Elderly Mobster Sent Back to Prison for Meeting With Gangster Pals

(Gambling911.com News Wire) – A Brooklyn federal judge has sentenced Jack Palazzolo, 77, to a year and a day behind bars after meeting with fellow mobsters when he was ordered not to as part of his probation arrangement. 

“The court is extremely concerned about the behavior that brings us to this day,” Judge Nicholas Garaufis said in a lecture to the geriatric mobster. “It’s rather astonishing that a person in your medical condition, Mr. Palazzolo, would be engaged in meeting with persons who are maybe involved in organized criminal activities.”

The New York Post reported that Palazzolo served 10 years in prison before his 2012 release. He was arrested in March for convening with several of his old cohorts in what the feds assert was a bid to take over a Queens Bonanno crew, an organized crime family who authorities allege have deep seeded roots in sports betting.

“Instead of your family taking care of you, you now have the United States Bureau of Prisons taking care of you,” the judge barked. – Jagajeet Chiba, Gambling911.com