Two booted off Junior’s trial; mother escorted from court room

Two jurors were booted off the John “Junior” Gotti case this afternoon after the judge decided they would not be able to deliberate.
The decision by Manahattan Federal Judge Kevin Castel to remove Juror No. 7 and 11 came two days after those jurors got into a heated squabble.
The move prompted mob queen Victoria [...]

Gotti Trial – Sammy Gravano for the Defense ?

Salvatore (Sammy Bull) Gravano helped sink Mafia boss John Gotti but mob scion John (Junior) Gotti thinks Sammy Bull just may be the lifeline he needs right now.
In a mind-boggling turn of events, Gravano is one of three federally protected mob turncoats that the onetime Junior Don may call to rebut key [...]

Gotti Trial: Alite: Junior and Gottis Taught Me Treachery of Mob Life

John (Junior) Gotti may have met his Sammy Bull.
John Alite took the stand last week in Gotti IV to testify against his old pal and quickly evoked the image of perhaps the most famously devastating mob turncoat witness.
Gambino family defector Salvatore Gravano, the first Mafia underboss to take the witness stand against [...]

Gotti Trial: Alite testimony continues

Mob turncoat John Alite testified Wednesday that he shot a Queens cocaine dealer in the head in 1988 on orders from John “Junior” Gotti because the man was bragging about his Gotti family connections, and he was told to make no effort to hide the body because the Gottis wanted to “send a message.”
Alite, [...]

Gotti : The day our boy was stolen away

Released from prison in 1977, John Gotti was quickly rising through the ranks of the Gambino crime family on his way to becoming “boss of all bosses.” Even in his home life, the underworld big shot knew how to throw his weight around. When his second son, Frankie, didn’t make the cut [...]

Gotti Turncoat: We Had Lots Of Cops Working For Us

Mob turncoat John Alite has had a lot to say about his old buddy John (Junior) Gotti — but he’s also found time to tell the feds some amazing stories about corrupt cops and detectives.
Alite — set to be a key witness at Gotti IV — has given the FBI names and details regarding rogue [...]

Mafia assassin gets life for 4 NYC murders

An aging hit man known as a cold-blooded enforcer for the late mob boss John Gotti — and notorious for disposing of bodies with acid — was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for four murders after being berated by the families of his victims.
Charles Carneglia, 63, leaned sat back in his [...]

Mafia Assassin’s Sentencing This Week in Brooklyn

Sentencing is scheduled this week for Charles Carneglia, a Gambino crime family soldier who was convicted in March of racketeering, extortion and four gangland murders.
Though the feared Mafia assassin faces life in prison, Carneglia was acquitted of the most infamous of the murders for which he was charged — that of [...]

SADISTIC GOTTI THUG CARNEGLIA PUT AWAY

A Gambino hit man known for dissolving victims’ bodies in vats of acid was convicted of four gangland slayings yesterday – a verdict that marks the end of an era for a ruthless breed of enforcers who served under the late “Dapper Don” John Gotti.
Charles Carneglia, 62, sat stone-faced as the jurors [...]

MOB JURY IN WAR OF NO WORDS

Jurors deciding the fate of an accused mob hit man were dumbfounded yesterday when at least one of the panel members refused to talk in the deliberating room.
The jury foreman in the murder and racketeering trial of Gambino soldier Charles Carneglia sent a note to Brooklyn federal Judge Jack Weinstein.
Responding to the note, [...]

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