Gene Gotti
Gene Gotti | |
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drug trafficking (1989) | |
Criminal penalty | 50 years' imprisonment and fined $75,000 |
Eugene Gotti (born 1946) is an American
Early life
Gotti was born in
Around 1966, Gotti became an associate with the Gambino family. In 1969, Gotti was convicted of theft from an interstate shipment and was sent to federal prison for three months. In 1973, Gotti was convicted in state court of illegal possession of a firearm and was sentenced to 18 months in state prison.[1]
Criminal life
Gene became a
Gotti carried out
In late 1986 Gotti took over the crew, when Ruggiero was demoted.
On March 13, 1987, Gene Gotti, his brother John and others, were acquitted on federal charges of
Prison and release
Later in 1987, Gotti and
Gotti was imprisoned at the Federal Correctional Institution, Pollock, in Pollock, Louisiana, from 1989 to 2018. He was released on September 14, 2018, when he was 71 years old, after serving 29 years of his sentence.[15]
Further reading
- Mob Star: The Story of John Gotti by Gene Mustain & ISBN 0-02-864416-6
- Gotti: The Rise & Fall by Jerry Capeci in 1996, ISBN 0-451-40681-8
- Mafia Dynasty: The Rise & Fall of the Gambino Crime Family by John H. Davis in 1994, ISBN 0-06-109184-7
- Goombata: The Improbable Rise and Fall of John Gotti and His Gang by John Cummings and Ernest Volkman
References
- ^ a b c Raab, Selwyn (February 16, 1988). "Gotti's Brother Called Rising Star in Gambino Mob". The New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
- ^ Davis, p. 185
- ^ Raab, p. 354
- ^ a b Davis, p. 216
- ^ Capeci, Mustain (1996), p. 77
- ^ Capeci, Mustain (1996), pp. 79–80
- ^ Davis, p 238
- ^ Buder, Leonard (March 14, 1987). "Gotti is Aquitted [sic] in Conspiracy Case Involving the Mob". The New York Times. Retrieved November 26, 2012.
- ^ United States of America, Appellee, v. Angelo Ruggiero, Gene Gotti, John Carneglia, et al., Appellants, United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit, April 26, 1988
- ^ "2nd Mistrial Declared in Gotti Case After Jury Impasse", The New York Times, July 28, 1988
- ^ Howe, Marvin, "Gotti's Brother Is Sentenced To 50 Years", The New York Times, July 8, 1989
- ^ Gendar, Alison (October 15, 2009). "Intimidating Jurors Was the Gotti Way, Tapes Reveal in Junior Gotti Trial". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 14, 2012.
- ^ Morgan, Thomas (May 24, 1989). "Gene Gotti Guilty in Heroin and Racketeering Case". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
- ^ Howe, Marvine (July 8, 1989). "Gotti's Brother Is Sentenced To 50 Years". The New York Times. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
- ^ "Inmate Locator: Gene Gotti". Federal Bureau of Prisons. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2010.