In 2003, a new mob associate, Jack Falcone (FBI special agent Joaquin Garcia), got close to DePalma.
On February 21, 2005, DePalma, Garcia, and Gambino mobster Robert Vaccaro were meeting another mobster, Peter "Petey Chops" Vicini in the Housewares section of a Bloomingdales department store in Westchester County.