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Bayonne NJ, after spending over three decades behind bars, Louis “Bobby” Manna, the former Genovese crime family consigliere, has been granted early release from federal prison due to his failing health. Once a feared figure in North Jersey’s organized crime underworld, Manna, now 95, will live out his final days under strict house arrest in Bayonne, New Jersey.
From Mob Powerbroker to Compassionate Release
Manna was sentenced in 1989 to 80 years in prison for his role in racketeering, union corruption, and murder conspiracies. After serving 36 years, a federal judge approved his release last month, citing severe health complications, including:
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Lung cancer
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Chronic kidney disease
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Parkinson’s disease
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Multiple recurring infections
He is now under 24-hour GPS-monitored house arrest, with federal probation officers supervising his care.
A Mobster with a Violent Legacy
Once considered a powerful influence in the Genovese family’s New Jersey operations, Manna ran criminal activities across Hoboken and Jersey City during the 1970s and 1980s. His most infamous crimes include:
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Ordering the 1987 assassination of informant Irwin “The Fat Man” Schiff, who was gunned down in a Manhattan restaurant
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Conspiring to murder John Gotti and his brother Gene, leaders of the rival Gambino crime family
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Involvement in loansharking, illegal gambling, and labor racketeering
His conviction was largely based on FBI surveillance tapes captured inside a Hoboken restaurant, where Manna was recorded plotting murders and settling mob disputes.
Life After Prison: Strict House Arrest in Bayonne
Federal Judge Robert Kirsch, who approved the release, did not downplay the severity of Manna’s crimes. Describing them as “depraved,” the judge stressed that Manna’s decades-long sentence had already delivered a strong message about the cost of organized crime.
Manna will now live under the care of his stepson in Bayonne, with his movement highly restricted. Any violation of release conditions will send him back to prison.
Final Days for a Mobster Who Outlived the Mafia Era
Manna’s release marks the end of an era for New Jersey organized crime. He was one of the last high-ranking mob figures from the old guard of the American Mafia, operating during a time when La Cosa Nostra dominated illicit enterprises across the region.
As law enforcement cracked down and RICO statutes decimated Mafia families, Manna became a relic of a bygone criminal world—his influence long since faded, and now his freedom tightly controlled.
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Is he going to run for Mayor ?