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Born
Born in Gravesend section of Brooklyn. Gravesend being one of the roughest neighborhoods in all of America. -
Karate Lessons
Tommy started taking Karate lessons as a child. His favorite film was Bruce Lee's 1969 Marlowe. He was hooked into Karate, it seemed like a natural calling for him. -
Severe Bullying
As a child, Tommy was serverly bullied by the kids at his school. Tommy was an unusual child. He has thick, jet-black hair, piercing blue-gray eyes, a strong jawline, and high cheek bones. He also had a high pitched voice which is the main reason he was picked on. The bullying is what started his passion in Karate -
Boody Junior High School
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Entered Highschool
Tommy attended Boody Junior High School -
Karate Championship
Tommy imursed himself in to Karate, training for hours a day. With all his training he won the championship, and won a scholarship to Japan to train under Hiroshi Masumi. -
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Training in Japan
Tommy spent 27 months training under Hiroshi Masumi. -
Joined Bonanno Family
Tommy joined the bonanno Family, and quickly becane a made man.He was quickly put into Frank Lino's crew. Where he commited a vast amount of crimes. -
First Hit
In 1985 Tommy was told to murder Johnson because he was a government informant. This job had been given to Tommy and fellow gunman Vincent "Kojak" Giattino -
First Murder
Tommy killed Wilfred "Willie Boy" Johnson. He ambushed Johnson and shot him to death at his car. -
Drug Bust
One of Tommy's many charges was for heading the operations of a drug ring. Pitera's crew was notorious for robbing drug dealers and then reselling their drugs. Pitera murdered two Colombian drug kingpins and then resold their 40 pounds of cocaine -
Conviction Date
On june 25 1992 Tommy was convicted of murdering six people and supervising a massive drug dealing operation in Brooklyn. Although he is believed to have murdered up to 60 people. -
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Life Sentence
Tommy is currently still serving his life sentence as of April 2012/
