Alleged Ramsey Mobster 'Papa Smurf' Accused of Running Trash Scam
A man who owned a waste transfer station in Hillsdale is facing nearly 200 years in prison for allegedly committing various crimes related to helping run a Mafia waste management ring in and around NYC
A reputed mobster and former Hillsdale business owner known as "Papa Smurf" was charged Wednesday in a widespread federal sweep targeting a mob-run conspiracy to control the trash-hauling industry in New York and New Jersey. Ramsey resident Carmine Franco, a 77-year-old Genovese Crime Family associate who had two prior convictions in connection with organized crime in the trash removal industry, was allegedly the ring leader of a scheme to control crooked waste management companies, law enforcement officials said Wednesday. Franco and a brother formerly owned the Sal Car transfer station in Hillsdale, which they later sold to Waste Management. Franco, who also goes by "Uncle Sonny," was one of 32 people in New York and New Jersey charged…
Barry Black
4:15 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013
It appears that Hillsdale changed their trash collection contractor----they must have made the mayor an offer he couldn't refuse! more ›