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|family = Unnamed girlfriend |
|family = Unnamed girlfriend |
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+ | |dod = [[2008]] <small>(Aged 32)</small> |
|home = [[Little Italy, Algonquin|Little Italy]], [[Algonquin]] |
|home = [[Little Italy, Algonquin|Little Italy]], [[Algonquin]] |
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|nationality = {{Flagicon|Italy|Flag of Italy}} [[Italy|Italian]]- |
|nationality = {{Flagicon|Italy|Flag of Italy}} [[Italy|Italian]]- |
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{{Flagicon|United States of America|Flag of the United States}} [[United States of America|American]] |
{{Flagicon|United States of America|Flag of the United States}} [[United States of America|American]] |
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− | |affiliations = [[Pegorino Family]]<br>[[The Lost MC]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small><br>[[McReary Family]] <small>(Associate)</small><br>[[Jeremy Biker Gang]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small><br>[[Niko Bellic]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Jewish Mob]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small><br>[[Luca's crew]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small> |
+ | |affiliations = [[Pegorino Family]]<br>[[The Lost MC]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small><br>[[McReary Family]] <small>(Associate)</small><br>[[Brian Jeremy's Biker Gang|Jeremy Biker Gang]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small><br>[[Niko Bellic]] <small>(Formerly)</small><br>[[Jewish Mob]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small><br>[[Luca's crew]] <small>(Associate/Formerly)</small> |
|vehicles = Black [[Oracle XS]]<br>[[Yankee]] |
|vehicles = Black [[Oracle XS]]<br>[[Yankee]] |
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|voice = [[Joe Barbara]] |
|voice = [[Joe Barbara]] |
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− | |weapons = [[Combat Pistol]]<br>[[Combat Shotgun]] |
+ | |weapons = [[Desert Eagle|Combat Pistol]]<br>[[Combat Shotgun]] |
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{{Quote|I got the feds all over me, I got a boss who's a paranoid wreck, and I got a guy above me in the foodchain with a brain like an overcooked artichoke. Things are great.| Ray Boccino}} |
{{Quote|I got the feds all over me, I got a boss who's a paranoid wreck, and I got a guy above me in the foodchain with a brain like an overcooked artichoke. Things are great.| Ray Boccino}} |
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− | '''Raymond "Ray" Boccino''' is a character in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series who appears as a main character in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' and the secondary [[antagonist]] in ''[[The Lost and Damned]]''. Ray was |
+ | '''Raymond "Ray" Boccino''' is a character in the ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' series who appears as a main character in ''[[Grand Theft Auto IV]]'' and the secondary [[antagonist]] in ''[[The Lost and Damned]]''. Ray was a [[capo]] working for the [[Pegorino crime family]]. He is also a major character in the diamond dealing in [[Liberty City (HD Universe)|Liberty City]] along with [[Johnny Klebitz]] and [[Niko Bellic]]. |
==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Little else is known about Boccino's background, although at an unknown point in time he became a caporegime in the [[Pegorino crime family]]. He has developed a rivalry with [[Phil Bell]], and even accuses him of working with the Federal Government. |
Little else is known about Boccino's background, although at an unknown point in time he became a caporegime in the [[Pegorino crime family]]. He has developed a rivalry with [[Phil Bell]], and even accuses him of working with the Federal Government. |
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− | [[Jimmy Pegorino]] has a negative opinion on Ray due to his inability to bring his operations to fruition (including the issue with the [[Diamonds]]) and states in [[Pegorino's Pride]] that he doubts Ray will ever make it to the level he wants to reach due to his greed ( |
+ | [[Jimmy Pegorino]] has a negative opinion on Ray due to his inability to bring his operations to fruition (including the issue with the [[Diamonds]]) and states in [[Pegorino's Pride]] that he doubts that Ray will ever make it to the level he wants to reach due to his greed (it is possible that Ray wants to officially become Pegorino's right-hand-man, or one day become the boss of the organization). Ray is often mentioned in conversations between Phil Bell and Pegorino, and Niko even blames Ray for the Diamond issue because of his poor planning and the amount of people he would get involved. Ray's greed, selfishness, and corruption would eventually lead to his [[Pest Control|death]]. |
Boccino is based at [[Drusilla's]] restaurant in [[Little Italy, Algonquin]]. |
Boccino is based at [[Drusilla's]] restaurant in [[Little Italy, Algonquin]]. |
