Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali, believed to be the boss of the notorious Gambino crime family , was killed on Staten Island late Wednesday, the New York Police Department said. Cali was arrested in 2008 as part of a sweeping indictment by the Justice Department against organized crime. He was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison and released in 2009. Six years later, Cali took over the Gambino crime family, replacing 68-year-old Domenico Cefalu, Gang Land News reported. Last week, Carmine J. Persico, the 85-year-old former head of the Colombo crime family, died in a North Carolina prison where he was serving a 139-year sentence.

Source: Huffington Post March 14, 2019 04:27 UTC