Notorious mafia boss dubbed ‘the Snake’ dies aged 85 after serving 33 of 139-year sentence
THE notorious mafia boss dubbed "the Snake" has died aged 85 after serving 33 of a 139-year sentence.
Also known as "Junior" and "Immortal", he was the longtime boss of the Colombo crime family since 1973.At the time, it was the biggest legal assault to date on the heads of the Mafia's five families, and Persico was convicted of racketeering and murder and sentenced to a century behind bars. His first arrest was at age 17, over the fatal beating of another youth during a brawl in Brooklyn's Prospect Park.
Prosecutors said Persico took over the murderous New York-based Colombo organisation in 1973, two years after the leader was shot and paralysed.
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