Reputed mob killer Tommy Shots Gioeli: Prison is hazardous to my health
October 15, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
To hear Tommy Shots tell it, jail is for the birds.
No toenail clippers. Too many potatoes. And those mattresses are so hard.
The reputed mob killer – real name: Thomas Gioeli – came to court Tuesday with an impressive list of complaints about the federal lockup in Brooklyn.
“What he needs most immediately is a toenail clipper,” [...]
Witness: Construction firm had mob ties
September 29, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
Far from being the self-made man he says he is, Joseph N. Merlino was actually set up in the construction business by his father, a convicted Mafia killer, a retired federal corruption investigator testified Monday.
Merlino and his mother are seeking a license that would permit their company, Bayshore Rebar of Pleasantville, to [...]
MOB ‘KILLER’ WAS TARGET
February 10, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
A crazed Mafia killer on trial for murder was himself marked for death by a powerful Gambino crime family capo after he stabbed to death a young gangster without permission, a mob turncoat testified yesterday.
Charles Carneglia, 62, crossed the line when he plunged a knife into Michael Cotillo’s chest during a brawl [...]