Departures of note

In March 2017 Vincent Asaro was indicted, and in June 2017 he pleaded guilty to ordering a car arson against a motorist who cut him off in Howard Beach, Queens in April 2012. Prosecutors alleged he enlisted a Bonanno crime family associate who then engaged John J. Gotti to carry out the arson.

The day after the incident Vincent Asaro apparently contacted a Gambino associate with access to a police database to link the car plate to the driver’s address. He was held at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn while awaiting sentencing, faced up to 20 years, was sentenced in December 2017 to eight years, and was granted compassionate release on April 14, 2020, being released six days later.