Member of Gambino Organized Crime Family to spend Life in Prison on Racketeering Charges

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A member of the Gambino organized crime family was sentenced to life without parole for racketeering charges that span more than thee decades. Bartolomeo Vernace was found guilty of all nine racketeering acts, a 1981 double homicide, heroin trafficking, robbery and illegal gambling. “For more than four decades, the defendant dedicated his…

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Feds Expected to Pass on Using Star Prosecution Witness From Gotti “Junior” Case

Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Using “mob turncoats” to testify in court doesn’t always work. It comes down to credibility. Apparently, jurors weren’t buying what “mob turncoat” John Alite was selling as a star prosecution witness in the the fourth and final unsuccessful trial in 2009 against his ex-best friend, John (Junior) Gotti, son of the late…

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9 Gambino Family Mobsters Sentenced in NY; One Gave Green Light to Murder His Own Nephew

By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Nine members of New York’s Gambino Crime family, ranging from ages from 25 to 70, were sentenced in recent days in Manhattan federal court as part of a wide sweeping indictment that included charges of racketeering, murder, conspiracy, extortion and sex trafficking, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. “The successful prosecutions of…

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