Frank LoCascio the former consigliere of the Gambino crime family is suing the government for the release of wiretap recordings that prove his innocents in a 1990 mafia hit.
LoCascio was convicted along with boss John Gotti back in 1992 on various charges, including conspiring in the murder of fellow Gambino family mobster Louis DiBono. The aging mobster is currently serving a life sentence in Devens, Mass. At the Federal Medical Center but thinks some new technology could set him free.
Frank “Frankie Loc” LoCascio
Part of the evidence used by the government was secret recordings of conversations between Gotti and members of the Gambino family including Franky Loc. One of the conversations recorded took place at the Ravenite social club on Dec. 12, 1989 capturing Gotti speaking about his plans to whack DiBono. According to Frankie Loc he was at that meeting and made statements opposing killing DiBono but his statements on the recordings were marked in the transcripts as inaudible.
This conversation was played by prosecutors along with another recorded on March 28, 1990 from the Ravenite club that predated DiBono’s murder by a few months which LoCascio was not part of. New technology may allow for the parts deemed inaudible by the government to be more fully deciphered and possibly prove LoCascio’s innocence in the murder of DiBono. A request was filed a year ago for the 644 audio reels of the conversations using the Freedom of Information Act, which was denied by the feds citing a law enforcement records exemption.
Defense attorney’s filed an appeal that was rejected by the FBI and Justice Department in April. The idea that these 26 year old recordings could be part of any ongoing investigation was called ludicrous by Frankie Loc as everyone included in the recordings are either now deceased or incarcerated. The former New York mafia leader wants a judge to order the audio tapes to be released especially the recordings from Nov. 30, 1989 and Dec. 12,1989.
The guy was no choir boy and he deserved to be found guilty of a lot of those charges but the feds pinning the DiBono hit on him always kind of stunk. Now refusing to release these recordings from 26 years ago , i mean cmon.
I agree. I mean what’s it going to do really? Nothing I think bc Franky Loc is old and probably doesn’t have much time left anyway. FBI just doesn’t want to be proven wrong that’s all it comes down to.
Exactly. And I don’t get it. If Only they pursued politicians and white collar guys with such vigor.
It’s a disgrace he is praticly vegetable and he got life without parole for sitting on the wrong couch he is not saint but come on
The feds are as crooked as any gangster and they are as spiteful as any 10 yr spoiled brat,, after all the rats ,, Gotti on on those tapes ,, the guy didnt buckle to the gov,,, I heard he was treated pretty bad for over a decade ,, they were trying to break him,, a real crimanal shuts up and does the time cause he knows he is guilty and whining and moaning and then ratting when crying doesnt work ( think Dino Calabro) its just foolish when u spent most of ur life breaking the law.. Do the crime do the time,,
Frankie got treated very badly so did John they offered medical treatment to John if he cooperated and he refused this was just before his death
Frankie too they spent the first few yrs transferring him constantly,,, they took him on what the FBOP calls the US tour ,, its shitty but when u abuse every law and extort, kill, rob and sell drugs ,, it goes with the package when ur a high level crimanal,, not that its right ,,
The guy got done for sitting on the wrong couch I mean its ridiculous a lot worse guys than Frankie
I agree, that’s the life. Say what you want about Gotti, he did live by his word, wrong or right. Guilty is guilty, but Michael Milken, Jordan Belfort are free and rich. Did they murder? Not directly, but how many lives were ruined ? Innocent people. White collar guys get slapped on the wrist and destroy countless lives. Locasio killed gangsters. Deserve life in prison? Sure, but at least be honest about investigation and litigation.
Amen
He seemingly got the raft of the feds because he was simply a Gotti associate. The vendetta between the feds and Gotti def ran deep and he got shafted a lot because of it.
The hardon the Feds had for gotti was crazy I remember he as a celebrity it was mad it was like he was asking the Feds to come at him it was war between john and the feds
Still I respect John
Let Frankie out he got life without parole for sitting in the wrong apartment I mean because gotti was ranting the poor guy got life without parole I mean it was sammy and John doing most of the hits. It could have easily been Jackie the nose gene johnny g greg anyone just happened to be Frankie
Agreed he seems to have gotten the short end of the stick as being a part in middle of the Gotti vs feds battle.
