Joey De Vito

Joseph David De Vito, more commonly known as Joey De Vito, was a mobster in the Zoto Crime Family. He is a minor character in To Live & Die In Bordulac and the protagonist of Viva Las Vivas.

Background
Joey De Vito was born to a Sicilian baker and a Neapolitan-American mother in Newport in 1959. He was an only child and his father died when he was young, his mother taking over the bakery. His upbringing with his mother was very typical for an Italian-American, with her always on him for doing something wrong. He became a errand boy for Mario Zoto and the Zoto Crime Family in 1970s and his rank raised up to enforcer by 1995.

Events of Viva Las Vivas
In 1995, Joey became a capo and was sent to Las Vivas by acting boss Chuck Zoto after the death of capo Salvatore Peccatore, Sr, nicknamed Sal Purgatory, who owned and managed the Purgatory Motel and Entertainment Center on the outskirts. Joey was sent there to look after Salvatore Peccatore, Jr., nicknamed Sonny Purgatory, who wasn't trusted because he was of half Polish descent, and take care of the Purgatory.

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After the Events of Viva Las Vivas
At some point, Joey De Vito was ranked up to underboss and moved back to Bordulac, deciding to make Sonny Purgatory a capo despite his Polish heritage, leaving him to run the Sicilian alone.

Events of To Live & Die In Bordulac
In 2012, he was accidentally killed by Matthew O'Toole in a blind-fire shooting when the Attaglia family attacked a meeting between the Zoto family and the Ricchese family, turning it into a three-way shootout. His death caused Chuck Zoto to call Alfonse Ricchese and order him to kill O'Toole.