Vincent Badalamenti
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| name = Vincent Badalamenti
| image = Vincent Badalamenti and Vito Balsamo.jpg
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| caption = Vincent Badalamenti (left) with Vito Balsamo
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}}
| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York City, New York, U.S.
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| alias = "Vinny TV"
| allegiance = Bonanno crime family
| conviction = Nonviolent collection of an unlawful debt (2012)
| conviction_penalty = 18 months' imprisonment (2012)
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| occupation = Mobster
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Vincent Badalamenti (born 1958) is an American mobster who was acting boss of the Bonanno crime family.{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Feds bust 5 mob suspects in raids on Staten Island, Long Island Face charges of extortion, loansharking|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/feds-bust-5-mob-suspects-including-alleged-bonanno-boss-vincent-vinny-tv-badalamenti-article-1.1012873|work=New York Daily News|date=January 27, 2012|access-date=September 5, 2012}}
Biography
Badalamenti is the owner of Bagels Plus a bagel store in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Reputed mob boss Vincent (Vinny TV) Badalamenti's Brooklyn bagel shop being sued by disabled woman: She says store violates Americans With Disabilities Act|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/reputed-mob-boss-vincent-vinny-tv-badalamenti-brooklyn-bagel-shop-sued-disabled-woman-article-1.1017560|work=New York Daily News|date=February 6, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2012}} He received his nickname "Vinny TV", because he used to own a Brooklyn electronics store. It is also alleged that Badalamenti controls a mob social club on 20th Avenue and 72nd Street in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.{{cite news|last=Donnelly|first=Frank|title=Sentencing Monday for father of Staten Island 'Mob Wives' star, 4 others|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/08/payback_for_five_alleged_state.html|publisher=Staten Island Advance|date=August 20, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2012}}
In January 2012, Badalamenti was indicted along with capo Nicholas Santora, soldiers Vito Balsamo and Anthony Calabrese, and Gambino crime family associate James LaForte. Badalamenti was charged with extorting restaurants and bars in Brooklyn and Manhattan and extending a $50,000 loanshark loan in 1999.{{cite news|last=Donnelly|first=Frank|title=5 Staten Islanders accused after raids on Bonanno mob family|url=http://www.silive.com/southshore/index.ssf/2012/01/4_staten_islanders_arrested_ch.html|publisher=Staten Island Advance|date= January 27, 2012|access-date=September 11, 2012}} These charges were primarily based on information from government informant Hector Pagan (Anthony Graziano's ex son-in-law).
On February 6, 2012, Maryann Santiago filed a lawsuit against three restaurants, including Bagels Plus, accusing the stores of violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. The next day, Santiago withdrew her lawsuit against Bagels Plus, allegedly after finding out that Badalamenti was the owner.{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Maryann Santiago withdraws lawsuit against reputed mobster and Brooklyn bagel shop owner Vincent Badalamenti: But amputee won't back down from suits from 2 other eateries|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/maryann-santiago-withdraws-lawsuit-reputed-mobster-brooklyn-bagel-shop-owner-vincent-badalamenti-article-1.1018363|work=New York Daily News|date=February 7, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2012}}
In April 2012, Badalamenti pleaded guilty to nonviolent collection of an unlawful debt, as prosecutors dropped racketeering and extortion charges.{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Bonanno crime boss Vincent Badalamenti pleads guilty to felony|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bonanno-crime-boss-vincent-badalamenti-pleads-guilty-felony-article-1.1058364|work=New York Daily News|date=April 9, 2012|access-date=September 6, 2012}} After a postponement in sentencing in August 2012, Badalamenti was sentenced to 18 months in prison on September 25.{{cite news|last=Marzulli|first=John|title=Reputed boss of Bonanno crime family sentenced to 18 months in prison|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/reputed-boss-bonanno-crime-family-sentenced-18-months-prison-article-1.1168122|work=New York Daily News|date=September 25, 2012|access-date=September 27, 2012}} On May 16, 2013 Badalamenti was released from the Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix in Fort Dix, New Jersey.{{cite web|title=Vincent Badalamenti|url=http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&FirstName=Vincent&Middle=&LastName=Badalamenti&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=64&y=20|work=Bureau of Prisons Inmate Locator|access-date=May 20, 2013}}
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{{s-other|American Mafia}}
{{S-bef|before=Salvatore Montagna}}
{{s-ttl|title=Bonanno crime family
Acting Boss|years=2010–2013}}
{{S-aft|after=Michael Mancuso}}
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{{Bonanno crime family}}
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Category:American gangsters of Italian descent
Category:Acting bosses of the Five Families