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Log inGotti Jr. pleads not guilty of U.S. murder charges
Gotti Jr. pleads not guilty of U.S. murder charges
by Outspoken on Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:48 pm
Gotti Jr. pleads not guilty of U.S. murder charges
By Robert Green
Reuters News Service
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Accused Mafia boss John Gotti Jr. pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal murder and racketeering charges in Florida, and his sister predicted he would beat the charges for the fourth time.
Gotti, 44, was arrested on August 5 in New York after he and five other men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa. Federal prosecutors said they were members of New York's Gambino crime family who were trying to expand to Tampa.
Gotti did not speak during the five-minute court hearing. His attorney, Charles Carnesi, entered the plea for him.
The trial is scheduled to take place in Tampa but no date has been set. Gotti remains in federal custody and could get life in prison if he is convicted.
The indictment says he conspired to traffic cocaine and murder three men between 1988 and 1991, killings it says were aimed at creating and maintaining "fear and dread."
Gotti's sister, Victoria, who attended the hearing with her brother, Peter, told reporters afterward that she and her family were angry at the government for prosecuting her brother again after three previous efforts ended in mistrials.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/us_nm/crime_gotti_dc;_ylt=Aie.1Ozo8LaWQv50rDQZedis0NUE
(Chip East/Reuters)
By Robert Green
Reuters News Service
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - Accused Mafia boss John Gotti Jr. pleaded not guilty on Thursday to federal murder and racketeering charges in Florida, and his sister predicted he would beat the charges for the fourth time.
Gotti, 44, was arrested on August 5 in New York after he and five other men were indicted by a federal grand jury in Tampa. Federal prosecutors said they were members of New York's Gambino crime family who were trying to expand to Tampa.
Gotti did not speak during the five-minute court hearing. His attorney, Charles Carnesi, entered the plea for him.
The trial is scheduled to take place in Tampa but no date has been set. Gotti remains in federal custody and could get life in prison if he is convicted.
The indictment says he conspired to traffic cocaine and murder three men between 1988 and 1991, killings it says were aimed at creating and maintaining "fear and dread."
Gotti's sister, Victoria, who attended the hearing with her brother, Peter, told reporters afterward that she and her family were angry at the government for prosecuting her brother again after three previous efforts ended in mistrials.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080828/us_nm/crime_gotti_dc;_ylt=Aie.1Ozo8LaWQv50rDQZedis0NUE
(Chip East/Reuters)
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