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 ...

Legendary New York mobster John “Sonny” Franzese, the former underboss of the Colombo Crime Family, has died at 103, according to TMZ. As a younger man, according to Mafia lore, Franzese was a big ...

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 ...

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 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.

Family divisions are resurfacing in the run-up to Friday's scheduled sentencing of mob legend John "Sonny" Franzese, the former Colombo family underboss from Roslyn who was Long Island's most infamous ...

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 nation's oldest federal prisoner is about to go free. 100-year-old Colombo crime family underboss John Franzese is scheduled for release on June 25. "Sonny," as he is known in New York gangland ...

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 ...

Legendary Colombo underboss John (Sonny) Franzese, who turned murder into an art form and whose name made foes shudder in fear, is about to get the biggest double cross of his life. While he’s ...

John Franzese Jr. helped send his father, notorious Colombo family mobster John "Sonny" Franzese to prison. Witness protection brought the son — now Mat Pazzarelli — to Indianapolis, where he still ...