Andrew (Andy) Lombardino – Colombo Soldier

Based in New Jersey, Andy Lombardino was an inducted soldier and later capo in the old Profaci Crime Family of Brooklyn, New York. He had the reputation of a strong-arm man and extortionist and was thought to have committed numerous murders at the behest of his underworld superiors.

In addition, he was one of several mobsters from around the country arrested while attending a mafia conclave at the ritzy Hotel Statler in Cleveland, Ohio in 1928.

Andrew Lombardino - Early Life

Andrea Lombardino - aka “Andrew Lombardino” and “Andy Lombardini” - was thought to have been born on January 24, 1904 (or on 1/01/1905) in Newark, New Jersey.

Lombardino grew up and resided and later operated within The Garden State his entire life.

Andrew (Andy) Lombardino

After getting married, he and his wife raised a family of four children, Louis (named after both his grandfathers also named Luigi) and Andrew Jr., and two daughters named Mary (named after her grandmother Maria) and Martha.

The Lombardino family resided for decades in a sprawling split-level styled home at 76 Riverside Drive, Florham Park, NJ.

76 Riverside Drive, Florham Park, NJ

Lombardino stood at only 5-feet 6-inches tall, but he was a stocky and solidly built hoodlum. He had dark brown eyes and black hair.

By the time he reached middle age, he was bald on top and had grey hair on his sides.

FBI #609609, Newark-PD #19883, New Brunswick-PD #3267, Cleveland-PD #32762

A New Jersey Colombo Soldier

Andy started his police record at the age of 23.

He had at least seven arrests for criminal investigation and suspicious person (1928); assault and battery (1932); threatening to kill with a loaded revolver (1935); breaking and entering and larceny (1935); atrocious assault and battery (1936); vagrancy (1951); and criminal inquiry (1958).

Lombardino had the reputation of a strong-arm man and extortionist who was thought to have committed numerous murders at the behest of his underworld superiors.

Although based in New Jersey, Andrew Lombardino was in fact an inducted soldier of the old Giuseppe (Joe) Profaci family of Brooklyn, New York.

In later years, he was thought to have been elevated to a capodecina position within the Profaci clan overseeing a grouping of soldiers and associates active in North Jersey.

The crew was known to operate throughout Newark and other surrounding towns, and also in South Jersey by the shore.

Lombardino was said to have held a legitimate ownership interest in a small construction company based in New Jersey. This served the dual purpose of creating a legitimate income for Andy, and also served as a front and his ostensible place of employment.

The Hotel Statler

Andrew Lombardino's most prominent moment came in 1928 when he was among a gaggle of top mafiosi from across the country who were caught by local police while attending an infamous Mafia conclave inside a suite at the ritzy Hotel Statler in Cleveland, Ohio.

Arrested along with Andy were his relative Sal Lombardino and none other than family boss Joe Profaci himself and his underboss and brother-in-law, Giuseppe (The Fat Man) Magliocco .

Others arrested included such important mafiosi as Samuel DeCarlo of Buffalo; Pasqualino (Patsy) Lolordo and Antonio (Tony) Bello of Chicago; James Intrava; Giuseppe Sacco; Giuseppe (Joe) Giunta; Brooklyn boss Vincent Mangano, and his top assistant Giuseppe (Joe) Traina; John Mirabella; Tampa boss Ignazio Italiano and Joe Vaglica; Francesco (Frankie) Alo; and soldier Michael A. Russo, among others who attend from various cities.

The 1928 Cleveland Mafia Conference was thought to have been a gathering of the strictly Sicilian mafia.

This was several years before the formation and expanded coalition of Cosa Nostra in 1931 or the infamous 1957 Apalachin Meeting in Upstate New York at Joe Barbara’s estate .

Over the years, Andrew Lombardino numbered among his closer mafia associates and underworld cronies such men as soldier Salvatore Lombardino, who was related to Andy; fellow Profaci soldier Emanuele (Manny) Cammarata; Brooklyn boss Vincent Mangano; Genovese capo Ruggiero (Richie the Boot) Boiardo ; Lucchese soldier Settimo (Big Sam) Accardi; soldiers Mike Russo and Carmine (Big Yuk) San Giacomo; and semi-independent hoodlums Tommy and Charlie Campisi, two of Newark’s notorious “Campisi family.”

Side Note: Future New Jersey-based Colombo soldiers Rosario and Salvatore (Tutti) Lombardino were thought to have been his nephews (Salvatore’s sons.)

There was no specific date of his passing, but during the May to July sessions of the 1983 United States Senate Hearings on Organized Crime in America, Andrew Lombardino was still being carried by the FBI as a living and functioning 79-year-old “soldier” in the New Jersey branch’s Joseph Colombo family .

Andrew (Andy) Lombardino – Colombo Soldier

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