BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

John Joseph Gotti 
John Joseph Gotti was born to Fannie and John Joseph Gotti Sr
on October 27, 1940. 12 brothers and sisters 
among whom are Gene, Peter, Richard, Vincent, 
Carmine, & Mary Beth.
1950 The Gotti family moves to Sheepshead Bay, John attends P.S. 209. 
1952 The family moves to East New York; John attends P.S. 178. 
1954 Gotti has his first brush with the law when caught
     with friends messing around with a 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. 
1956 John Gotti joins the Fulton-Rockaway Boys street gang. 
          Drops out of Brooklyn high school. 

1957 May He is arrested for the first time after a gang fight. 
1958 Convicted of burglary; given probation. 
1959 Arrested for the first time as an adult for
     unlawful assembly in a raid at a gambling location. 
     Receives a 60 day suspended sentence. 
1960 Meets and falls in love with Victoria DiGiorgio. 
1962 March John marries Victoria DiGiorgio. 
1963 John is arrested in a car reported stolen from AVIS.
     Goes to jail for the first time and serves 20 days. 
1965 January Arrested for unlawful entry and possession 
     of bookmaking records. 
     March Caught breaking into a tavern on Long Island. 
     October Accused of attempted petty larceny in Brooklyn. 

1966 John allegedly associates with a gang reporting to Carlo Gambino. 
     Jailed for unlawful entry and grand larceny. 
1967 Arrested on federal hijacking charges in FBI sting at Kennedy Airport. 
1968 Arrested in state hijacking case; pleads guilty but receives no prison time. 
1969 Pleads guilty in federal hijacking case; gets three years. 
     Incarcerated at USP Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. 
          While in prison, indicted on second federal
     hijacking charge; indictment dismissed because 
     police used illegal wiretap. 
1972 January Released from Lewisburg. 
1973 Gotti indicted for murder after James McBratney 
     is shot and killed by Ralph "Ralphie Wigs" Galione 
     (May 22nd) in a barroom fight. 
1974 June 3rd Arrested in a Queens bar for the murder of McBratney. 
1975 John pleads guilty to attempted manslaughter in 
     McBratney case; incarcerated in Green Haven state prison. 
1976 October Carlo Gambino dies.  November 
          Paul Castellano named to boss of the Gambino Family 
1977 July 28th John is released from Green Haven early 
     after proving himself to be a model prisoner. Later 
     that summer, allegedly inducted into the Gambino Family. 
1980 March 18th John's 12 year old son, Frank Gotti, is 
     tragically killed in an accident when a neighbor 
     hit the mini-bike Frank was riding with his car. 
1981 Diane Giacolone begins her investigation of Gotti. 
1984 September Romual Piecyk accuses John Gotti and 
     another of assaulting him after a scuffle over double parking. 
     Gotti is arrested on assault and robbery charges.

1985 December 2nd 
     Aniello Dellacroce,Gotti's friend and mentor, dies of brain cancer. 
     December 16th Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are
     murdered outside of Spark's Steak House in Manhattan. 
     Gotti is arrested on federal racketeering charges. 
1986 January 16th Gotti allegedly becomes boss of the 
     Gambino family. 
     March The assault case is dismissed after Piecyk
     can't remember who assaulted him. 
     April Federal racketeering trial begins, Frankie DeCicco 
     (alleged underboss) is murdered in a car bombing 
     apparently meant for both him and John. Trial is postponed. 
     May 7th Carpenter union official John O'Conner is shot
     in the rear, allegedly for ordering the trashing of 
     a so-called Gambino run joint which was being built
     with non-union labor. 
     May 13th Gotti's bail is revoked, and Gotti 
     surrenders six days later to the MCC. 
     Aug 18th Federal trial begins again.

1987 March 6th Diane Giacalone presents her summation 
     of the case, which lasts five hours and contains 
     several mistaken names and some errors of fact. 
     March 13th The jury reaches the verdict of Not 
     Guilty on all counts. 
1989 Mid-January Gotti arrested on charges of conspiracy
     to commit assault in the shooting of John O'Conner. 
1990 Feb 9th John is acquitted of the assault charges. 
     April 22nd Junior Gotti marries at age 26. 
     Dec 12th 13 count RICO Fed indictment brought
     against Gotti for conspiring to murder Paul Castellano. 
     John Gotti, alleged underboss Salvatore Gravano, and 
     consigliere Frank Locascio are all arrested at the 
     Ravenite social club in Little Italy. They are held
     without bail at the MCC in Manhattan.

1991 Late July Bruce Cutler, the lawyer who helped
     Gotti beat his previous three trials, is barred 
     from representing him on the grounds that he 
     (Cutler) is allegedly acting as "house counsel" 
     for the Gambino Crime Family. 
     November Sammy Gravano, facing a life sentence
     behind bars, is coerced into switching sides
     and testifying against Gotti and Locascio in 
     exchange for a greatly reduced sentence (ends 
     up serving only 3 years for admitting to 19 murders).
     Sammy "The Bull" becomes Sammy "The Rat" and Sammy "The Liar". 
1992 January 21st The trial begins. 
     March 2nd Gravano first testifies. 
     April 2nd Gotti is found guilty all 13 counts. 
     June 23rd Gotti is sentenced to life without 
     the possibility of parole. 
     June 24th, 7:35 a.m.Gotti is delivered to
     Marion Penitentiary in Illinois. 
1993 October 8th Gotti's appeal (that his lawyer, 
     Bruce Cutler was unfairly disqualified from 
     representing him in the case) is rejected. 
1994 June 10th Bruce Cutler was sentenced to 90 days 
     house arrest, fined $5,000, barred from NY's Eastern 
     District courts for six months, ordered to perform 
     600 hours of community service, and placed on probation 
     for three years for speaking out in defense of John 
     to reporters during the last trial. 
1996 January 4th Gotti and his lawyers file legal
     papers hoping to discredit rat Sammy Gravano. 

 (1986)  Not Guilty on all counts. 
 (1986-87) (Racketeering) Not Guilty on all counts. 
 (1990) (John O'Conner shooting) Not Guilty on all counts. 
 (1992) (Racketeering, murder conspiracy) Guilty on all counts. 

Height: 5'10" 
Weight: 196 lbs (after Prosciutto and Provolone)
Wife: Victoria Gotti (maiden name: DiGiorgio) 
Children: Angela, Victoria, John, Frank, and Peter. 

    
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