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==Biography==
==Biography==


Boccino is first introduced in Grand Theft Auto IV, where he asks [[Niko Bellic]] to murder [[Teddy Benavidez]], a Dominican gangster. He later orders Bellic, along with [[Joseph DiLeo|Joe DiLeo]], [[Johnny Barbosa]] and [[Luca Silvestri]], to retrieve the [[Diamonds|diamonds]] that were stolen from [[Anthony Prince]], hidden in numerous trash bags throughout [[Algonquin]]. When the trio steal the diamonds for themselves, Boccino sends Bellic to retrieve them. Ray is known to have an explosive temper, at some point in the past he threw a man stealing money from him and his waste management business in a trash compactor after nearly beating him to death.
Boccino is first introduced chronologically while speaking to [[Billy Grey]] in the [[Lost MC Clubhouse]] after selling the biker gang some weapons, specifically [[grenade launcher]]s. He is introduced to [[Johnny Klebitz]] and then takes off.  


Boccino then asks Bellic to pair up with the acting leader of the [[The Lost Brotherhood|Lost Motorcycle Club]], [[Johnny Klebitz]], and sell the stolen diamonds to [[Jewish Mob]] associates [[Issac Roth]] and [[Mori Green]]. However, [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] ambushes the deal and takes the diamonds, while Klebitz steals the money. In retaliation, Boccino kidnaps Lost member [[Jim Fitzgerald]], who later escapes with Klebitz, murdering one of Boccino's crew in the process. Seeking revenge, Boccino sends Bellic to murder Fitzgerald and orders his crew to find and kill Klebitz. Klebitz survives and plans to retaliate, but is told not to by Congressman [[Thomas Stubbs]], who tells Klebitz that Boccino and the Pegorino crime family are under surveillance and that half of the organization would be "either arrested or killed within a month."
Later on, during the Lost MC civil war, Ray meets up with Johnny and Lost members [[Jim Fitzgerald]], [[Terry Thorpe]], and [[Clay Simons]] to discuss the situation with them. He explains that the war is bad for his business and that he needs a "steady flow of merchandise". Ray reveals the location of [[Brian Jeremy]] and tells them to end the war for good.  


Issac blames the ambushed diamond deal on Boccino and threatens to kill him. In retaliation, Boccino again orders Bellic to murder Issac in his penthouse at the [[Majestic Hotel]]. Afterwards, Boccino arranges an apartment in [[Alderney City]] for Bellic so he can can "keep a closer eye on him." As the Pegorino family's affairs fall further into turmoil, [[Jimmy Pegorino]] decides to send a message to any possible informants in the organization and orders Bellic to murder Boccino, believing he is an informant.
A while later Ray employs Irish hood [[Patrick McReary]] to steal a truck load of meds by the docks off a group of Triads, Patrick in turn hires previously aquainted gun-for-hire [[Niko Bellic]] to help him.  


[[Joe Barbara]] voiced Ray Boccino.
Boccino shows up at his lock-up after Niko Bellic and Patrick McReary succesfully steal and deliver the truck. and soon after Ray calls Niko to come do some work for him. Ray's first job for Niko is to murder [[Teddy Benavidez]], a Dominican gangster who owes Ray a lot of money, and hasn't paid up.
 
Around this time Boccino gets word that some pricey [[diamonds]] are being sold to nightclub owner [[Anthony Prince]] just off the Platypus in East Hook. Greed takes over, and Ray dicides he wants them. He gets his "friend" [[Ashley Butler]] to get ahold of Johnny Klebitz and get him to [[Drusilla's]]. When Johnny arrives Ray orders him to steal the diamonds off Gay Tony.
 
Johnny successfully steals the diamonds, and Ray orders him to put the diamonds in two seperate sets of trash bags in two seperate alley ways in [[Algonquin]]. Immediatley after this, Ray orders Bellic, along with Joe DiLeo, [[Johnny Barbosa]] and [[Luca Silvestri]], to retrieve the diamonds from the trash bags Johnny had just hid them in.
 
