On February 5,1994, Agnello was charged with criminal mischief for damaging a police scooter.
16 Facts About Carmine Agnello
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Carmine Agnello came out to argue with the officer, then started his Ford Bronco and rammed the police vehicle, pushing it 15 feet down the street.
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On June 6,1997, Carmine Agnello was arrested on assault charges for beating a former employee with a telephone.
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On January 20,2000, Carmine Agnello was charged with racketeering and arson.
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Carmine Agnello then used firebombings and other illegal tactics to coerce them to sell their scrap to him at a below-market price.
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Defense documents claimed that Carmine Agnello was on medication for bipolar disorder, which led him to bad judgment.
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On October 26,2001, Carmine Agnello was sentenced to nine years in federal prison and ordered to forfeit $10 million in assets to the court.
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Carmine Agnello was released from federal custody on January 16,2008.
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In July 2015, Carmine Agnello was arrested in Cleveland, Ohio on charges of theft, money laundering, and conspiracy, as well as drugging his own race horses with performance-enhancing drugs.
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Carmine Agnello operated a $3 million stolen car and scrap metal scam at his scrapyard in Cleveland.
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In 1979, according to John Alite's 2007 court testimony, Gambino boss John Gotti retaliated against Carmine Agnello for assaulting his daughter, Victoria Gotti.
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Several Gambino associates ambushed Carmine Agnello, beat him with a baseball bat, and then shot him in the buttocks.
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In 2003, while Carmine Agnello was in jail, Victoria Gotti divorced him on grounds of constructive abandonment.
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On February 19,2008, Carmine Agnello quietly married Danielle Vangar, the daughter of activist Mourad Topalian.
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Carmine Agnello and Vangar have a son, who was born in 2009.
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Carmine Agnello owned a business in Ohio that towed junk cars.