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Rare photos of Salvatore "Sally Boy" Mangiamelli.

According to LCN Bios, Mangiamelli started out as a Colombo/Profaci associate in the Gallo Gang. By July 1973, he had transferred to the Gambino family, and later in the late 1980s, he was transferred to the DeCavalcante family.

Photos via Stevie Coogan on IG

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1948: New England Godfather Raymond Patriarca’s arrest record

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Leonard “Lennie Calzone" Falzone held a senior leadership role as the acting or front boss of the Buffalo crime family up until he died in November 2016.

Credit: Stevie Coogan on IG.

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Vincent “Vinny Sicilian” Gugliaro was a longtime member and captain of the Colombo crime family. He was a Brooklyn-based figure who became particularly prominent during the 1970s. Gugliaro's rise to captain reportedly took place around May 1974, following a restructuring of the Colombo family.

He had previously served under captain Nicholas Forlano before receiving his own crew. During the Colombo family's internal power struggles in the mid-1970s, Gugliaro reportedly aligned himself with Joseph Yacovelli's faction, which opposed the leadership structure associated with Thomas DiBella.

The dispute involved competing interests within the family and ultimately resulted in intervention by the Mafia Commission and changes to the Family’s hierarchy. By 1977, Gugliaro had reportedly been reassigned under other Colombo captains, including Gennaro “Jerry Lang” Langella and Charles Panarella. Gugliaro remained connected to the Colombo organization for decades after the turmoil of the 1970s.

Around 2000, he was associated with Thomas Gioeli's crew, and later reporting placed him within Dino Calabro's crew around 2002. He died from natural causes in April of 2023.

(Sources: LCNBios and FBI reports | Photo via Stevie Coogan on IG) #MOBFAX

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Pietro “Pete” Licata was a Bonanno capo who ran the old-school Sicilian "Knickerbocker Avenue Faction" out of Bushwick, Brooklyn. He strictly refused to deal in drugs, landing him on the wrong side of Carmine Galante and Salvatore Catalano, a feud that ultimately got him killed in 1976.

Licata’s murder remains an unsolved cold case, though Cesare Bonventre stood as a primary suspect.

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Joseph "Dish" Senatore, a former leader of the South Brooklyn Boys gang in the 1950s-1960s, operated as a Genovese family associate and longtime driver for soldier Joseph "Joe Jinx" Famularo. (Third photo)

After aligning with alleged Bonanno hitman Thomas “Tommy Karate” Pitera’s crew, Senatore feared execution for refusing to set up his close friend, Gotti associate “Willie Boy” Johnson. As a result, he became a federal informant, wearing a wire for the DEA to help bring down the crew.

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It’s pure comedy that a 60-something, mob informant is demanding over $2 million dollars to step into a Pay-Per-View MMA fight. They need a massive reality check. If they actually pitched ‪@AdinRoss‬ for a Brand Risk Promotions card, they’d be lucky to clear a $10-15,000 contract.

Asking for millions, while never having a professional fight is just a transparent excuse to duck a fight. They deliberately set a price tag they know no promoter will ever pay just to save face, and everyone sees right through the bluff!

You’re going to have to take a $5k–$10k deal and actually beat a pro MMA fighter before you even get close to seeing a six-figure deal, let alone millions. That’s like me challenging Mike Tyson, demanding a $20M payout, and calling him a punk, claiming he’s afraid to fight when he laughs at an absurd contract.

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Journalist Nicholas Gage’s 1971 New York Times article about the life of mob wives. #MOBFAX

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