How Did John Joseph Gotti Gambino Mafia

John Joseph Gotti ascended to role of “head honcho” for one of the nation’s most dominant mob entities by slaughtering those who were in his way. Estimations reflect that Mr. Gotti helped the Gambino Crime Family illegally obtain around $500 million dollars. Paul Castellano was the leader of the powerful Gambino crime family until he was arrested in 1984 for involvement in car-jacking and homicides that were carried out by other mafia members. As a result, Castellano would eventually relinquish his authority to Dapper Don and Gotti’s favorite captain named Thomas Bilotti. Even though John Gotti would soon be the most authoritative Gambino mafia mobster, he and his close companions planned to eliminate his competition; Paul Castellano.

The infant’s name was John Joseph Gotti and he was the fifth child out of thirteen. His guardians, Fannie and J. Joseph Gotti came into the United States of America from Italy. John’s father struggled to economically support his large family as a day laborer. Gotti’s family moved constantly but finally settled down in East New York which was a popular environment for young gang members. At a young age, John Gotti was not afraid to use his fists and looked up to the tough guys that enjoyed spending time at the street corners of Brooklyn. Before he was a teenager, John and his brothers Richard and Peter aided a gang by running errands for them. When John was fourteen years of age he attempted to pilfer a cement mixer and ended up dropping it on his toes and crushing them. Young Gotti was more interested in becoming street smart than earning an education by attending classes. He was known for bullying others and ditching school. Many of his teachers viewed him as both a troublemaker and a disturbance. When John was sixteen years of age, he dropped out of high school and joined the Fulton-Rockaway Boys crew. John soon became boss of the gang which was known for stealing cars along with other possessions. When Dapper Don was considered an adult male at age eighteen, law enforcement viewed him as a low-level member of the Fatico