Jimmy Pegorino

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Character
James Pegorino
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Appearances	[[Appearance::Grand Theft Auto IV]]
Full Name	James Pegorino
Aliases	Jimmy, Jimmy P, Jimmy the Peg, Skip
Gender	Gender::Male
Date of Birth	1957
Place of Birth	Alderney City, Alderney
Date of Death	[[Error: Invalid time.\|2008 (age 51)]]
Age at Death
Nationality	American
Home	Westdyke, Alderney
Family	Angie Pegorino (Wife); Deceased son (Suicide)
Main Affiliations	Pegorino Family; McReary Family; The Commission
Vehicles	Cognoscenti; Schafter
Businesses	Honkers Strip Club
Voiced by	Tony Patellis
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Don James "Jimmy" Pegorino (1957-2008), also known as "The Peg,", "Jimmy P" and "Jimmy the Peg", is a mobster heavily involved in drugs distribution, and head of the Alderney based Pegorino Family. He owns the Honkers strip club in Tudor, Alderney, which is run by his trusted associate, Phil Bell. He is married to Angie Pegorino.

Pegorino's main goal is to see his family being made part of the Liberty City Cosa Nostra "Commission". The five main Mafia families of Liberty City (the Ancelotti, Pavano, Messina, Gambetti and Lupisella families) consider the Pegorinos to be nothing more than a South Alderney gang.

Niko Bellic meets Pegorino when Bell recommends Niko to him.

Pegorino's Missions for Niko

Pegorino has Niko accompany him to a truce meeting with the Pavano Family, but he remains suspicious of the Pavanos, and has Niko watch over the meeting with a sniper rifle. Pegorino's instincts are proven correct, as the Pavanos open fire on Pegorino and his associates Big Pete and Marco, killing the younger men. The wounded and fuming Pegorino has Niko chase down his assailants, killing them and retrieving the truce offer. As revenge for the betrayal, Pegorino has Niko ambush a Pavano cash pick-up at Auto Eroticar in Leftwood, Alderney.

Much to Pegorino's distress, his trusted bodyguard, Anthony Corrado, has 'flipped' and has been wearing a wire for the Government. Pegorino calls Corrado, who has a heart attack but survives. A paranoid Pegorino then holds an arriving Niko at gunpoint with a shotgun, challenging Niko's loyalty. He orders Niko to kill Corrado at the hospital, which Niko does.

Later on, Pegorino must decide who in his Family is a traitor, as leaks apparently continue — eventually he tasks Niko with killing his Capo, Ray Boccino, whom he does not trust. Pegorino then orders Niko to take part in a drug deal with his old nemesis, Dimitri Rascalov. Pegorino's role in the ending of the storyline is dependent upon Niko's choice.

If Niko takes the deal, then Dimitri Rascalov betrays Pegorino, much as he betrayed Niko and Mikhail Faustin. Inside the old run down casino, Dimitri shoots Pegorino in the head just as Niko is arriving to kill the pair of them as revenge for the death of Roman Bellic.

If Niko chooses revenge (by killing Rascalov, and thereby ruining Pegorino's deal), Pegorino drives by the gathering outside the church at the wedding of Mallorie and Roman Bellic, and opens fire into the crowd. Kate McReary is hit in the stomach and killed. Niko hunts Pegorino down to avenge this death, and corners him on Happiness Island.

After being shot down on the island, a dying Pegorino is approached by Niko, furious over Kate McReary's death. Niko angrily asks what Kate did to deserve her fate, and Jimmy explains that the intended target was Niko. Niko recounts his deals with Jon Gravelli to Jimmy, explaining that the Commission families thought Pegorino's organization was a "fat fucking joke." Laughing, Niko turns away from Pegorino, and Pegorino raises his pistol; Niko casually turns back around and ends Pegorino's life with a single shot between the eyes from his AK-47.

It is unknown who succeeds Jimmy to head the Pegorino organization; considering its preexisting legal and financial trouble, the deaths of both Pegorino and Ray Boccino, and Phil's departure from the family, the organization may cease to exist after the events of GTA IV.

Mission Appearances

Pegorino's Pride (Boss)
Payback (Boss)
Flatline (Boss)
Pest Control (Boss)
One Last Thing (Boss)
A Revenger's Tragedy (Killed, Deal)
Out of Commission (Killed, Revenge)

Murders Commited by Pegorino

Kate McReary - (Only in "Revenge" Storyline) Attempts to kill Niko, but murders Kate instead.

LCPD Database Information

Surname:

Pegorino

First Name:

Jimmy

Age:

51

Place of Birth:

Alderney City, Alderney

Affiliations:

Pegorino Crime Syndicate

Criminal Record:

1973 - Grand Theft Auto

1974 - Possession Stolen Property

1976 - Armed Robbery

1979 - Grand Larceny

1981 - Promoting Gambling

1985 - Hijacking

1988 - Manslaughter

2005 - Racketeering

Notes:

Head of the previously small time Alderney based Pegorino Crime Syndicate which he took over from his father.
Attempting to control rackets being run by the five Algonquin families but his power is questionable.
Main associates are Phil Bell and Ray Boccino.
Ties to Irish American hoods such as Gerald McReary in Dukes.
Lives in Alderney with his wife, Angie.
Owns the Honkers Gentlemen's Club in Tudor.

Trivia

During the game's final battle, Pegorino has 100 body armor as well as 200 health (about twice as much health as a normal enemy), allowing him to sustain about 3 times as much damage as a standard enemy. However, he is only equipped with a weak pistol.

The Pegorino crime family are most likely based on the real life DeCavalcante crime family who operate in Elizabeth,New Jersey; unlike the Pegorino Family, who did not gain a seat on the Commission, the DeCavalcante Family maintained strong connections with the Five Families of New York, and maintain a relative peace with the other crime families.