Colombo boss Victor Orena - revisited

“I’m the boss. I’m going to fire you,” Victor Orena, 89, tells the prison staff at the dementia unit at Federal Medical Center Devens, a federal prison in Mass. Vic Orena is often too busy or important to deal with anybody else. Other days he orders everyone around like an overwrought mafioso. Orena was asked if he knew where he was. “This is a prison,” he said, brightly. “Why are you here?” “I don’t remember,” he frowned. “I don’t know.” Officials say 90% of the men in the unit don’t know what they did. Some of them don’t even know where they are. Some don't know who they are. Several of the men need help with the toilet and wear diapers. Ex-Colombo crime boss Victor Orena’s last appeal for compassionate release was shot down by a federal appeals court in 2022. The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals found no grounds for freeing the mob boss, insuring he will die behind bars.

Vittorio 'Little Vic' Orena is a New York mobster who became the acting boss of the Colombo crime family. A challenge by Orena to jailed boss Carmine Persico triggered one of the bloodiest Mafia wars in New York history. Orena is so stricken with Alzheimer's that he thinks he is president.

Persico died in prison in 2019.

The once greatly feared boss has advanced dementia, is wheelchair-bound, and can no longer care for himself. Orena has been in prison since 1992 after being sentenced to life plus 85 years. The Colombo conflict spiraled out of control in 1991. As the war progressed into 1992, Orena was convicted of murder and racketeering. By the end of 1992, the shooting war had ended and Persico remained in control of the Colombo family.

Luchese boss Vittorio 'Little Vic' Amuso begs for compassionate release - denied

Bloody former mob boss Vittorio 'Little Vic' Amuso will die in jail like many of his peers. Amuso deserved no mercy for his evil life.

Amuso was dubbed the 'The Deadly Don'

Vittorio 'Little Vic' Amuso, 88, a former boss of the Luchese crime family, says his health is falling apart in federal prison. His lawyers say the mobster is “staring down his mortality.” Amuso is the latest in a string of mafia figures who have applied for compassionate release under Trump's First Step Act of 2018.

Vittorio 'Vic' Amuso in a 1977 mugshot.

Amuso was convicted in 1992 of murder and racketeering. He was linked to nine murders and three attempted killings.

Michael 'Big Mike' DeSantis, Matthew 'Matty' Madonna.

Vittorio Amuso sent a coded letter from jail to underboss Steven 'Stevie Wonder' Crea in 2017. Brooklyn Luchese wiseguy Michael 'Big Mike' DeSantis was to take the reins of acting boss from Matthew 'Matty' Madonna. Madonna, 83, agreed to step aside, averting a blood bath. In the late 1980s and early ’90s more than a dozen Luchese members were murdered in a power struggle. Boss Vic Amuso and his top lieutenant, Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso, carried out many murders.

See ----->Anthony 'Gaspipe' Casso

Thomas ‘Bomber’ Kavanagh turns rat = buggered

Kinahan boss Thomas ‘Bomber' Kavanagh aimed to get a reduced jail term for giving guardia a gun stash. He gave up the location of 11 weapons and expected leniant treatment. The weapons were three handguns, four machine guns, a rifle and three machine pistols. Unfortunately the UK’s National Crime Agency went ahead and charged him with a series of firearms offences. Although he's caged, he could be hit with another twenty years if convicted on the firearms offences.

See ----->US sanctions Kinahan Cartel

OPP make $8m drug and weapons bust

OPP have seized $8 million worth of drugs and firearms and charged 23, including three that were in jail. Search warrants were executed at 14 locations across Ontario. 23 accused are facing 387 charges. 29 firearms, 12 kilograms of fentanyl, 25.25 kilograms of cocaine, five kilograms of crystal meth, over 260,000 meth tablets, $289,297 CAD, $1,562 USD, and 10 vehicles were seized.

Xaviar Babudar, 'ChiefsAholic' on the run no more

Xaviar Michael Babudar, ChiefsAholic, made his first federal court appearance in Kansas City last week. The serial bank robber was lassoed in California in July.

Xaviar Babudar, better known as "ChiefsAholic," is on the run after cutting off his ankle monitor after charges stemming from a December 2022 bank robbery in Oklahoma. He failed to show up for the court hearing and now has a $1-million bond warrant issued against him. Babudar had been a regular attendee at Chiefs games for years and routinely wears a gray wolf costume.

Sniper 101 - medulla oblongata

Snipers take head shots to ensure an instant kill. Snipers are trained to aim for the medulla oblongata to sever the spine from the brain.

Snipers refer to the 'T area' of the face, a hit there seals the deal.

The medulla oblongata houses the brain stem which is responsible for organs functioning automatically, the heart, lungs, and central nervous system.

Rapper Lil Sodi dies in car accident

Lil Sodi, real name Madsodi Simpson, was a Los Angeles-based rapper. He was a member of the street gang Eight Tray Gangster Crips also known as 83 Gangster Crips or Eight Tray Gangsters.

Fentanyl dealer Chad Hubick pulls 4 years

Chad Hubick, 48, is off to the big house for dealing fentanyl. Hubick was arrested in his high-end Vancouver hotel on July 2, 2020. He preyed on addicts in the DTES, selling fentanyl and meth. The VPD lassoed the K9 in 'Project Bankroll'. Cops landed $50k worth of fentanyl, $16k worth of meth, and $10k in cash. Hubick said that he lost his job because of COVID-19 and sold fentanyl to make ends meet. Riiiiight.

Mob boss Vincenzo La Porta not celebrating Napoli victory now

Fugitive Italian mob boss Vincenzo La Porta, 60, was caught by cops after he was spotted celebrating his football team’s win.

The image showed a group revelling in victory from a restaurant on the Greek island of Corfu, with La Porta holding a blue and white scarf. La Porta is associated with the Naples-based Camorra. He was later stopped while riding his scooter.

La Porta had been on the run for 11 years before being seen in a photo of Napoli fans celebrating the side's Serie A title – the first in 33 years.

Richard Kurt Giebelhaus busted for illegal gaming

Richard Kurt Giebelhaus, 58, was arrested in March 2021 in connection with an investigation into illegal gaming inside the Revs building at 5502 Lougheed Hwy in Burnaby. Gang cops nailed Giebelhaus with keeping “a common gaming house” between July 10, 2019 to Aug. 26, 2021. CFSEU seized poker tables, slot machines, cash, poker chips, playing cards and other things.

Machete attack in Edmonton - Bobby-James Lavallee

Bobby-James Lavallee of Prince George is facing one count of attempted murder, four counts of aggravated assault, and a smorgasborg of other charges. Cops answered a 4 a.m. call at a home near 118 Avenue and 38 Street. They found two females and one male with extensive, life-threatening injuries. They discovered another male suffering from a serious stab wound inside a nearby vehicle.

Cops are looking for the weapon. It is a 'kukri' style machete.

Car theft in GTA - beware of Peacocks

Cops released a video showing a violent car theft in Caledon involving a suspect wanted for several similar incidents in Peel. The 28-second clip of the May 15 incident in the Mayfield Area captures Calvin Peacock, 39, stealing a car.

Hells Angels gear at Haney Hawgs

Folks may wish to explore their biker side with a trip fantastic through the many offerings at https://haneyhawgs.com/. Last I heard one won't be carted off to jail for wearing HA gear in public but if one chooses to display gear without having a gang affiliation it may be frowned upon in some places. Affiliate gang gear may be banned in some bars. Biker wannabes best not be expecting to see the 'Death Head' for sale. Wear that in public when not a member and one invites an instant beatdown.

DB Services - 3rd world criminal builder - Bankrupt

The trustee has received 45 unsecured claims totalling about $12.3m. Under a best-case scenario, $126,019 would be available to unsecured creditors while any other senario returns zero.

Margaret McKay

DB Services of Victoria Inc., the builder of the fraudjob 11-storey RidgeView Place (formerly Danbrook One) in Langford has filed for bankruptcy. 147 unsecured creditors are stiffed for more than $51m says Margaret McKay. Investigation by Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia found the structural engineer on the project, Brian McClure, was not qualified and negligent. Danbrook One did not meet the building code, and the structural design included many deficiencies. No independent reviews of the building’s design were done before construction. Theodore Sorensen and Brian McClure are no longer engineers.

Matthew McKay

Owners of the vacant Danbrook One apartment building in Langford are suing the seller, builder, engineer and City of Langford for damages they claim were caused by negligence. The new building was evacuated days before Christmas 2019 and deemed too dangerous for habitation. Centurion Apartment Properties bought the 90 unit building in August 2019. Sorensen Trilogy Engineering (Brian McClure) was the structural engineer on the project. Design Build Services (DB Services) designed and built the property. They say Centurion should have done more due diligence, the idiots.

Brian@sorensentrilogy.ca

Long time Langford ex-Mayor Stew Young accepted no blame, naturally.

Remediation is said to be a minimum of $1m with Centurion losing $200k per month in lost rents. 28 serious concerns were outlined by Read Jones Christoffersen Limited Consulting Engineers (RJC). The building is not evenly supported enough to distribute weight to the foundation. This manner of grotesque issue ought never have happened. The remaining residents of Danbrook One were ordered out by the owner, Centurion Property Associates Inc. The letter states residents must “freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers and hazards and possibility of personal injury, death, property damage, expense and related loss, including loss of income or property.” There are multiple building code deficiencies, in addition to the lateral system load. The building, when being constructed, was listed for sale at $37,970,000.

An engineer alleged in court that he believed the designs were copied from drawings his firm made for another building in Victoria.

Shores have been installed on the second and third floors of Danbrook One. It appears the structure lacks multiple load bearing columns. The cost savings of NOT providing these columns would be large. A great deal of labor, concrete and steel reinforcement would not need to be paid for, with a corresponding direct increase to bottom line profitability. The temporary shores can only address concerns involving the gravity system. The lateral system load, if an earthquake shakes the structure, requires a far more extensive fix, one that shores alone cannot provide. A retrofit of that nature would be another never seen in this lifetime. This operation specializes in rental buildings, meaning quality in their shit construction doesn't need to exist.

Residents are being told to get out after the city received a report confirming major structural issues that represent a risk to tenants. On Dec. 3, the city received a notice from Engineering and Geoscientists BC about an investigation into violations of the building code by one of it's members.

Contractor was Victoria Construction. owen@victoria.construction. Owen Kelly.

Only through crime could the checks and balances in B.C.'s building trade be thwarted.

Concerns were proven valid. The city revoked the building's occupancy permit. There are deficiencies in the building’s structural design and its as-built structure. The builder is DB Services, owned by Matthew McKay, partner with his mother Margaret McKay and with Gary Lahnsteiner. There are some dozen odd buildings built by DB Services around Langford and each needs an independent engineering report to determine the potential for danger. The city has already found issues in another DB Services rental property. Your author has building experience, including site management. NEVER have I witnessed anything remotely close to this offense. The moral culpability of endangering people's lives is jaw dropping.

See ----->Owen Patrick Kelly - Victoria Construction - Danbrook One
See ----->Langford Mayor Stew Young