Persico

Contacted by Gang Land, Pellegrino, an actor who played an FBI agent in The Sopranos, declined to talk about Urgitano, Persico, or anything else for that matter.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

At the time the letter was written, according to state prison records, Persico was in one state prison doing time for his 1988 drug rap and Urgitano was in another, serving time for the slaying of a drug dealer in a park across the street from Rao's.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

Seems that one evening, while Marcus was dining at Rao's with Persico, Skinny Teddy's old jailhouse buddy, Joey Cupcake, who was released from state prison in 2007 and claims to be a relative of the owners, Frank Pellegrino and Ronald Straci, stopped by to say hello.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

The feds have also obtained information about the slaying from a longtime Persico family crony who began cooperating only last year, Frank Frankie Blue Eyes Sparaco, and from a onetime Colombo consigliere who flipped back in 1994, Carmine Sessa.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

At the time the letter was written, according to state prison records, Persico was in one state prison doing time for his 1988 drug rap and Urgitano was in another, serving time for the slaying of a drug dealer in a park across the street from Rao's.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

Sources say the photo - of Persico and mob associate Joseph Joey Cupcake Urgitano - had been hung on the right side of the bar below a drawing of the late Vincent Rao, a former proprietor of the 11-table restaurant.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

The feds have also obtained information about the slaying from a longtime Persico family crony who began cooperating only last year, Frank Frankie Blue Eyes Sparaco, and from a onetime Colombo consigliere who flipped back in 1994, Carmine Sessa.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

Contacted by Gang Land, Pellegrino, an actor who played an FBI agent in The Sopranos, declined to talk about Urgitano, Persico, or anything else for that matter.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

Persico, a violence-prone gangster who has spent 20 of his 47 years in one prison or another, has long been suspected of having a role in the murder of Vincent Scoobie Lafaro, 27, even though Skinny Teddy was behind bars when the victim was shot to death.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011

They include a cooperating witness who dined at Rao's with Skinny Teddy before he was arrested for racketeering last year, and an old jailhouse picture of Persico that the FBI removed from the wall of the legendary eatery.

Jerry Capeci: FBI Picture Takedown at Rao's Tied to 1990 Brooklyn Murder Jerry Capeci 2011