John Gotti had come from meager beginnings to become one most famous Mafia Dons in American history. John Gotti through a “a take no prisoners” attitude had become head of one of the largest crime families in American history. To understand how John Gotti became the head of the Gambino family one needs to know where he came from. John Gotti had earned his position with in the Gambino through profitable thefts and ruthless killings which allowed him to be promoted through the ranks of the family. John Gotti’s status and position helped him elude the law for several years. John Gotti had in the end been caught and paid for his crimes.
Named after his father, John Gotti was born October 27, 1940 in the Bronx, New York. The son of a construction worker, John had five brothers which might have been his first exposure to organized crime as at a young age they became one of the neighborhood gangs. At the age of twelve John and his family had moved to a rough neighborhood in Brooklyn an area in which the Mafia had been growing. Moving to Brooklyn, may have been the just the push Gotti needed to start his life of crime. Gotti dropped out of school and joined up with one of the local gangs and where he began to commit small crimes. Gotti’s small crimes, confidence, and self assurance had earned him quite the reputation. Gotti’s reputation had brought him to the attention of some veteran gangsters (Neil Dellacroce), and this was John first step up the Mafia ladder. In 1966 Gotti had became involved up with the Gambino Crime Family. Gotti's specialty was hijacking trucks; he would hijack freights from Kennedy Airport which he would later fence the goods from. The hijackings had made Gotti a profitable member of the Gambino family making him a true asset to the family. John Gotti became close to the Gambino Under boss Aneillo Dellacroce. It seemed that John would continue to advance within the family until a series of...