by JohnnyS » Fri Jan 12, 2024 4:52 pm
Scott claims the assault on Michael Scotto in 2017 was ordered by Robert Donofrio.
Gangland article on the assault.
Violent Mob Enforcer Suffers Brutal Baseball Bat Beating
Michael Scotto, an enforcer for powerful Gambino capo Daniel Marino who bragged in the past about doling out his own brutal violence, was attacked and severely beaten by baseball bat-wielding assailants last month in a quiet residential section of Staten Island, Gang Land has learned.
The attack took place around 5PM on May 19, one of the hottest days of the year, as Scotto, 31, was leaving a nearby home and was walking towards his parked car on Falcon Avenue in the Oakwood section. At least two men wearing ski masks assaulted him from behind, striking him in the head, neck and back, police sources said. The attackers then smashed him in the face after he went down, the sources said.
"They really did a number on him, may have caused some permanent eye damage," said one neighborhood source.
Police sources said a woman whose windows were open heard Scotto yelling for help and called 911. Cops from the nearby 122d Precinct responded within minutes. But his assailants had fled. Battered and bleeding, Scotto was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and kept overnight.
It's unclear who Scotto was visiting before the assault. Police sources say he told cops he did not recognize his assailants or know why they had assaulted him. He could not be reached by Gang Land. His former attorney said he hadn't spoken to Scotto since his release from prison in 2014 and had not heard about the beating.
Scotto, a nephew of Gambino soldier William (Big Billy) Scotto, was indicted on racketeering charges along with Marino and 12 others in 2010. He copped a plea deal to extortion and gambling charges and served three years in prison.
While working for Marino, who copped a plea deal and was sentenced to five years, Scotto helped recruit bettors and loanshark customers. He also served as a collector and a violent enforcer, according to court papers in the case.
In June of 2009, Scotto was caught boasting in a tape-recorded conversation with his cohorts about how he doled out a brutal beating in the woods to one delinquent borrower in order to get the $10,000 debt his victim owed the mob.
"I really beat the shit out of (the victim,)" he told his cohorts on June 16, 2009. "Put it this way — all the fucking beatings we gave that kid this week, picture all of that combined by triple," Scotto said. Scotto said he had used rocks to beat his victim and inflicted so much damage he thought he had "killed him," according to the government's sentencing memo.
"I haven't attacked somebody like that in a while," he said. "He wasn't moving. I dragged him out of the woods by his fucking shoes, bouncing his head off things that were like tree stumps and shit."
Scott claims the assault on Michael Scotto in 2017 was ordered by Robert Donofrio.
Gangland article on the assault.
V[b]iolent Mob Enforcer Suffers Brutal Baseball Bat Beating[/b]
Michael Scotto, an enforcer for powerful Gambino capo Daniel Marino who bragged in the past about doling out his own brutal violence, was attacked and severely beaten by baseball bat-wielding assailants last month in a quiet residential section of Staten Island, Gang Land has learned.
The attack took place around 5PM on May 19, one of the hottest days of the year, as Scotto, 31, was leaving a nearby home and was walking towards his parked car on Falcon Avenue in the Oakwood section. At least two men wearing ski masks assaulted him from behind, striking him in the head, neck and back, police sources said. The attackers then smashed him in the face after he went down, the sources said.
"They really did a number on him, may have caused some permanent eye damage," said one neighborhood source.
Police sources said a woman whose windows were open heard Scotto yelling for help and called 911. Cops from the nearby 122d Precinct responded within minutes. But his assailants had fled. Battered and bleeding, Scotto was taken to a local hospital where he was treated and kept overnight.
It's unclear who Scotto was visiting before the assault. Police sources say he told cops he did not recognize his assailants or know why they had assaulted him. He could not be reached by Gang Land. His former attorney said he hadn't spoken to Scotto since his release from prison in 2014 and had not heard about the beating.
Scotto, a nephew of Gambino soldier William (Big Billy) Scotto, was indicted on racketeering charges along with Marino and 12 others in 2010. He copped a plea deal to extortion and gambling charges and served three years in prison.
While working for Marino, who copped a plea deal and was sentenced to five years, Scotto helped recruit bettors and loanshark customers. He also served as a collector and a violent enforcer, according to court papers in the case.
In June of 2009, Scotto was caught boasting in a tape-recorded conversation with his cohorts about how he doled out a brutal beating in the woods to one delinquent borrower in order to get the $10,000 debt his victim owed the mob.
"I really beat the shit out of (the victim,)" he told his cohorts on June 16, 2009. "Put it this way — all the fucking beatings we gave that kid this week, picture all of that combined by triple," Scotto said. Scotto said he had used rocks to beat his victim and inflicted so much damage he thought he had "killed him," according to the government's sentencing memo.
"I haven't attacked somebody like that in a while," he said. "He wasn't moving. I dragged him out of the woods by his fucking shoes, bouncing his head off things that were like tree stumps and shit."