DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey was hit by a massive FBI bust which led to the arrest of ten alleged wiseguys.
Charges range from illegal prostitution , illegal gambling, and plotting to murder a fellow mobster. The mafia crew based out of Toms River, NJ was infiltrated by an undercover FBI agent according to reports. This bust showed that organized crime in New Jersey was still functioning and that the DeCavalcant family was still active and earning money through typical mob rackets.
Among those arrested were alleged DeCavalcante family consigliere Frank Nigro and crew boss Charles “Beeps” Stango. Others named in the bust were Anthony Stango, John Capozzi, James Heeney, Paul Colella, Mario Galli, Rosario Pali, Nicolas Degidio, and Luigi Oliveri.
According to reports Stango wanted to whack a mobster in the Elizabeth, NJ crew of the DeCavalcante family outsourcing the hit to an outlaw bikers. In a transcript of a conversation recorded by the undercover officer Stango was unhappy that the DeCavalcante family had to answer to the Gambino crime family in New York.
“Milk, Milk [referring to the family’s street boss who was not charged in this case] his whole f**kin’, Milk’s family was the root of the tree. Oh he started this whole thing. [lt’s been around a while now]. See his uncle the underboss of consiglieres since the beginning of time. They come right from Sicily to here.
“This is Sii- … okay this proves he’s the oldest crew in the country. They start, they originated the five families. Okay? And now we run under the f**kin’ Gambinos.”
In a sworn affidavit from Robert Conrad a FBI Special Agent also alleges that the DeCavalcante family of the New Jersey mafia operates closely with the Gambino family of the New York mafia. This is definitely a significant blow to the New Jersey mob.
this is the first big inditment in this family since 2005 if they are facing heavy time could see a few rats that could cause potenial damage for the family in the futre but if nobody flips then sure this will be damaging but 10guys getting arrested is something which happens to the mob often and most of those guys were not made but i read a article onthis looks like it was sanctioned hit on this guy stagno and nigro look like they ordered the hit if thet flip lets just say frank guarraci is in alot of trouble as he allegly approved the hit on “the pet” who the guy the contract was put out on according to the newspaper article i read shows the decavances are still active and shows the mob is still here no matter what people say
Wouldn’t be surprised if these charges stick and someone flips either TM. I am thinking maybe we get a better idea of the size of the family and if they have begun to rebuild some of someone does flip though.
Not sure who “the pet” would be but i am sure its only a matter of time before more info leaks and we find out.
another thing which shocked me was that stangno the capo was running operations in Nevada stagno was heard saying
“I planted the flag (for the DeCalvacantes) in Las Vegas, New Orleans and L.A.,” Stango boasted to the undercover agent in a recorded conversation. “I’m a high-noon type of person. He picked the wrong motherf**ker to fuck with. The ending ain’t going to be good for him. I don’t take any prisoners. ”
i was shocked by this the decavanctes i did not think had crews operating out of new jeresy but i am shocked they had guys in Nevada very shocked shows these guys have been expanding more than i thought the last few years
I am not sure they have crews per say established in those area’s but sure seems they are controlling some sort of operations in those area’s or where at some point.
Gambino’s def have links down to New Orleans i am familiar with so being they are seemingly under the Gambino family now those links seem very likely to have filtered over.
yeah i know jo jo corzzzo was part of the guys busted in the early 90s with the casinos so can imagine the gambinioes having those connections the decavanctes being tied with the gambinioes probably has its positives and negatives. Do you think the familys are connected due to frank guarraci being sicilian and the leaders of the gambinioes boss domic Celfeau, underboss franki cali and the consglierie john gambinio all being sicilian.
John gambino is retired due to ill health , Bobby Vernace is still the official consigliere Wouldn’t surprise me if the acting consigliere is someone from that 118th street crew , Lorenzo mannino would be my bet , he was like a son to john gambino and has been being groomed for a top spot for years
Bobby venance is doing life in prison John gambinio is semi retired still advise the leadership and yearh i can see lorenzo being made consglire
what happened to the Morristown case 34 ppl 2007 ?
That’s jersey lucheses though… Still hasn’t gone to trial
If this is the future of the decavalcante family they may aswel give it bak to the Indians . No wonder the New York mob call them farmers , could u imagine Bellomo or crea getting caught on a wiretap saying this shit ? It would never happen in a million years
Well i have seen countless times in the past new York guys being caught on wiretap saying things like that john gotti an example was caught talking about several murders.most of these tapes were made by an undercover fbi agent and I have seen that happen to new York familys Jack falcone in gambinioes 2005 and donnie brasco bonnanoes 70s and early 80s. Sonny francheze another big time gangster caught by an informant talking about the history of colambo family and talked about killing junior gotti. Also alot of the guys arrested were not made the only member with any real influence who was arrested was frank nigro the consgliere and if you notice he was never caught on any tape it was stagno who was mentioning everyone’s names on tape to a fbi agent who was not made this guy reminds me of greg depalma stupid and loud frank guarraci and none of the top guys apart from nigro have been arrested alot of guys in the gambinioes respect frank guarraci for his old school leadership none of the new York family’s except for the genvovese and luchesese family can look down at them bonnanoes saw joe massimo flip the colamboes have huge amounts of rats the gambinioes let a fbi agent in there ranks have seen powerful guys like michel DiLeondo flip
I agree stupidity though by letting a fed get in like that
Agreed if anything this def shines a negative light on the stability of the NJ mob family. Also one of their capo’s pretty much admitting that they answer to the Gambino’s now a days doesn’t go a long way to them being a family growing in power and numbers.
the decavanctes have always answered up to other familys john riggi and john D`Amato both answered in there reigns as boss to john gotti Vincent Palermo had strong connections to the five familys during the late 90s they gained a bit of freedom due the new york familys declining but after vincent palmero flipped they had t answer to new york familys they are always being caught on tape complaing about the new york familys not respecting them and this is because at the end of the day New Jeresy is nothing compared to new york end of they have a good leader in frank guarraci he is oldschool running the family well and joe miranda left them in a good situation. Apart from the extoration incedent that saw frank guarraci get three years in 2009 the decavanctes leaderhsip has not been hurt since 2005 but frank nigro is the only one i would consider “powerful” in the family this stagno has only been out of prison for a few years and spent most of his life in prison for murder. They have strong connections to newyork guys like loui consalvo and phil adbramo in prison once ran a crew in Manhattan and still have associates there today but i agree they are nothing compared to new York accept for maybe the colambo family they are a long way ahead of the New England mob and i still consider them stronger than philly though that is open to debate as they stabilized under ligambini and all these guys out of prison
Agreed on majority of your point here. I was more or less making a point about some people on the web and their wild unsubstantiated allegations you would think the DeCavalcante’s were a flourishing mega-mob family which really is not the case at all. They have def had a stable leadership base in place for a few years now and may have made a few new guys but power base and overall strength they have remained basically the same for last few years and remain under the toe of the NY mob mainly the Gambino’s and that isn’t likely to change.