Vincent Perino (Gambino)

 

V. Perino

Vincent 'Yumpie' Perino was a member of the Gambino Family.

Perino was born August 16, 1918 in NYC to Giuseppe Perino (44y) and Caterina Surace (37y). Both parents born in Italy.

At the time of birth the family were residing at 143 Mulberry St in Manhattan.

Older brother Anthony Perino was a professional prize-fighter boxing under the name 'Andy Thomas'.

Brother Rocco 'Burry' Perino (1915-1987) was a possible member of the Genovese Family.

On February 6, 1923 Anthony (21y) died of brain hemorrhage, collapsing in the ring after fighting eleven rounds.

Sister Giovanna 'Jennie' Perino married future Gambino Capodecina Vincent Corrao in 1930. Jennie's sons Augustus and Joseph became members of the Gambino Family in the 1970s.

Married Isabela Pompeo on October 9, 1937. Pompeo was the daughter of Michael Pompeo and Maria Cicero. Nine months later son Joseph was born.

By 1940 resided at 141 Mulberry St. The building would later on house Cafe Biondo, owned by nephew Joseph 'Joe Butch' Corrao.

On September 27, 1943 arrested by the FBI for hi-jacking a truckload of liquor at a Eastside garage. Arrested with Perino was John 'Lefty' Paretti, John Mondo, Francis Smith and Richard Commerford. FBI agents used covert film cameras as evidence gathering and the could arrest the men before they were able to leave the garage. On May 18, 1944 Perino was sentenced to an indefinite prison term at Elmira Reformatory. The judge concluded that Perino knew about other hijackings but refused to cooperate with law enforcement. Perino had been released by 1950.

By 1950 resided at 139 Mulberry St. Neighbours included Michael Catalano, a Gambino Family Soldier the same age as Perino who was an inducted member by the late 1950s. Catalano was a close associate of Underboss Neil Dellacroce. Another neighbor at 139 Mulberry St was future Genovese Family Soldier Frank Catenaccio (1939-2010).

On April 3, 1958 photographed by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics (FBN). That year Rocco Perino's daughter Cathrine married Dominick 'Cookie Dom' Alongi, a member of the Genovese Family who would be identified by FBI CW Salvatore Gravano as the Genovese Family Consigliere in the late 1970s.

By the late-1950s he was an inducted member of the Gambino Family.

On June 23, 1972 CW Joseph 'Joe Fish' Luparelli, a former Colombo Associate, was extensively interviewed by the FBI while in custody. Shown a photograph dated April 3, 1958 he made the following comments: "The individual listed as Vincent P is known to [Redacted] as Vincent Perino, who was a "made guy" in the Genovese "Family" but is now dead."

 

Luparelli is possibly confusing Perino's Family affiliation with his brother Rocco Perino's affiliation with the Genovese Family.

In March, 1971, son Joseph 'Joe the Bull' Perino (32y) was convicted of Criminal Possession of a Dangerous Drug in the First Degree, a Class A drug felony and sentenced to a term of from twenty years to life. Sentence mostly served in Green Haven State prison.

Perino was granted more than forty outside trips as well as at least ten unescorted leaves of absence, some of which lasted two days. Bribes were suspected. Trips included visits to his wife, his girlfriend, his favorite Little Italy restaurant and to a close friend; Dominick Montemarano, a future Member of the Colombo Family.

On behalf of his friend 'Joe the Bull' Perino, Montemarano provided officers with theatre tickets to the now defunct Westchester Premiere Theatre. Additionally, baked goods were given to officers from a bakery either owned or controlled by Montemarano.

Joseph Perino's record included earlier arrests for policy, bookmaking and conspiracy to forge United States Savings Bonds. While an inmate at Green Haven he suffered a heart attack in the Parole Clothing Room and died there on August 25, 1977.

By 1959 Vincent Perino was living separately from wife in an apartment on Cropsey Ave in Brooklyn. On May 27, 1959, while on the phone with one girlfriend he was stabbed to death by another girlfriend.