Charles Herbert Gotti

Charles Herbert Gotti (born August 28, 1985) is a New York mobster, the oldest son of reputed Gambino crime boss , and the grandson of former boss John J. Gotti aka "The Teflon Don". Born to former American model Scarlett Harrington, whom Gotti dated in the 80's, he was raised by his maternal grandparents Robert and Angela Harrington until the age of 8 when a fierce custody battle ensued between the Gotti's and his grandparents.
After winning custody of his son, Gotti placed the boy in seclusion at the family's home in Oyster Bay Cove on . However, when he turned 14, the young Gotti was placed in the care of a family friend Vincent Astorre. Astorre was an up-and-comer in the family and was slated to head one of the Gambino crews as capo. He was murdered in 2001 and placed in the trunk of his Corvette Convertible after it was discovered he was a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) informant and Gotti again went to live with family, his father being in prison at the time.
Criminal activity
As a teenager, the young Gotti was involved in several crimes that earned the fury of his father. Arrested nineteen times for various offenses that included assault, burglary, and grand theft auto he served a sentence of 18 months in prison in 2004. There he met Anthony Morelli, a 16 year-old convicted drug dealer; and upon release the two set up a drug outfit that began earning money for the Gambino family. However, Gotti was forced to end the relationship in 2006 when Morelli was arrested outside a Manhattan night club for assaulting a dancer. Morelli disappeared three months later and his body has never been found.
==Becoming a "Made Man"==
Gotti "made his bones" with the murder of in 2006. Salvatore's wealthy family was involved in the New York waste management business. At the time of his execution his family's waste sanitation corporation was involved in a bidding contract war over garbage routes controlled by a Gambino family front organization. Gotti lured him to Abbandando's Deli under the pretense of seeking an amicable solution to the problem. Gotti then shot him twice in the back of the head before dismembering him and disposing of the body in a Portella family dumpster as an example. Gotti killed Salvatore without authorization from the family in an effort to gain recognition and rise through the ranks. The murder elevated him to a "man of honor" in the Gambino family and he was quickly seen as the legitimate successor to his father as boss of the Gambino crime family.
Murder of Nicky Caesar
Nicholas Cesaire (known by his stage name Nicky Caesar) was a New York-based rapper and major heroin and cocaine trafficker who operated throughout the eastern seaboard during the late 80's and into the 2000's. At the peak of his career he operated in 21 states and supplied major dealers throughout every region of the country. Nicholas Cesaire is said by the DEA to be one of the most significant traffickers of his time. He led a flamboyant lifestyle, with large sable mink coats, prime seats at major sporting events, luxury vehicles, and regular trips to Las Vegas where he was treated like a king. He was an associate of the Gambino family with whom he imported his drugs from Colombia. On May 17, 2009, he admitted to a fellow associate that he was an occasional FBI mole and this information got back to the higher-ups in the Gambino family. On July 13, 2009, Cesaire disappeared after leaving his recording studio and his body has yet to be found. The Gotti family was in Florida at the time of his disappearance. In December 2009, prosecutors claimed that Charles Gotti dissolved Cesaire's remains in a drum of acid after murdering him.<ref name="Gotti"/>
Arrest
Gotti was arrested on January 20, 2011 on charges of extortion, drug trafficking, and murder. Gotti was caught on an FBI informants wiretap admitting to the 2007 murder of rival mobster Nicky Palasi and was arrested at the Cadillac Lounge as part of a massive FBI raid on organized crime.

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