This Week In Gang Land
Bobby Manna: Still Alive At 95; He'll Be Back In New Jersey Soon
The
oldest federal prison inmate in the United States is 95 years old, has 36
years behind bars under his belt, and is dying of cancer. This past
September, he suffered a stroke and landed inside a 24-hour prison hospital
"Full Watch" room, where the feds wanted him to die.
But former Genovese consigliere Louis (Bobby) Manna will return to New Jersey soon, as early as tomorrow, to live with flesh and blood family members, Gang Land has learned. The wiseguy stands alone as the oldest of the 155,979 inmates currently housed by the federal Bureau of Prisons.
Manna, sentenced to 80 years for the storied 1987 murder of mob-linked millionaire businessman Irwin (The Fatman) Schiff as he dined in an Upper East Side restaurant, and for plotting to kill Gambino boss John Gotti and his brother Gene, received the good news last week. It came five months after several social media reports had wrongly given the sickly goodfellow his last rites.
Detective May Have Worked For The Mob, But Lawyers Say He's Not Guilty As Charged
The
parade of cops, FBI agents and turncoat gangsters testifying at the trial of
Hector Rosario left little doubt that the fired Nassau County detective
committed crimes with the mob — and lied to the FBI five years ago about
his mob ties. But his lawyers insist the ex-gumshoe's claims were not a
crime and his conviction last month should be tossed.
Georgie Neck Back Behind Bars For Racketeering And Gambling In The Garden State
Even
before he was straightened out in 1988, Luchese wiseguy George (Georgie
Neck) Zappola had a friend in high places. And now, 37 years later, he's got
another one.
