This Week In Gang Land
So Long Tony Waterguns: That's A Wrap
It
was an inauspicious debut. In September of 1996, in the inaugural online
edition, "Feast Washout For Tony Waterguns," Gang Land wrote that Tony
Waterguns was indicted in June and that he, and his gambling booths, were
missing from the annual San Gennaro Festival for the first time in years. So
was John Gotti, for the sixth straight year.
But outside his old Mulberry Street headquarters, the Ravenite Social Club, guys were hawking "Free John Gotti" T-shirts for $14.
At the time, Gang Land had no idea the Tony Waterguns item that stemmed from a crackdown on the Genovese family's control over the popular festival by the FBI — agents seized bank books with $940,263 on deposit and a box with 15 toy waterguns at the Waterguns home — would be followed by thousands more stories on the twists and turns of organized crime over the next 30 years.
Witness Tampering Probe Of High Rise Executive In Camuso Grand Larceny Case
A
key executive of The Rinaldi Group, a major builder of high-rise residential
and commercial buildings in New York and Florida, is under investigation for
bribery and witness tampering in a blockbuster case charging Gambino capo
Frank Camuso and 23 others with stealing $5 million from the builders of
dozens of Manhattan buildings, Gang Land has learned.
The Chanel Burglary; Joey Mook Gets His Reward; Vito Guzzo As Pizzeria Worker
The
Manhattan District Attorney's office busted a second suspect in the
spectacular $1.7 million burglary of 300 items from the Chanel flagship
store at 15 East 57th Street in Manhattan, a lucrative heist allegedly
pulled off two years ago by Gambino mobster Thomas (Tommy) Dono, Gang Land
has learned.
