[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] - Eight of ten members and associates of the Gambino crime family stayed in custody after pleading not guilty on racketeering charges Wednesday
- Salvatore DiLorenzo was the only one of the mobsters allowed to walk free on Wednesday night
- Four were remanded in jail due to being seen as a risk by the state, with four others having made bond but the DOJ attempting to keep them in custody
The Gambino men, from Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx, New Jersey, and Long Island, have allegedly been wreaking havoc in New York for the past 27 years.
Kyle Johnson, 46, known as 'Twin,' and Angelo Gradilone, 57, known as 'Fifi,' Diego 'Danny' Tantillo, and the alleged captain of the Gambino crime ring - 52-year-old Joseph Lanni - were all remanded in jail with no possibility of bond.
Lanni's wife burst out crying when her husband - known by nicknames 'Joe Brooklyn,' and 'Mommino' - was remanded. He blew her a kiss from behind the bench.
US-based Sicilian Mafia members Vito Rappa, 46, and Francesco Vicari, 46 - who is known as 'Uncle Ciccio' - as well as Robert Brooke and Vincent Minsquero, 36, known as 'Vinny Slick' were granted release on $1million bond but stayed for 24 hours so the government can appeal.
They will see their immediate fates determined at a hearing scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
A scathing 16-count federal indictment and detention document has now laid bare the violent extortions, assaults, arson, and racketeering conspiracies the alleged mobsters undertook - ahead of their arraignment in Brooklyn Federal Court today.
The infamous Italian-American crime syndicate made up one of the 'Five Families' known for their racketeering, gambling and loansharking. The defendants now variously face maximum sentences between 20 and 180 years' imprisonment.
The 'Gambino 10' takedown was made possible by the coordinated work between the FBI, NYPD, and Italian law enforcement. 
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