Crime Doesn't Pay

Vincent Basciano is nicknamed Vinny Gorgeous because he once owned a beauty salon in New York City called Hello Gorgeous.

Vinny Gorgeous is the acting boss of the Bonanno crime family.

Vinny Gorgeous resides at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in lower Manhattan.

Vinny Gorgeous was playing racquetball in prison and was hit in the eye in January. His vision is suffering - at times he experiences double vision, and sometimes it is just blurry.

Vinny Gorgeous is injured.

Because I play racquetball, and I don't want to end up in jail, like Vinny Gorgeous, I bought protective eyewear today. I will protect my eyes. I will not go to jail.


(Special thanks to the January 18, 2006 issue of the Daily News of New York for their life-changing inspiration.)