John got out of state prison in July 2019 and was cuffed Tuesday for allegedly assaulting Manzos then-boyfriend and now-husband in 2015, the year before he was convicted in the gambling operation. New Jersey AG. Thomas Manzo allegedly hired Perna to carry out the 2015 assault in exchange for a discounted "lavish" wedding reception at the Brownstone Restaurant in Paterson, N.J., which he co-owns. Authorities said a month later, Perna held a wedding reception for 330 guests at Thomas Manzo's Brownstone Restaurant in Paterson for "a fraction of the price." A look inside the home the two lovebirds purchased in Montville, NJ, Michael B. Jordan says he wants to start a Creedverse, Mexicos president goes viral sharing mythical creature on Twitter: PHOTO, Luke Bryan drops the price of his Florida beach house, Springsteen for Kids coming to the Vogel in Red Bank, NJ, The most Jersey places to move to if you were going to leave New Jersey, This NJ chain brings back a cool retro foodie experience, This popular chicken chain is bringing another location to NJ, Equal Employment Opportunity Policy and EEO Report. 44-year-old Perna was sentenced Thursday to 30 months behind bars for his role in the heartbreaking . This is what happens when you fk with a guy from Paterson, one of the assailants said before they left, according to prosecutors. John Perna received a 30-month sentence Thursday. Perna held a lavish wedding reception at Manzo's restaurant a month later for a fraction of the price . Press J to jump to the feed. His sons, John Perna, 38, of Belleville, and Joseph Perna, 46, of Wyckoff, were each sentenced to 10 years in state prison. Daten ber Ihr Gert und Ihre Internetverbindung, wie Ihre IP-Adresse, Browsing- und Suchaktivitten bei der Nutzung von Yahoo Websites und -Apps. John Perna, 43, of Cedar Grove, New Jersey, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a federal charge of committing a violent crime in aid of racketeering activity. if(document.querySelector("#ads")){ Vaccines dont work, masks dont work: Everything government told us about COVID-19 was wrong. An owner of the Brownstown House hired a mobster to assault his ex-wife's then-boyfriend in exchange for a lavish wedding reception at the upscale Paterson banquet hall, according to charges filed by U.S. Attorney Craig Carpenito.