Gambino associate indicted in 2002 murder

Gambino mobster Gennaro Bruno indicted in 2002 drug-related murder
Bruno, 41, was arrested Tuesday in Las Vegas. He is charged with shooting pot dealer Martin Bosshart in the back of the head in Howard Beach, Queens. Bruno will be arraigned at a future date in Brooklyn Federal Court.
BY JOHN MARZULLI NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Tuesday, October 28, 2014, 11:16 PM A A A

A reputed Gambino associate has been indicted in a 2002 drug-related murder in Queens.

Gennaro Bruno, 41, was arrested Tuesday by the FBI in Las Vegas and will be arraigned at a future date in Brooklyn Federal Court.

Bruno, 41, is charged with firing a bullet at point blank range into the back of the head of pot dealer Martin Bosshart as Bosshart urinated on the side of a road in Howard Beach.

The indictment alleges that Bruno was aligned with the "Corozzo Faction" of the Gambino family, referring to former consigliere Joseph (JoJo) Corozzo.

Another Gambino associate, Todd LaBarca, pleaded guilty in 2012 to participating in Bosshart's rubout.

this is weird. should be a state case. how do they get this indictment into federal court, they'll say its part of the Gambino family enterprise but did peter gotti ok the hit? that's what they been saying since the beging of time it all comes from the boss. or why isn't the guy alphonso t who im guessing is his capo charged. shot while taking a piss. iremeber reading the other guy larca plead guilty and took like 20+ years maybe he had a change of heart.

he must be a up and comer lol

Might be interesting if he gives up guys or guy that gave the order.

According to the indictment and other court filings, when Bruno was released following a term of imprisonment from approximately 1997 to 2000, he emerged as an associate of the Gambino crime family, having graduated from the local gang of young men referred to as the “Liberty Posse” or the “Young Guns.” Over the next 14 years, before his arrest today, Bruno engaged in a myriad of crimes with and on behalf of a faction of the Gambino crime family aligned with Joseph “JoJo” Corozzo, a powerful Gambino member who had risen to become the consigliere of the family. Bruno and other Gambino crime family members and associates moved large quantities of high-potency marijuana from Canada into the New York City area. In 2001, Bruno’s criminal associate Martin Bosshart began efforts to exclude one of Bruno’s coconspirators from the marijuana importation operation. In an effort to prevent Bosshart from doing so, Bruno plotted with other Gambino crime family members and associates, including Todd LaBarca, to murder Bosshart. On the night of January 2, 2002, Bruno and others lured Bosshart to an isolated location in Queens, New York. There, Bruno allegedly shot Bosshart in the back of the head at point-blank range, killing him immediately. The body of Martin Bosshart, who was 30 years old at the time, was recovered at the scene.

Thereafter, Bruno evaded justice for years and conspired with other Gambino associates to obstruct an official grand jury proceeding into the Bosshart murder, while continuing to participate in the core money-making activities of the Gambino crime family, including drug trafficking and extortion. As part of the alleged pattern of racketeering, Bruno, among other things, used his position in the Gambino crime family to extract extortionate payments from the owner of a waste carting company in Queens, New York.



If I'm not mistaken Bosshart was trying to freeze out Alphonse Trucchio's number 2, Michael Roccaforte in the Canada weed deal, that's why he was hit.

Trucchio probably went to JoJo for permission to have him clipped, just a theory.

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