Gambino Capo Ronnie One-Arm's Complete Opening Statement From His October 2006 Trial In Miami
"It's omerta." --The father of a woman murdered by the Young Guns, aka The Ozone Park Boys Ronald Trucchio, a capo in the Gambino crime family, could spot talent, an innate ability that helped him put together a crew in Ozone Park, Queens, that pulled in tens of millions of dollars a year and that, in time, also operated in Florida committing just about every crime in the book. So alleged law enforcement. Ronnie One-Arm with Peter Gotti When Trucchio, known as Ronnie One-Arm because of a childhood accident that deformed his left arm, went on trial in Miami in 2006, he represented himself, giving the opening statement, which is reproduced in its entirety below. Saying he meant no disrespect, Trucchio asked to go it alone in his racketeering and extortion trial, at least for a few days. New York lawyer Joseph Corozzo Jr. was supposed to represent him, but was stuck in a trial up north. So, minutes before jury selection began, an alleged Gambino crime family capo ...
