Genovese mobster Gaccione faces murder charge for Mafia Hit

A murder case from 1992 nets another Genovese family mobster. Paul “Doc” Gaccione was indicted for the 1992 murder of a rival gangster where prosecutors say he was the getaway driver. He was arrested last month and arraigned on Wednesday where he pleaded not guilty to the count of second degree murder.

The hit was on then Genovese family member Angelo Sangiuolo as the family thought he was responsible for various robberies of Bronx gambling operations run by the crime family. Genovese capo Angelo Prisco ordered the hit and was indicted and sentenced to life in prison last year. Also the trigger man John “Johnny Balls” Leto was also charged in the murder and has pleaded guilty.

The 62 year old Gaccione now faces up to twenty five years in prison if convicted. Gaccione’s lawyer would not commit on the status of the case or on his clients plea of not guilty in association with the murder. The body of Sangiuolo was found filled with bullets back in 1992 in a van parked in a McDonald’s parking lot and has been haunting the Genovese family since. Indictments on the hit just keep on coming and maybe the conviction of Gaccione may finally put things to rest.