The former reputed street boss in the Colombo crime family has been at the Wyatt Detention Center in Central Falls since his ...

An “old school” Colombo crime family consigliere who notoriously was photographed lounging shirtless in a swimming pool was sentenced to three years behind bars for a labor union extortion ...

Furthermore, Colombo crime family members Russo, Castellazzo, Dimatteo, Ferrara, Persico, Vincent Ricciardo, Uvino joined with defendants Thompkins and Bellantoni, among others, to devise a scheme ...

The 82-year-old poses a "substantial risk" to federal officials he compiled personal information about, a judge found.

Andrew “Mush” Russo, an alleged Colombo crime family boss, arrives at Brooklyn Federal Court in 2013. Russo was most recently arrested in January 2011, eventually pleading guilty to federal ...

The Colombo crime family staged a protest today after its wiseguys were required to wear handcuffs during a hearing in the Brooklyn federal courthouse. “They feel humiliated,” Jonathan Marks ...

Colombo Family Crime Boss and 12 Others Are Arrested, Prosecutors Say. An indictment unsealed on Tuesday accuses the organization of orchestrating a two-decade scheme to extort a labor union.

Colombo family captains Theodore Persico, Jr., who was slated to become the crime family’s next boss, and Richard Ferrara also pleaded guilty to racketeering. Other defendants convicted of ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Federal investigators dealt another blow to the Colombo crime family Thursday when a reputed Colombo captain was handed a nearly-six-year prison sentence in Brooklyn ...

In 2019, the Colombo crime family’s leaders broadened the extortion attempt by forcing John Doe #1 and other union officials to hire vendors associated with the Colombo family.

Nine members of the Colombo crime family were busted on racketeering charges Tuesday morning— including its two most senior members, who are both in their 80s.

A top lieutenant in the Colombo crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering for his role in the extortion of a high-ranking union official, capping a case brought in 2021 that was one of the ...