Scott Deitche: "He became, in the words of the U.S. Attorney in Newark, "one of the most productive cooperators the District of New Jersey has ever seen."

   That would have been Assistant U.S. Attorney R. Scott Thompson and all due respect, he congratulated Lenehan on his "extroadinary courage."


   Scott Deitche: "That taped evidence, supported by his testimony, resulted in the conviction of 26 mobsters from the Genovese, Luchesse, Bonnano, Gambino, Colombo, and Bruno-Scarfo crime families."

    Whether Lenehan was close to Jimmy Higgins or not is irrelevant, the fact remains that his Genovese ties died with the death of Jimmy Higgins. Scott Deitche credited Lenehan with the conviction of Thomas "Pee-Wee" DePhillips, Salvatore and Joseph Cetrulo, Philip DeNoia, Mario Mauriello, and Vincent ''Skippy'' Squatrito. Lenehan was not a part of this crew and had no contacts with them. However he did have ties to Ronnie Castellano who was an enforcer under the Cetrulo brothers and Lenehan's "efforts" lead to FBI surveillance of Castellano who then followed him and a loanshark victim to Brook Branch Park where he stabbed him in the stomach. Upon arrest, Castellano decided to cooperate and it was he, not Lenehan who wore a wire around the DePhillips crew.

   The only Bonannos Lenehan was close to never made it on any chart, they were associates and they include the conspirators, masterminds and Lenehan's superiors in the Chase Manhattan Bank robbery that never took effect: Frank "Chickie" Fabio, Brian Giannolla and Sal Arena. .

   However the best example of Lenehan's importance or lack of, is his "takedown" of the Bruno-Scarfo Jersey mob which included Joseph "Scoops" Licata, Nicholas "Nicky O" Olivieri, Louis "Big Lou" Fazzini, Dennis "The Fireman" Christy, James "Jimmy Fingers" Polidori, and Carmen D'Archi. These men were indicted on loansharking, racketeering, gambling, and extortion. The main informant in this case was George Fresolone who witnessed a Gambino associate beaten on orders from the Licata crew over extorsion rights in Unione. Ronnald Castellano witnessed it also, as did Lenehan. Lenehan's overall importance to the case can be compared to the number of articles he was mentioned in as this case was related, out of 13 articles, he was mentioned in three. But Scott Deitche credited these men to Lenehan as well even though his importance was not even close and could never compare to George Fresolone who recorded his own ceremony into the mob. .

   Lenehan also was supplied drugs by the FBI and proceeded to sell it to Lucchese associates Burton Kaplan and Nicholas Stefanelli. Kaplan has become popular as of late for his decision to turn informant. No where is Lenehan credited with being responsible for Kaplan's downfall. .

   The fact of the matter is Lenehan was always a cooperator, never the central figure, not a Gravano, not a Fresolone, not even a Henry Hill. Scott Deitche still has to answer for making him out to be more than he was. .

   Deitche loves to claim Lenehan's responsibility for the 26 plea bargains, the number would be over-exaggerated to "over 30." Plea bargains are the best way to serve the least amount of time, it means a quick sentencing instead of a long and lengthy trial, it saves money and no new charges can be added to the case. The power of the Genovese lies on their acceptance of plea bargains. They got caught, so they cop a plea, serve a few years and come out and get right back into it. Lenehan isn't responsible for a damn thing.


   Scott Deitche: "Steve worked the streets of Jersey from his "headquarters" at the Belmont Tavern on Bloomfield Ave. in Newark."

    A recent call was made to the Belmont Tavern to speak with the owner- Jimmy Cuomo, who remembers Lenehan as being a regular, but never owned a piece of it nor ever used it as his headquarters, in fact Cuomo relayed: "Steve Lenehan can say whatever he wants, my friend, it's a free country but I'm telling you here, right now that it's not true, he was only a regular with some people. People love to talk about the Belmont."


   Scott Deitche: "Although he was only half- Italian, and could never be formally made into the mob..."

