Louis Manna

Louis Manna

Louis "Bobby" Manna (b. December 2, 1929), is a New Jersey mobster and former consigliere of the Genovese crime family.

Manna was a close associate of family boss Vincent "the Chin" Gigante; he rented an apartment in Greenwich Village, New York to be close to Gigante's headquarters at the Triangle Social Club. However, Manna's power base was in New Jersey. He supervised four caporegimes while also serving as consigliere. His headquarters was Casella's restaurant in Hoboken, New Jersey. with the March 1981 murder of Angelo Bruno, boss of the Philadelphia crime family, the family's territory in New Jersey suddenly became open. Manna became the lead man for the Genovese family in discussions with the Gambino crime family on how to equitably divide up that area.

In 1987, Manna because pushing the Genovese family to murder John Gotti, the new boss of the Gambino family. A Gambino capo, Gotti had arranged the murder of Gambino boss Paul Castellano in 1985 and taken control of the Gambino family without the approval of the other four New York crime families. Manna was especially unhappy about Gotti's unsanctioned coup against Castellano. In addition, Gotti wanted to take the lucrative South Jersey holdings that used to belong to the Philadelphia family and leave the less desirable North Jersey territory to the Genovese family.

Unfortunately for Manna, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had bugged Casella's and was listening to Manna's conversations about killing Gotti. Following Bureau policy, they notified Gotti about the planned hit and gave their evidence to prosecutors. In 1990, Manna was convicted of racketeering and conspiring to murder Gotti and his brother, Gene Gotti. As of April 2008, Manna is incarcerated in the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Fairton in New Jersey. His projected release date is February 20, 2056, effectively life without parole.

External links

* [http://www.mafianj.com/sci89/genovesegigante.shtml La Cosa Nostra – State of New Jersey Commission of Investigation 1989 Report The Genovese/Gigante Family]
* [http://kiss206756.tripod.com/genovesecrimefamily/id4.html Power line from boss to soldier Genovese family]
* [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/LocateInmate.jsp Federal Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator Website]


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