Reputed Mob Mother’s Mugger Is Very Sorry

NEW YORK —  A man who snatched a wallet from the mother of reputed Genovese crime boss Vincent Gigante was hoping everybody would forgive and forget. Willie King, 37, was sentenced to 1 1/2 to three years in prison Monday for grabbing the wallet of Yolanda Gigante, 94.

“My client wishes to express great remorse. He does apologize,” lawyer Steven Wershaw said. “He’s admitted his guilt at the earliest opportunity because he wants to put this incident behind him and he hopes the Gigante family will too.”

King grabbed the wallet from the woman’s housecoat as she walked in Greenwich Village. He was caught a few blocks away, and the city’s tabloids dubbed him “The World’s Dumbest Mugger.”