Gotti Indicted On Charges Of Murder, Drugs

Three Previous Trials Ended In Mistrials

(CBS/AP)  Federal authorities in Tampa have indicted John (Junior) Gotti on conspiracy charges linking him to cocaine trafficking and three slayings in New York.

Federal prosecutor Robert O'Neill announced the indictment of the 44-year-old Gotti and five other men at a news conference this morning.

Gotti - the son of the late Gambino family crime boss John Gotti - is expected to appear later today in Manhattan federal court.

O'Neill said the slayings occurred in 1988, 1990 and 1991.

If convicted, Gotti faces life in prison.

Gotti was nabbed Tuesday morning in New York at his Oyster Bay, Long Island home, CBS Station WCBS-TV reported.

He will be arraigned later Tuesday from Lower Manhattan, law enforcements said.

Gotti was tried three times in Manhattan on racketeering charges for an alleged plot to kidnap Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa.

The trials in 2005 and 2006 ended in hung juries and mistrials, and federal prosecutors announced a year ago that they were giving up.

A call to Gotti's attorney was not immediately returned.

[vnveteran72]

"Shotgun Dickkk" Cheney and "Little George" Shrub of the Bush/Cheney Crime Family, didn''t like Gotti cutting into their Business, and decided to take them out.......LMMFAO

[patriot12436]

We need to have the same kod of leadership ability in our govt that the mafia has. Look at how successful they have ran their businesses. Vote Gotti Jr for president.

[patriot12436]

joe bananas
Whack a source of income, your kidding right ?

[andrew_693]

The Feds should just whack him and save the taxpayers a lot of money. The Bush administration has no problem taking away regular peoples rights... why not whack mobsters?

Posted by Joe_Bananaz at 09:25 AM : Aug 05, 2008



it''s because the mob and the republican christian party are both criminal organizations and they help each other. The governor of mississippi is about to commute a life sentence to a man who stalked and murdered his wife. Remember, the mob and the republican both follow the bible and go to church to keep appearances.

[generey]

Give ''em a bus ride with that guy from canada.

[meanbiker]

Murders from 1988, 1990 and 1991. Wow that was tax dollars well spent.. so they have worked on this case for 41,600 hrs if only one person worked the case.. Ok.. say 10.. 416,000 man hrs x $10 per hr.. (for easy math) $4,160,000 WHAT A BARGAIN!!!!

[davewrite1]

In November 2007 Sicilian police reported to have found a list of "Ten Commandments" in the hideout of mafia boss Salvatore Lo Piccolo. Similar to the Biblical Ten Commandments, they are thought to be a guideline on how to be a good, respectful honorable mafioso. The commandments are as follows:[22]

No one can present himself directly to another of our friends. There must be a third person to do it.
Never look at the wives of friends.
Never be seen with cops.
Don''t go to pubs and clubs.
Always being available for Cosa Nostra is a duty - even if your wife''s about to give birth.
Appointments must absolutely be respected.
Wives must be treated with respect.
When asked for any information, the answer must be the truth.
Money cannot be appropriated if it belongs to others or to other families.
People who can''t be part of Cosa Nostra: anyone who has a close relative in the police, anyone with a two-timing relative in the family, anyone who behaves badly and doesn''t hold to moral values.

People turn to mafia-like organizations when they become too distrustful of accepted authorites.

[six-six-seis]

This criminal is just a Boy Scout Compared to SHRUB...

[hunterdon6]

too many politicans and judges and others on the mob payroll, nothing will be done.

[josebcruz]

Part two: But the Italian Mob is involved in many things that affect the common man. The Unions, look at what happened to Jimmy Hoffa. Why do you think he disappeared? Innocent workers who are forced to join the unions, have their monies manipulated by the mob. But if you want to work in that company, you have no choice but to join the union.They are also involved in Hijacking commercial trucking, therefore affecting the price of all goods that finally make it to the store shelves because they need to markup the price to cover the losses from the hijackings. Commercial sanitation, if you try to start a restaurant, they force you to use only their company, when you can find a cheaper company. All of this effects ALL OF US, even if you stay in your own neighborhoods. Because every business owner in this predicament needs to mark up their prices which hits all of our pockets. Drugs, if you don''t do it, you are not affected as much as these other activities I have listed and there is more. Drugs has been in our society for decades, cocaine was a main ingredient In Coca Cola. Now Redbull is the drink that gives you a "Kick". Charles Darwin took drugs, Clinton smoked pot. Alchol is a drug and look at what happend in Chicago back when it was illegal, innocent people got shot up.
All I said was this low life should have been deported, just like anyone involved in criminal activity. But not those who just want to WORK.

[josebcruz]

Credibility2:The Italian Mob was the first of its kind in this country. It started a disease that all other ethnic groups have tried to copy. They were into drug smuggling from the beginning. Capone was hooked on Cocaine. With drugs, at least you know not to go where that kind of activity exist.

To be continued

[barbaraf4]

"Why in the world do the gotti''s have any money left at all? Isnt it all stolen? Why didnt the feds bankrupt the whole family when they busted loser gotti sr.?" Posted by hurtmorons
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Because the Mafia, like the Politicians know to hide their money off-shore.

[honestabe8]

illegal drug trafficking is more harmful and worse for our neighborhoods...
Posted by Credibility2

Then legalize. Same rules apply now that did during alcohol prohibition.

[credibility2]

...at least the "mob", and Italians aren''t the only ethnics to have a "mob", generally know how to take aim and neatly get their dirty work taken care of, unlike innocent victims caught in the cross-hairs of street thug terrorist gang members who are worse than any ethnic mob...it''s too bad the feds can''t go after more south of the border drug dealers who enter illegally and create greater harm to our society than someone like this...illegal drug trafficking is more harmful and worse for our neighborhoods...

[josebcruz]

The thing that really gets to me is why does our government spend so much money on trying to deport immigrant WORKERS. People who yes did arrive illegally, but are trying to WORK. Not ROB, like these pieces of S--ts. These are the ones that should be deported, right back to Italy.

But what happens is that Politicians and law Enforcement personnel are making money by receiving pay offs from these low lives. Can you imagine the kind of money it takes to try to bring these criminals to trial? Then the ones that do get prosecuted costs even more to keep in jail.

[wardoglrs]

My Daddy did it why cant I. You know its in the blood like the Bushes and the clintons and the rest of congress for that matter

[honestabe8]

LeagalizeMJ: I support your comment about legalizing marijuana. I think that would be a very good and common sense move. That is why I don''t think it will ever happen. There is too much money in it''s illegality, and our legislators and police are more after power than keeping the country safe.

[haoli25]

ARE you talking about chimp bushy jr and arrangutang bushy senior.... Posted by shazam112



P L E A S E!!!! Buy a dictionary.

[joe_bananaz]

The Feds should just whack him and save the taxpayers a lot of money. The Bush administration has no problem taking away regular peoples rights... why not whack mobsters?

[Gary Kempf]

And this surprises who?