An “old school” Colombo crime family consigliere who notoriously was photographed lounging shirtless in a swimming pool was sentenced to three years behind bars for a labor union extortion ...

Furthermore, Colombo crime family members Russo, Castellazzo, Dimatteo, Ferrara, Persico, Vincent Ricciardo, Uvino joined with defendants Thompkins and Bellantoni, among others, to devise a scheme ...

Colombo Family Crime Boss and 12 Others Are Arrested, Prosecutors Say. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday accuses the organization of orchestrating a two-decade scheme to extort a labor union.

Andrew “Mush” Russo, an alleged Colombo crime family boss, arrives at Brooklyn Federal Court in 2013. Russo was most recently arrested in January 2011, eventually pleading guilty to federal ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Federal investigators dealt another blow to the Colombo crime family Thursday when a reputed Colombo captain was handed a nearly-six-year prison sentence in Brooklyn ...

Prosecutors want an 82-year-old former street boss's probation revoked and are asking a judge to put him back in jail.

In 2019, the Colombo crime family’s leaders broadened the extortion attempt by forcing John Doe #1 and other union officials to hire vendors associated with the Colombo family.

Alleged Colombo crime family captain Vincent Ricciardo "threatened to kill John Doe #1 if he did not comply with Vincent Ricciardo’s demands," the release states.

A top lieutenant in the Colombo crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering for his role in the extortion of a high-ranking union official, capping a case brought in 2021 that was one of the ...

Carmine Persico, a captain in the Colombo crime family, puts on his coat after leaving a state legislative hearing on mob activities in Manhattan on Feb. 5, 1970.

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com At 93, mobster John “Sonny” Franzese — the underboss of the Colombo crime family — had a hard time staying awake during his racketeering trial in federal court in ...

The son and grandson of a late Colombo crime family mob boss have been busted on federal weapons charges after a huge stash of ghost guns was found at their Staten Island home, law enforcement ...