Raymond Wean

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Raymond J. Wean a.k.a. "Big Ray" (born c. 1935

Joe Massino and Dominick Napolitano.[1]

Biography

Raymond Wean was of

psychopath. He would have killed you and not batted an eye. But he was terrified of Joey (Massino)".[3]

FBI Special Agent

Joseph Pistone described Raymond as being a "tall, stocky, thick-handed guy". He never married, but maintained a relationship with a common-law wife. He suffered a heart attack in the 1970s and became afraid of dying in prison after being branded a three-time felon after his arrest in 1977. While he was sentenced to municipal jail in Manhattan his wife never received financial support from Joe Massino. FBI Special Agent Joseph Colgan and an assistant U.S. attorney testified before a special secret court hearing to lower Wean's $100,000 bail to $40,000 in exchange to testify. Ray's parents agreed and posted bail for him. He was an avid pool player and would compete with John Cersani and Dominick Napolitano at The Studio Lounge in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. While testifying against Massino he stated that he committed around "roughly 200 crimes".[2]
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Wean was arrested with Massino after conspiring to receive 225 cartons of merchandise stolen from an interstate shipment contained in a Hemingway Transport truck. Massino was tried for the

FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone and Wean, now an FBI informant, testified against him.[4]

Joe Massino was acquitted of the triple homicide and the conspiracies to murder Bonanno crime family mobster Joseph Pastore and

Shah of Iran in 1980. He and John Cersani were let into the townhouse at 29 Beekman Place passing themselves off as air conditioner delivery men. During the robbery, Ray was shot in the hand while struggling with the security guard.[5]

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8065-2874-8
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    ISBN 0-312-36181-5
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  3. Time magazine. March 29, 2004. Archived from the original
    on August 3, 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
  4. ^ Arnold H. Lubasch (June 4, 1987). "2 Win Unusual Acquittals In Mafia Racketeering Trial". New York Times. p. B3. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
  5. ^ Joyce Wadler (August 4, 1982). "Undercover FBI Agent Testifies Mob Assigned Him to Kill Rival Leader". Washington Post. p. A7. Retrieved October 28, 2011.

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