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Joseph Watts (born 1942) also known as "The German" is an associate of the Gambino crime family. He was a close confidant of former boss John Gotti and participated in the infamous 1985 assassination of Paul "Big Paul" Castellano. [1] [2] Watts was not a made man due to being only Italian on his maternal side, while being German, Welsh on his ...
Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano (born March 12, 1945) is an American former mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Gambino crime family.As the underboss, Gravano played a major role in prosecuting John Gotti, the crime family's boss, by agreeing to testify as a government witness against him and other mobsters in a deal in which he confessed to involvement in 19 murders.
Michael Franzese Sr. (/ f r æ n ˈ z iː s /) [2] (né Grillo; born May 27, 1951) is an American former mobster who was a caporegime in the Colombo crime family in New York City, and son of former underboss Sonny Franzese.
Two reputed members of the Gambino crime family are expected to be released on bond in time for Thanksgiving.. Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Frederic Block decided to release Diego “Danny ...
Alite was affiliated with the Gambino crime family but was ineligible to become a "made man" in the organization due to his non-Italian heritage. [7] In the 1980s and 1990s, he was an enforcer and hitman for a Queens-based drug gang headed by John Angelo "Junior" Gotti which allegedly distributed eight kilograms of cocaine per month. [7]
Lorenzo "Lore" Mannino (born July 27, 1959) is an American mobster, and according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, a powerful caporegime in the Gambino crime family. Currently he holds the position of front boss for Domenico Cefalù in the family. [1] [2]
However, Colombo soon alienated Gambino with his establishment of the Italian-American Civil Rights League and the media attention that it entailed. Gallo was released from prison on April 11, 1971. [32] His second wife, Sina, described him shortly after his release, saying he appeared extremely frail and pale. "He looked like an old man.
He then began robbing jewelry stores along the Atlantic Coast, [5] using his contacts within the Gambino crime family to fence the stolen merchandise. [ 10 ] [ 14 ] At one point, he purchased an Italian pizza restaurant in North Lauderdale, Florida , which he later burned down as part of an insurance fraud .