John Gotti Jr.’s family rejects plea deals after basketball game brawl John “Junior” Gotti’s wife and daughter rejected plea agreements that would have sent them to anger treatment to satisfy allegations that they started a brawl at a Long Island junior basketball tournament. Kimberly Gotti, 55, and Gianna Gotti, 23, declined an offer to plead … [Read more…]
Gambino family associate Anthony Pandrella convicted of murdering his friend Vincent Zito Last month, it was confirmed that Brooklyn resident Anthony Pandrella, 62, had been found guilty of murder in the 2018 death of his longtime friend Vincent Zito, 77, who he lived with for many years. Zito was executed inside the house of the … [Read more…]
Peter Gotti, former Gambino boss, dead at 81 Peter Gotti, former Gambino crime boss, has died in a North Carolina prison at 81 years old. Gotti was serving 25 years after his 2003 racketeering conviction. He did 17 years until he passed away from natural causes at the Federal Medical Center in Butner this morning, … [Read more…]
Son of Gambino capo accused of overtime work scam in Long Island Frank Pizzonia, son of alleged Gambino capo Dominick “Skinny Dom” Pizzonia, was busted last Thursday in the Long Island Rail Road overtime scam – which resulted in the Skinny Dom telling the NY Post, “Fuhgeddaboudit!” Pizzonia alongside the alleged “overtime king” Thomas Caputo … [Read more…]
Gambino associate Peter Tuccio pleads guilty to torching businessman’s Mercedes Gambino crime family associate Peter Tuccio, 27, pleaded guilty on Wednesday to felony extortion for torching the Mercedes-Benz of a Queens businessman who stopped making his annual payouts to an irate mob captain, the feds announced. The criminal act didn’t go as planned: Co-conspirator Gino … [Read more…]
Peter Gotti, 81, loses second try for early COVID release On Tuesday, former Gambino boss Peter Gotti lost his second appeal to be released from prison to spend the rest of his days with family. The compassionate release was rejected by Judge Colleen McMahon. Gotti argued that he had tremendous vulnerability to the COVID-19 virus … [Read more…]
Top construction union boss allegedly had ties to John Gotti James Cahill, who is currently under indictment for corruption charges, has been accused of having “extensive ties to members of organized crime,” according to federal prosecutors. The accusation was made on Monday in a letter dismissing Cahill’s attempt to have his home confinement changed to … [Read more…]
Son of the late and infamous Gambino family boss, John Angelo “Junior” Gotti once had to focus on his life inside a federal prison rather than as a mafioso. Retired from the mafia for more than 20 years, the 56-year-old Gotti is now the focus of an investigation about meetings he had with Massachusetts Latin … [Read more…]
Mobster Joseph Gambino has died at the age of 84. He was the son of the “Boss of all Bosses” Carlo Gambino and a one-time partner in a multimillion-dollar mafia organization in the Garment District. A Lucrative Trucking Business Along with his older brother Thomas, Joseph Gambino oversaw a mob-controlled trucking business. For decades they … [Read more…]
The New York borough of Queens had yet to see its boom in organized crime until the late 1930s. Not that Queens was a particularly popular area for Mafia families to carry out their Costa Nostra activities, rather they were lured in due to the airport built during the infrastructural developmental boom there, which took … [Read more…]
Anthony Comello only wanted one thing the day he ended up at the house of Francesco Cali (Franky Boy); to make a citizen’s arrest. Little was it anticipated that he will end up killing one of the leaders of the Gambino crime family. The day of the incident He took his pickup truck to Todt … [Read more…]
Gambino crime family member Riccardo (Richie) Cefalu, an old-school wise guy known as a man who lived by the rule “admit nothing,” died Jan. 23 at the age of 92. Part of the Gambino’s Sicilian faction, Cefalu emigrated into the United States from Italy in 1965, settling in Greenlawn, Long Island, where he was still … [Read more…]
According to reports aging mobster, Domenico Cefalù took over as boss of the Gambino crime family back in 2011. He took control of the infamous New York Mafia family at the end of the Gotti era. The reign, imprisonment, and death of former boss John Gotti brought turmoil and instability. The Cosa Nostra family had … [Read more…]
Peter Gotti the former boss of the Gambino crime family had his bid for a compassionate release rejected on Wednesday. The elderly and ailing 80-year-old former New York Mafia leader filed the request back in February of last year. According to Gotti, he is suffering from various medical conditions including cancer, heart problems, dementia, and … [Read more…]
At least ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family including veteran capo Andrew Campos have been arrested. Alleged Gambino soldiers that included James Ciaccia, George Campos, Vincent Fiore, and Richard Martino were also taken into custody and charged. They have been charged with several crimes including racketeering conspiracy, bribery, loansharking, fraud, and … [Read more…]