This Week In Gang Land
Bazoo Will Roll The Dice At Trial For The First Time Against His Buck Naked Accuser
For
the first time in a criminal career that spans four decades and involves
major crimes including racketeering and attempted murder, Bonanno soldier
John (Bazoo) Ragano has refused to accept a plea deal. He will take his
chances at trial in the unusual federal loansharking case he was charged
with early this year.
His trial begins next week on charges that involve the same $150,000 "juice" loan with weekly interest payments of $2250 that Ragano, 62 was first accused of giving to mob associate Vincent Martino, 46, in 2021. Bazoo pleaded guilty to loansharking and resolved that case in 2022. He began serving a 57-month prison term in 2023.
In this go-round, Ragano is charged with continuing to use extortionate means to collect the loan from Martino for about eight months after he pleaded guilty to the original loansharking charge. The new crime took place, according to court filings, from November of 2022 until July of 2023, when Bazoo was tape recorded telling Martino, whom he'd ordered to take off his clothes, that he'd "slap the shit out of" him.
He's A Grown-Up Gotti Now, And Guilty In $1 Million Covid Relief Funds Fraud
Carmine G. Agnello, who starred with his mother Victoria in
Growing Up
Gotti 20 years ago, has lots in common with his mobster father, Carmine
(The Bull) Agnello and his late grandpa, Mafia boss John Gotti. And like
them, and quite a few other Gotti family members, he's likely to spend a few
years behind bars, based on his command performance in federal court last
week.
Luchese Gangster Joe Cutaia Is Ailing & Down For The Count, But Feds Want Him to Stick Around Awhile Longer
Joseph
(Spanky) Cutaia, the Luchese family associate who was arrested for a slew
of drug and alcohol related violations while on supervised release four months ago,
has caught a series of tough breaks while confined at the dreaded
Metropolitan Detention Center, Gang Land has learned.
