafia family. Charges include racketeering conspiracy, attempted murder, murder conspiracy, extortion conspiracy, and illegal gambling among others.
According to the press release that accompanied the indictment DeBello in his capacity of a Genovese family soldier “reported directly to a Genovese Family captain, often at a social club in lower Manhattan from at least in or about 2008 until 2016.” The defendants alleged to be soldiers and associates of the Cosa Nostra family conspired to participate in the criminal affairs of the Genovese family through a pattern of racketeering activities according to the indictment.
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara said “With today’s charges, we strike an important blow against the Genovese Crime Family. Whether you are an old school made member of the mob or a young street criminal looking to join it, the message today is clear: the life of a mobster is a dead-end street that ends nowhere good.” NYPD Commissioner Bratton William J. Bratton said: “The mafia may be diminished, but it’s not dead, and it requires our continued vigilance.” The FBI , NYPD, and Nassau County Police said they remain committed to working together to continue to dismantle organized crime enterprises like the mafia.
FBI Assistant Director-in-Charge Diego Rodriguez said: “The crimes of extortion for so-called ‘protection,’ illegal gambling businesses, and conspiracy to commit murder are woven into the history of organized crime families, but so are the federal racketeering charges that wise guys face after committing those criminal activities.” Other defendants charged include other defendants charged are the following: Luigi Romano, Bertram Duke, Tryone McCullum, Marcus Grant, Sharif Brown, Luigi Caminiti, Scott Jacobson, Frank Celso, Joseph Tedesco, Michael Vigorito, Mick Sokol, Spyro Antonakopoulos, Michael Karnbach and Jonathan DeSimone.
According to reports, 17 of those charged are in custody including 13 which were arrested earlier today. The press release containing more detailed information about the indictment cand be found here.
Seems like a fairly wide ranging indictment although it doesn’t include any high ranking Genovese family members at least for now but i am sure the feds will be doing their usual push to get one of those soldiers to turn rat.
john this indicment has been coming last few months loads of signs it has been coming capeci was talking about it. The guy they tried to kill was Joseph Bonelli the same guy who was hippys boadyguard back in the day basancio tried to have killed back in 05 after he shot up that wiseguys house. Bonelli is a hangeron Salvatore Delligatti and Robert Sowulsk said bonelli was a rat who was ratting on mob bookies well that was the excuse they used to get the greenlight to whack the kid the real reason was that there was this bookie Luigi Caminiti, refused to pay bonellis pal 30k he won in this game lugi says come to this house now onellis pal thinks he going to get whacked so he asks jospeh to goes to collect for him. Jospeh gets there and this Ryan Elis is there a mob hangeorn he had a baseball bat jospeh apparently took the bat away from ryan basicily embarrassing him.
beef became violent when Salvatore (Sal) Delligatti goes to beat up one of bonellis friends joseph steps in and sal is fuming he was crazy him and Sowulski decide to kill this bonelli now they are pussys they wont do it themselves wannabes they farm the hit out to the bloods paying 5k for the hit plus a 2013 Nissan Altima. The whole hit became a disaster Nassau County detectives were doing surveillance in this very case on jospeh when they are amazed to see a car full of these guys armed they arrest them also find the phone sal used to order the hit from
sal was using this Kelvin Duke to be the driver well this guy was wearing a wire got the whole plot on tape all of the bloods involved all looking at life for attempted murder and sal is done
Bonelli was very lucky sal was very stupid they all got busted a few months ago and indicted but they dropped the charges so they include it in this rico case after they dropped the charges to include it in a rico i knew a bust was coming very soon
Its one hell of a big mess!
this indictment they were trying to kill was Joseph Bonelli and this indictment has been coming
Jesus, you two! What the fuck are you, Mob lawyers? How do you know all this shit? Oh, what fun is Mobtreal. I love it when violence erupts, and it’s just up the street in Laval-a-Nostra!
There is no Ivy League Genovese crime family of N.Y.C. 5; names have been
changed. Even if not agreed. A bunch of aged old f@<Ks, local marts. Millennials are on a new plan. Read other blogs to find out who they are.
http://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20160729/pittsburgh-mobster-with-goodfellas-gang-drug-ties-dies-in-ormond-bar
I AGree all these guys r hangerons xcept that kid Bonelli . In my opinionn all these hangerons or real wise guys are scared of this kid n that why i ithink they tried 2 take him out . This kid single handidly put all then in thire place . When he came home from jail in 12 or 13 he hasnt been hangin wit any of these guys . Ive seen them all kiss his ass straight up from afar . I just don’t think he wants to be around or have any part of these guys and because they can’t push him round or intimidate him it really bothered them . 2 or 3 different mob families wanted this kid Bonelli since he came home from da joint and I WAS told he said thanks but noo THANKS . Not sure if he has loyalty to his man Hippy ore he jus wantz to stay clear of all dat shit but 1 one thing II NOW 4 sure is he is no hangeron to any mobsters hes his own man !