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Gotti Should Arrive In Tampa Next Week, Attorney Says

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By HOWARD ALTMAN | The Tampa Tribune

Published: August 14, 2008

Updated: 08/14/2008 09:23 pm

John "Junior" Gotti has left a New York prison and should arrive in Tampa around Tuesday, according to his attorney, Charles Carnesi. Gotti is traveling via U.S. Marshal's "Con Air" service, his attorney said.

Gotti is flying to Tampa, where he was charged by a federal grand jury in the murders of three men in New York: George Grosso, murdered Dec. 20, 1988, in Queens; Louis DiBono, murdered Oct. 4, 1990, in the World Trade Center parking garage; and Bruce John Gotterup, murdered Nov. 20, 1991, at the Boardwalk at the Rockaways in Queens.

Gotti was also charged with racketeering conspiracy for trafficking in more than five kilos of cocaine, U.S. Attorney Robert O'Neill said. There are four counts on the second indictment.

Gotti was picked up in New York in the beginning of the week, according to Carnesi.

"He's taken the circuitous route," Carnesi said. "I know it doesn't take that long to get from New York to Tampa."

Gotti has been held in solitary confinement since his arrest and has not seen his family since being taken into custody, Carnesi said.

Carnesi said he has been trying to arrange a visit between Gotti and his wife Kim, but that never happened. Gotti was flown out by the U.S. Marshals before he could celebrate his son's second birthday. That son, Carnesi said, was born while a jury was being picked for Gotti's third trial in New York.

Carnesi said he does not know when Gotti will have his first Tampa court appearance or where Gotti will be staying once arrives. Carnesi said that he will fly to Tampa once he knows when Gotti will have a court appearance.

Howard Altman can be reached at (813) 259-7629 or haltman@tampatrib.com

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