Posted on 08/30/2020 5:08:28 PM PDT by ransomnote
Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that STEVEN L. CREA, the Underboss of the Luchese Family, was sentenced today to life in prison, a $400,000 fine, and the forfeiture of $1 million following his conviction for the 2013 murder of Michael Meldish, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and other felonies. A jury convicted CREA and three co-defendants on November 15, 2019, following a six-week trial before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, who also imposed today’s sentence.
Acting U.S. Attorney Audrey Strauss said: “Steven L. Crea – the Underboss of the Luchese Family – is the last of a dozen made men arrested in 2017 to be sentenced for his crimes. For his role in the 2013 murder of Michael Meldish and other crimes, Crea will now spend the rest of his life behind bars. Thanks to the outstanding investigative work of the FBI and NYPD, we continue our commitment to render La Cosa Nostra a thing of the past.”
According to the evidence presented at trial, the admissions of defendants who pled guilty, and other court documents:
STEVEN L. CREA was the Underboss, or second-in-command, of the Luchese Family of La Cosa Nostra, one of the “Five Families” that constitute the Mafia in the New York City area. From 2000 to his arrest in 2017, CREA helped lead the Luchese Family, which made millions of dollars in profit from crimes committed by the Family’s members and associates in New York City, Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey, and elsewhere. In 2013, CREA helped orchestrate the murder of Michael Meldish.
In May 2017, charges were filed against 12 members of the Luchese Family, including the Acting Boss, Underboss, Consigliere, four captains, and five soldiers, for their commission of a wide array of crimes with the Mafia from at least in or about 2000 up to and including in or about 2017. With the exception of one captain who died before his case was resolved, every Luchese Family member charged in this case either pled guilty or was convicted at trial. With CREA’s sentencing today, all have now been sentenced by Judge Seibel. Eight Mafia associates were also charged. All subsequently pled guilty or were convicted at trial, and seven have now been sentenced. The defendants were convicted of being leaders, members and associates of the Mafia, and committing crimes including the murder of Michael Meldish; three attempted murders – including the attempted murder of a former witness against the Mafia; multiple assaults; trafficking oxycodone, cocaine, and other drugs; extortion; millions of dollars in fraud against a public hospital in the Bronx; loansharking; operating illegal gambling businesses; and other crimes. A chart containing the ages, residency information, convictions, and sentences of the defendants is attached.
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Ms. Strauss praised the outstanding investigative work of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the New York City Police Department, Homeland Security Investigations, the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, and the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.
The case is being handled by the Office’s White Plains Division. Assistant United States Attorneys Scott Hartman, Hagan Scotten, Jacqueline Kelly, Celia V. Cohen, and Alexandra N. Rothman are in charge of the prosecution.
|
DEFENDANT |
AGE |
CITY OF RESIDENCE |
CHARGES OF CONVICTION |
SENTENCE |
|
Madonna, Matthew |
84 |
Incarcerated |
Racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, aiding and abetting use of a firearm to commit murder |
Life in prison |
|
Crea, Steven L. |
73 |
Crestwood, NY |
Racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, aiding and abetting use of a firearm to commit murder |
Life in prison, $400,000 fine, $1 million forfeiture |
|
Londonio, Christopher |
46 |
Incarcerated |
Racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, aiding and abetting use of a firearm to commit murder, conspiracy to distribute narcotics |
Life in prison |
|
Caldwell, Terrence |
62 |
Incarcerated |
Racketeering conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, use of a firearm to commit murder, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, use of a firearm during a crime of violence |
Life in prison |
|
Datello, Joseph |
69 |
Staten Island, NY |
Racketeering conspiracy |
168 months' imprisonment |
|
Crea, Steven D. |
48 |
New Rochelle, NY |
Racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, attempted assault with a deadly weapon in aid of racketeering |
156 months' imprisonment, $50,000 fine |
|
