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Mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante, the powerful Mafioso who avoided jail for decades by wandering the streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers, feigning mental illness, died Monday in prison.
Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, the powerful New York mob boss who avoided prison for decades by wandering Greenwich Village’s streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers as part of an elaborate ...
Louis Gigante defended his brother during his trial — at which the mob boss would often appear confused — telling reporters that “The Chin” had suffered from a degenerative brain condition ...
Mob boss Vincent (the Chin) Gigante, the powerful Mafioso who avoided jail for decades by wandering the streets in a ratty bathrobe and slippers, feigning mental illness, died yesterday in prison.
said prison spokesman Al Quintero. It was the same place where rival mob boss John Gotti died of cancer in 2002 at age 61. Gigante's death also was confirmed by Christine Monaco, a spokeswoman for ...
He denied using violence to impose his will on the union, but prosecutors say his victims feared Gigante would use mob muscle to influence them. There was “an implicit threat of harm ...
NEW YORK — Imprisoned mob boss Vincent “The Chin” Gigante, who dodged prosecution for nearly seven years by claiming mental illness, was indicted Wednesday on new charges alleging he runs ...
Reputed mob boss Vincent Gigante was released on $1 million bail from New York Downtown Hospital in Manhattan where he has been held under 24-hour guard for more than a month, officials said Thursday.
The love child of late Genovese mob boss Vinnie “The Chin” Gigante was socked with two years in prison Friday for a 16-yearlong union shakedown. Vincent Esposito “personally extorted” a ...
The Rev. Louis Gigante, a Catholic priest, politician and protector of his mob boss brother Vincent Gigante, died Wednesday. He was 90. His death was confirmed to The New York Times by Joseph ...