Being the informational leaky sieve that it is, America has blessed us with indictment documents of the 127 New York mobsters who were nicked on the good side of the weekend. The scale of this bust is huge – the largest ever, in fact.
16 indictments have been filed, and with every one of the major New York Crime families suffering significant casualties at the hands of the pigs, the toll of the bell must surely be ringing loud and clear in the ears of La Cosa Nostra.
But you know all of this already. We have better news for you. We all secretly suspected – hoped above all hopes, perhaps – that the names of the 127 indicted gangsters would be worth a double take. Our hope has not been in vain. But we could never have known just how deliciously evil/cheesy/sublime the nicknames of these goodfellas were.
We’ve skimmed through all 16 of the documents, and lifted the best of the nicknames.
Here they are, in no particular order. Check them out.
1. Anthony Cavezza – Tony Bagels
2. Stephen Depiro – Beach
3. Albert Cernadas – The Bull
4. Vincent Aulisi – The Vet
5. Anthony Alfano – Brooklyn
6. John Hartmann – Lumpy; Fatty; Fats
7. Vincent Dragonetti – Vinny; Skinny; Mike; Mikey; Marbles
8. Anthony Licata – Cheeks; Anthony Firehawk; Anthony Nighthawk; Nighthawk; Firehawk
9. William Scotto – Big Billy
10. John Porcello – Johnny Pizza
11. Bartolomeo Vernace – Bobby Glasses
12. Vito Cortesiano – Vito Love
13. Anthony Vaglica – Bosch
14. Luigi “Louie” Manocchio – Baby Shacks; The Old Man; The Professor
15. Vincenzo Frogiero – Vinny Carwash
16. Frank Bellantoni – Meatball
17. Christopher Reynolds – Burger
18. Michael Russo – Mush
19. Anthino Russo – Hootie
20. John Brancaccio – Johnny Bandana
21. Michael Kuhtenia – Jello
22. John Azzarelli – Johnny Cash
23. Joseph Carna – Junior Lollipops
24. Benjamin Castellazzo – The Claw; The Fang
25. Dennis Delucia – Fat Dennis; Little Dennis; The Beard
26. Giussepe Destefano – Pooch
27. Anthony Durso – Baby Fat Larry
28. Vincent Febbaro – Jimmy Gooch
29. Theodore Persico JR. – The Kid
30. Jack Rizzocascio – Jack the Whack
[Source : WNYC]
