The Mobster News

We’ve all heard about John Gotti, aka The Dapper Don, aka The Teflon Don. He was most known
for his time as Boss of the Gambino Crime Family which was one of the “ Five Families “ in New
York City. John Joseph “Johnny Boy” Gotti Jr. was born in the South Bronx to John Gotti
Sr. and Philomena “Fannie” Gotti, he was the fifth child of thirteen. When Gotti was twelve,
his family moved to Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, a very tough and dangerous neighborhood. As a
young boy, Gotti had to fight often as was common in that neighborhood, and he became a rough
street fighter that ran errands for the local wiseguys. Gotti focused more on his street
education and less on his formal one. When Gotti was sixteen he quit school for good and
joined the Fulton-Rockaway Boys, a local teenage gang that stole automobiles, fenced stolen
goods, and rolled drunks which got him arrested several times. (more…)