Charles “Charlie the Hat” Stango a captain in the DeCavalcante crime family snared by feds three months ago as part of a murder plot against a rival mobster is hanging tough while his fellow mobsters are set to cop plea deals.
The three-year long operation targeted the New Jersey mafia and included tape recorded talks of the plot to murder DeCavalcante family mobster Luigi Oliveri. Arrested along with Charlie the Hat was his son Anthony “Whitey” Stango, Frank “Shipe” Nigro, and Paul “Knuckles” Colella.
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According to sources Charlie’s son is set to agree to a plea deal as soon as final details are ironed out along with fellow mobster Oliveri. The elder Stango who is being detained with out bail along with Nigro and Colella all named as part of the murder plot have yet to agree to any tentative plea deals. Whitey charged with his part on drug dealing and prostitution is expected to cop a plea similar to DeCavalcante family associate Nicholas DeGidio.
DeGidio was charged with selling cocaine to an undercover FBI agent during the time at which Stango was charged. The charges against DeGidio carried a maximum sentence of 40 years but is now facing a max sentence of five years as to his plea agreement. Its believed that the plea being worked on for Whitey Stango will be similar. The cases against Charlie Stango, Frank Nigro, and Paul Colella have been adjourned until August.
The feds say this recent operation shows that the mafia in New Jersey and the DeCavalcante family specifically is still operating and maintains at least somewhat of a leadership hierarchy.
I will admit i will be somewhat surprised if no plea deals are made by the elder Stango and the other 2 mobsters caught up in that murder beef. Seems feds may be pushing the case back some trying to get one of those guys to roll over.
if one of these young kids flip i dont see much damage they can do really its if one of the made guys like nigro(he wont flip old school) or coleaa. I mean the decavacntes are not like they were 20 years ago but they still have rackets and what i hear from people is guys connected with them are still winning big building contracts(i dont know if that is true but everyone keeps telling me) they had a capo pinched in 2011 and frank guarraci got 12 months in 2010 for assualting someone but to be honest i knew a big bust was coming to quiet i am hearing differant stoys about these guys like ed scapo saying they have 80 made guys while others saying they have around 30 truth is we dont know the real power of that organization until someone flips and i dont think anyone high up will be flipping soon these guys are i do believe in a good shape how powerful i am not sure yet.
In New England back around 2007 i personally thought under lugi manchio that family was in a very strong shape and it was till he retired the next generation mucked everything up. Decavacntes in the late 90s ran new jeresy but guys like vinne palmero fipped nearly destroying that family
Seems they are still in okay shape of late although i think rumors of their rebuilding and growing is highly exaggerated. They are def still alive and doing business but i much like some of other smaller families not in same capacity as their hey day.
I would think Nigro is a long shot to flip although not sure about the other guys involved and i agree as to the limited damage to family over all it would do if someone does flip here pretty much would just take down this entire crew.
yearh i think the decavacntes are stronger than somewhere like philly but LONG way of the five familys i can see them having around 40 made guys sure i can buy that i could even possible see them having 50 made guys i mean that would be a bit far but i could believe that but those articles by guys like ed 80 made guys please they had 80 made guys under sam decavancte family in the late 70s the five familys will always be above them
Right i could see the chance of there being 35-50 made guys in the family as of today , i do agree they are a stronger and more stable family then say New Eng etc. I personally think the # is probably closer to 35 then it is to 50 , and there has likely been some new made guys inducted in last couple years but not nearly at rate as some believe.
True i agree with that some reports are very exaggerated i mean 80made guys what aload of rubbish
http://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/usao-nj/legacy/2015/03/12/Stango%2C%20Charles%20et%20al.%20Complaint.pdf
charles stango indicment go down a few pages and you can read the wiretaps
Good Stuff !
Off the record his nickname is beeps not charlie the hat
Who’s the boss of the new Jersey mob?
believed to be Frank Guarraci.
Cheers 🙂
anytime !
Frank Guarraci is the boss no doubt about it. in the past couple years for some reason peopel mistakenly believe charles Majuri was the boss but that is not true and it was confirmed that Frank Guarraci is the boss of the family by Charles Stagno a talking about frank and the sicilian. Frank was convicted in 2010 of extoration him and some guy (forgot the guys name) walked in and said some restaurant was theres and in the heat of moment attacked a worker frank got 6monthshttp://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2010/08/head_of_mob_crime_family_nj_ma.html
. He is smart man Frank no doubt about it he is friends with the Sicilian faction of the Gambino family and he has depending on what you believe has strengthened/(what I believe)stablized the family) Now Frank has a social club called the ribera club it is really nice the old club was a dump but they moved out into a new club here is a link to it I found
http://i61.tinypic.com/2ivd2dv.jpg
Here is its members
http://ripost.it/2014/08/12/il-forte-legame-tra-ribera-ed-elizabeth-jimmy-fodera-ci-racconta-del-ribera-club/
Thanks Mafia for the info it’s really interesting & fascinating to me, regarding factions you mentioned the gambinos Sicilian faction are the gambinos not 100% Sicilian? Thanks
They are not 100% Sicilian but the Sicilian faction in that family def has the power as of today.
Interesting, do other families have Sicilian factions?
Yes there are Sicilian factions and or at least strong presences of Sicilians involved in some of the the other NY families. The Ndrangheta seems to be strengthening ties to some of the NY families of late as well.
The Ndranghtea have taken over the drug trade with the five families pushing the siggs out but to be honest I don’t see many Calbriens around its mainly the siggs operating in the five families in Brooklyn there is a lot of siggs running things
The Ganbinos have biggest sicilian faction it has tripled over last ten years in fact the boss and under boss of the gambino family dominc celfeau 72 and frankie 48 are both sicilian. the Gambinioes fed up with the gotti era guys have rebuilt there family with the sicilians the Gambinos have got alot stronger last couple of years and are catching up with Genovese family
The Bonnanos have a sicilian faction but it has got smaller over years since geogre Sciasa was whacked in 1999 and Sal Montranga deported in 2007(later killed in 2010). Detroit mafia has a sicilian faction led by Joe D`Ann.
Other family’s have sicilian members but they don’t have Sicilian faction. The Genovese family is one of the few family’s which does not recruit sicilian the Westside since the 80s have been recruiting home grown italines its VERY rare to see a non home grown MADE member in the genovese
Thanks for the great replies guys 🙂 great reads
Very nice club indeed, great find. I to believe Frank is the boss although reports here and there still believe and report a possible debate as to him or Majuri or even seen mention of a power sharing kind of agreement etc. But seems clearer to me that Frank has taken the reigns and Majuri perhaps is no more then counsel.
I could be wrong the decavancte family is not my strong point but the guys who from what i hear have crews are Louie Consalvo, Joey Merlo, Charles Stagno, that sicilian guy who runs franks old crew, Charles Majuri (debatable) and Frank Nigro I know he is consgiliere but i hear rumours he has guys reporting to him (debatable)
I’m from the UK I really enjoy reading up about the Mafia, this is a great site to see what is going on with today’s crime family’s,
Just keep checking in here there is usually news coverings all of the crime families as it becomes available.
Thanks John 🙂