Arillotta absent from U.S. court

NEW YORK – Reputed Western Massachusetts mob boss Anthony J. Arillotta was a no-show for a pretrial conference in federal court on Thursday, effectively solidifying his previously speculative status as a government informant.
Arillotta, 41, was arrested in February and charged along with six other defendants in a sweeping racketeering indictment out of New York that [...]

Gotti ‘Thought He Was Dead Meat’

John Gotti Jr.’s fourth racketeering trial was a disaster for the prosecution, ending up in another mistrial. But he thought he was going to get convicted and wrote the judge at the onset of jury deliberations in November, griping about his rulings and his attorney’s refusal to let him testify during trial.
“He thought he [...]

Gotti IV Mistrial the top mob story of 2009

With spectacular Mafia assassinations pretty much a thing of the past – it’s been 24 years since John Gotti & Company whacked Big Paul Castellano in front of Sparks Steak House – the biggest mob stories of recent years were usually blockbuster indictments or convictions.

In 2009, the biggest mob story of the year, as most [...]

John ‘Junior’ Gotti case ends in mistrial, again

His dad was “Teflon” but Junior’s more like the “Deadlock Don.”
A weary but jubilant John “Junior” Gotti walked free yesterday after a deeply divided jury failed to reach a verdict at his fourth racketeering trial in five years.
Gotti, 45, gazed at the ceiling and blinked back tears of relief as Manhattan federal Judge Kevin Castel [...]

Junior jurors say they can’t reach a verdict but agree to keep trying

They’re deadlocked – again.
Jurors deciding the fate of reputed mob boss John “Junior” Gotti told a judge today that they are “unable to reach a unanimous verdict,” but agreed to give it another try.
After the note came in from the jury around 3 p.m., Gotti’s lawyers immediately asked Judge Kevin Castel to [...]

Gotti jury: We’re deadlocked

The jury that will determine the guilt or innocence of John “Junior” Gotti sent a note to the judge today saying they’re deadlocked.
“We are unable to reach a verdict,” the jurors wrote in a note to Judge Kevin Castel on the seventh day of deliberations.

The jury will continue deliberations Monday.
The trial, which has [...]

Gotti jury requests transcript of prison tapes

The jury in John “Junior” Gotti’s gangland murder and racketeering trial asked Thursday for transcripts of prison tape recordings used by the prosecution and defense in the first substantive note since the panel began its deliberations.
Jurors already had the audio of the recorded conversations – including some of Gotti with his father, the [...]

Gotti juror jumps gun

Call it a case of premature deliberation.
A juror at the John “Junior” Gotti trial expressed doubt about the case yesterday before jury discussions even began.
The panelist sent the judge a note questioning the criminality of Gotti’s alleged secret involvement in a real-estate deal over the site of his former Our Friends social club in Queens.
“I’m [...]

John A. (Junior) Gotti boycotts his own trial – for four hours, then returns

John A. (Junior) Gotti briefly boycotted his own trial Tuesday and his mother refused to stand for the judge – putting a new spin on the mob sit-down.
The short-lived protests came just before the jury heard closing arguments in Manhattan Federal Court, where deliberations are expected to begin Wednesday.
Federal Judge Kevin Castel said marshals called [...]

Gotti’s ‘Ma’ in court outburst

THE trial of John ‘Junior’ Gotti was reminded that even Mafia bosses have loving ‘moms’ when the defendant’s mother unleashed a profanity-riddled tirade in court.
As her embarrassed son tried to quieten her, Victoria Gotti interrupted his racketeering trial in New York this week while the judge was dismissing two warring jurors who might have produced [...]

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