When DiLeo, Barbosa and Silvestri attempt steal the diamonds for themselves and flee to [[Las Venturas]], Boccino sends Bellic to retrieve them. Niko kills them, and meets up with Ray in [[Middle Park]] to give him the diamonds.
 
After finding a buyer Ray calls up Johnny Klebitz, and tells him to head to the Libertonian to wait for Niko. He then waits for Niko at Drusilla's giving him the diamonds and sending him off to the Libertonian to help with the deal, with the promise that Ray will help Niko find a man named [[Florian Cravic]].
 
Niko and Johnny attempt to sell the diamonds to Jewish Mob associates [[Issac Roth]] and [[Mori Green]], however, Anthony "Gay Tony" Prince's best friend and personal bodyguard [[Luis Fernando Lopez]] ambushes the deal and takes the diamonds.
 
In the confusion of the ambush Klebitz decides to betray Boccino and steals all of the money for himself and the Lost MC, and Niko is left with nothing. Niko calls Boccino to inform him of the ambush, that Johnny has the money, and that he isn't sure who got the diamonds. Immediatly after Ray calls Johnny to confirm he still has the money, but Johnny denies this, having given the money to Jim Fitzgerald for safe keeping.
 
A short time later Boccino decides that Johnny did take the money, he kidnaps Jim Fitzgerald, has him tied up in the Drusilla's basement, and has a goon torture him with a blow torch, attempting to extract information on the two million. He uses Jim's cellphone to text Johnny and lure him to Drusilla's where he attempts to hold Johnny as well. Jim cuts his rope loose with a hidden exacto-knife and grabs hold of Boccino's goon, Johnny kicks Rays gun away, Jim slits the goon's throat and the two escape Drusilla's.
 
Boccino immediatly calls up assosiate [[Phil Bell]] for a sit-down and soon after sends Bellic to murder Fitzgerald and orders his crew to find and kill Klebitz.
 
Klebitz survives the attack, however Jim isn't so lucky. Johnny plans to retaliate, but is told not to by Congressman [[Thomas Stubbs III]], who tells Klebitz that Boccino and the Pegorino crime family are under surveillance and that half of the organization would be "either arrested or killed within a month."
 
Isaac Roth begins to blame the ambushed diamond deal on Boccino and threatens to have him killed. In retaliation, Boccino again orders Bellic to murder Roth at Roth's penthouse at the [[Majestic Hotel]]. Afterwards, Boccino arranges an apartment in [[Alderney City]] for Bellic so he can can "keep a closer eye on him." Niko Bellic refuses to do anymore work for Boccino from this point on.
 
Later in the game as the Pegorino family's affairs fall further into turmoil, [[Jimmy Pegorino]] decides to send a message to any possible informants in the organization and orders Bellic to murder Boccino, believing he is an informant. Niko goes to where Ray is hanging around, and while he and some goons are driving to his auto-shop, he and his assosiates are murdered by Niko. (The player may choose how to go about this).
 
[[Joe Barbara]] voiced Ray Boccino.  


==Mission appearances==
==Mission appearances==
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*During Pest Control, Niko is able to get Ray out of the car by killing the driver of the car, but he'll start shooting the player with a [[SPAS 12|Combat Shotgun]].
*During Pest Control, Niko is able to get Ray out of the car by killing the driver of the car, but he'll start shooting the player with a [[SPAS 12|Combat Shotgun]].
*Ray as a character is similar to [[wp:Mikey Palmice|Mikey Palmice]] from [[wp:The Sopranos|The Sopranos]].
*Ray as a character is similar to [[wp:Mikey Palmice|Mikey Palmice]] from [[wp:The Sopranos|The Sopranos]].
*Both Johnny and Stubbs make references to Ray's eventual fate in GTA IV. Johnny remarks that a coffin would look good with Ray, Stubbs remarks that he would "either be dead or in jail in the next few months", foreshadowing Niko's killing of him under Jimmy Pegorino's orders.
*Stubbs makes references to Ray's eventual fate in GTA IV. He states that he would "either be dead or in jail in the next few months", foreshadowing Niko's killing of him under Jimmy Pegorino's orders.


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