Bruno, Vincent |
36 |
Incarcerated |
Attempted murder in aid of racketeering, racketeering conspiracy |
136 months' imprisonment |
|
Vaughan, Brian |
54 |
Matawan, NJ |
Racketeering conspiracy |
84 months' imprisonment |
|
O’Connor, Richard |
66 |
Staten Island, NY |
Conspiracy to distribute narcotics |
72 months' imprisonment |
|
Garcia, Carmine |
Deceased |
Hawthorne, NJ |
Racketeering conspiracy, conspiracy to commit assault in aid of racketeering |
60 months' imprisonment, $250,000 fine |
|
DiNapoli, Joseph |
84 |
Bronx, NY |
Racketeering conspiracy |
52 months' imprisonment, $250,000 fine |
|
Castelucci, John |
60 |
Staten Island, NY |
Racketeering conspiracy |
37 months' imprisonment, $150,000 fine |
|
Maffucci, James |
72 |
New York, NY |
Extortion, Extortionate extension of credit |
37 months' imprisonment |
|
Corso, Tindaro |
59 |
Staten Island, NY |
Racketeering conspiracy |
30 months' imprisonment, $10,000 fine |
|
Venice, Joseph |
59 |
Yonkers, NY |
Racketeering conspiracy |
18 months' imprisonment, $10,000 fine |
|
Cassano, Paul |
41 |
Yonkers, NY |
Conspiracy to commit assault in aid of racketeering |
18 months' imprisonment |
|
Camilli, Robert |
63 |
Briarcliff Manor, NY |
Extortionate extension of credit |
One year supervised release; $35,000 fine |
|
Incatasciato, John |
45 |
Elmsford, NY |
Extortionate collection of credit |
Two years' supervised release; 100 hours' community service |
Since you liked the Godfather movies, I think you’d like this one.
“In May 2017, charges were filed against 12 members of the Luchese Family, including the Acting Boss, Underboss, Consigliere, four captains, and five soldiers, for their commission of a wide array of crimes.....”
They’ve always punk thugs. Only a low IQ idiot would glamorize these s’bags.
Highly recommended. Rudy Guiliani is featured and Donald Trump has some appearances as well.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc7_lCfbQP0
“In prison, dinner was always a big thing. We had a pasta course followed by a meat or a fish. Paulie was in charge of the prep work, and he had this wonderful system for slicing the garlic. He used to slice it with a straight razor; he would slice it so thin it would liquefy in the pan with a little oil. It was a very good system. Vinnie was in charge of the sauce. I always felt he used too many onions, but it was still a very good sauce.”
And Hillary “Ethel Rosenburg” Clinton walks free.
Where is Lucky Luciano when we need him against America’s enemies (democrats)?
I'm very pleased to know ya.
Meanwhile FedGov lets the new Mafia of DNC,BLM and Antifa do whatever the fvk they want. I trust the old school mafia more.
Has Catherine Herridge replied to the Tweet you sent, the one with the secret messages from your imaginary friend?
There is the democrat party mob to go after.
You mean this one?
Take a look at this. Video game comms from May 17, 2017. These are deep state players talking 'off the grid' (or so they thought). Thank you, Q.https://t.co/wuZzuooePGhttps://t.co/Nq4BkII15g— Bagster (@Bagster188) August 30, 2020
No, she has not responded. No guarantee that she'll even see it or that she doesn't already know about it. I took a chance that she'd be interested.
But the message is not secret or imaginary. Its a chat log from a video game dated the same day that RR appointed RM as SC. Here, I'll let you read it.
Whaddya make of that, Preston? Probly just a LARP, right? Or my imagination?
If you ever get tired of being ignorant, gimme a holla. I'll school you right up.
In the meantime, you keep on being better than everybody else.
Noted that you read all my posts. This is a good thing. You may just learn stuff through osmosis.
So you Tweeted Catherine Herridge a chat log from a video game? And you're part of a group that wants to be taken seriously? That wants to join others with the motto WWG1WGA? Herridge won't be replying to your childish effort, and no one normal would join you on a walk to a bus stop, never mind on the road to truth.
#WattaClown
Are you mad that people know things that you don't, little one?
Its gonna be okay. The grownups are working hard to save the world while you stomp your little feet and scream.
So, that chat log means nothing to you, then? Really? The date means nothing? The words on the page mean nothing? And you think YOU'RE a serious person?
Alrighty, then.
p.s. Do give me your explanation for that chat log. This I gotta hear.
Here, take this nut cake to the Nest. Be sure and share with Littles!
You speak like a child, you think like a child. I think maybe you are a child, or mentally underdeveloped.
No more baby talk. Grownups are working.
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