Now 102 years old, John (Sonny) Franzese, the longtime underboss of the Colombo crime family, is the epitome of the old-style crime chieftain. Despite the entreaties of FBI agents and a 50-year prison ...
Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo Crime Family, has died at 103, according to TMZ. As a younger man, according to Mafia lore, Franzese was a big ...
In a 1965 article, "The Hood in the Neighborhood," Newsday chronicled the life and times of Roslyn's John "Sonny" Franzese - a suburban commuter with a well-manicured lawn whose gangland power ...
In this March 24, 1966, file photo, John "Sonny" Franzese, center, is escorted to the Elizabeth Street police station in New York, after his arrest on a 43-count gambling indictment. Franzese, a ...
John Franzese Jr. was placed in the federal Witness Protection program after breaking the Mafia’s code of silence and testifying against his father, the Colombo mob chieftain John (Sonny) Franzese.
A federal appeals court in New York City has upheld the conviction and eight-year prison sentence of 95-year-old mob boss John “Sonny” Franzese. The 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Wednesday ...
DEVENS, Mass. — Sonny Franzese, the mob underboss who reigned over the Colombo crime family’s Long Island rackets in the ’60s from his Roslyn home with ferocity and guile, was released from a U.S.
You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. NEW YORK — Legendary Colombo family capo John “Sonny” Franzese, who rubbed ...
The series features interviews with former FBI agents and mobsters, including Michael Franzese. Franzese worked for the Colombo crime family before his arrest and imprisonment. Netflix's Fear City: ...
John Franzese Jr. helped send his father, notorious Colombo family mobster John "Sonny" Franzese to prison. Witness protection brought the son — now Mat Pazzarelli — to Indianapolis, where he still ...
Legendary Colombo family capo John (Sonny) Franzese, who rubbed elbows with Frank Sinatra and Marilyn Monroe before a bank robbery rap eventually made him the nation’s oldest federal inmate, died ...
Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo crime family, has died at 103, according to TMZ. As a younger man, according to Mafia lore, Franzese was a big ...