California/Nevada border, eventually reaching Jean, NV.
Nestled against a mountain near I-15, it was located behind Pistol Peteâs casinoâwhere the Bonnie & Clyde car was housed. Joey saw inmates walking around in personal clothes, wearing baseball jerseys, looking relaxed, and playing golf. Then on the other side of the yard, Joey saw a tennis court, and there in the middle of the yard was a boxing ring!
Inmates walked out. They were virtually all old and white. Joey says he was waiting for food as he watched each inmate make a different special request. Jimmy Sacco appeared with a cigar as big as Luigiâs and introduced himself. He went on to say that he was a friend of Luigiâs and the family, and that he pulled some strings to get Joey relocated to âCamp Snoopy.â
Joey claims that Sacco ran the biggest sports book in the nation. According to Joey, he recently began heading the biggest offshore gambling establishment in Costa Rica.
They ate, and Sacco told Joey whoâs dead and whoâs telling. Joey says Jimmy informed him that the Steveâs Muffler âissueâ was based on money owed to him. Joey claims that the guards came by to slip Jimmy his daily bottle of vodka. Jimmy explained that of the 500 inmates on the yard, half were perverts or molesters, and the other half were slot cheats and white collar criminals like himself. Jimmy was making big money from prison and running his operation in Santo Domingo and Costa Rica from his cell. He supposedly handed Joey a shoe box with a few Cuban cigars, a roll of bills, toothpaste, and odds and ends.
Joey found his cell had wall-to-wall carpeting, a recliner, a giant stereo, TV with cable, and a telephone! In exchange for handing over your ID card, the guards would hand you a phone.
Joey received a knock one morning from Ernie, a guy Joey knew from the Spilotro family. His boss had recently been found buried in a hole in the desert. His crew was known as the âhole in the wallâ gang because they entered through one building to rob the adjacent one. He was also a barber who gave a nice cut. Theyâd smoke cigars and go down memory lane. Joey spent the next day working out, ordering a large cheese pizza and nachos, and watching cable TV in his cell.
Ana Luisa Hernandez visited Joey on Saturdays. He says, âShe looked like Dollyâs twinâdown to her class and old school love and respect for her family.â Joey could receive groceries from visitors: avacados, plantains, and quarts of Pepsi half full of Bacardi!
Joey told Jimmy Sacco that he wanted to fight again and get a professional fight under his belt. Sacco told Joey that he was too smart and that they should instead promote other fights. Jimmy floated him a few thousand dollar loan, and Joey went on a phone campaign, learning that the phone can be a powerful tool. Joey called Top Rankâs office in Vegas and spoke to Miguel Diaz, an old time trainer who, according to Joey, âbetrayed Jimmy Montoya and everyone in his path to become the number one self-proclaimed cut man in boxing.â
Joey told Diaz that he needed boxers out at the prison for an exhibition. Top Rank was the same agency who had asked Joey to fight when he was 17.
Next, Joey made an appointment with the warden, Walter Luster, who happened to be a boxing fan himself. Luster was in his 60s, and a part-time boxing coach. Joey asked about his idea of promoting fights from the prison. Luster smiled and said he loved it. Joey called every television stationâlocal and abroad. They were only 35 miles from the Vegas strip.
Joey made a call to John Nadel, of the
Associated Press
in LA He told Nadel about his crime and they struck up a friendship. Joey asked Nadel to get him in touch with Eric David and Darryl Strawberry.
11
Joey says he came to consider Nadel and his daughter like family, and what an opportune family to have. John helped him get ahold of Davis and Strawberry,
Nestled against a mountain near I-15, it was located behind Pistol Peteâs casinoâwhere the Bonnie & Clyde car was housed. Joey saw inmates walking around in personal clothes, wearing baseball jerseys, looking relaxed, and playing golf. Then on the other side of the yard, Joey saw a tennis court, and there in the middle of the yard was a boxing ring!
Inmates walked out. They were virtually all old and white. Joey says he was waiting for food as he watched each inmate make a different special request. Jimmy Sacco appeared with a cigar as big as Luigiâs and introduced himself. He went on to say that he was a friend of Luigiâs and the family, and that he pulled some strings to get Joey relocated to âCamp Snoopy.â
Joey claims that Sacco ran the biggest sports book in the nation. According to Joey, he recently began heading the biggest offshore gambling establishment in Costa Rica.
They ate, and Sacco told Joey whoâs dead and whoâs telling. Joey says Jimmy informed him that the Steveâs Muffler âissueâ was based on money owed to him. Joey claims that the guards came by to slip Jimmy his daily bottle of vodka. Jimmy explained that of the 500 inmates on the yard, half were perverts or molesters, and the other half were slot cheats and white collar criminals like himself. Jimmy was making big money from prison and running his operation in Santo Domingo and Costa Rica from his cell. He supposedly handed Joey a shoe box with a few Cuban cigars, a roll of bills, toothpaste, and odds and ends.
Joey found his cell had wall-to-wall carpeting, a recliner, a giant stereo, TV with cable, and a telephone! In exchange for handing over your ID card, the guards would hand you a phone.
Joey received a knock one morning from Ernie, a guy Joey knew from the Spilotro family. His boss had recently been found buried in a hole in the desert. His crew was known as the âhole in the wallâ gang because they entered through one building to rob the adjacent one. He was also a barber who gave a nice cut. Theyâd smoke cigars and go down memory lane. Joey spent the next day working out, ordering a large cheese pizza and nachos, and watching cable TV in his cell.
Ana Luisa Hernandez visited Joey on Saturdays. He says, âShe looked like Dollyâs twinâdown to her class and old school love and respect for her family.â Joey could receive groceries from visitors: avacados, plantains, and quarts of Pepsi half full of Bacardi!
Joey told Jimmy Sacco that he wanted to fight again and get a professional fight under his belt. Sacco told Joey that he was too smart and that they should instead promote other fights. Jimmy floated him a few thousand dollar loan, and Joey went on a phone campaign, learning that the phone can be a powerful tool. Joey called Top Rankâs office in Vegas and spoke to Miguel Diaz, an old time trainer who, according to Joey, âbetrayed Jimmy Montoya and everyone in his path to become the number one self-proclaimed cut man in boxing.â
Joey told Diaz that he needed boxers out at the prison for an exhibition. Top Rank was the same agency who had asked Joey to fight when he was 17.
Next, Joey made an appointment with the warden, Walter Luster, who happened to be a boxing fan himself. Luster was in his 60s, and a part-time boxing coach. Joey asked about his idea of promoting fights from the prison. Luster smiled and said he loved it. Joey called every television stationâlocal and abroad. They were only 35 miles from the Vegas strip.
Joey made a call to John Nadel, of the
Associated Press
in LA He told Nadel about his crime and they struck up a friendship. Joey asked Nadel to get him in touch with Eric David and Darryl Strawberry.
11
Joey says he came to consider Nadel and his daughter like family, and what an opportune family to have. John helped him get ahold of Davis and Strawberry,
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