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Boccino is first [[Action/Reaction|introduced]] chronologically while speaking to [[Billy Grey]] in The [[Lost MC Clubhouse]] after selling firearms to the biker gang. He becomes acquainted with [[Johnny Klebitz]] before leaving. |
Boccino is first [[Action/Reaction|introduced]] chronologically while speaking to [[Billy Grey]] in The [[Lost MC Clubhouse]] after selling firearms to the biker gang. He becomes acquainted with [[Johnny Klebitz]] before leaving. |
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− | Pegorino regularly orders Ray to host operations in Algonquin. Ray often comes up with schemes to steal businesses from the [[Ancelotti crime family]] and the [[Algonquin Triads|<nowiki/>]][[Algonquin]] Triads in order to spread more Pegorino Family influence through Liberty City. He hires the [[McReary Family|McRearys]] and [[Niko Bellic]] to do several jobs for the Pegorinos, such as [[Harbouring a Grudge|stealing cloned medication from the triads]], [[Waste Not Want Knots|stealing an Ancelotti pay-off]], crippiling[[Actions Speak Louder than Words| the Ancelotti's alliance with the Albanian ]] |
+ | Pegorino regularly orders Ray to host operations in Algonquin. Ray often comes up with schemes to steal businesses from the [[Ancelotti crime family]] and the [[Algonquin Triads|<nowiki/>]][[Algonquin]] Triads in order to spread more Pegorino Family influence through Liberty City. He hires the [[McReary Family|McRearys]] and [[Niko Bellic]] to do several jobs for the Pegorinos, such as [[Harbouring a Grudge|stealing cloned medication from the triads]], [[Waste Not Want Knots|stealing an Ancelotti pay-off]], crippiling[[Actions Speak Louder than Words| the Ancelotti's alliance with the Albanian mob]], and [[I Need Your Clothes, Your Boots and Your Motorcycle|killing Ancelotti capo Frankie Garone]]. |
Later on, during the [[Lost MC]]'s civil war, [[Brian Jeremy]] contacted Ray regarding Johnny Klebitz. Brian conspires against Johnny, and wants Ray to help him annihilate Johnny's faction of the motorcycle club. Ray favors Johnny however, considering him as a much better businessman than Brian (due to the latter's irrational devotion to the imprisoned Billy Grey). Ray reveals Brian's whereabouts to Johnny so that business between him and The Lost can resume as usual. |
Later on, during the [[Lost MC]]'s civil war, [[Brian Jeremy]] contacted Ray regarding Johnny Klebitz. Brian conspires against Johnny, and wants Ray to help him annihilate Johnny's faction of the motorcycle club. Ray favors Johnny however, considering him as a much better businessman than Brian (due to the latter's irrational devotion to the imprisoned Billy Grey). Ray reveals Brian's whereabouts to Johnny so that business between him and The Lost can resume as usual. |
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Afterwards, Ray hires Niko to kill [[Teddy Benavidez]], as Benavidez owes Ray money which he has not repaid. |
Afterwards, Ray hires Niko to kill [[Teddy Benavidez]], as Benavidez owes Ray money which he has not repaid. |
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− | Ray eventually becomes aware that very valuable [[diamonds]] are going to be [[Frosting on the Cake|sold]] to nightclub empresario [[Tony Prince]] in [[East Hook]]. Ray believes he could make a lot of money from selling the diamonds, and plots to steal them. Through his contact with [[Ashley Butler]] (with whom he was having an affair), Ray hires Johnny and The Lost to [[Diamonds in the Rough|steal the diamonds]]. |
+ | Ray eventually becomes aware that very valuable [[diamonds]] are going to be [[Frosting on the Cake|sold]] to nightclub empresario [[Tony Prince]] in [[East Hook]]. Ray believes he could make a lot of money from selling the diamonds, and plots to steal them. Through his contact with [[Ashley Butler]] (with whom he was presumably having an affair), Ray hires Johnny and The Lost to [[Diamonds in the Rough|steal the diamonds]]. |
Johnny successfully steals the diamonds, and Ray orders him to stash the them in two separate sets of trash bags in located in different areas to one-another in [[Algonquin]]. Immediately after the diamonds are stashed, Ray [[Taking in the Trash|orders]] Niko to assist members of his crew ([[Joseph DiLeo]], [[Johnny Barbosa]], and [[Luca Silvestri]]) to collect them. It is later discovered that DiLeo, Barbosa and Silvestri planned to take the diamonds for themselves and flee to [[Las Venturas (HD Universe)|Las Venturas]]; Ray sends Niko to [[Meltdown (GTA IV)|retrieve]] them. Niko kills Luca and his crew before meeting Ray in [[Middle Park]], where he gives him the diamonds. |
Johnny successfully steals the diamonds, and Ray orders him to stash the them in two separate sets of trash bags in located in different areas to one-another in [[Algonquin]]. Immediately after the diamonds are stashed, Ray [[Taking in the Trash|orders]] Niko to assist members of his crew ([[Joseph DiLeo]], [[Johnny Barbosa]], and [[Luca Silvestri]]) to collect them. It is later discovered that DiLeo, Barbosa and Silvestri planned to take the diamonds for themselves and flee to [[Las Venturas (HD Universe)|Las Venturas]]; Ray sends Niko to [[Meltdown (GTA IV)|retrieve]] them. Niko kills Luca and his crew before meeting Ray in [[Middle Park]], where he gives him the diamonds. |
