Celtic Crusades

John Gotti

John Gotti: The American Mobster

This is a story about a New York mobster, who was the

Godfather of the Gambino Family. Today he is serving a life

sentence in Marion Federal Penitentiary on 43 counts of

racketeering, multiple murders, loan sharking, gambling, and

even jury tampering. John Gotti was born October 27, 1940

in the Bronx. John Gotti had 12 other brothers and sisters.

He had 2 parents, Fannie and John Joseph Gotti Sr. John

Gotti started school in 1945. In 1950 The Gotti family

moved to Sheepshead Bay, where John attended P.S. 209.

In 1952, the family moved to East New York; John

attended P.S. 178. While he was in school Gotti had his first

brush with the law when he was caught with friends stealing

and vandalizing with portable cement mixer that tipped over

and crushed the toes of his feet. He had to be hospitalized

for awhile as a result, and is reportedly missing a toe or two.

>From then on John Gotti joined a youth gang called

FULTON-ROCKAWAY BOYS. While he was in the gang

he dropped out of school. In the gang he got in a lot of

trouble. He got arrested for the first time in 1957 after a

gang fight. From then on he got arrested a lot in 1958 he

was Convicted of burglary and given probation. In 1959

arrested for the first time as an adult for unlawful assembly in

a raid at a gambling location. He received a 60 day

suspended sentence. Also in the late 50’s, he assaulted a

smalltime hood who owed him money, met and worked for

Carmine Fatico, killed two black gamblers with Willie "Boy"

Johnson, and was caught stealing copper from a construction

site. In 1960 he met Victoria DiGiorgio and falls in love with

her. In 1961, his daughter Angela was born. In 1962 John

married Victoria DiGiorgio. Things were going good for a

year when in 1963 John got arrested in a car reported stolen

from AVIS. He went to jail for the first time and served 20

days. In 1965, he was arrested for unlawful entry and

possession of bookmaking records, in March, Caught

breaking into a tavern on