    Not that it matters but Steve's father's last name was Lenehan, his mother's was Spath, both hinting of Irish ancestry. While Scott bought it without question, Steve was smart enough not to perjure himself in court: ''I could never be inducted. I'm not Italian.''


   Scott Deitche: "...he moved with ease between the various families and crews operating in New Jersey."

    If that's the case, why did he gravitate towards Brian Giannolla after Scoops and Nicky O from the Bruno family deemed him persona non grata.


   Scott Deitche: "He became driver to a top Bonnano capo, Gerry Chilli..."

    Lenehan may have drove Chilli once or twice but it was nothing formal. This claim to Scott was an attempt to "borrow" from the George Fresolone and Patty Specs Martirano relationship described in Blood Oath: "Driving a guy like Patty was not like you were the chauffeur and he was the guy in the backseat; it was more like you were his assistant. Patty always sat in the front seat, and he would talk about what was going on. He told me everything so I would understand and learn. I would run errands for him and take messages to guys and bring messages back." Too bad for Lenehan that most people would not make that connection and wrote him off as being a gopher and it was assumed that someone wouldn't lie about something as marginal as that. Lenehan was a small time worker under Bonanno Associate Frank "Chickie" Fabio. That is the extent of those ties.


   Scott Deitche: "...and was part of the inner circle of one of the most respected Gambino mobsters in the Garden State, Jimmy 'Higgins" Palmieri. "

    Only out of respect for Lenehan's father William, who was friends with Higby, and if he was part of the inner circle, why didn't it carry on when Joe Paterno took over the crew with Higby's death?


   Scott Deitche: "...you'll get Steve's frank assessment of mobsters that go against the common misconceptions."

    Is Lenehan even qualified to make those assessments? He was, by words of Assistant US Attorney Robert Wigler, a "perpetual outsider."


   Scott Deitche: "Steve answered each and every question posted to him. "

    Should we feel special? The guy is a degenerate loser. Besides playing Picasso and filing liens on his unsatisfied customers in his unlicensed land excavation business it isn't like he has anything better to do.


   Scott Deitche: "...they give a fascinating glimpse into the life and times of a New Jersey mob guy."

    No, they give a fascinating glimpse at how Lenehan wants others to perceive him.


   Scott Deitche: "...working the streets and getting know just about every major player in NJ organized crime for the last 30 years. "

    Lenehan was 37 when he "walked off the streets of New Jersey," Does Scott Deitche mean to imply he began his life of crime at the early age of seven... probably, knowing Scott D. I mean has anyone read that Cigar City Mafia book? Che Putz!


   Scott Deitche: "...All-in-all I think this is a great interview and I hope everyone will enjoy it."

    If only it was authentic! Scott took a degenerate loser at email value.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "When I was a kid the books were closed, but guys started getting in, in the mid 1970's."

    Holy shit! Lenehan read Underboss too?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I used to drive Jimmy Higgins Palmieri into New York a lot in 75/76. He never used to say a word, just told his brother, Nicky, to have me pick him up. I drove him because I was only 20,had no record and didn't know shit."

    And Scott D thought thought Lenehan was worth writing a book about? Lenehan drove him because he was a wannabe. He was only twenty, hardly an excuse but excusable, but now he's 50 and has an extensive record and still doesn't know shit. The last thirty of his life was a waste, and he has the gall to call Nicky O trunk material?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I must have taken him 5 different times in the spring of 76 to Mulberry Street. I'd drop him off on the corner of Hester Street and go back in 2 hours or so for him. He'd meet me on the corner and I'd drive him home. There was complete silence in the car and I never asked any questions. "

    Only Lenehan would reminisce about something like this. Did Higby even know Lenehan's name or did he rely on his brother Nicky to find a neighborhood kid to drive him around?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "He must have liked that about me as I became real close to him in the years to come."

