Pasquale Conte

Pasquale "Patsy" Conte (March 12, 1925 – December 27, 2017) was an Italian-born American mobster who became a caporegime with the Gambino crime family of New York City. He also owned several Key Food supermarkets.

Early life Born in Sicily, Conte was a resident of Roslyn, New York. He was a businessman/capo in the Gambino crime family area in the City. Conte was holding $7,000 cash. On May 20, 1987, the government dropped the charges against him without any explanation.

DiBono murder In 1990, Gambino boss John Gotti ordered the murder of mobster Louis DiBono, DiBono had allegedly been disrespectful to Gotti, who decided to eliminate him, and sent Bobby Boriello to attend to DiBono. In October 1990, DiBono's bullet-ridden body was discovered in the front seat of a Cadillac sedan in the underground garage at the New York World Trade Center. However, in January 1994 a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury. In June 1994, Conte was reindicted on the DiBono murder. In lieu of a retrial, Conte decided to accept a plea bargain deal from the government. In 1994, Conte was sentenced to seven and a half years in prison. In 2001, he was sentenced to another three and a half years in prison on a racketeering charge. Conte was released from federal prison on September 26, 2003.

Death Conte, died on December 27, 2017 at the age of 92.