Feds Pinch Gotti Jr. in Murder Case

(NEWSER) - A mob hitman who used acid to melt his victims' bodies has been sentenced to life, reports the New York Daily News. Charles Carneglia smirked in a Brooklyn courtroom as he listened to statements from his four victims' relatives, including one who called him an "animal" with a "dark soul." Carneglia "led a profane life; his sole role in the Gambino family was to kill and dispose of bodies," said the prosecutor. "He relished the job." Carneglia claimed "liar after liar" testified against him. More»

Gotti allegedly had neighbor killed as revenge for running over son

(NEWSER) - A mob informant says the body of John Gotti's neighbor was dissolved in a barrel of acid after he was shot on the crime kingpin's orders, the New York Daily News reports. John Favara disappeared after accidentally killing Gotti's 12-year-old son in a 1980 traffic accident. Police believe he was murdered in revenge, but his body has never been found. More»

Debts to the mob allegedly got designer killed

(NEWSER) - A new book alleges that Gianni Versace was murdered over Mafia debts—and that the Mafia even considered stealing his ashes from the cemetery in order to blackmail his family. The 50-year-old fashion designer was gunned down outside his Miami apartment in 1997 by Andrew Cunanan, but Metastasi, by former mafia member Giuseppe Di Bella, alleges that Versace's involvement with the mob is what actually got him killed, the Telegraph reports. More»

Stallone's interested in starring

(AP) - Hollywood has produced no shortage of movies and TV shows about the mob, but this one's coming straight from the most high-profile source imaginable: John "Junior" Gotti has sold the rights to his life story. The 46-year-old son of the late, legendary Gambino crime family leader, "Dapper Don" John Gotti, has agreed to a deal with independent production company Fiore Films. Financial terms weren't disclosed, but a film about Gotti's life is in the works with a production budget of $15 million. More»

Informer says his brother killed Meredith Kercher

(NEWSER) - Too bizarre to be true? A prisoner connected to the Italian mafia says Amanda Knox is innocent of murder—because his brother killed Meredith Kercher, ABC News reports. Luciano Aviello told Knox's legal team that he hid a bloody knife and house keys on behalf of his brother. He said his brother and another man entered the home to steal paintings—they had the wrong address—and killed Kercher when she discovered them. More»