(Teflon) Gotti Jr. pleads not guilty of U.S. murder charges

Well if this guy beats the Feds again he will be looked upon by millions as a hero and will put a damper on any big cases brought by the government with murderers and drug dealers as the basis for their cases. I say not guilty again.

Junior Gotti walks from court in a previous case brought by  Federal prosecutors that was eventually was dismissed.

Junior Gotti walks from court in a previous case brought by Federal prosecutors which was eventually was dismissed.

via Reuters

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.”

[Breakin News!!] Junior Gotti indicted on Murder and Cocaine charges..

After this guy beat the most recent charges against him concerning taking over the Mob and trying to murder Curtis Sliwa, I thought that he had truly taken over the ‘Teflon Don’ title his father held for years until his life sentence.

I guess the feds had other ideas. It also seems that the old mob myth about staying away from drug dealing is also dead in the water(no pun intended)

Read the new charges against John ‘Junior’ Gotti:

Junior Gotti probably is not smiling now that he has been indicted by the Feds for murder and cocaine trafficking.

Junior Gotti probably is not smiling now that he has been indicted by the Feds for murder and cocaine trafficking.

via Breibart

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – John A. “Junior” Gotti has been indicted on conspiracy charges in Florida, linking him to large-scale cocaine trafficking and the slayings of three New York men in the late 1980s and early 1990s, federal officials said Tuesday.Federal prosecutor Robert O’Neill announced the indictment of the 44-year-old Gotti and five other men at a news conference. He said the indictment showed that the men were “trying to gain a foothold” in the area.

“What should be noted today is whether you violate the federal law today, tomorrow, or 20 years ago, the FBI and its law enforcement partners will pursue the matter to its logical conclusions,” said Steven E. Ibison, special agent-in-charge of the Tampa FBI office.

Gotti—the son of the late Gambino family crime boss John Gotti—was arrested at his Long Island home and is expected to appear later Tuesday in Manhattan federal court. If convicted, he faces life in prison.

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