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Later, Ray sends Niko and Johnny to the Libertonian to sell the diamonds to [[Jewish Mob]] associates [[Issac Roth]] and [[Mori Green]], however they are attacked by Tony Prince's bodyguard [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]], whom steals the diamonds. |
Later, Ray sends Niko and Johnny to the Libertonian to sell the diamonds to [[Jewish Mob]] associates [[Issac Roth]] and [[Mori Green]], however they are attacked by Tony Prince's bodyguard [[Luis Fernando Lopez|Luis Lopez]], whom steals the diamonds. |
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− | In the confusion of the ambush, Johnny |
+ | In the confusion of the ambush, Johnny takes all of the money in a panic, and Niko is left with nothing. Niko contacts Ray to inform him of the ambush, and that Johnny has stolen the money but isn't sure where the diamonds are. Johnny had given the money to fellow Lost MC member [[Jim Fitzgerald]] for safe keeping. Ray immediately questions Johnny about the money, and Johnny denies that he took it. |
− | A short time later, Ray believes that Johnny |
+ | A short time later, Ray believes that Johnny took the money; he has Fitzgerald [[Was It Worth It?|kidnapped and tortured]] for information in the basement of Drusilla's. Ray uses Jim's cellphone to text Johnny and lure him to Drusilla's. |
− | After a brief argument between Ray and Johnny, Jim executes Ray's henchman and escapes alongside Johnny. |
+ | After a brief argument between Ray and Johnny, Jim executes [[Ray Boccino's henchman|Ray's henchman]] and escapes alongside Johnny. |
− | Ray is quick to react - he hires Niko to find and eliminate Jim, and sends his own men to hunt for Johnny (Johnny survives the attack, and kills all of Ray's hitmen |
+ | Ray is quick to react - he hires Niko to find and eliminate Jim, and sends his own men to hunt for Johnny (Johnny survives the attack, and kills all of Ray's hitmen but Niko succeeds in killing Jim). |
− | Ashley later tells Johnny that Ray has managed to kill Jim (unbeknownst to Johnny, Niko is the one who killed him |
+ | Ashley later tells Johnny that Ray has managed to kill Jim (unbeknownst to Johnny, Niko is the one who killed him). Johnny wants to get revenge, but is [[Get Lost|told not to]] by Congressman [[Thomas Stubbs]] because the whole Pegorino syndicate are under surveillance and that half of the organization would be "either dead or arrested within a month". |
− | Later, [[Isaac Roth]] begins to blame the ambushed diamond deal on Boccino and threatens to have him killed. In retaliation, Boccino again orders Niko to [[Late Checkout|murder]] Roth at Roth's penthouse at the [[Majestic Hotel]]. Afterwards, Boccino arranges an apartment in [[Alderney City]] for Niko so he can can "keep a closer eye on him |
+ | Later, [[Isaac Roth]] begins to blame the ambushed diamond deal on Boccino and threatens to have him killed. In retaliation, Boccino again orders Niko to [[Late Checkout|murder]] Roth (as well as his two henchmen) at Roth's penthouse at the [[Majestic Hotel]]. Afterwards, Boccino arranges an apartment in [[Alderney City]] for Niko so he can can "keep a closer eye on him". Niko refuses to do anymore work for Boccino from this point on. Before or after this mission, Ray will [[Weekend at Florian's|give]] Niko Bellic what he promised him in [[Museum Piece]]; the location of [[Florian Cravic]] (though Niko ends up sparing him as he realizes that he is not the target). |
− | Ray makes a brief cameo in the opening cut |
+ | Ray makes a brief cameo in the opening cut scenes of [[Phil Bell|Phil Bell's]] & [[Jimmy Pegorino]]'s [[Truck Hustle|first]] [[Pegorino's Pride|missions]]. He also tells Niko that he made the introduction (though Niko will once again say that he is not connected to Ray). He is often brought up in conversations with Pegorino and Phil - in fact, in Pegorino's first mission, Niko will comment that Ray's poor planning and the amount of people ([[Johnny Barbosa|Johnny]], [[Luca]]'s crew and [[Isaac Roth|Isaac]]) he trusted are to blame for his failure to get the diamonds. Ray can also be called after [[Payback (GTA IV)|Payback]], [[I'll Take Her]] & [[Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend]] (provided that he hasn't been murdered yet). Interestingly, Ray will later call Niko telling him he knows that [[Gay Tony]] has the diamonds and asks him to steal them. Niko, wanting to avoid what would have been a very huge plot twist in both ''TBoGT'' and ''IV'', refuses to do so. |
=== Death === |
=== Death === |
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[[File:...PestControl-Ray'sDeath.png|thumb|220px|Ray about to be [[Pest Control|killed]] by Niko.]] |
[[File:...PestControl-Ray'sDeath.png|thumb|220px|Ray about to be [[Pest Control|killed]] by Niko.]] |
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− | 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 Niko to [[Pest Control| |