Frankie was a top guy ,, u take those positions u get the bullseye,, Gotti hated Johnny G ,,but I get what ur saying ,, Frankie was into alot and could have stayed low pro but not with John ,, everybody got sucked into the vacum
Frankie by this time was just an advisor he was taking a step back did not even want the job just preparing his kid for the life. John did not hate johnny g till later on it was junior who really hated the guy that proffer junior had johnny g was a name he gave up.
John hated nicky aswell kept him as acting capo cos he could earn
No John had a problem with John G and Marino before he got pinched for the last time ,, John G was supposed to be at Sparks that nite ,,, Marino was there though,, The problem with Watts John G over the construction money and the phone cards,,, John G and Danny Marino lived up the block from me in Dyker Heights they lived across from each other,,,John G had beefs with the Luchesses and others but he was practically raised by the Lombadozzis and Carmine loved him him like a son,, Carmine L was a powerful guy
Which john
John g had beef with lucheses over some construction.
John did not know about danny m and jmmy Brown until after he was convicted. John was annoyed over the construction problem but sammy was handling that issue if my memory is right. Johnny g got on with gotti for awhile at least.
Carmine l was a power defo had a lot of legal problems took step back as in the 80s
Danny m used to be crazy in the 60s I mean he once battered a fbi agent a t a funeral the family went nuts carlo said take him out carmine l saved him danny m got taught well as time went on.
Danny m and jimmy brown got on
Johnny G had a problem with Gotti before the Sparks hit ,, he made peace after becoming boss but he always bad mouthed John Gamms and Marino,,, jimmy brown and Danny marino were tight,, gotti had a bad problem with bad mouthing guys when they left the room ,, which I dont get cause people were afraid of his temper,,who knows,,
I know John had a real beef with nicky c he thought he was going to get whacked so did lenny in the can.
John did not like danny m much but he kept him around because he could earn. Jimmy brown and danny m after paul got whacked went to see John and they had a meeting after meeting he told Sammy that “jimmy would be no problem ” but he distrusted danny m but Jimmy brown he never suspected was behind the Frankie hit and part of the plot against john
Who flaggged my post ? Lol
Just noticed that 😀
Bastids ! 🙂 Isnt that a form of snitchin ?????
Not me. I didn’t even see the said post.
U sound very suspicious ????,,, I dont know Henry u may fold under questioning ,, 🙂 jk
Lol. Great movie!
‘Hendry’ with the accent
I agree with you all when you become apart of the mafia your honour is everything and there are rules to this thing of there’s and the biggest one is you never rat on no one you get pinched you shut up and do your time its that simple yes he was in the wrong place at the wrong time but I have a lot of respect for john gotti and the feds withholding the wiretaps and the tapes because of an on going criminal investigation is just a load of bull the feds will do what ever it takes to keep him behind bars even if that means withholding evidence that could potentially have him released.
Frankie understood the life and he brought up his kid up well in the life Frankie schooled him well the feds should let him out he is a vegateable and he got done for sitting on the wrong couch and he never complained I have respect for the guy and he really believes in the life
john chocked to death on his own blood dying of cancer with no real medical attention. The feds offered it to them if he came out and said publicly he was the boss of the Gambino family and he said no that is dedicaton and no matter what you think of the guy he is a REAL stand up guy and the rubbish what is going around about john is rubbish
want a real look into gotti as a boss read the 1996 book GOTTI by jerry capeci (the book made him what he is today) sorry I am rambling
not like Sammy the bull cant stand the guy. At least he did not lie like alite because his book is a joke everyone knows the truth you can say what you want to the media everyone knows you were a low level drug dealer who got chased by junior who was a joke himself.
I agree with you mate and also read a shadow of my father by John Gotti Jnr its a really good read it see’s John in a whole new perspective through the eyes of his son its great read I would have loved to have met john seems like a really stand up guy
Yearh I read juniors book a bit biased when talking about his father I will say that 🙂 makes him sound like a martyr but I enjoyed it when he was talking about the trials he went through in the 2000s that was interesting
Truth is junior should have never been involved he was never really mob material he was not even 100 percent italien and he made a lot mistakes
Senior was a real mans man he was not the only flashy guy a lot of them at that time it was crazy though if John walked in the whole place went nuts he was like a celebrity the swagger I remember seeing him and Joe watts 😀