Meet the men who murdered for the mob--and made John Gotti the most
powerful and deadly crime boss in America . . .
They called him the "Teflon Don." But in his short reign as the head of
the Gambino crime family, John Gotti wracked up a lifetime of charges
from gambling, extortion, and tax evasion to racketeering, conspiracy,
and five convictions of murder. He didn't do it alone. Surrounding
himself with a rogues gallery of contract killers, fixers, and
enforcers, he built one of the richest, most powerful crime empires in
modern history. Who were these men? Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
Anthony M. DeStefano takes you inside Gotti's inner circle to reveal the
dark hearts and violent deeds of the most remorseless and cold-blooded
characters in organized crime. Men so vicious even the other Mafia
families were terrified of them. Meet Gotti's Boys . . .
* Charles Carneglia: the ruthless junkyard dog who allegedly
disposed of bodies for the mob--by dissolving them in acid then
displaying their jewels.
* Gene Gotti: the younger Gotti brother who ran a
multimillion-dollar drug smuggling ring--enraging his bosses in the
Gambino family.
* Angelo "Quack-Quack" Ruggiero: the loose-lipped contract killer
who was wire-tapped by the FBI--and dared to insult Gotti behind his
back.
* Tony "Roach" Rampino: the hardcore stoner who looked like a
cockroach--and used his gangly arms and horror-mask face to frighten his
enemies.
* "Sammy the Bull" Gravano: the Gambino underboss who helped John
Gotti execute Gambino mob boss Paul Castellano--then sang like a canary
to take Gotti down.
Rounding out this nefarious group were the likes of Frank DeCicco,
Vincent Artuso, and Joe "The German" Watts, a man who wasn't a Mafiosi
but had all of the power and prestige of one in John Gotti's
slaughterhouse crew. Gotti's Boys is a killer line-up of the
crime-hardened mob soldiers who killed at their ruthless leader's
merciless bidding--brought to vivid life by the prize-winning chronicler
of the American mob.
