George V. "Big Georgie" Remini (August 5, 1945-March 2007) was a New York mobster known as "Fat Georgie" or "Big George" within the
Gambino crime family
The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Ame ...
. In 1969, Remini was arrested and pleaded guilty to possession of stolen property from interstate shipment and was sentenced to three years in prison. He married an
Austria
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n wife. He stood at 6'2 and weighed 300 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes. He lived in
Annadale, Staten Island
Annadale is a middle-class neighborhood on the South Shore, Staten Island, South Shore of the Borough (New York City), borough of Staten Island in New York City.
History
The community received its present name circa 1860, and is named after Anna ...
. FBI Special Agent Joseph O'Brien describes Remini as having a "ruddy, unshaven face, blanched like a cauliflower... a hulking man, not fat but jowly, almost happy in a sloppy kind of way... with lank black hair... He was a small time loan shark and numbers man, proprietor of the Top Tomato fruit and vegetable stand at 4045 Amboy Road in
Great Kills, Staten Island
Great Kills is a neighborhood within the borough of Staten Island in New York City. It is located on the island's South Shore, and according to many local geographers, it is the South Shore's northernmost community. It is bordered by Richmondtow ...
. He told O'Brien that despite rumours of having his produce delivery trucks loaded before his competition, he said, "You get your ass out of bed at three A.M. to be at the market by four. You push harder than the Koreans and you scream louder than the Puerto Ricans. And that's how you get fresh goods." A made member of
Thomas Gambino
Thomas Francis Gambino (; born August 23, 1929) is an Italian-American New York City mobster and a longtime caporegime of the Gambino crime family who successfully controlled lucrative trucking rackets in the New York City Garment District. He ...
's "crew", Remini formerly maintained an interest in the Top Tomato food chain, based in
Staten Island, New York
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In March 2007, George Remini died of natural causes.
Further reading
*Davis, John H. ''Mafia Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the Gambino Crime Family''. New York: HarperCollins, 1993.
*Willis, Clint. ''Mob: Stories of Death and Betrayal from Organized Crime''. New York: Thunder's Mouth Press, 2001.
External links
* http://www.state.nj.us/casinos/exclusion/remini_george.html
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1945 births
2007 deaths
American gangsters of Italian descent
Gambino crime family