In 1990, the government transferred Persico to what was then the United States Penitentiary in Lompoc, California. There he established an Italian Cultural Club for the inmates. He socialized with people such as Patriarca family consigliere Joseph Russo and Lucchese family associate Anthony Senter. Persico formed the "Lompoc Four", a band in which Russo played guitar and Persico played drums. [56] Cohen, Stephanie (October 13, 2006). "Capo: Gotti Sr. Ignited a War". New York Post . Retrieved October 15, 2011. In 1957, Persico allegedly participated in the murder of Albert Anastasia, the former leader of Murder, Inc. and the boss of what was then the Anastasia family. Anastasia's underboss Carlo Gambino wanted control of the family and conspired with his allies, Genovese family boss Vito Genovese and Profaci boss Joe Profaci, to kill Anastasia. Profaci allegedly gave the job to Persico and the Gallo brothers. [5]

Persico, 73, was accused of driving home drunk from a Villanova University basketball game, heading the wrong way on the Northeast Extension of the Pennsylvania Turnpike on Nov. 6, 2018. To be sure, Perisico is not neutral on these questions; he does take sides. However, he does so adroitly; readers never feel they’re being convinced of something, so much as given short, concise answers to these quandaries. But, you know what? I’m still going to claim that “Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial,” is the best book you can read about the International Military Tribunal, because I almost can’t conceive of a better book on the subject. Now in its 25th year of publication, Persico’s book is a cornucopia of interesting factoids and observations about World War II, and the post-WWII world. It renders technical legal concepts palatable to the layman, and it’s a near-perfect combination of exhaustive research and a suspenseful narrative that can read like a thriller. a b Raab, Selwyn (2005). Five Families: the Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful Mafia Empires. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. pp. 321. ISBN 978-0-312-30094-4. 0312300948.In November 2001, he published Roosevelt's Secret War: FDR and World War II Espionage and in 2004, Eleventh Month, Eleventh Day, Eleventh Hour: Armistice Day, 1918, World War I and Its Violent Climax. [1] I wanted to say that Joseph E. Persico’s “Nuremberg: Infamy on Trial” (1994) is the best book you can read on Nuremberg, but I realized I couldn’t truthfully make that claim unless I’d read every book in print about Nuremberg (to say nothing of the countless out-of-print and foreign titles probably unobtainable and lost to time).

Sullivan, John (October 25, 2007). "Crime Bosses Considered Hit on Giuliani". The New York Times . Retrieved October 19, 2011.a b Capeci, Jerry (September 29, 1996). "Doin' Hard Time Gangster Style". The New York Daily News . Retrieved October 13, 2011. Federal Government's Use of Trusteeships Under the RICO Statute. Vol.4. United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations. 1989. After the Colombo shooting, underboss Joseph Yacovelli assumed the role of acting boss. Looking for revenge, Albert Gallo sent a gunman from Las Vegas to the Neapolitan Noodle restaurant in Manhattan, where Yacovelli, Alphonse Persico, and Gennaro Langella were dining one day. However, the gunman did not recognize the mobsters and shot four innocent diners instead, killing two of them. [24] After this assassination attempt, Yacovelli fled New York, leaving Persico as the new boss, [25] [26] with Perisco himself coordinating the suppression of the Gallos. [27] On April 7, 1972, Joey Gallo was shot and killed by Persico gunmen as he was celebrating his birthday at Umberto's Clam House in Manhattan's Little Italy. [28] Persico regime [ edit ] Prison [ edit ] FBI Wanted Poster of Carmine's brother Alphonse Persico which was issued on April 26, 1983 The Miscarriage of Justice Association, (Mojo) are releasing 15 balloons, one to mark each year of his imprisonment. The case against Persico alleged his blood-alcohol level was nearly three times the legal limit when he drove his Audi sedan from the southbound lanes of the Pennsylvania Turnpike onto the northbound lanes near the Mahoning Valley exit on Nov. 6, 2018, striking a Honda Civic and killing the driver, Scranton resident Paul Gerrity, 50.