    Lenehan told the Ledger: ''I started at the lowest part of the operation, basically picking things up - bets - delivering payments..." That is the extent of Higby's fondness of Lenehan.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "The way you get made is a made guy brings your name to a skipper who brings it to the underboss or consilierge and then they propose it to the boss. That's how the process begins. Then they pass your name to different crews to see if anyone has a beef against you. This is referred to as the 'list'. You are referred to as 'proposed.' I heard the Fresolone induction tape during a debriefing with the FBI."

    Plagurizing Sammy Gravano doesn't determine Lenehan's importance.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I heard the Fresolone induction tape during a debriefing with the FBI."

    Lenehan was an associate, not an FBI agent, he would have no reason to hear the Fresolone induction tape. However, Lenehan read Fresolone's book Blood Oath and used a lot of stories from his exploits to incorporate as his own in this interview.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "My connection with the Bonnanos was through Gerry Chilli and that didn't really start until the late 80's. I wasn't around the Bonnanos during the Pistone years."

    That didn't prevent Lenehan from appearing on television, courtesy of Scott Deitche, to give his irrelevant opinion about the Bonanno Sonny Black crew and it's lack of informants was in part due to it's tightness. So by his own admission, he doesn't know what he's talking about.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I miss my old friends but my life has worked out fine."

    That is up for debate, At age 37, Lenehan was facing a 250,000 fine plus 25 years prison time for being a co-conspirator in a mob backed bank robbery. He joined witness protection and was relocated to Rio Rancho New Mexico. After fucking up in Rio Rancho, he was kicked out of the program and relocated to Florida. By his own stupidity, as of March 2005 he has managed to accrue a debt of $103,425.05, and that is not counting the fines and court costs for his unlicensed contracting work. By the time he is 58, which will be about the same time he would have been released from prison had he kept his mouth shut, he will still owe a cumulative 200 k plus. Only instead of making restitution to the justice department, he will be making it to the state of Florida.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "My kids and wife have had a better life because of what I did..."

    Lenehan's son Will hates Florida and has little respect for him. His son Steve Jr. has an arrest record beginning on his 18th year to the present ranging from vandalism to multiple crack cocaine possession with intent to distribute charges.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "...but I'll never make a friend, I'll be lonely in some respects until I die"

    Lenehan would never make a friend anyway. His ego is too large and nobody likes the guy anyway. His loneliness is consoled by the mob forums where he posts as Picasso portraying himself as a made LCN member recalling accounts of his life.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "...but all in all I'm glad I'm out."

    Then why did Lenehan go back into petty bookmaking? Why did Lenehan try to intimidate an unpaying customer in Ybor by using threats of his ties to the New Jersey Mafia?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "It's a joke."

    And it's on Lenehan.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I read the forums once in awhile..."

    For only reading the forums "once in awhile" Lenehan seems to be intimately familiar with the forum term "wanna-be mob groupie" which he used later on in his interview. And for only reading the forum "once in awhile" he seemed to be intimately knowledgeable of Picasso's posts if he supposedly thought it was George Fresolone.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I used to think Picasso was George Fresolone, but I know now it isn't George."

    Under his Picasso moniker he would often make the claim that many people thought he was George Fresolone or Phil Leonetti when no one has ever made that accusation.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I'm pretty sure I know who he is. He's stated some things that give me a heads up, like how he knew me as a kid."

    Very interesting that Lenehan is "pretty sure" he knows who Picasso is when Picasso over years didn't know him, kind of knew him when he was a kid, knew him very well from when he was a kid until the time he flipped, and finally that he was related to him through marriage to the most recent "i knew him well from the time he was a kid." If Picasso was someone who knew Lenehan intimately through marriage or a close friendship- whatever he claims this week- than it stands reason that Lenehan should have known who Picasso was instantly upon reading his posts "occasionally."


