No breaks for mob kid
A BROOKLYN federal judge isn’t cutting the son of a notorious mob boss any slack.
A month after Judge Dora Irizarry hit Michael Persico (photo) with a five-year sentence for his loansharking conviction — exceeding the approximately three years suggested by federal guidelines — the Daily News has learned she’s refused to let Persico stay out on bail during his appeal.
The judge said Persico, 60, has to report to prison on Oct. 20 — which could make for a family reunion on the inside.
Persico’s 84-year-old pops, Colombo boss Carmine (The Snake) Persico, is locked up on a 139-year sentence.
Meanwhile, Persico’s brother, Alphonse (Allie Boy) Persico, the one-time acting boss, is serving a life term.
Prosecutors opposed Persico’s efforts to stay out pending his appeal. He’s been out on $5 million bond since 2010, court records show.
When Irizarry tossed Persico’s bail bid last week, part of her reasoning was that Persico “poses a danger to the community.”
His conviction for extortion qualified as a “crime of violence,” the judge noted.
Irizarry also cited Persico’s role in uncharged crimes — top among them, his alleged connection to a 1993 whack in a bloody power struggle within the crime family.
In the runup to sentencing, a Colombo turncoat said Persico helped with weapons and told him that someone had a lead on mob underboss Joseph Scopo’s whereabouts.
In July, when Irizarry sentenced Persico for his 2012 guilty plea, she said the slaying of 47-year-old Scopo was “part of protecting your family and your family’s role with the Colombo crime family.”
Irizarry also noted the rubout in her recent decision.
She said the court concluded that Persico, in addition to the loansharking, “directed the commission of and participated in a murder.” One of Persico’s lawyers, Sarita Kedia, said her client would be fighting the bail decision shortly in the 2nd Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Kedia said Persico “unquestionably has substantial issues on appeal and should remain at liberty until they are decided.” Alphonse Persico is locked up at a mediumsecurity federal correctional institution in Lewis Run, Pa. Carmine Persico is housed at a medium-security federal correctional institution in Butner, N.C.