Vittorio “Little Vic” Amuso, the 88-year-old former boss of the Luchese crime family, says his health is falling apart in federal prison, and his lawyers describe him as a changed man “staring down his mortality.” A court filing last week describes a pitiful convalescence in federal prison in Butner, N.C. — his chronic arthritis is so bad, he can’t get around without a wheelchair, his vision .
Guzzo’s crimes were too serious and the danger he poses to the community is too great to consider springing him five years shy of his scheduled November 2028 release date, Brooklyn Federal Court Chief Judge Margo Brodie ruled.
Vito Guzzo, who’s serving a 38-year sentence for five murders from the 1990,s says he “has matured from a rash young man pursuing a lawless lifestyle, to a reflective, empathetic middle-aged adult.” But the feds say he was inducted into the Colombo crime family within the past decade, while serving his time.