Carmine "The Snake" Persico, the unpredictable boss of one of the nation's most powerful Mafia families, died Thursday in a North Carolina prison, The New York Times reported. He was 85. Persico's ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. NEW YORK (AP) — The longtime boss of the infamous Colombo crime family, Carmine "the Snake" Persico, has died at the age of 85.

Feb. 27—WILKES-BARRE — A Carbon County judge on Tuesday sentenced Shavertown attorney Joseph Persico to 3 to 6 years in state prison, but he will remain free on bail pending the outcome of ...

NEW YORK -- Legendary mob boss Carmine "The Snake" Persico, the last surviving member of New York City's Commission, has died after a long stint in federal prison. He was 85. The death was confirmed ...

The infamous Colombo crime family boss Carmine 'The Snake' Perisco was a 'Top Echelon Informant', according to newly released court documents. Perisco's name appeared on a Government document, dated ...

Joseph E. Persico, a historian and biographer whose books on subjects ranging from the Nuremberg trials to the life of Gen. Colin Powell combined dogged research with a novelist’s narrative skills, ...