Manny Garofalo Speaks Out
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| Kenji Gallo, Colombo turncoat who wrote Breakshot. |
“Alicia has chosen to humiliate my nephew Edward and our entire family in the name of my brother who she never even knew. The show’s stupid. I think it’s disgraceful. It’s blood money. It’s my brother’s blood.”
That's what Emmanuel "Manny" Garofalo had to say about Alicia DiMichele and "Mob Wives" in an interview with the New York Daily News.
Manny added that he is so sickened by this "exploitation" of the murder of his brother, Eddie "The Chink," that he's thinking of selling his home and moving to a place where he won't be recognized.
DiMichele, the newest mob wife and the one Manny blames for cashing in on what was a violent gangland slaying, is due to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to helping embezzle money with her husband, Edward "Tall Guy" Garofalo, from the pension fund of a company they owned. Tall Guy has started serving his own seven-year sentence. (We will report on Alicia's sentence as soon as it's made public.)
Manny himself was recently sentenced for his own extortion-related crimes -- to community service. More on that below...
We recently found an interesting mob blog, Breakshot, which is authored by Ken "Kenji" Gallo, a onetime associate of the Colombo family who became a turncoat charged with running a radio show for the feds. Kenji also wrote a great book about life in the mob -- particularly in the crazy madhouse known as the Colombo family. (We wrote a little about Kenji and his book back in this post.)
The book, also titled Breakshot, is out of print. If I were the publisher I'd get that sucker back in print fast -- and make it available on Kindle, too.
According to the "about me" section on his Breakshot blog, Kenny "Kenji" Gallo, 45, is a half-Japanese/half-Italian-American gangster turned informant and former director and producer of pornographic films. Kenji is one of the most unlikely and controversial gangsters... When the police cracked down on his drug-trafficking empire, Gallo abandoned the cocaine trade for life in the American Mafia as a jet-setting playboy gangster, marrying porn star Tabitha Stevens, and making millions in prostitution, credit fraud, "pump-and-dump" stock fraud, gambling, extortion, and the porn business. As the protégé of Mafia legends like John "Sonny" Franzese, Jerry Zimmerman, and Vincent "Jimmy" Caci, Gallo quickly earned the reputation as one the smartest and most capable young mobsters in America.
As for Alicia claiming that she was an inadvertent participant in the crimes she wasn't even aware her husband was committing, Kenji writes: "I wore a wire when I was in the car with Eddie and Teddy [Persico, Eddie's capo in the Colombo family] many times. Once we were on our way to get guns at Teddy's mothers home (so Teddy could get to some wayward Colombos)... how could Alicia not know her husband was knee-deep in crime? All she would have to do is pick up a newspaper or do a Google search and she would know the truth about the name Persico."
"So what exactly did she do? Alicia helped Eddie and Teddy, and that means she helped the Colombo Family to steal hard working Union Member’s Benefits. Alicia not only conspired but has admitted to stealing the money from the Local 282 of the Teamsters... Alicia submitted a false invoice in November of 2004 to a Long Island company on behalf of Big R Trucking and then submitted a false Shop Steward report to the 282 Local for DM Equipment for a week in November. All this to defraud the Union Health plan and their retirement plans. This is really low because they messed with normal hard working people while they went on gambling sprees, drove fancy cars and took vacations on their dime."
After reading reports about "Tall Guy" negotiating a role for his wife on "Mob Wives," again, as per Karen Gravano's story, Kenji notes: "I thought Mafia guys were supposed to keep a low profile...
Kenji also writes about the outspoken Manny Garofalo as well: "He received zero jail time from the judge, even though he plead guilty and had plenty of clear evidence stacked against him. Makes you wonder why they let him off???
DiMichele, the newest mob wife and the one Manny blames for cashing in on what was a violent gangland slaying, is due to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to helping embezzle money with her husband, Edward "Tall Guy" Garofalo, from the pension fund of a company they owned. Tall Guy has started serving his own seven-year sentence. (We will report on Alicia's sentence as soon as it's made public.)
However, if what Karen Gravano has told Jerry Capeci is true, we don't know how "humiliated" the Tall Guy can be, since according to Karen, it was Edward himself who reportedly arranged for his wife to be on the reality show.
Manny resides in a four-bed, four-bath Sea Gate palace on Brooklyn's waterfront, which he told the News he is considering putting on the market for $1.2 million.
Manny himself was recently sentenced for his own extortion-related crimes -- to community service. More on that below...
