'Gambino' mob head pleads guilty to racketeering

The reputed head of the Gambino crime family pleaded guilty to racketeering charges after he got an assurance from a New York judge that he was not admitting he was a Gambino gangster.

Arnold Squitieri, 70, entered the plea in US District Court in Manhattan in a deal that calls for a sentence ranging from seven years, three months to nine years. Sentencing was set for July 28.