Who really killed "Crazy Joe" Gallo? At last, the truth can be told.
And it wasn't Frank "The Irishman" Sheeran as he claimed.
From acclaimed true-crime author Michael Benson and real-life Mafia
Survivor Frank Dimatteo, the shocking and brutal story of Carmine
DiBiase--aka Sonny Pinto--the elusive Mafia killer who went from
small-time street punk to FBI's Most Wanted list to Death Row--only to
be released on the streets to kill and kill again...among those who died
by his gun was Joey Gallo.
"Sober, he was nothing, but drunk he would blow your head off." That's
how Pete the Greek described Carmine "Sonny" DiBiase, the Colombo crime
family hitman who'd been terrorizing Manhattan's Little Italy since he
was a kid. After beating and robbing a local tailor and doing time in
reformatory, Sonny set up operations at The Mayfair Boys Civic and
Social Club, an illegal poolroom where he shot and killed his best
friend on Christmas day...
A prime suspect of this and other crimes, Sonny went on the lam and off
the grid for seven years. He then surrendered himself to police, was
tried for murder and sentenced to death. But after a second trial, he
walked away a free man--free to kill again.
Joey "Crazy Joe" Gallo and his President Street mob waged a deadly Mafia
civil war with the Colombo crime family, and in particular, Carmine "the
Snake" Persico. A contract was put out for Gallo and his gang. And on
that fateful night of April 7, 1972, in a Little Italy restaurant, Gallo
was assassinated...by Carmine "Sonny" DiBiasi...
This is the true story of who really whacked Crazy Joey Gallo on that
fateful night of April 7, 1972.
