Sammy "The Bull" Gravano
Salvatore Gravano was born on March 12,1945, the son of Caterina and Giorlando, otherwise known as Kay and Gerry, both from Sicily. Kay came over as a child while Gerry came through from Canada as an illegal alien. Salvatore was the last of five children born to the couple. While Salvatore was a child the family dropped the name Salvatore and opted for "Sammy" because the child reminded everyone of an uncle with the same name. Sammy and his family lived on 78th Street in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, New York. At an early age, Sammy was dyslexic, while attending Public School 186 in Brooklyn Sammy began his hate for authority and love for crime. As Sammy struggled with his problems of reading and writing whenever he was teased he would resort to violence by hitting anyone who teased him. Sammy received a new bicycle for his 10th birthday due to his carelessness it was stolen from him by two older and bigger kids who were noticed riding it a few days later. Sammy angered over his new present being stolen quickly ran up to the boys and beat them both up. Around the corner were a few wise guys of a local mob who witnessed it all and ran over to stop the boys. After Sammy was pulled away and the older beat up boys wer
Gravano now faces 30 years in jail on these charges plus another 20 years on other charges in New York (May Chapter 11). One of the crimes Gravano committed was a bank robbery. Once the trio made bail they found out that the Colombo family had already killed Scialo. The Bull, found himself attending all important meetings, knowing the most secretive information of the family's business and being the biggest predator of the Gambino family by killing 19 people. Gravano had to listen to his capo and obey every thing that was said. A while after this decision a few men came in to the factory and told Gerry Gravano that if he kept operating without union workers he would need to start making payoffs. He realized that to be successful in his next step he needed to be connected to the right people. Gravano now living out of his sister-in-laws apartment with his one daughter Karen due to this change in career choices wasn't pleasing. As the late 1980's and early 1990's came around the FBI began to crack down on Gotti. After being running the streets for a few more years Sammy was drafted into the Army. Quickly being sent to North Carolina for Basic Training didn't bother Sammy because he knew he was only becoming stronger and tougher. The wiring tappings were everywhere Gotti and Gravano went.
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