NYC mobster known as Tony Cakes identified as pedestrian decapitated by truck: report [Video]

A New York City man who died last week after he was decapitated when a truck plowed into him while he was crossing a New York City street was identified as a former captain for the Genovese crime family.

The New York Police Department told Fox News Digital the victim was identified as Antonio Conigliaro. Conigliaro, 86, who went by “Tony Cakes,” and “Tony the Dessert Man,” was a former acting capo for the mafia family, the New York Post reported.

He died June 12 when he was struck by a city Department of Transportation truck in Brooklyn.

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“He spent his life looking over his shoulder, but he forgot to look both ways before crossing the street,” one police source said.

Authorities said Conigliaro …