James “Jimmy Boy” Dellaratta a former acting capo in the Gambino crime family was sentenced to probation for hijacking a load of counterfeit cigarettes back in 2010 worth approx $1 million dollars. A prison term of 18 months was recommended for the crime but the 73 year old mobster got a nice break from the feds because of his poor health. Jimmy Boy got an even bigger break when Gambino leaders decided not to exact punishment for the defection of Nicholas “Nicky Skins” Stefanelli a member of his old crew.
“James Dellaratta and Blaise Corozzo back in 2005“
In 2012 the New York mafia learned that Stefanelli had agreed to wear a wire for the feds after being nabbed in a drug dealing case. He was a member of the crew supervised by acting capo Dellaratta at the time and secretly recorded conversations with fellow mobsters including Jimmy Boy among others in various mob families in five states for almost 2 years. Nicky Skins ended up committing suicide after being told his undercover work was ending and he was to be prepped to testify against wiseguys in Philadelphia.
Dellaratta’s close ties to powerful Gambino family captains Leonard DiMaria and Nicholas “Little Nick” Corozzo along with the fact that Stefanelli killed himself before testifying helped him avoid any major recrimination for the defection. In the end the Nicky Skins tapes have only led to one relatively minor case against Dellaratta and some mafia associates.
The other guy in the picture is sal ciulo , don’t know why there staying dellaratta is the former acting capo , he is still the capo of the corrozo crew
he is capo you are right about that but he is semi retired he is pushing alot of business out to the other guys and Lenny is not really involved like he used to be sure he has some rackets here and there and alledgly still runs his loanshark business in Florida but he will be retired if he is not already very soon
The lucchese crew has been depleted with the perna’s pleading guilty , there gone the taccetas r gone as is Nicky scarfo jnr
Allegedly dellaratta was knocked down after the stefanelli affair
He could have been knocked down but I doubt it I think he kept his stripes but still what do i know about this is not where i am from everything i hear the same as everyone else.
The Gambinos lost alot of respect in the east coast since nicky skins especially in New Jeresy scoops is fuming he nearly ended up in the can again he knows that he was lucky to beat that case
It was believed he may have been pushed down after the Skins thing but as you mentioned mafia its hard to be sure and he could of just as easily kept his stripes as the Skins defection ended up being much to do about nothing much in the end. Except for the fact that on the streets it was def a mark against the Gambino’s.