Feds: Bonanno Boss Vinny Gorgeous Smuggles Porn In Prison Even Under 23 Hr Lockdown
November 11, 2010 Dapper_Don
The feds got a tip that the ex-Bonanno chief was trying to pass messages through another inmate in a legal-research room at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.
"In exchange, Basciano would provide the other inmate with contraband items, such as stamps and pornographic and other DVDs," prosecutor Taryn Merkly said in court papers.
Investigators searched the room and found a DVD stashed there and "unauthorized magazines" in Basciano's cell, Merkl said.
The DVD was not identified, but sources said it was X-rated. One of the magazines was "Esquire," which is not on Basciano's approved list of reading material.
Basciano's commissary privileges were suspended for 30 days and he was moved to the notorious "10 South" terrorist wing at the lockup in Manhattan.
In a letter to Judge Nicholas Garaufis, who is presiding over the mobster's upcoming murder and death penalty trial, Basciano called the magazine violation "innocuous."
But prosecutors have suggested that Basciano might be secretly communicating with the outside world, claiming he seems to speak in code during visits with his son.
Basciano is being held under conditions reserved for terrorists after he was accused of scribbling a "hit list" with the names of the judge, a prosecutor and cooperating witnesses five years ago.
Yet federal officials marvel at how his hair is always immaculately groomed and his skin remains mysteriously tanned.
He even persuaded the judge to allow prison visits from his ex-wife and mistress on alternating weeks.
Defense lawyer George Goltzer said he would respond to the allegations in writing.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/11/11/2010-11-11_former_mob_boss_vincent_vinny_gorgeous_basciano_caught_redhanded_with_porn_in_pr.html#ixzz14zjTaz31
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