+ | 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 Niko to [[Pest Control|kill]] Boccino, believing that he has snitched on the family. After leaving a sit-down in [[East Holland]], he and his bodyguards head to an auto shop in [[BOABO]]. Seeing the opportunity, Pegorino tells the convoy to stop for gas on the way so Niko can ambush them (however, it is ultimately up to the player how they wish to proceed with the hit). Regardless, Boccino and his men are killed on the way to the auto shop. |
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==Personality== |
==Personality== |
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{{Quote|Ray Boccino is a slimy motherfucker. The one thing you can rely on him for is greed.|[[Patrick McReary]]}} |
{{Quote|Ray Boccino is a slimy motherfucker. The one thing you can rely on him for is greed.|[[Patrick McReary]]}} |
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⚫ | Ray is an extremely greedy character, trying to find deals and jobs that are worth a lot of [[money]] for personal gain. He works with many thugs and mobsters, like [[McReary crime family|the Irish Mob]], in order to be favored by [[Jimmy Pegorino]], trying to please him with every way he knows. He is, however, distrusted by most of his associates (and by Jimmy Pegorino himself) due to his greed. Despite this, he is above betraying his close associates to further himself. In fact, the opposite is true; although his associates speak of him warily, Ray finds himself betrayed by his own cohorts several times. [[Luca Silvestri]] and [[Luca's crew|his crew]] kept the diamonds they stole for themselves, [[Johnny Klebitz]] steals his profit during the diamond fiasco and it is ironically his boss [[Jimmy Pegorino]] that orders his final fate on suspicion alone, with [[Niko Bellic]] being the one who takes him down. |
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⚫ | Ray is an extremely greedy character, trying to find deals and jobs that are worth a lot of [[money]] for personal gain. He works with many thugs and mobsters, like [[McReary crime family|the Irish Mob]], in order to be favored by [[Jimmy Pegorino]], trying to please him with every way he knows. He is, however, distrusted by his associates due to his greed. Despite this, he is above betraying his close associates to further himself. In fact, the opposite is true; although his associates speak of him warily, Ray finds himself betrayed by his own cohorts |
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Ray is also known to have an explosive temper, at some point in his past throwing a man stealing money from him and his waste management business in a trash compactor after nearly beating him to death. |
Ray is also known to have an explosive temper, at some point in his past throwing a man stealing money from him and his waste management business in a trash compactor after nearly beating him to death. |
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*Capo with the [[Alderney]] based Pegorino Crime Syndicate. |
*Capo with the [[Alderney]] based Pegorino Crime Syndicate. |
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*Believed to be expanding operations into [[Algonquin]]. |
*Believed to be expanding operations into [[Algonquin]]. |
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==Murders Commited== |
==Murders Commited== |
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− | * Ray's henchman (off-screen) during [[Taking in the Trash]], [[Luca Silvestri|Luca]], mentions to Niko that there was once a waste management plant owner who attempted to hold out on Ray's profits. According to him, Ray threw him into the back of a [[Trashmaster|dump truck]]. |
+ | * Ray's henchman (off-screen) - during [[Taking in the Trash]], [[Luca Silvestri|Luca]], mentions to Niko that there was once a waste management plant owner who attempted to hold out on Ray's profits. According to him, Ray threw him into the back of a [[Trashmaster|dump truck]]. |
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* [[Museum Piece]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
* [[Museum Piece]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
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* [[No Way on the Subway]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
* [[No Way on the Subway]] <small>(Boss)</small> |
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* [[I'll Take Her...]] <small>(Post-mission phone call)</small> |
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==Trivia== |
==Trivia== |
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⚫ | *''[[Grand Theft Auto IV|GTA IV]]'' [[Beta Releases in GTA IV|originally]] called for the player to choose whether to kill Ray or Phil. However, it was changed before the game was officially released (Ray became the only one who could be killed). This is likely in part due to the way Ray became the secondary antagonist of ''[[The Lost and Damned]]'', and due to the fact that when Phil would've been dead, the mission [[If the Price is Right]] could not happen (or would have to be heavily rewritten). |
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+ | *Boccino's personality is similar to that of [[wp:Mikey Palmice|Mikey Palmice]] from [[wp:The Sopranos|The Sopranos]]. Both were also killed on orders by their own bosses, