When it comes to career advice, no kid listens to their parents. That also goes for the offspring of mob bosses. Many send ...

Erie City Council President Mel Witherspoon stunned residents during a heated public meeting on Wednesday, July 16, by recounting how he once shot a man in the head—and walked free thanks to alleged ...

New Jersey State Police Superintendent Col. Pat Callahan speaks during a news conference announcing racketeering and other charges against 39 people including what said is a Lucchese crime family boss ...

This is getting whacked on a whole different level. John Alite, a former Gambino crime family enforcer-turned-mob turncoat now serving as a councilman in the sleepy New Jersey borough of Englishtown, ...

The FBI confirmed to NBC News that in October it searched a site of a former landfill in northern New Jersey for Hoffa's body, apparently based on a tip from the son of the landfill business partner ...

A sprawling illegal sports betting network with alleged ties to the Lucchese crime family, and involving student athletes, was taken down by the feds this week, leading to charges against 14 people in ...

With the arrest of 14 people on gambling charges in NJ, experts talk about why people choose illegal operations over legalized options.

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A high-ranking member of the Lucchese crime family, a town council member and more than three dozen others are facing racketeering and additional charges stemming from an illegal ...