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Louis Anthony "Bobby" Manna (born December 2, 1929, in Hoboken, New Jersey), is an American mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family operating with the family's New Jersey faction.
Between August 1987 and January 1988, the Federal Bureau of Investigation recorded 12 conversations in which Manna and other Genovese mobsters discussed murdering John Gotti, Gene Gotti, and New York contractor Irwin Schiff. While discussing the John Gotti murder, Manna advised the hitman to wear a disguise as the target area was fairly open. On August 8, 1987, Schiff was shot in the head while dining in a Manhattan restaurant. Manna was later indicted and on June 26, 1989, Manna was convicted of conspiring to murder John Gotti, Gene Gotti, and Irwin Schiff in aid of racketeering. On September 26, 1989, Judge Maryanne Trump-Barry sentenced Manna to 80 years in federal prison.
It was revealed by the FBI in 2004 that prior to Manna's sentencing he was involved in a murder plot of Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, the United States Attorney Samuel A. Alito and Chief Prosecutor Michael Chertoff.
In December 2020, the 91-year old Manna requested compassionate release, but was denied. He was denied release again in November 2021.
As of December 2021, Manna is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in
La Cosa Nostra – State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation 1989 Report The Genovese/Gigante Family
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Genovese family
Manna was a close associate of family boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante; he rented an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York to be close to Gigante's headquarters at theTriangle Social Club
Vincent Louis Gigante (; March 28, 1928 – December 19, 2005), also known as "The Chin", was an American mobster who was boss of the Genovese crime family in New York City from 1981 to 2005. Gigante started out as a professional boxer who fough ...
. However, Manna's power base was in New Jersey. He is the brother-in-law of Genovese crime family mob associate Gerald Dirazzo. He supervised four caporegimes while also serving as consigliere. He ran his personal criminal operations out of an Italian eatery called Casella's at 615 First Street in Hoboken, New Jersey. Manna became the lead man for the Genovese family in discussions with the Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Ame ...
on how to equitably divide up that area.
Gambino family
In 1987, Manna began pushing the Genovese family to murderJohn Gotti
John Joseph Gotti Jr.Capeci, Mustain (1996), pp. 25–26 (, ; October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002) was an American gangster and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. He ordered and helped to orchestrate the murder of Gambino boss ...
, the new boss of the Gambino family.Raab, pp. 407–409 A Gambino capo, Gotti had arranged the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in 1985 and taken control of the Gambino family without the approval of The Commission. Manna was especially unhappy about Gotti's unsanctioned coup against Castellano. In addition, Gotti wanted to take the lucrative South Jersey
South Jersey comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of New Jersey located between the lower Delaware River and the Atlantic Ocean. The designation of South Jersey with a distinct toponym is a colloquialism rather than an administrative ...
holdings that used to belong to the Philadelphia crime family and leave the less desirable North Jersey territory to the Genovese family.
Conviction
Between August 1987 and January 1988, the Federal Bureau of Investigation recorded 12 conversations in which Manna and other Genovese mobsters discussed murdering John Gotti, Gene Gotti, and New York contractor Irwin Schiff. While discussing the John Gotti murder, Manna advised the hitman to wear a disguise as the target area was fairly open. On August 8, 1987, Schiff was shot in the head while dining in a Manhattan restaurant. Manna was later indicted and on June 26, 1989, Manna was convicted of conspiring to murder John Gotti, Gene Gotti, and Irwin Schiff in aid of racketeering. On September 26, 1989, Judge Maryanne Trump-Barry sentenced Manna to 80 years in federal prison.
It was revealed by the FBI in 2004 that prior to Manna's sentencing he was involved in a murder plot of Judge Maryanne Trump Barry, the United States Attorney Samuel A. Alito and Chief Prosecutor Michael Chertoff.
In December 2020, the 91-year old Manna requested compassionate release, but was denied. He was denied release again in November 2021.
As of December 2021, Manna is incarcerated at the Federal Medical Center (FMC) in Rochester, Minnesota
Rochester is a city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Olmsted County. Located on rolling bluffs on the Zumbro River's south fork in Southeast Minnesota, the city is the home and birthplace of the renowned Mayo Clinic.
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. His projected release date is November 7, 2054.
References
External links
La Cosa Nostra – State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation 1989 Report The Genovese/Gigante Family
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