Turncoat Turns ‘Mob Justice’ Into Federal Justice
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An imprisoned Colombo capo, John “Sonny” Franzese, should be beaming with pride right about now — assuming news has reached him about how three of his upand-coming mob underlings allegedly took speedy and fierce action last week when two shotguntoting, masked bandits robbed their high-stakes card game on Long Island.
The next day, the angry trio are alleged to have armed themselves with handguns and confronted two card players they suspected of being involved in the brazen stickup. Mob justice was said to be immediately applied — the “inside men” were allegedly pistolwhipped and told that the triggers of the revolvers placed in their mouths would be pulled if they didn’t give up the names of their cohorts.
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