We recently found an interesting mob blog, Breakshot, which is authored by Ken "Kenji" Gallo, a onetime associate of the Colombo family who became a turncoat charged with running a radio show for the feds. Kenji also wrote a great book about life in the mob -- particularly in the crazy madhouse known as the Colombo family. (We wrote a little about Kenji and his book back in this post.)
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Tabitha Stevens. Yes, we did include
this image fortuitously and we did
have to crop the bottom half...
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After some 20 years in "the life" Kenji said he volunteered to wear a wire for the FBI in 1998 to help convict members of the Colombo and Lucchese families. His FBI code-name was "Breakshot."
Breakshot, the book, is Kenji's account of his life in organized crime. His blog, he notes, "picks up
where the book left off."
Kenji -- who regularly gives speeches to decry his former life of crime for law enforcement, schools, and libraries -- writes on his blog that he knew the Garofalos -- Manny, Edward and Alicia DiMichele -- quite well, and has some interesting things to say about them.
As for Alicia claiming that she was an inadvertent participant in the crimes she wasn't even aware her husband was committing, Kenji writes: "I wore a wire when I was in the car with Eddie and Teddy [Persico, Eddie's capo in the Colombo family] many times. Once we were on our way to get guns at Teddy's mothers home (so Teddy could get to some wayward Colombos)... how could Alicia not know her husband was knee-deep in crime? All she would have to do is pick up a newspaper or do a Google search and she would know the truth about the name Persico."
"[Today Alicia] will face another judge, and she has already pleaded guilty in court while claiming to the media she was not aware of The Life. She has made a lot of money from The Life. Even now she is living it up. She has two clothing stores... she still lives in a luxury Cherry Hill home and she went on a cross country party spree while waiting for her sentencing...
"So what exactly did she do? Alicia helped Eddie and Teddy, and that means she helped the Colombo Family to steal hard working Union Member’s Benefits. Alicia not only conspired but has admitted to stealing the money from the Local 282 of the Teamsters... Alicia submitted a false invoice in November of 2004 to a Long Island company on behalf of Big R Trucking and then submitted a false Shop Steward report to the 282 Local for DM Equipment for a week in November. All this to defraud the Union Health plan and their retirement plans. This is really low because they messed with normal hard working people while they went on gambling sprees, drove fancy cars and took vacations on their dime."
After reading reports about "Tall Guy" negotiating a role for his wife on "Mob Wives," again, as per Karen Gravano's story, Kenji notes: "I thought Mafia guys were supposed to keep a low profile...
In an earlier blog post, Kenji writes more about "Tall Guy" Eddie as he knew him. Garofalo doesn't seem so legit as a tough guy anymore: "He is a big guy. Mostly, a fat guy... I was there with the wire running. Eddie egged the whole thing on and he is the one who brought it up in front of Teddy Persico Jr. Yet when we got to Teddy’s mothers house to pick up "the gear" aka guns, Eddie had to run inside to use the bathroom. After they handed out their really crappy 'gear,' and all I had was a knife, Eddie told me to duck if they started shooting..."
"Now Eddie is going to be calling in on the reality show from prison. I wonder what Teddy Persico, his Capo, thinks about that... every mob guy knows mob guys don’t go on TV. It’s a secret society."
Yep, Kenji, we agree.
He cryptically adds: "To top it all off, according to the New York Post, Eddie’s wife Alicia has been carrying on a 3 year affair with a married restaurateur. That is how she thanks her husband, after he plead out so that she would get no time.
"Do we see a rule 35 hearing coming up in the future?"
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Eddie "The Chink" Garofalo was murdered
under John Gotti's orders by a hit team that
was run by Sammy the Bull Gravano.
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"... Manny got off with no time because of Super Storm Sandy and all the work he did to help (that is the BS reason given by the judge to cover up the real reason he got off with a slap on the wrist). I personally laundered money with Manny, and after I left Brooklyn he threatened me...
"If someone looks up Manny they can see what a great guy he is from the people he committed the crimes with in the past. Names like Steve "Wonder Boy" Crea dot the pages of the indictments.
And we have to give mention to Kenji's side-note regarding the failure of all the Mafia television shows produced by people who don't even do their own basic research. He makes note of one such show that ran on ID about Chris Paciello, in which it was claimed that the Staten Island car-theft ring known as The Untouchables was based on the film Gone in Sixty Seconds; Kenji is referring to the original version here, not the remake: "Gone in Sixty Seconds was shot in Carson California in 1974! Chris Paciello was born in 1971. Was that movie about toddler car thieves?"
Yep, Kenji. We agree with you on that one too...
Yep, Kenji. We agree with you on that one too...