A glamorous mob wife who accused her convicted killer ex-husband of threatening to ‘blow up her head’ found what turned out to be a fake bomb planted outside the home they shared early Thursday morning, sources tell the Daily Mail.
Christina Black’s ex, Mark Liverano, is a low-level associate of the Gambino crime family, according to police sources.
In December, the NYPD charged him with aggravated harassment for allegedly threatening to kill his then-wife and her children with a high-powered rifle.
‘I will come to your house and blow up your head with my AR-15, and your kids’ head with my AR-15 also,’ he allegedly told her in a phone call the night of December 7, causing her to fear for her safety, according to the criminal complaint filed in Staten Island.
He was indicted four days later by federal authorities for other alleged crimes including stalking, extortion and weapon and drug charges
Records show that Liverano, 58, is locked up at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, on a 9-count indictment.
However, Black, 40, has accused him of continuing to terrorize her from behind bars, sources say.
Remnants of police tape remained around the home and on the street Thursday morning following the latest alleged threat.
Ex mob wife Christina Black, 40, found what turned out to be a fake bomb planted outside the home she once shared with her ex-husband Mark Liverano – a foot soldier for the Gambino family
Black said that during a heated incident in December, Liverano threatened to come to the home and kill her and her kids with an AR-15 – leading to the NYPD charging him with aggravated harassment
Christina has accused her locked-up ex Liverano, who police say is a low-level associate of the Gambino crime family, of terrorizing her from behind bars
When approached at her home by Daily Mail, Black, who was not wearing a wedding ring, declined to comment.
She called 911 at 4.30am Thursday morning to report finding a ticking package outside the door of her home in Staten Island, New York.
The NYPD bomb squad was dispatched and determined it was a fake.
The investigation is ongoing, a police spokesman told the Daily Mail.
Liverano has a violent history and been incarcerated in the past.
He pleaded guilty to manslaughter after shooting father of two, Richard Boeke dead. Boeke, a 37-year-old bouncer was trying to break up a fight outside a bar in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. Liverano was paroled in August 2014.
After being released from prison, he briefly dated New York City police officer Nancy Heinz, the Daily News reported back in 2016.
He accused that officer – who was nicknamed the Marilyn Monroe of the NYPD – of trying to get him to kill her ex-husband, the paper reported.
Christina called 911 at 4.30am after finding a ticking package outside her front door
Just four days later he was arrested by the NYPD for the December incident, federal authorities hit him with indictments for stalking, extortion, weapons and drug offenses
When the Daily Mail arrived at the Staten Island home, both the property and street were still taped off
After his earlier release from prison, he briefly dated New York City police officer Nancy Heinz who he accused of trying to get him to kill her ex-husband
Records show Liverano had been living in recent years with Black, who has also used the surnames Conrad and Russo, in Staten Island. They married in Brooklyn in 2022 and she filed for divorce just three weeks ago on January 23.
He was indicted on December 11 by a federal grand jury in the Eastern District of New York. His requests for pretrial release have been denied, court records show.
He is being represented by lawyer Joseph Corozzo Jr, though prosecutors want him removed from the case, describing him in court papers as ‘a fact witness to the defendant’s criminal conduct, who either could be called by the government as a witness at trial or who could impermissibly act as an unsworn witness at trial.’
Corozzo is a well-known mob lawyer, and his late father Joseph ‘Jo Jo’ Corozzo was the reputed consigliere of the Gambino crime family.