Gotti kept a dopehead so close to him

Earlier this week watching this documentary about the gambinos they talk about "Tony Roach" I mean I wasn't born yet in 74" but wouldn't they clip that guy for being a heroin addict. I mean he was an associate, I don't follow NYC as close thought someone might offer some insight. Gotti's crew was involved with that he was probably their point man moving it I'm assuming..

He was one of the shooters in the Castellano hit i believe.

Rampino. If I recall correctly he was also an informant and died in jail.

Yeah I was bored goggled him said he was a backup shooter but who knows its speculation.

A dopehead, smoker, will withdraw so bad that they will always going to dime someone out not like they give you subxone or methadone in jail unless its court ordered.

He was NOT an informant, that was willie boy johnson who was whacked after it came out. Rampino died recently in the can, took his sentence without a problem.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Rampino

Yeah I just read some articles about him on that bitterqueen site. I wasn't too interested in learning about the mob's interest in gaybars lol

If I recall correctly, Rampino was nailed by law enforcement for heroin, and held for a period of time and then released. There was wide speculation among the Gotti crew (and probably others) that he was informing, because he got out.

I think it is described in the Capeci book, but law enforcement used this tactic to try to flip him.

He did more than 20 years for heroin trafficking and died in jail, no rat indeed.

Here's an old picture of him, from the Daily News.

Isnt it really Rampino in that interview where it ssays it was Tony gambino? The person who came out with some conspiracies about lucky luciano and gokld under the twin towers?

I know what TonyG is referring to when he says Tony Roach came close to ratting; in Capeci's book about Gotti (Mob-Star; The Rise and Fall) he describes Rampino floating the idea to a couple of agents during an arrest that resulted in a lengthy detainment and subsequent heroin withdrawl. In a panic, Rampino is alleged to have offered up knowledge of Gotti's routines and links to his brothers heroin operations.

After the agents refused to comply with his demands in exchange, he balked and backed out.


The whole Rampino thing is just another example of Gotti's hypocrisy.

C'mon Dap you should know having a college education that Wikipedia isn't considered a credible source of information. I know some passages in wiki pages are provided with citations at the bottom, but I could go on there right now and change it and say the guy was a rat .

And we could all see your IP address, mind you

What do I care are the Gambino's going to send someone to whack me

why not thats right up your alley.

C'mon here we go again ....I don't know whats up your alley

pussy and paychecks.

Will someone teach him how to use the quote feature?

Why don't we all take a break and chill?

its been a year...it will never happen.

I guess that before he really got addicted to heroin, Tony was a bad ass and Gotti used him to collect debts. He had aa very intidating look to him that scared many into paying up. A very good buddy of mine was a correction officer and had Rampino under his watch. He did have problems in prison for drugs. He tried to get his sentence reduced due to health issues, but the judge refused and he died in prison

What prison was this at ??

He looks awful. Was he recovering addict, or still using heroin up until his death?

Don't forget Jamesy Cardinali he was a coke fiend,actually murdering people to take theyr coke. Gotti' s crew kept him around n tolerated hit nonsense for years

Gotti's policy on drugs were not taken so serious in his crew.

I will ask him- he was a supervisor and worked at a lot of prisons in NY.

Gotti once he got the power he never took anything seriously. In fact he got so lazy he had sammy hold his umbrella and something else for him

I spoke to my friend again. He was at Wende state prison in Alden NY and now said that Tony Roach Rampino did NOT have drug incidents while in his watch and in fact was very polite and respectful toward the guards. Also there was Jimmy Burke. My friend said that both of these men as well as all mob guys rarely ever caused any problems