“Little Vic and the Great Mafia War” by Larry McShane Orena ... John Jr.” Carmine Persico, boss of the Colombo crime family, poses for a 1986 portrait at the Metropolitan Correctional ...

The 69-year-old Colombo Family ‘Street Boss’, of Massachusetts, pleaded guilty in Boston Federal court Thursday to racketeering conspiracy and illegal possession of firearms, the Justice Department ...

For six years, Tomasello, a street boss with the Colombo crime family, had dodged federal agents after a notorious mob war in 1991 and 1992 that left 10 people dead. Tomasello was accused of ...