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "If I'm not mistaken, and I could be, Picasso is a straightened out guy... "

    Lenehan mentioning Picasso's "straightened out" status was an attempt to give him status on the forums when he posted as Picasso and that he was a made mob member. Lenehan having people think he was "straightened out" gave him ample stretching room to post whatever he wanted, whenever and however he wanted about anything including shit he had no part of like Johnny Roselli, Anthony Accardo and Paul Ricca. How does a New Jersey driver and failed bank robber know the insides of the illusive Chicago Outfit? But if he could fool people into thinking he was a goodfella then the rules would apply right out of Donnie Brasco: "A Wiseguy's always right. Even when he's wrong he's right."


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "...who went in the can in 86. His brother, who is older, is also straightened out, lived out west since the late 70's."

    Lenehan is either extremely stupid, wanted to get caught or couldn't help seeing how far he could stretch his lies. Lenehan was imprisoned in 1986 for a failed bank robbery attempt and he was also living out west (Rio Rancho, New Mexico) when he was in witness protection in the 90's. Is this art imitating life or stupidity imitating ignorance?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: " I was very close to Jerry, as well as his family. When he was in NY I was with him constantly, every day day in-day out. I picked him up and dropped him off at the airports. When he was in Florida I talked to him every day. When he was in jail and I was on the street still he called me every Sunday. When he needed money in Florida for the lawyers his wife gave it to me to fly down with. I referred to him as "unc". I was present at all his family functions. I was with him hunting Gus Farrace. "

    Lenehan had NO connections to Gerry Chilli except through Frank Fabio. Perhaps he gophered for him once or twice, but he and Chilli were not close. William Bastone from TheSmokingGun.com said just as much: "I am familiar with Gerry Chilli but Steve Lenehan, let me tell you something, I been researching this for over twenty years and I've never heard of Steve Lenehan, see what I'm saying?"


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "When he was in Florida I oversaw his bookmaking interests on the Lower East Side. His guys reported to me. "

    15-20 Italian wiseguys answered to an Irish associate? In his fucking dreams! Lenehan should be slapped for insulting people's intelligence


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Any work that needed to be done in NY or Florida came to my crew and me. We were partners in the distribution of football tickets. I had the largest operation in Essex County in 92,93. We were handling about 20,000 tickets a week, which I distributed to other bookmakers, plus the ones for my operation. We were in the large fireworks wholesale business together, as well as some drug dealing."

    Brian Giannolla and Frank Fabio are not Gerry Chilli. Perhaps they were partners with Chilli's crew, Lenehan was just a street operator. An associate of an associate.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "They released me to Jerry and then we went to Bath Avenue to see Anthony Spero and it was official. This was in 1990. "

    If that is indeed true, why would Lenehan answer to Chickie Fabio by way of Brian Giannolla, why not to Chilli directly? And its common knowledge that associates are between the soldiers and the captains, Anthony Spero would have nothing to do with it even if it was true. There have been times when an administrator will ask a crew to lay down for the record who is with who and who is doing what but this isn't one of those times.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I never even told Nicky O, due to the fact I was beefing with him anyway. He was going around telling people I was on the shelf. "

    Nicky took it to Scoops and they made it official, Lenehan was on the shelf, which is why he sought the connection of New York gangsters.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Every time he said it he embarrassed himself. One day he was beefing to me in front of Louie Fazzini (Bruno-Scarfo associate). He made a remark that I walked Bloomfield Ave because of him, not Jerry. I never told Jerry, but my friend Ray Goodell told him. I had to beg Jerry not to beef to Joe Scoops."

    Chilli was a New York guy with no clout in Jersey, if such a scenario were true and Chilli was as close to Lenehan as he claims to have been, the truth would speak for itself but it didn't. Lenehan was on the shelf and had to ride Brian Giannolla's tail to Frank Fabio, a Chilli associate.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I wasn't on a level that families outside of the New York metro area came into play."

    Which is why he denies he's Steve Lenehan when he posts as Picasso. He can't tell people he sat down with Carmine Galante and Funzie Tieri or John John Stanfa on a friendly level. So he poses as a high level LCN member. In his fucking dreams!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Nick Palmieri and my father were close. Nicky raised me in the mob more than anyone. Once it was apparent that I was destined for a life in "the life" my father asked Nicky to school me. "

    I'm sure Lenehan's father was proud that his only son decided to go on to become a dirtbag.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Even though I could never be straightened out I was schooled as though I could have."

