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... to take the stand would turn out to be none other than Joseph Massino's old hijacking associate: Raymond Wean. ...
- 1 2 Selwyn Raab (2006). Five Families: The Rise, Decline, and Resurgence of America's Most Powerful. Macmillan Publishers. p. 606. ISBN 0-312-36181-5.
Colgan commanded his captive, whom he recognized as Ray Wean, a six-feet-tall, 350-pound enforcer working for Massino. 'Wean's so big, I can't handcuff him, and in a minute Joey drives back in his car ...
- ↑ "The Last Don". Time magazine . March 29, 2004. Archived from the original on August 3, 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-25.
Colgan managed to persuade Ray Wean -- a Bonanno man so huge that when Colgan once arrested him, he couldn't get the cuffs around Wean's thick wrists -- to be an undercover informant and later testify for the prosecution at Massino's '87 trial. 'Wean was a psychopath. He would've killed you and not batted an eye. But he was terrified of Joey.' ...
- ↑ Arnold H. Lubasch (June 4, 1987). "2 Win Unusual Acquittals In Mafia Racketeering Trial". New York Times. p. B3. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
Among the main witnesses in the trial were two informers, Raymond Wean and Salvatore Polisi, and a retired agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
- ↑ Joyce Wadler (August 4, 1982). "Undercover FBI Agent Testifies Mob Assigned Him to Kill Rival Leader". Washington Post. p. A7. Retrieved October 28, 2011.
'It seemed like a piece of cake to us,' witness Raymond Wean testified last week, adding that after the shooting there had been a swift decision "to abort the score."
