Amada Palma offers a profile
of veteran organized crime reporter and author George Anastasia in the Whit
Online, Rowan University’s campus newspaper,
It was a typical work day in
the office when George Anastasia received a collect call from prison asking if
he would accept.
Anastasia said he always
accepts these calls and this time, it was Sergio Battaglia calling. Battaglia
was calling to let him know that he had been cooperating with the FBI and
telling them everything he knew.
So, after he was convicted
and in jail, he called up Anastasia to let him know that some information was
going to come out about him.
“He said, ‘Back when you were
writing all this stuff, [John] Stanfa told me to get some hand grenades, find
out where you live and throw them in your window,’” Anastasia explained. “And
then he says to me, ‘But it was nothing personal,’ and I said ‘Sergio, I got a
wife and two kids. A hand grenade through the window is very personal.’”
You can read the rest of the
piece via the below link:
You can also read my
Philadelphia Inquirer review of George Anastasia’s Gotti's Rules below:
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