In , Paul Castellano was arrested and indicted in a RICO case, and not more than a year later, a second indictment came his way for his role in the The Commission. It was at this point that Castellano was facing a lengthy prison sentence, and already at the age of 70 it would have seen him spending his last years locked down. However, by now Gotti had already started talks with Sammy Gravano, and other unsettled family mobsters to take out Castellano. The group of five called themselves The Fist and had the full backing of other bosses-in-waiting from as well as Joseph N Gallo, who at the time was the consigliere.
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On August 5, , Junior Gotti and five other men were indicted in connection with the murders of three men in the late s and early '90s. The murder victims identified in the case include Louis DiBono, a Gambino soldier and construction contractor. He was found shot seven times slumped in a Cadillac sedan in the parking garage of the World Trade Center in The other two victims were George Grosso and Bruce J. Gotterrup We strive for accuracy and fairness. If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us!
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Civil rights leader Whitney Young Jr. On December 1, , the 12 jurors announced that they had failed to reach a unanimous verdict on all the charges and the judge declared a mistrial. After the trial, jurors said that they did not find witnesses, particularly Alite, to be credible. One of the jurors said, "they should stop this now—it's ridiculous," while another said, "It's abusive.
It's almost become a mockery. After Gotti's fourth mistrial, federal prosecutors had indicated that they would not seek another trial against Gotti. In January , the government decided not to pursue further charges against Gotti. In August , Gotti was arrested and indicted on racketeering and murder conspiracy charges brought in Florida. The charges stemmed from an alleged drug trafficking ring Gotti operated along with former associate-turned-informant John Alite , and with the murders of George Grosso in , Louis DiBono in and Bruce John Gotterup in Prosecutors charge that the ring distributed at least five kilograms of cocaine in the late s and early s.
Gotti's trial was later moved to New York, where he pleaded not guilty, and began in September In January , Alite pleaded guilty to two murders, four murder conspiracies, at least eight shootings, and two attempted shootings as well as armed home invasions and armed robberies in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Florida, stemming from his alleged involvement in a Gambino crew in Tampa, Florida. Alite agreed to testify in the trial of Gambino family enforcer Charles Carneglia, who was found guilty of four murders and is now serving a life sentence.
He then served as a key prosecution witness against Gotti. In , months before he was released from prison, Gotti was charged in an count racketeering indictment which included an alleged plot to kidnap Curtis Sliwa , founder of the Guardian Angels, as well as securities fraud, extortion and loansharking.
Through his attorney Jeffrey Lichtman , Gotti admitted that he had been involved in the Gambino crime family in the s, and had even been slated to lead the organization after his father was sent to jail in , but claimed he had left criminal life behind after his conviction in Three juries eventually deadlocked on the charges, the last in , and federal prosecutors decided not to pursue a fourth trial.
Many of the charges related to attempts to extort money from the owners and employees of Scores, an upscale strip club in Manhattan. In addition to the lists seized in the raid, prosecutors obtained transcripts of prison conversations in which Gotti Jr.
Faced with overwhelming evidence, and against his father's wishes, Gotti Jr. He had also given testimonial information against other mobsters, such as Alite. Federal prosecutors say his uncle, Peter Gotti, became head of the Gambino organization after Gotti Jr. Also found was a list of several men who were inducted into other families in and ; a longstanding rule in the New York Mafia calls for prospective wiseguys to be vetted by the other families before being inducted.
However, normally these lists are destroyed almost as soon as the inductions take place. The discovery enraged Gotti's father as well as the other bosses, since it put dozens of other mafiosi at risk of government scrutiny. The episode earned him the nickname 'dumbfella' in the New York media.
Remembering how his father had been brought down by FBI bugs, Gotti adopted a more secretive way of doing business. He discussed mob business mainly through "walk-talks," or conversations held while walking alongside trusted capos. He also tried to pose as a legitimate businessman.
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