Colombo family captains Theodore Persico, Jr., who was slated to become the crime family’s next boss, and Richard Ferrara also pleaded guilty to racketeering. Other defendants convicted of ...

Theodore “Skinny Teddy” Persico Jr., the nephew of notorious Colombo boss Carmine “The Snake” Persico,” pleaded guilty to racketeering in Brooklyn Federal Court for what will likely be a ...

Also pleading guilty earlier in the week to a racketeering charge was Theodore Persico Jr., 59, the nephew of the late crime family boss Carmine Persico, and considered by federal officials to be ...

Colombo captain Theodore Persico Jr., one of the late mob boss’s nephews, was also arrested, with court papers detailing plans for his rise to head of the family once the elderly Russo stepped down.

Persico was known to his friends as “Junior” and to his enemies as “The Snake.” He was born on Aug. 8, 1933, and grew up in the working class Brooklyn enclaves of Carroll Gardens and Red Hook.

Alleged Colombo crime family captains Theodore Persico, Jr., Richard Ferrara and Vincent Ricciardo are also charged with racketeering, along with soldier Michael Uvino and associates Thomas Costa ...

Persico, who wrote the letter to prepare the faithful for the release, as early as Tuesday, of the massive grand jury report, referred to the wide scope of the abuse crisis.