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John Gotti Essay Research Paper John Gotti

John Gotti Essay, Research Paper


John Gotti: The American Mobster


This is a story about a New York mobster, who was the


Godfather of the Gambino Family. Today he is serving a life


sentence in Marion Federal Penitentiary on 43 counts of


racketeering, multiple murders, loan sharking, gambling, and


even jury tampering. John Gotti was born October 27, 1940


in the Bronx. John Gotti had 12 other brothers and sisters.


He had 2 parents, Fannie and John Joseph Gotti Sr. John


Gotti started school in 1945. In 1950 The Gotti family


moved to Sheepshead Bay, where John attended P.S. 209.


In 1952, the family moved to East New York; John


attended P.S. 178. While he was in school Gotti had his first


brush with the law when he was caught with friends stealing


and vandalizing with portable cement mixer that tipped over


and crushed the toes of his feet. He had to be hospitalized


for awhile as a result, and is reportedly missing a toe or two.


>From then on John Gotti joined a youth gang called


FULTON-ROCKAWAY BOYS. While he was in the gang


he dropped out of school. In the gang he got in a lot of


trouble. He got arrested for the first time in 1957 after a


gang fight. From then on he got arrested a lot in 1958 he


was Convicted of burglary and given probation. In 1959


arrested for the first time as an adult for unlawful assembly in


a raid at a gambling location. He received a 60 day


suspended sentence. Also in the late 50?s, he assaulted a


smalltime hood who owed him money, met and worked for


Carmine Fatico, killed two black gamblers with Willie "Boy"


Johnson, and was caught stealing copper from a construction


site. In 1960 he met Victoria DiGiorgio and falls in love with


her. In 1961, his daughter Angela was born. In 1962 John


married Victoria DiGiorgio. Things were going good for a


year when in 1963 John got arrested in a car reported stolen


from AVIS. He went to jail for the first time and served 20


days. In 1965, he was arrested for unlawful entry and


possession of bookmaking records, in March, Caught


breaking into a tavern on Long Island, in October, Accused


of attempted petit larceny in Brooklyn. In 1966, John


allegedly associated with a gang reporting to Carlo


Gambino. He was jailed for unlawful entry and grand


larceny. Then in 1967, he was arrested on federal hijacking


charges in an FBI sting operation at Kennedy Airport. Then


in 1968, he was arrested in state hijacking case; he pleaded


guilty but receives no prison time. In 1969, he pleaded guilty


in a federal hijacking case; gets three years at USP


Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. While in prison, he was indicted


on a second federal hijacking charge; however his indictment


was dismissed because police used illegal wiretap. In the


beginning of the 70?s Gotti spent time in Green Haven


Prison. After being released from jail Gotti was indicted for


murder after James McBratney was shot and killed by Ralph


"Ralphie Wigs" Galione (May 22nd) in a barroom fight.


While John was at a bar in Queens, New York he was


arrested for the murder of McBratney. In 1975, John


pleaded guilty to attempted manslaughter in McBratney


case; he was incarcerated in Green Haven state prison. In


1976 Carlo Gambino dies. Paul Castellano allegedly became


boss of the Gambino Fami. In July 28 1977 John is released


from Green Haven early after proving himself to be a model


prisoner. Later that summer, he was allegedly inducted into


the Gambino Family. March 18, 1980 John’s 12 year old


son, Frank Gotti, is tragically killed in an accide

nt when a


neighbor hit the mini-bike Frank was riding with his car. In


1981 Diane Giacolone began her investigation of Gotti. Then


in 1984 Romual Piecyk accuses John Gotti and another of


assaulting him after a scuffle over double parking. Gotti is


arrested on assault and robbery charges. Aniello Dellacroce,


Gotti’s friend and mentor, dies of brain cancer. On


December 16th, Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are


murdered outside of Spark’s Steak House in Manhattan.


Then Gotti is arrested on federal racketeering charges. On


January 16, 1986 John allegedly becomes boss of the


Gambino family. In March of 1986, the assault case is


dismissed after Piecyk can’t remember who assaulted him. In


April, Federal racketeering trial begins, Frankie DeCicco


(alleged underboss) is murdered in a car bombing apparently


meant for both him and John. The trial is postponed. In May


of 86 a lot of things happened. Carpenter union official John


O’Conner is shot in the rear, allegedly for ordering the


trashing of a Gambino run joint which was being built with


non-union labor. Gotti’s bail was revoked, and Gotti


surrendered six days later to the MCC. In August Federal


trial began again. March 6, 1987 Diane Giacalone presents


her summation of the case, which lasts five hours and


contains several mistaken names and some errors of fact. On


March 13, 1987 the jury reaches the verdict of not guilty on


all counts. In 1989 Gotti was arrested on charges of


conspiracy to commit assault in the shooting of John


O’Conner. In 1989 John is acquitted of the assault charges,


also 13 count RICO Fed indictment brought against Gotti


for conspiring to murder Paul Castellano. John Gotti, alleged


underboss Salvatore Gravano, and consigliere Frank


Locascio are all arrested at the Ravenite social club in Little


Italy. They are held without bail at the MCC in Manhattan.


In 1991 Bruce Cutler, the lawyer who helped Gotti beat his


previous three trials, is barred from representing him on the


grounds that he (Cutler) is allegedly acting as "house


counsel" for the Gambino crime family. Also, in November


Sammy Gravano, facing a life sentence behind bars, is


coerced into switching sides and testifying against Gotti and


Locascio in exchange for a greatly reduced sentence (ends


up serving only 3 years for admitting to 19 murders). Sammy


"The Bull" became Sammy "The Rat" and Sammy "The


Liar". In 1992 The trial began, Gravano first testifies. Gotti is


found guilty all 13 counts, and he is delivered to Marion


Penitentiary in Illinois. In 1993 Gotti’s appeal (that his


lawyer, Bruce Cutler, was unfairly disqualified from


representing him in the case) is rejected. In 1994 Bruce


Cutler was sentencted to 90 days house arrest, fined


$5,000, barred from NY’s Eastern District courts for six


months, ordered to perform 600 hours of community


service, and placed on probation for three years for


speaking out in defense of John to reporters during the last


trial. John Gotti has now been in jail since 1992 serving a life


sentence without parole. He has appealed since the trial has


been over, and every time he has it has been rejected. The


Gambino Family is still in New York and John Gotti?s


son(John jr.) is now the god father of the Gambino Family,


and is still strong. The Gambino Family I think in the future is


going to be very strong even without John Gotti. The FBI is


still watching the family so it looks as if the family might even


be as strong as when John Gotti ran the family.


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