John J Gotti jailed for five years for road rage revenge arson

The grandson of notorious mob boss ‘Dapper Don’ John Gotti was jailed for five years for torching a car over a mafia-linked road rage incident.

John J Gotti pleaded guilty last year to setting the fire in 2012 at the order of Bonanno family mobster Victor Asaro after he was cut off by the other motorist.

The 24-year-old is the son of Peter Gotti, one of five children of the famous Gambino family boss, also known as ‘Teflon Don’, who died as a federal prisoner in 2002.

John J Gotti was jailed for five years for torching a car over a mafia-linked road rage incident

 He pleaded guilty last year to setting the fire in 2012 at the order of Bonanno family mobster Victor Asaro after he was cut off by the other motorist

 He pleaded guilty last year to setting the fire in 2012 at the order of Bonanno family mobster Victor Asaro after he was cut off by the other motorist

Asaro ordered Gotti to torch the car after a traffic dust-up in Howard Beach, Queens, in 2012, for which he was jailed for eight years in December.

He gave the other driver’s address to a Bonanno associate, who recruited Gotti and another man to douse the driver’s car with gasoline and torch it. 

The arsonists then fled the scene in a car driven by Gotti that briefly led a police car on a high-speed chase before officers gave up out of safety concerns.

Gotti is already serving an eight-year state sentence for peddling painkillers on the streets of New York, and half his federal sentence will run concurrently.

The 24-year-old is the grandson of famous Gambino family boss 'Dapper Don' or 'Teflon Don', John Gotti who died as a federal prisoner in 2002

The 24-year-old is the grandson of famous Gambino family boss ‘Dapper Don’ or ‘Teflon Don’, John Gotti who died as a federal prisoner in 2002

Asaro, 82, ordered Gotti to torch the car after a traffic dust-up in Howard Beach, Queens, in 2012, for which he was jailed for eight years in December

Asaro, 82, ordered Gotti to torch the car after a traffic dust-up in Howard Beach, Queens, in 2012, for which he was jailed for eight years in December

He gave the other driver's address to a Bonanno associate, who recruited Gotti and another man to douse the driver's car (pictured) with gasoline and torch it

He gave the other driver’s address to a Bonanno associate, who recruited Gotti and another man to douse the driver’s car (pictured) with gasoline and torch it

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. 

‘I’m in a good place today mentally and physically,’ he told Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Allyne Ross on Wednesday. 

‘I look forward to the years to come. I know when I leave here, I can give something good back to the world.’ 

His reaction was in contrast to Asaro who told the judge he didn’t care what happened to him anymore because the prison term he received at age 82 ‘is a death sentence anyway’.

Gotti is already serving an eight-year state sentence for peddling painkillers on the streets of New York, and half his federal sentence will run concurrently

'I'm in a good place today mentally and physically,' he told Brooklyn Federal Court Judge Allyne Ross on Wednesday

Gotti is already serving an eight-year state sentence for peddling painkillers on the streets of New York, and half his federal sentence will run concurrently

Before his arrest, Gotti owned a tattoo shop in Queens called Rebel Ink Tattoo and, according to his Facebook page, was a personal trainer and fitness model

Before his arrest, Gotti owned a tattoo shop in Queens called Rebel Ink Tattoo and, according to his Facebook page, was a personal trainer and fitness model

Asaro was acquitted in 2015 in connection with the infamous 1978 heist at the Lufthansa cargo terminal at John F Kennedy International Airport that was retold in the 1990 film Goodfellas.

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.

Before his arrest, Gotti owned a tattoo shop in Queens called Rebel Ink Tattoo and, according to his Facebook page, was a personal trainer and fitness model.

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. 



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