This “Growing Up Gotti” alum appears to have a touch of Teflon. Carmine Gotti Agnello Jr., grandson of the late Dapper Don, John Gotti, dodged prison time Wednesday by copping a plea deal for operating an illegal scrapyard. Queens criminal court Judge Gia Morris agreed to reduce charges against the 32-year-old scion of the late...
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John Gotti’s grandson dodges prison over illegal scrapyard
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Mobster gets another 6 years for sending lawyer death threats
A reputed Gambino associate earned himself another 6 ¹/₂ years behind bars on Thursday for sending his attorney threats from jail — despite groveling to a Brooklyn judge that he’s a changed man and wouldn’t do it again. Batiste “Benny” Geritano, 46, apologized for using the prison mailing system to threaten to behead his former...
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Gambino crime family boss Frank Cali shot dead outside Staten Island home
Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali was assassinated in front of his Staten Island home Wednesday night in a stunning gangland hit that recalled some of the most infamous Mafia killings in city history. Cali, 53, was shot several times and run over in front of his brick mansion in the lavish Todt Hill...
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Neighbors describe hail of bullets that killed Gambino boss Frank Cali
Neighbors on Staten Island recalled on Thursday hearing the terrifying spray of gunfire that took down Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali. The reputed mobster, 53, was shot dead just outside his Todt Hill mansion around 9:20 p.m. Wednesday — as his wife and young children were inside. “About 9 last night, we were...
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Gambino associate arrested for murder of Brooklyn loan shark
A Gambino crime family associate has been arrested for the murder and robbery of mob-tied loan shark Vincent Zito, authorities announced Thursday. Anthony Pandrella, 59, of Brooklyn was collared Wednesday for the slaying of Zito, 77, who was shot twice in the head inside his Sheepshead Bay home on Oct. 26, 2018, according to US...
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Killed Gambino boss Frank Cali may have been lured outside by car crash
The person who whacked Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali appears to have lured the Gambino crime boss out of his Staten Island home by smashing into the mobster’s car — and then started shooting at the mobster while he was distracted by a busted license plate, law enforcement sources said Thursday. Cali, 53, came out of...
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Slain Gambino boss tried to hide from gunfire under his car: cops
Slain Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali tried to hide under his own SUV as a gunman blasted a dozen bullets at him from a .9 mm gun, NYPD officials revealed Thursday. Initial reports said Cali had been both gunned down and run over when he was whacked outside his Staten Island home Wednesday...
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A look back at the history of hits on NYC mob bosses
In the early 1930s, the notorious Charles “Lucky” Luciano established the modern American Mafia by creating “The Commission.” It was a governing body through which the Five Families — the Luccheses, the Gambinos, the Genoveses, the Colombos and the Bonannos — could settle disputes together, forging truces that kept bloodshed to a minimum. Sure, there...
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Cops eye John Gotti’s brother after slaying of Gambino boss
The Gottis are back in town — and the bloodshed could just be beginning. Police are taking a serious look at whether Gambino crime family boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali was whacked in an internal war for control — with one of John Gotti’s brothers and a key associate fresh out of prison and possibly...
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Gambino crime boss shook hitman’s hand before murder
Slain Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali shook hands with his killer before he was gunned down in a fusillade of bullets, a high-ranking police source told The Post Friday. The interaction was captured on surveillance footage from Cali’s brick mansion in the Todt Hill section of Staten Island. Cali, 53, exited his home...
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NYPD identifies suspect in slaying of Gambino crime boss Frank Cali
The mafia didn’t kill Gambino boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali — a twentysomething Staten Island hothead with a personal beef did, police and sources said Saturday. Anthony Comello, 24, a non-mobster who works odd construction jobs, was named as the suspect who blasted at least ten slugs into Cali, 53, on the street outside the...
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John Gotti Jr. slams cops over Frank Cali accusations, demands apology
John Gotti Jr. took a whack at law enforcement Saturday after law enforcement sources revealed that Gambino mob boss Francesco “Frankie Boy” Cali was slain over a “personal dispute” with a 24-year-old Staten Islander — and not by his recently-sprung uncle Gene Gotti. “I wonder if these tremendously insightful law enforcement individuals, are going to...
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Suspected murderer of mobster Frank Cali has an ‘X’ on his back: sources
Law-enforcement authorities anticipate a possible assassination attempt against the Staten Island man suspected of gunning down mob boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, sources told The Post on Sunday. Officials haven’t confirmed that the Gambino crime family has posted a bounty on Anthony Comello, but “the general feeling is that there’s an ‘X’ on this guy’s...
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Suspect in Gambino boss slay will waive extradition to NYC: lawyer
The suspect in the slaying of mob boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali will waive extradition from New Jersey so he can fight the allegations against him, his lawyer told The Post on Sunday. High-powered defense lawyer Robert Gottlieb confirmed that he’d been hired to represent Anthony Comello, 24, in last week’s assassination of the Gambino...
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Suspected mob boss killer writes ‘MAGA Forever,’ QAnon symbol on his hand
The suspect in the slaying of mob boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali showed off a hand covered in scrawls related to President Trump and the conservative QAnon movement on Monday afternoon. Anthony Comello, 24, held up his left palm during a court appearance in New Jersey, revealing a large, bold “Q” written in blue ink...
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Suspected mob boss killer tried to make a citizen’s arrest of de Blasio
The man suspected of killing Gambino mob boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali once tried to make a citizen’s arrest of Mayor Bill de Blasio, sources said. Anthony Comello, 24, showed up outside City Hall a few months ago to protest the mayor and said he wanted Hizzoner behind bars, according to police sources. The episode...
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Slain mob boss Frank Cali laid to rest — as authorities look on
The murdered head of the Gambino crime family was buried on Staten Island on Tuesday after a service attended by a little more than a dozen mourners — all under the watchful eye of authorities armed with high-powered cameras across the street. Around 9:30 a.m., several cars including black Mercedes and a Chevy Suburban pulled...
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Erratic behavior landed accused mob boss killer on cops’ radar
The right-winger accused of killing a Mafia boss landed on the NYPD’s radar last month for erratic behavior — but cops let him walk away without investigating further, police officials acknowledged Tuesday. On Feb. 21, “There was an incident at the federal courthouse in lower Manhattan where he showed up asking to make a citizen’s...
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Mafia allegedly paid $45K in cash for mob boss’ burial spot
It’s a burial spot to die for — and bought in true Mafia style. Slain Gambino crime family boss Francesco “Franky Boy’’ Cali was laid to rest in a white-pillared, red-marble mausoleum on Staten Island on Tuesday — after his associates “came in with a suitcase on Saturday and paid my boss $45,000 in cash,’’...
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Accused Gambino boss killer formally charged
The 24-year-old nobody who cops say gunned down the boss of the Gambino crime family was hauled into a New York City court for the first time Monday to face justice for the gangland slay. Police slapped 24-year-old Anthony Comello with murder, assault and firearms charges following his extradition from New Jersey, where he was...
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