John Alite, 63, was once the top enforcer for the Gotti crime family and a longtime member of the Gambino family. A New Jersey council member, who previously admitted to several murders as a mob enforcer, was arrested for extortion amid other charges on Friday. John Alite, 63, a councilman in Englishtown, NJ, was charged.
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John Alite, 63, was once the top enforcer for the Gotti crime family and a longtime member of the Gambino family. A New Jersey council member, who previously admitted to several murders as a mob enforcer, was arrested for extortion amid other charges on Friday. John Alite, 63, a councilman in Englishtown, NJ, was charged.
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