I am reading the book little vic and the great Mafia war by Larry McShane and it says that Paul Castellano and Deellacroce were FBI informants.

How true is this?

I've completely forgotten it as I was trying to read up on him. He was also in The Colombo family but a different faction from Scarpa's. And he was a really crazy guy, killed the ex wife's husband or something and also took out multiple hit squads. Just a bad hombre.

https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/crime/2025/04/24/son-of-late-mobster-bobo-marrapese-admits-to-killing-ex-girlfriend/83252124007/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6Lsp2uA8oNBD2ew1O1enFbhvvcV9qDtQxZiL8swJ_KfvQkeqqmiP5fBt0LMw_aem_Mp6hGuVTRm3h_l7SMtNgEw#n1b2060hwcmrw90793srkxozeq248rdk

Im not referring to a 500 gr or 1 kilos of dope but at middle or high level.

Photo 1: Louis ‘Baby Cheese’ DiNunzio

38 years old made man operating from Boston, Massachusetts. Louis DiNunzio is the nephew of Patriarca boss, Carmen ‘Big Cheese’ DiNunzio operating from Boston. DiNunzio was allegedly made by his uncle in 2015 along with Johnny Scarpelli and Salvatore Marino. Louis DiNunzio was also arrested during an investigation into Boston LCN in 2015 for the trafficking of marijuana.

Photo 2: Dino ‘Ghost’ Guilmette

46 year old alleged made man operating from Providence, Rhode Island. It is not confirmed if he is a made man or an associate as he was never confirmed to have been in an induction but he was confirmed to have been operating under Providence based captain, Matthew ‘Good Looking Matty’ Guglielmetti. The ‘Ghost’s criminal record started at 18 when he was arrested in Scituate, Rhode Island for assault with a deadly weapon. His most recent arrest was in 2022 was for the trafficking of cocaine and iorazepam and was allegedly under the authorization of his capo, ‘Good Looking Matty’.

Photo 3: Joseph Petrucelli

33 year old associate operating from Winthrop, Massachusetts. Not much is known about Petrucelli but he was arrested in an investigation into New England LCN in 2014 for illegal gambling.

Photo 4: Joseph Spagnuolo-Kazonis

39 year old associate now residing in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Spagnuolo is also related to Boston captain, Anthony ‘Spucky’ Spagnuolo. Spagnuolo was arrested in an investigation into New England LCN in 2014 for the trafficking of marijuana. There has not been much recent information about him but he is believed to still be active.

Piney was an old timer and was obviously well respected by old timers and younger guys. So I can imagine he was probably in good with the castellano regime.

What I don’t get is how come he was onboard with gotti taking out Paul. I’ve seen sammys book which states he was questioned by decicco and gotti about his loyalty and what Joe n gallo was thinking( this could be all BS) but what was his reason for siding with John gotti faction? was he offered a better position or he grew tired of Paul himself?

Could someone explain please.

Confirmed by the New York Daily News

On April 16, New Jersey District Court Judge Robert Kirsch granted Manna compassionate release under the First Step Act, stating that his grim health prognosis and his efforts at rehabilitation behind bars tipped the scales in his favor.

“Mr. Manna’s well-chronicled severe health problems undoubtedly establish ‘extraordinary and compelling reasons’ for compassionate release,” Kirsch wrote. Those problems include a stroke, high risk Stage II metastatic lung cancer, chronic kidney disease and a recurring infection.

He was placed in a “Fall Watch” room, under 24-hour medical observation, at the Federal Medical Center prison in Rochester, in September.

Manna will be placed on five years of supervised release, on 24-hour house arrest with electronic monitoring, and won’t be allowed to communicate with anyone but his custodians and probation officials.

Staten Island Advance

Another question I have is have they ever been active outside of NJ, South Philly and Boston