This Week In Gang Land
Feds: We Can't Prove Braun Assaulted A Three-Year-Old Boy, But He's Guilty Of Sexual Abuse
The
feds admitted their failure this week to prove that Jonathan Braun, the
Gambino associate who was freed from prison by President Trump in 2021,
assaulted a three- year old boy inside his home in March, Gang Land has
learned. It was the most serious violation of supervised release (VOSR) that
they filed against the convicted drug dealer in April.
Prosecutors gave up on the VOSR charge that Braun struck the boy during a Sabbath service at his home following an unusual court session in which the boy's mother was called to the stand and questioned about the alleged assault -- not by the government, but by Brooklyn Federal Judge Kiyo Matsumoto.
According to a transcript obtained by Gang Land, the boy's mother told the feds she did not see Braun strike her child during a scuffle with her husband. Prosecutor Tanya Hajjar told the judge that she would prefer to have the judge call her because prosecutors "can't reconcile" some aspects of her planned testimony, adding there were "some aspects that we don't find credible."
Disorder In The Court: Gambino Wiseguy Afflicted With Rare Disease Still At The MDC
A
Philadelphia federal judge who sent Gambino soldier James LaForte to prison
for 11 years says the wiseguy belongs in a prison hospital for treatment of
a rare autoimmune disease. But for months, due to a Brooklyn Federal Court
screwup, he's been housed at the borough's federal lockup without a lawyer
as he awaits trial on racketeering charges, Gang Land has learned.
Wiseguy Gets 21 Months For Illegal Gambling That Didn't Infect His Playa Bowl Stores
Surf's
up! Anthony Villani didn't do as well as he'd hoped he would yesterday, but
he fared much better than the feds wanted when he faced the music for
overseeing an illegal online gambling business that earned $35 million for
the Luchese crime family and a cool $15 million for himself over the last
two decades.
