{"id":149886,"date":"2020-12-17T17:37:09","date_gmt":"2020-12-17T22:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=149886"},"modified":"2020-12-17T17:37:09","modified_gmt":"2020-12-17T22:37:09","slug":"mobster-admits-he-assaulted-real-housewives-stars-boyfriend-in-exchange-for-discounted-wedding-reception","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/mobster-admits-he-assaulted-real-housewives-stars-boyfriend-in-exchange-for-discounted-wedding-reception\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobster Admits He Assaulted \u2018Real Housewives&#8217; Star&#8217;s Boyfriend In Exchange For Discounted Wedding Reception"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEWARK, N.J. \u2013 A soldier in the Lucchese Crime Family Wednesday admitted planning and carrying out an aggravated assault on the current husband of one of the former stars of the Bravo television show \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference to Count One of the indictment pending against him, charging him with committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity. The indictment also charges Thomas Manzo, 55, of Franklin Lakes, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p>In the spring of 2015, Manzo, one of the owners of the Brownstone Restaurant in Paterson, New Jersey, and the ex-husband of the former TV show star Dina Manzo, hired Perna to assault his ex-wife\u2019s new boyfriend (now husband) in exchange for a deeply discounted wedding reception to be held at Manzo\u2019s upscale Passaic County venue. Perna, who is a \u201cmade man\u201d in the Lucchese Crime Family, planned and carried out the assault on July 18, 2015, with the help of a member of his crew. Perna was armed with a \u201cslapjack\u201d during the assault. In exchange for committing the assault, Perna held a lavish wedding reception at Manzo\u2019s restaurant, just one month later, for a fraction of the price he would otherwise have paid. The reception was attended by over 330 guests, many of whom were members of the Lucchese Crime Family.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-149888\" src=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/best_crop_f25f87e9dec19131643e_john_perna.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/best_crop_f25f87e9dec19131643e_john_perna.jpg 745w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/best_crop_f25f87e9dec19131643e_john_perna-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/best_crop_f25f87e9dec19131643e_john_perna-696x921.jpg 696w, https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/best_crop_f25f87e9dec19131643e_john_perna-317x420.jpg 317w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The violent crime in aid of racketeering activity count carries a maximum potential penalty of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Sentencing is scheduled for April 28, 2021.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Attorney Carpenito credited special agents of the FBI, under the direction of Special Agent in Charge George M. Crouch Jr. in Newark, with the investigation leading to today\u2019s guilty plea.<\/p>\n<p>The government is represented by Senior Litigation Counsel V. Grady O\u2019Malley and Special Assistant U.S. Attorney Kendall Randolph of the U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office\u2019s Organized Crime and Gangs Unit in Newark.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWARK, N.J. \u2013 A soldier in the Lucchese Crime Family Wednesday admitted planning and carrying out an aggravated assault on the current husband of one of the former stars of the Bravo television show \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.&#8221; John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference to Count One [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5409,"featured_media":149887,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Mobster Admits He Assaulted \u2018Real Housewives&#039; Star&#039;s Boyfriend In Exchange For Discounted Wedding Reception - Breaking911<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/mobster-admits-he-assaulted-real-housewives-stars-boyfriend-in-exchange-for-discounted-wedding-reception\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mobster Admits He Assaulted \u2018Real Housewives&#039; Star&#039;s Boyfriend In Exchange For Discounted Wedding Reception - Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEWARK, N.J. \u2013 A soldier in the Lucchese Crime Family Wednesday admitted planning and carrying out an aggravated assault on the current husband of one of the former stars of the Bravo television show \u201cThe Real Housewives of New Jersey.&#8221; John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, pleaded guilty by videoconference to Count One [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/mobster-admits-he-assaulted-real-housewives-stars-boyfriend-in-exchange-for-discounted-wedding-reception\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Breaking911\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-17T22:37:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/fbce71a1-21f9-4e3a-a406-f5b5f43327c6-AP19203678783476.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1320\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"882\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"T. 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