This Week In Gang Land
Mob Associate Whose 10-Year Sentence Commuted By Trump Jailed For Assault Of Three-Year-Old Boy
Jonathan
Braun, a violent drug dealing Gambino associate whose 10 year prison
sentence was commuted by Donald Trump on the last day of his first term as
POTUS, was arrested and jailed last week following a series of threats and
assaults against his wife, her 75-year-old father, a nurse, a nanny, and a
three-year-old boy, Gang Land has learned.
The Brooklyn U.S. Attorney's Office moved quickly to jail Braun on federal charges linked to his commuted sentence a few days after his release on $25,000 cash bail on state assault charges against a father and his three-year-old son. "It was alarming that the victim was a three-year-old child," said a knowledgeable source. "Braun's behavior was becoming more violent," the source said.
Since Friday, Braun, who made millions of dollars in the lucrative Merchant Cash Advance (MCA) industry with Gambino mobster Robert Giardina between 2015 and 2020 — much of it illegally, according to the Federal Trade Commission — has been housed at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn as a danger to the community.
Once Again, Judge Sides With FiFi
He's
a Gambino soldier with convictions dating back to 1993 for dealing cocaine
and possessing a loaded gun. He's been free on bail for 17 months. The feds
say that Angelo (FiFi) Gradilone, 58, should continue to wear a GPS ankle
monitor. That will enable them to track him and deter him from committing
more crimes while he awaits trial for racketeering conspiracy.
33 Years Later, Newswoman Thanks Judge Glasser; He Wonders If Gang Land Was A Bad Guy
It
was a festive occasion that featured Chief Judge Margo Brodie leading a
hundred or so judges, prosecutors and other courthouse regulars in singing
Happy Birthday to senior Judges I. Leo Glasser and Allyne Ross. Veteran news
reporter Patricia Hurtado decided the time was ripe to thank Glasser for his
favor during the Mob Trial Of The Century, the 1992 trial of Mafia boss John
Gotti.
