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Greenpoint’s Notorious Sonny Franseze Released from Prison at Age 100

by Geoff CobbJuly 12, 2017July 10, 2017

The reputed local crime boss, John “Sonny” Franzese was recently released from the Federal Medical Center in Devens, Massachusetts. The hundred-year-old reputed member of the Colombo crime family had been […]

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Greenpoint’s Most Famous Reputed Living Gangster Turns One Hundred Years Old

by Geoff CobbFebruary 22, 2017February 22, 2017

John “Sonny” Franzese turned 100 in federal prison on February 6, 2017. Franzese, from Leonard Street, is the oldest inmate in the Federal Prison system and was denied compassionate release last […]



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