The case against reputed Bonanno soldier Armando Rea started with a bang but ended with a whimper.
In October 2010 the feds accused Rea with the 1980 murder of Genovese gangster Gerard "Papa Bear" Pappa only later to drop the charge with prejudice, and now prosecutors have wrapped up a plea agreement pursuant to which Rea will face no more than one year in prison when he is sentenced in May for "using his Mafia contacts to obtain a union job at the Javits Center more than 20 years ago" as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News.
