Lucchese crime family mobster Matthew “Matty” Madonna is being targeted by the feds for ordering the mafia hit on Michael Meldish back in 2013. Meldish is the former leader of the Purple Gang a violent criminal enterprise of drug dealers from East Harlem and The Bronx.
The gang maintained close ties to the NY mob specifically the Genovese and Lucchese families working as enforcers. The 62-year-old Meldish was a suspect in more then a dozen murders from the 1970’s to 1980’s as leader of the gang but was never charged. Feds believe a dispute between Madonna who at the time was serving as the Lucchese family street boss for acting boss Steven Crea and Meldish led to his murder.
“Matthew Madonna“
According to reports a few months before his death Meldish had voiced his disrespect for Madonna and was sent word from the aging mobster to smarten up. A law enforcement source said that Meldish was warned and he did not comply, telling the mobster to go screw himself and it cost him his life. The feds are looking to build a federal murder case which will include Madonna and two other Lucchese family mobster, soldier Christopher Londonio and mob associate Terrence Caldwell. All three me are currently behind bars as both Caldwell and Londonio were charges with state murder charges in June and Madonna is serving a 5 year state prison sentence for bookmaking.
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A probe into the murder began back in May when Caldwell was arrested by the NYPD followed by the feds hitting Londonio with federal gun charges. The feds were using the gun charges as a reason to detain the NY mafia soldier until a Bronx Grand Jury could indict him on murder charges. The federal gun charges also mirror state weapons charges against Londonio according to an affidavit which have recently been dismissed. The case stalled of late at both state and federal level as the Bronx’s DA’s office is waiting for the feds to take over the current case.
Former Madonna defense attorney Robert Blossner when asked about the case said “What do they want from this old man, “It’s time for them to forget about him. He’s yesterday’s news, and he certainly didn’t have anything to do with any homicide.” The aging Lucchese mobster may be 80 years old, but he is still considered to be an influential member of the mafia according to the feds.
Meldish clearly had a lot of enemies and could of been a number of people responsible for his death although sure seems like Madonna is a top the list of most likely’s. Got to think the feds are currently squeezing both Londonio and Caldwell to flip and really make the case against Madonna a lock.
him and his brother were scum esp his brother joey a major hit man in his day he went on the run after he whacked an innocent guy in 1999 the genovese family wanted him dead and the feds wanted him in the can
as for micheal getting whacked not much of a suprise there the guy was broke very broke he was desperate for money i heard he got involved in drugs again
as for micheal getting whacked not much of a suprise there the guy was broke very broke he was desperate for money i heard he got involved in drugs again
i dont know if the guys will flip if they do then he could be in trouble but i still think the case is weak not enough esp not enough to get madonna just theorys he got beaten up a year before by the lucheses aswell
I think the “stall” in the case is the feds taking some time to work on those two guys to get one to flip and if they don’t then it may be a tough road to get a conviction, if they do he is probably done for.
i know this is offtopic vinny asaro just got found not guilty on all charges i am in shock