    Driving around aging mobsters counts towards being schooled? By Lenehan's own admission he drove Jimmy Higgins, Joe the Indian and Gerry Chilli. Lenehan is equivalent to a waiter in the Hollywood restaurant bragging to his friends: "I served so and so, and he was pretty nice, I think he liked the way I offered him an amaretto coffee towards the end of the main course."


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "understood Cosa Nostra as well as anyone and better than most and I owe it to Nick. "

    How can one understand something he isn't a part of?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Let me assure you that my decision had nothing to do with anything other than my own personal survival. Any guy like me who says that he flipped because he suddenly had a religious revelation or that he re-evaluated his life and wanted to make up for the bad things he's done is full of shit. I simply weighed out the pros and cons and decided that I was wasting my time if I went to jail just so I could be a stand up guy. "

    The only shred of truth to be found in this entire interview!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "The feds were on me for a year big time before they arrested me. I was counting Chevy Luminas in my sleep instead of sheep. "

    Bullshit!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Was it because of Chilli? Was it because of Nicky O?"

    Don't involve them or blame them for your own stupidity, Steve. You chose to partake in robbing a federal bank. You made your bed!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I knew I was the main suspect in the Larry Day murder. "

    For the record, Philly Fay Casale and Pete the Crumb Caprio, two Jersey Bruno members were always the suspects until they turned informant and admitted it. Lenehan was never the suspect in any murder. Fuck, the guy was too stupid to know he needed a license to do contracting work, he expects us to believe the implication that he was used in wet work?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "When I got pinched it was because of Brian and John Gianola, two brothers I met in jail. They were facing time with Chick Fabio on a score and gave me up to the feds. "

    Lenehan, Fabio and Giannolla were all facing time for a stupid bank "score," Lenehan was arrested at the Lincoln Tunnel and immediately flipped. Giannolla came after the indictments were handed down several years later. Don't try and rewrite history.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "They were part of my crew, mainly Brian. Chick Fabio and Ray Goodell were also part of the crew. "

    "My crew?" No one answered to Lenehan. They answered to Chick.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "The feds had me for a piece of work I did for Chilli upstate New York. Brian was there when we shook a carting company owner down for the Bonnano's. The guy belonged to the Genovese crew under Bobby Ida, but Ida gave Chilli his blessing to hurt the guy, which I did. I did that by biting the top of his ear off in a Brewster NY restaurant in the middle of a very busy after work cocktail hour."

    The feds never had this information until Lenehan presented it to them in hopes of showing his "connections" and that they would let him back out on the street.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "They also had me on a bank robbery case with Fabio and Brian. "

    That is ALL they had him on. It was marginal so Lenehan had to embellish it a bit:


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "They had me on gambling, loansharking, extortion, arson, and money laundering charges. They were going to arrest my mother and wife on money laundering charges because they cashed checks from construction business that I had an interest in. "

    Bla Bla Bla. Total utter bullshit, only a half ass pro bono journalist like Scott Deitche would buy any this shit.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "They already had indicted me in the Sally Dogs Genovese family case along with Joe the Indian Polverino and Lenny Macaluso. Joe died in November 1989 but they knew if was his right hand guy so I got thrown into that mess. "

    Funny the Star Ledger never mentions this. Lenehan loves to inflate his importance, he went from driver for Joe Poliverino to being his right hand guy. But it's impossible when Lenny Macaluso despised Lenehan.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "They also had me on a swag beef with Beesh Taccetta that Nicky O set up. "

    Nicky O wouldn't deal with Lenehan, he was going around saying he was put on the shelf, remember?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I later found out that they had my phone bugged for a year. Ronnie Castellano gave me up on a grass operation I was involved with. "

    Bullshit! It was the other way around. Lenehan gave Castellano up. It's detailed in the ledger:

"The case took shape when a longtime mob associate began cooperating with authorities and agreed to make tape recordings of meetings with other mob members. Leads provided by that informant led authorities to a Morris County man, identified as an enforcer for the gambling operation. The suspect, Ronald Castellano of Sucasunna, was arrested after he drove an unidentified loanshark victim to a remote area of Branch Brook Park in Newark and stabbed him in the stomach. Sources confirmed that Castellano has agreed to cooperate in the probe."


