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A mobster who shot his way into the annals of organized-crime history more than 20 years ago by taking part in one of the most storied of mob executions is in trouble once again.
The mobster, Anthony Indelicato, was one of three masked gunmen who walked into Joe and Mary's Brooklyn Restaurant, on a hot July day in 1979 and, from close range, shot the Bonanno crime family's boss, Carmine Galante, as he digested a late lunch.
Mr. Indelicato was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was released on parole in 1998 after serving 12 years.
But yesterday, Queens prosecutors and federal authorities said Mr. Indelicato, 54, who is known as Bruno, had violated the terms of his parole by associating with other organized-crime figures
Mr. Indelicato ran afoul of a 14- month gambling investigation by the office of the Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown. Investigators assigned to Mr. Brown's Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau, who were tracking a man they say heads a $25 million gambling and money- laundering ring in six states, Belize and Costa Rica, kept running across Mr. Indelicato meeting with their potential victims and other crime figures in Manhattan, officials said.
Among those he met were Vincent Basciano, 40, identified by prosecutors as a Bonanno crime family soldier known as Vinny Gorgeous; Anthony Megale, who was said to be a Gambino family figure; and Taylor W. Breton, 49, the man Queens prosecutors charged yesterday as the head of the money-laundering and gambling ring.
Law enforcement officials said that Mr. Basciano, who was also active in illegal gambling and at one time owned a nail salon in the Bronx called Hello Gorgeous, had close ties to Mr. Breton
The fact that Indelicato was observed during the course of the investigation at regular and frequent business meetings with Basciano and the leader of the gambling ring is further proof of the close relationship between gambling and organized crime,’ Mr. Brown (Queens D.A) said yesterday…”
The mobster, Anthony Indelicato, was one of three masked gunmen who walked into Joe and Mary's Brooklyn Restaurant, on a hot July day in 1979 and, from close range, shot the Bonanno crime family's boss, Carmine Galante, as he digested a late lunch.
Mr. Indelicato was sentenced to 20 years in prison and was released on parole in 1998 after serving 12 years.
But yesterday, Queens prosecutors and federal authorities said Mr. Indelicato, 54, who is known as Bruno, had violated the terms of his parole by associating with other organized-crime figures
Mr. Indelicato ran afoul of a 14- month gambling investigation by the office of the Queens district attorney, Richard A. Brown. Investigators assigned to Mr. Brown's Organized Crime and Rackets Bureau, who were tracking a man they say heads a $25 million gambling and money- laundering ring in six states, Belize and Costa Rica, kept running across Mr. Indelicato meeting with their potential victims and other crime figures in Manhattan, officials said.
Among those he met were Vincent Basciano, 40, identified by prosecutors as a Bonanno crime family soldier known as Vinny Gorgeous; Anthony Megale, who was said to be a Gambino family figure; and Taylor W. Breton, 49, the man Queens prosecutors charged yesterday as the head of the money-laundering and gambling ring.
Law enforcement officials said that Mr. Basciano, who was also active in illegal gambling and at one time owned a nail salon in the Bronx called Hello Gorgeous, had close ties to Mr. Breton
The fact that Indelicato was observed during the course of the investigation at regular and frequent business meetings with Basciano and the leader of the gambling ring is further proof of the close relationship between gambling and organized crime,’ Mr. Brown (Queens D.A) said yesterday…”
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