Alphonse T. Persico, known as Little Allie Boy or just Allie Boy, is a former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s. He is not to be confused with his uncle of the same name, who was also a Colombo family mobster known as "Allie Boy", who died in 1989.
Born in New York, Alponse T. Persico grew up in South Brooklyn and Bensonhurst.
Persico's father is Carmine Persico, the imprisoned official boss of the Colombo family. A...
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Alphonse T. Persico, known as Little Allie Boy or just Allie Boy, is a former acting boss of the Colombo crime family from the 1980s and 1990s. He is not to be confused with his uncle of the same name, who was also a Colombo family mobster known as "Allie Boy", who died in 1989.
Born in New York, Alponse T. Persico grew up in South Brooklyn and Bensonhurst.
Persico's father is Carmine Persico, the imprisoned official boss of the Colombo family. Alphonse Persico's brother is Michael Persico, considered by federal prosecutors to also belong to the Colombo family. Alphonse Persico shared the same name with a uncle who died in 1989. Alphonse Persico was married to Teresa Persico.
Unlike some mafiosi, the young Alphonse Persico was a promising student who graduated from high school and was accepted into college. At St. John's University in New York, Persico contemplated going to law school. Instead, he quit St. John's after his sophomore year, presumably to work for his father. By his mid...
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