by gohnjotti » Wed Jan 03, 2018 2:15 pm
newera_212 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:20 am
gohnjotti wrote: ↑Sun Dec 31, 2017 12:52 am
Borrello orchestrated Vinny Asaro's road-rage arson, and he was also a major player in the 2006 plot w/Giallanzo crew to whack that rival drug dealer. He helped Giallanzo collect loanshark debts frequently, but his bread-and-butter was home invasions and armed robberies and he netted hundreds of thousands of dollars from some of his greatest heists. He began cooperating after his arrest in June 2014 when a fellow crew member, Frank Nunziata, started cooperating. Borrello's been a star rat for the feds, vital in the Giallanzo crew's indictment and Vinny Asaro's indictment.
damn 2006? how old was he then? not surprising as that area has almost an endless supply of young kids willing (but not necessarily able) to get involved in dumb shit, as the gotti torching/bank robbery has shown us. but in the real world, plotting a hit with a solider when you're like 19 or 20 years old is kinda crazy. Borrello must have "had something" because like you said, he was a pretty integral part of Giallanzo (and Asaro by proxy)'s operations.
I found an older NYDN article from 1996 talking about a Bonnano associate named Johnny Borrello getting killed in Maspeth. He was in his 20s at the time, and guess who the article says he works for? Vinny Asaro. Is this a relative of Gene? Father (if he had him super young) or Uncle or something? Check this out:
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/new ... e-1.740454
Johnny Borrello's father and uncle were also both car thieves. I remember reading that article, I found it very interesting and it shed a lot of light onto the Howard Beach gang scene.
Vinny's chop-shop car operation that Johnny was a part of is probably still active in some shape or form. Robert 'Bam' Cotrone, the Bonanno associate, loanshark, and auto body owner, was under Vinny and the two worked closely together. The 2014 indictment alleged that Cotrone was involved in loansharking, but Cotrone was also present for Vinny's 1990s chop-shop trial, and appeared as a witness in Vinny's defense.
newera_212 wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2018 9:20 am
Im really curious who is "running" howard beach now. In the past 5 years, the two biggest and most active crews from that area have been hit hard.
do you know anything about solider John "Bazoo" Ragano? Who got locked up with Asaro around 2014? from what I remember, he wasnt hit with a ton of time (I could be wrong though). Capo material when he gets released?
Ragano wasn't hit with a ton of time, three years I think. Whatever the case, he was released from federal lockup on October 6, 2017. I don't think he is capo material. He mainly worked as an enforcer for the Asaro crew, collecting debts, roughing up, and frequently running to Vinny's aid whenever he got in a fight. Vinny was always telling stories to his cousin about getting into fights with random people in the street, and John running over and cracking some skulls.
Ragano is apparently connected to a group of home-burglars (it seems everyone is Howard Beach is), and that same group burglarized Robert 'Bam' Cotrone's house after the 2014 indictment. Apparently Ragano gave the go-ahead because Ragano, under Vinny & Jerry Asaro, had to look out and protect Cotrone on the streets (which was why Cotrone paid protection money to them). But after the 2014 indictment, Cotrone no longer paid any protection money so it was open season for Ragano to rob his house. No honor among thieves...
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Borrello orchestrated Vinny Asaro's road-rage arson, and he was also a major player in the 2006 plot w/Giallanzo crew to whack that rival drug dealer. He helped Giallanzo collect loanshark debts frequently, but his bread-and-butter was home invasions and armed robberies and he netted hundreds of thousands of dollars from some of his greatest heists. He began cooperating after his arrest in June 2014 when a fellow crew member, Frank Nunziata, started cooperating. Borrello's been a star rat for the feds, vital in the Giallanzo crew's indictment and Vinny Asaro's indictment.
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damn 2006? how old was he then? not surprising as that area has almost an endless supply of young kids willing (but not necessarily able) to get involved in dumb shit, as the gotti torching/bank robbery has shown us. but in the real world, plotting a hit with a solider when you're like 19 or 20 years old is kinda crazy. Borrello must have "had something" because like you said, he was a pretty integral part of Giallanzo (and Asaro by proxy)'s operations.
I found an older NYDN article from 1996 talking about a Bonnano associate named Johnny Borrello getting killed in Maspeth. He was in his 20s at the time, and guess who the article says he works for? Vinny Asaro. Is this a relative of Gene? Father (if he had him super young) or Uncle or something? Check this out:
http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/car-thief-rubbed-gunmen-article-1.740454
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Johnny Borrello's father and uncle were also both car thieves. I remember reading that article, I found it very interesting and it shed a lot of light onto the Howard Beach gang scene.
Vinny's chop-shop car operation that Johnny was a part of is probably still active in some shape or form. Robert 'Bam' Cotrone, the Bonanno associate, loanshark, and auto body owner, was under Vinny and the two worked closely together. The 2014 indictment alleged that Cotrone was involved in loansharking, but Cotrone was also present for Vinny's 1990s chop-shop trial, and appeared as a witness in Vinny's defense.
[quote=newera_212 post_id=65560 time=1514996440 user_id=5522]
Im really curious who is "running" howard beach now. In the past 5 years, the two biggest and most active crews from that area have been hit hard.
do you know anything about solider John "Bazoo" Ragano? Who got locked up with Asaro around 2014? from what I remember, he wasnt hit with a ton of time (I could be wrong though). Capo material when he gets released?
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Ragano wasn't hit with a ton of time, three years I think. Whatever the case, he was released from federal lockup on October 6, 2017. I don't think he is capo material. He mainly worked as an enforcer for the Asaro crew, collecting debts, roughing up, and frequently running to Vinny's aid whenever he got in a fight. Vinny was always telling stories to his cousin about getting into fights with random people in the street, and John running over and cracking some skulls.
Ragano is apparently connected to a group of home-burglars (it seems everyone is Howard Beach is), and that same group burglarized Robert 'Bam' Cotrone's house after the 2014 indictment. Apparently Ragano gave the go-ahead because Ragano, under Vinny & Jerry Asaro, had to look out and protect Cotrone on the streets (which was why Cotrone paid protection money to them). But after the 2014 indictment, Cotrone no longer paid any protection money so it was open season for Ragano to rob his house. No honor among thieves...