John A. Gotti Junior Arrested for Murder: The New York Times is now reporting that John “Junior” A. Gotti, son of the late John "Dapper Don" Gotti, was arrested early Tuesday morning on federal racketeering and murder conspiracy charges. According to the report, John Gotti Jr. is now being linked to 3 murders, which were authorized by his father during his reign, including a storied mob killing.

The 44-year-old, Gotti, who was arrested by the FBI in his home in Oyster Bay, and is set to be arraigned in a Manhattan federal court later today.

These charges were originally brought fourth by prosecutors in Tampa, Florida, which seek restitution for three murders committed in the late 1980’s and 1990’s, allegedly under the regime of former Gambino-family crime boss, John Gotti Sr.

Gotti’s attorney, Seth Ginsberg, issued this statement: “We’re confident that there is no strength to the allegations and that he will prevail once again.” John “Junior”, will most likely be transported to Tampa, FL for his arraignment in a United States District Court.

Much like his now deceased father, Mr. Gotti has been tried (on different charges) several times before, always ending in mistrials:

In September 2005, a divided jury failed to reach a verdict on three charges: kidnapping, racketeering, and extortion and conspiracy. Gotti was being tried for allegedly ordering the kidnapping of Curtis Sliwa (WABC radio talk show host, and Guardian Angels’ founder). Mr. Gotti was also found not guilty on a charge of security fraud.

On March of ’06, the retrial for the 3 aforementioned charges ended in a mistrial, thus Mr. Gotti walked. Finally, in September of 2006, prosecutors gave it another shot. However, the result did not change, as the jurors failed to once again reach a verdict, and Gotti was once again free.  

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