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "On top of that the feds knew the state was going to arrest me for Larry Day's murder. They also knew I didn't do it because they had me on a wiretap when the murder was committed, but they weren't going to let the state know prior to the arrest, so it's safe to assume I was fucked."

    Lenehan was fucked because of his participation in bank robbery attempt. Period!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "They arrested me and I knew I was looking at a RICO conviction, maybe 50 years, 20 at best. "

    It was never a RICO conviction, just a federal conviction which merits a $250,000 fine and a 25 year sentence.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I was 37, my oldest kid was 8, my youngest was 2."

    Was Lenehan thinking of his children Will, Steve and Megan when he were arrested for trying to rob a bank courier in 1986? Was he thinking of his kids when he tried to play a goodfella and team up with Fabio and Giannolla to rob Chase in 1992? Was he thinking of them when he relocated to Rio Rancho under a new name and fucked up and had to relocate to Florida where he continues to get into trouble with the law? The only person Lenehan thinks of is himself.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I learned all those years that to be a successful wiseguy you fuck everyone else. I just did what I was taught. I made the best deal for me, end of story. It had nothing to do with redemption or revenge it had everything to do with getting out from under. I did it to save my own ass. You can say what you want about me but you can't say I'm a hypocrite. "

    Yeah we can, if you wanted to get out from under. Why did you buy into "the Professor's" claims of being with the Tampa mob and try and ingrate yourself with them? Why are you back involved in bookmaking? Why are you threatening your customers with your mob connections? You're more of a hypocrite than Jilly Scibetta.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Before most of you condemn me ask yourself what you would have done?"

    You're not condemned for being an informant. You're condemned for being an idiot. But it's a good question: If you're going to be a career criminal, be a smart one, pick your scores wisely. Robbing a federal bank takes time and planning, Giannolla and Fabio planned their heist over a course of six days which was bound to fail. It was an amateur attempt too stupid to consider, but it was even stupider for Lenehan to follow. Lenehan was a failure as a criminal precisely for his stupidity then and now.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "As far as things go there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think about what I did or I don't miss who I used to be."

    Lenehan was a nobody. What he misses is an image of what he wanted to be. He has found solstice in playing an LCN member on the internet.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "For all you wanna-be mob groupie types let me say this, don't ever think that any of your mob heroes have any real conscience. We steal; we swindle, cheat and kill when we have to. If you want to live the life leave your conscience at the door. So there it is in a nutshell, but remember the only rats aren't the ones who wear a wire. "

    Lenehan isn't a mobster, but he still has these qualities. It's universal, not mob related. And he has a lot of gall to belittle the "wannabe mob groupies" when he caters to them. Without them, he wouldn't have a reason to wake up in the morning.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I'm not proud of what I did, but it's to late to change any of it now."

    Than why do this interview? Why go online and post as Picasso and explain Lenehan (yourself) as an up and coming mobster who had ice in his veins, had a mob pedigree and flipped because he knew he would never be made and "hurt" 30 people (an incorrect number fabricated by Scott Deitche.)


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "First of all I'm not under protection anymore. I left the witness protection program after 3 months."

    Did Steve leave or was Steve kicked out?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "If I come to jersey for anything the FBI gives me security. I got a job and then started my own business after about a year and I've never looked back. I got a chance to start all over again and I made the most of it."

