Frank Gotti Agnello

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Frank "Frankie" Gotti Agnello (born April 12, 1990) is the youngest son of Carmine Agnello and Victoria Gotti, daughter of convicted mobster John Gotti. Besides his relation to the convicted mobster, Agnello is most notable for his appearance on the A&E reality television series Growing Up Gotti, along with his bothers, Carmine Gotti Agnello and John Gotti Agnello.

Agnello was born in Long Island, New York. He is the author of Gotti Diet, a weight loss book directed at teenagers. Agnello lost over 80 pounds before the television show's premiere. He also operates his own business, "Gotti Tans", located on Jericho Turnpike in Huntington, New York. He reportedly plans to major in business management in college.

Growing Up Gotti, formerly a popular show on A&E Network, was cancelled at the end of 2005 for its decline in viewers. The first season was the highest rated show on A&E with 3.2 million viewers, but it slowly declined to 800,000 viewers by the end of season three.

On November 10, 2006 Frank was pulled over by Suffolk County police in Dix Hills, New York and arrested on drug charges.

The 16-year-old was driving two friends in his 2006 Chrysler Pacifica on South Hollow Road, when he was pulled over for a traffic stop at about 8 p.m., according to police and court records.

Authorities discovered several OxyContin pills, a prescriptive pain killer that also is used as a recreational drug, inside the car that none of the teens would claim. As a result, all three were charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, Det. Sgt. Bruce Markgraf said.

Agnello, of Old Westbury, New York and Juliana Buckley, 17, of Dix Hills, also were charged with criminal possession of marijuana, court records state. The third friend is a juvenile. His name was withheld by police.

Once in police custody, Agnello's mother went to the Second Precinct in Huntington - not far from where he runs Gotti Tans on West Jericho Turnpike - to bail out her son.

John A. Gotti, Agnello's uncle, also showed up the precinct. Agnello was given a desk appearance ticket and is scheduled to be arraigned in Suffolk County Criminal Court in January.