Not to be confused with Richie.
- "You're supposed to be protectin' me, for fuck's sake!"
- — Richie Mazzeo
Richie Mazzeo is a minor antagonist in Mafia II DLC Joe's Adventures.
History[]
He was a soldato in the Clemente Crime Family who ratted out Alberto Clemente and his organization to the authorities. He appears in the mission Witness - Frozen Memories. When Vito Scaletta is arrested for selling stolen gas stamps, Joe Barbaro is sent to find out who reported Vito. Through a series of events, such as chasing and interrogating a gas station attendant named Stan who ratted Vito out and is working closely with Mazzeo, Joe learns that Mazzeo has gone state's evidence and is under protection by the Empire Bay Police Department, and is the star informant in the case against Vito. Stan revealed that their was a more important witness than himself who worked for the Clemente family and was going to put Vito away for life and shut down their operations, but did not say Mazzeo's name.
Joe calls Luca Gurino and shares with him the new information he learned from Stan, and Gurino is quick to tell him the informant's name, and that he could put Clemente and all of his men away if he gives his testimony in court. Luca tells him to find where Mazzeo is being held and kill him, and he doesn't care how he does it. Joe finds some EBPD detectives who are in charge of Richie's personal security by sitting outside a police precinct and eavesdropping on their conversation, and then he tails them to the safe house on the outskirts of the city next to the dam where Richie is being kept.
After following two detectives to a secluded location, Joe bursts through the door of the Yacht Club where Mazzeo was being held. He attempts to escape, but in the end he's caught and killed by Joe. This can be done by either stopping Richie's car and shooting him or using explosives, or by the player ramming Richie's car with their own vehicle and pushing his car into the partially frozen lake, drowning him. Richie can also be pulled out of his car and beaten to death.
Appearances[]
Joe's Adventures[]
- Witness - Frozen Memories (Killed)
Trivia[]
- His name being shortened to "Richie" indicates that his first name has to be either "Riccardo" or "Richard".
- Mazzeo is the only other Italian gangster who is canonically killed by Joe Barbaro in 1945. All of the other times this occurs happen in 1950 and 1951.
- Mazzeo is one of two government informants you kill in Mafia II, the other being Tommy Angelo in the main game.
- Killing Mazzeo by pushing him into the lake and drowning him will earn the player the achievement Arctic Grave.