    First, Lenehan would never be awarded FBI security, while he appeared as a minor collaborator in several trials, he was awared an FBI agent in 1996-1998 but that time is past. He loves to inflate his importance and imply his protection is continual. Fact is the FBI has no need for a degenerate loser who's "knowledge" ended after 1992. Second, that business was a landscaping business in which Steve Lenehan was too stupid to pay $20 to apply for a contractors license. He would do a shit job and then charge, when his customers were unsatisfied he filed multiple liens which got him arrested and ordered to pay fines. Before this event he was sued by a Florida newspaper. He now works at a temp agency.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Sure there's been some rough spots over the past 7 years but I'd get a part time job before I crossed the line again. It's got nothing to do with a new found moral approach; it's just the smarter thing to do at this point in my life."

    Here is an example of how Lenehan has avoided crossing the line:

   08/30/02: arrested for Petty Theft and Misdemeanor.
   09/04/03: arrested for Grand Theft 3rd Degree (300 to 5000 dollars)
   12/28/04: arrested for Petty Theft (under $100) and acting in the capacity of a contractor without a license


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Scoops Licata is a jerk off in my opinion. He was Tony Banana's bagman. When Banana's got clipped, Scoops got rich. When I was in the can in 1986 I heard from Nicky O that Scoops got made. Nicky was passed over and that pissed me off because in my book Scoops is a fag."

    Taken right out of Fresolone's book. Lenehan didn't even know Scoops and has no basis for opinion other than the fact that of knowing that Scoops approved Nicky O's decision to put Steve on the shelf. Lenehan badmouthing Scoops is like a factory worker badmouthing the unavailable man upstairs for being part of the "cuts" the factory is making to save its budget.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I once called him a fat fuck to his face because he made a remark about Jerry Chilli to me."

    Scoops wouldn't make a remark to an associate like Lenehan and had Lenehan made a remark to Scoops, he would have been found in the dumpster. He is making this up to vent his still bitter frustration and being placed on the shelf all those years ago. Lenehan's pompous ego and inability to take responsibility for his own actions, in some way probably blames Scoops and Nicky O for his current position: had he never been shelved he would have never have hooked up with Chick Fabio and gotten arrested again. Right? Wrong!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Nick Olivieri was like my big brother. I used to think he was god until I realized he thought he was god. "

    That's why he had Scoops put him on the shelf. It would be very interesting to hear Nicky O's side of things.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Let me say this about Nick, when it comes to pure balls he's in a league of his own."

    As Picasso, Lenehan posted: "tommy ricciardi[in a league of his own],phil leonetti and stevie were all about the same age." Lenehan loves that phrase.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "A lot of people see him as a fence jumper, that's why his button isn't recognized. He was set to get hit, along with Scoops, but then they went away. He should just fade away when he gets out because in my opinion he's trunk material."

    Lenehan walked off the streets in 1992, Scoops and Olivieri were indicted in 1998. Lenehan has no information after 1992 and could not be privy to that informantion.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "He sent a message to me through FBI agent Billy Evenina, that "I broke his heart". I believe that's true. I wish him well."

    I'm sure Olivieri was broken hearted when Lenehan testified about a Gambino associate being beaten in New Jersey.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: " I met Frankie Vincent when I had the bar in the Holiday Inn. Nicky O and I shook the joint down for a piece in the early 80's. Frank was selling advertising in a TV magazine. We hit it off. He was shocked at my knowledge of film and just in general. I was heavy in the coke business at the time and he became one of my dealers."

    Bullshit!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Anyway when I came home from the can in 87 I hooked him up with Ron Castellano so he could continue in the coke business. I was done with it by then. Frank was with me every day, I was buying cars and making him earn. I was also in the limo business so I hooked him up with cars when he needed them."

    Frank Vincent should sue Scott D and Lenehan for slander.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Frankie told Juice he thought I was still going to whack him. Juice asked me to leave him be."

