Colosimo's

After Colosimo's death, he took over the business and created a vast empire.

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Frankie Yale: Yale was a New York gangster who heard of Colosimo's infatuation with the young dancer.

Nucky Johnson, 'Boardwalk Empire' and the real-life gangsters of the show 2010

And what, according to Lawrence Bergreen's Capone: The Man and the Era, did Frankie Yale write on his check at Colosimo's Cafe?

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As far back as 1996, Colosimo's ranked in the top ten dealers nationwide for guns traced to crime.

Dennis A. Henigan: Two Gun Dealers Who Won't Be Missed 2009

And what, according to Lawrence Bergreen's Capone: The Man and the Era, did Frankie Yale write on his check at Colosimo's Cafe?

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Colosimo's had been the subject of community protests for its record of supplying crime guns and its refusal to sign a voluntary Code of Ethics.

Dennis A. Henigan: Two Gun Dealers Who Won't Be Missed 2009

From the opposite coast came the news that Philadelphia's Colosimo's gun shop, which had long been among the nation's leading suppliers of illegal guns, finally was slated to lose its federal dealer's license.

Dennis A. Henigan: Two Gun Dealers Who Won't Be Missed 2009

Colosimo's is being closed under a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, who had evidence that the gun shop had knowingly sold guns to three people (some of whom were undercover agents) acting as "straw buyers" -- that is, buyers with clean criminal records acting as intermediaries for those who would have been blocked by Brady Law background checks.

Dennis A. Henigan: Two Gun Dealers Who Won't Be Missed 2009

Yes, we can breathe a sigh of relief that Borgelt and Colosimo's will not be selling guns.

Dennis A. Henigan: Two Gun Dealers Who Won't Be Missed 2009

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