Manhattan Strip Clubs: Ex-crime boss’ new hustle in Houston
In Queens, he had one strip club. In the Lone Star State, authorities say he has two.
Vincent Palermo, a former mob boss for the Jersey-based DeCavalcante family turned government informant, is now living under an assumed name in Houston, where authorities temporarily shut down one strip club he operates and are trying to close another.
Palermo, whose testimony following an arrest in 1999 helped cripple the DeCavalcante crime family, is now known as Vincent Cabella and lives in a swank Houston neighborhood in a gated white mansion with fountains and statues in the front yard.
Both a local Houston television station and the Daily News in New York have reported Palermo’s new identity and whereabouts this week.
As Cabella, he owns property in a seedy area of Houston where he and family members operate four adjacent businesses — two strip clubs, a car wash and a Mexican restaurant.