    Did Frank Vincent even know who Lenehan was?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: " I met (George Fresolone) through Nicky O. I wasn't impressed. Nicky was up his ass to get close with Patty Specs. George was no tough guy. Me and Louie Fazzini didn't like him, but maybe that was just sour grapes on our part. How can you dislike someone you don't know? I read his book and realized we were a lot alike in our upbringing, at least as far as OC goes. His book is truthful. From what I know he's done well for himself and for his family in his new life. I wish him well. For awhile I thought this guy "Picasso" who writes on the mob forums was George, but I know now for sure he isn't."

    Lenehan was jealous of Fresolone because Fresolone was the mobster and then informant Lenehan could never be. As a mobster, he was close to a captain, as an informant he was devastating, something Lenehan wasn't.

   There is an interesting note to be made here. Lenehan claims to know the same people Fresolone knew and claims to have been a man of importance. If that's the case, why wasn't Lenehan ever mentioned in Fresolone's book?


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "(Patty Specs was) A prince. I knew patty from Jimmy Higgins. I knew him before Nicky O latched on to his coat tails. I was with Higgins when Patty came to meet Jimmy at the Belmont. He had just been named skipper after the broke Blackie Napoli. What I remember about Patty was that he wasn't a hump and he wasn't greedy. When I came home in 87 I'd meet with him and Turk Cifelli at Michealangelo's Restaurant on Blmf Ave almost every morning. Nicky O would be there too. Every morning we'd do the Daily News crossword puzzle together and then the jumble. My time with him was cut short when he went on the lam later that year. I never saw him after that."

    Fresolone described Specs as a prince. Steve loves plagurism. And once again, if Lenehan was there every day, why wasn't he mentioned by Fresolone in his book? Lenehan was persona non grata. Period. Had he been mentioned, an argument could have been made, but he wasn't because Fresolone didn't mention mob hanger-on losers.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Jack "Panels" Santoli was a Genovese guy. Jack was a class guy. He operated in Newark and was under Gyp Decarlo. The other made guys in Gyp's crew were Joe Polverino, Lucky from Asbury Park (whose name I can never remember) Carl "Leash" Scalesa, Frank Casina and Tommy Lombardi (the last two guys were from Brooklyn). Jack died of a perforated colon in 1972 during surgery to close up his colostomy. He was in his 50's. I've been told by more than one person, among them Joe Polverino, Nick Palmieri, Turk and Jimmy Palmieri and my father that Jack is the one who shot Frank Costello. I just don't repeat the story because everyone will think I'm nuts."

    Lenehan repeated the story multiple times as Picasso. If Santoli was the real guy who tried to clip Costello, why didn't Bill Bonanno mention it in his book? If Gigante wasn't involved, why didn he disappear for several months after the attempted hit? And why did Gigante say "thanks, Frank," after Costello denied knowing who shot him? Lenehan isn't nuts, he's a liar!


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I've done ok in the legit world because I'm not lazy."

    Lenehan would have been a success had he not been lazy. If he was a licensed contractor he could have capitalized off the construction boom in Florida which was recovering from three hurricanes over the course of two months. Lenehan could have made hundreds of thousands... if only he had paid $20 bucks and applied for a license.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "My wife and kids have benefited from the decision I made."

    Lenehan's son Will detests him. His son Steve has several cocaine arrests. His daughter Megan is estranged from him. Lenehan lingers in debt of at least 103 k. Despite all this he still finds time to play internet gangster online.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "I'll tell you a story. Gerry Chilli is regarded as the ultimate stand up guy, right? He didn't know I flipped until I left, no one knew or had a clue. "

    Or even cared! He didn't know Lenehan from any other half ass associate.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "Gerry knew that Brian Gianolla flipped on me and Chicky."

    Lenehan flipped first. Had Brian flipped first he would have never planned to shoot a guard with a stun gun in a bank, assuming he had handlers at the time, they wouldn't have allowed that.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "(Gerry Chilli) never told me he pled guilty on the garbage thing."

    Sound advice considering it's the best away to serve the least amount of time.


   Steve "Picasso" Lenehan: "The moral here? The wiseguy always makes the money."

    Which explains why Lenehan is in the position he is: 103 k in debt!