Louis Manna
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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. When Angelo Bruno, boss of the Philadelphia crime family, was murdered, the family's territory in New Jersey suddenly became open. Manna became the lead man 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 murdered boss Paul Castellano 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.
