John Franzese Jr. was placed in the federal Witness Protection program after breaking the Mafia’s code of silence and testifying against his father, the Colombo mob chieftain John (Sonny) Franzese.

The Brooklyn U.S. Attorney’s office is opposing 99-year-old Colombo mobster John Franzese’s request for an early release from prison because of his advanced age and medical issues. Franzese, former ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — By 2019, Sonny Franzese was out of prison and living in a nursing home. He was 102 years old and his health was declining. Meanwhile in Indianapolis, his son John Franzese leaned ...

The son of Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese admitted Thursday he sold his father out for $50,000. John Franzese also revealed on the stand that his FBI code name was “Annual Report” as his ...

To prosecutors it was damning evidence. To Sonny, it was a snooze. Creaky Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese took a several-minute siesta on Wednesday while the feds played tapes – secretly made ...

He came into the courthouse in a wheelchair, but 93-year-old Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese left in a prison van. Franzese, dubbed The Nodfather for snoozing during the three-week ...

The last standup mafioso and his son were having quality time when the son recounted seeing a tough guy named Albert Gallo berating a minion. “It was horrible, dad,” said the son, John Franzese Jr.

Denyce Franzese knew her husband was a skunk, but she was shocked to discover he’s a mob rat, too. The California woman last saw John Franzese Jr. nearly four years ago, when he vanished from their ...

Colombo crime family underboss John 'Sonny' Franzese Sr has passed away at the age of 103. Franzese passed away due to natural causes on February 20 in a nursing home in upstate New York with one of ...

A former No. 2 in the Colombo crime family who served 50 years in prison for refusing to rat on his partners is speaking out on Wednesday - nearly two years after he was released from federal prison ...