Columbo Crime Family - Mob Talk

On June 28, 1971, at Italian Unity Day in Columbus Circle, a celebration turned into chaos when Joe Colombo was shot in front of a massive crowd. In this video, Michael Franzese recounts being there that day

On June 6, 1962, Italian-born New York City Cosa Nostra boss, who was the founder of what became the Colombo crime family, Giuseppe "Joe" Profaci died in South Side Hospital in Bay Shore, New York of liver cancer. In 1920, Profaci spent 1 year in prison in Palermo on theft charges. Released from prison in 1921, Profaci emigrated to the United States, arriving in New York City on September 4. Profaci settled in Chicago, where he opened a grocery store & bakery. But the busines

June, 1988 - Theodore “Teddy” Persico, nephew of Colombo family boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico, is sentenced to 20-years-to-life for drug dealing. On three separate occasions, he had sold more than thirteen ounces of cocaine to undercover officers.

The day after the Cutolo murder, DeRoss unsuccessfully ransacked Cutolo's home office in Staten Island for Cutolo's loansharking records and a $1.5 million cash stash (hidden in a stove vent).

He was a soldier of the JoJo Russo crew before being made a Capo in 1991. Clemenza was in the Orena faction (during the third Colombo war, & a loyal supporter of Vic Orena).