Enrico Ponzo, a crew member of a break-away faction of the Patriaca Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra led by powerhouse consigliere Joseph “J.R” Russo, Robert Carrozza and Vincent Ferrarra, ”The Animal”, “Vinny Nip”, was captured in Idaho after fleeing on drug charges in 1994. Ponzo was a triggeman in the attemted gangland hit on rival newly-minted New England Mafia boss Francis (Cadillac Frank) Salemme. Click here: Fugitive mobster found in Idaho – The Boston Globe
