Family members are pleading for a Brooklyn judge to go easy on the grandson of the notorious gangster.
John J Gotti, 24, is currently looking at federal time for his part in a 2012 car arson on top of the eight-year state sentence he’s already doing for peddling painkillers in Queens.
However, more than 20 relatives and friends wrote relatives to Judge Allyne Ross who will be sentencing him, asking her to show mercy.
Family members are pleading for a Brooklyn judge to show mercy on John J Gotti, 24 (left and right), the grandson of the notorious gangster who is being sentenced for his role in a 2012 car arson
His uncle, John A Gotti (left), said his nephew’s last name played a big role in him getting mixed up in trouble. His father, Peter (right), described his first-born son as ‘a beacon of light and hope through our constant storms…’
Gotti’s (pictured) grandmother, Victoria, expressed the ‘fervent hope that I live long enough to see him come home again before I die’
More than 20 relatives and friends wrote relatives to Judge Allyne Ross who will be sentencing him, asking her to show mercy (Pictured, left to right: Victoria Gotti, Frank Gotti Agnello, John Gotti Agnello and Carmine Agnello Jr in April 2011)
‘He is my baby, I adore him and pray he will have the opportunity to be a productive member of society again,’ wrote his grandmother, Victoria Gotti, the wife of late Gambino boss John Gotti who died behind bars in 2002.
The 75-year-old, expressed the ‘fervent hope that I live long enough to see him come home again before I die.’
The young man’s uncle, John A (Junior) Gotti, said his nephew’s last name played a big role in him getting mixed up in trouble.
‘With this kind of pressure, with my nephew being a young individual of limited life experience, and subject to being easily influenced by those who might not have his best long term interests at heart, it is not surprising that he would find himself one day involved with the criminal justice system,’ his uncle wrote.
Gotti’s father, Peter, described his first-born son as ‘a beacon of light and hope through our constant storms….Please consider the love and undying support he has from his family as we try to rise from the ashes.’
In June, Gotti and Vincent Asaro pleaded guilty in torching a man’s car.
Asaro, 83, ordered Gotti to firebomb a man’s car in 2012 because he was angry at the victim over a traffic dispute that occurred in Howard Beach.
Gotti and Matthew ‘Fat Matt’ Rullan also pleaded guilty to their part in a bank robbery in Queens in 2012, in which they allegedly made off with nearly $5,500. They were arrested in March.
In June, Gotti (left and right, August 2016) and Vincent Asaro pleaded guilty in torching a man’s car. Gotti is already in prison serving an eight-year sentence for dealing drugs on the streets of Queens
Asaro, 83, ordered Gotti to firebomb a man’s car in 2012 because he was angry at the victim over a traffic dispute that occurred in Howard Beach
Prosecutors say the man cut Asasro off while he was driving, after which he orderd the arson
Gotti is already in prison serving an eight-year sentence for dealing drugs on the streets of Queens.
He was discovered with 205 Oxycodone pills, 18 methadone pills, marijuana, a testosterone bottle and close to $8,000 in cash in his car after police searched the vehicle on June 30 following a traffic stop.
Prior to his arrest, John owned a tattoo shop in Queens called Rebel Ink Tattoo and, according to his Facebook page, was a personal trainer and fitness model.
Problems with police and time behind bars was a big part of John’s grandfather’s life.
He (left) is the grandson of the notorious head of the Gambino crime family, John ‘Teflon Don’ Gotti (right, January 1990). In 1992, he was sentenced to life in prison and died in 2002
The notorious head of the Gambino crime family turned to a life of crime at a young age, a profession that allowed him to escape the poverty of the Bronx, where he was one of 13 children born to John and Philomena.
Gotti joined a street gang before he was a teenager and eventually dropped out of school before becoming a part of the Gambino family, where he quickly rose up the ranks until he ultimately became head of the massive organized crime syndicate.
He first made inroads by running errands for members of the family as a teenager, and by his twenties was a key player in many of the biggest burglaries and heists.
Gotti was in prison three times before being arrested for the fourth and final time in 1989 for murder. In 1992, he was sentenced to life in prison.
Gotti died behind bars in 2002, one year after being diagnosed with terminal lung cancer.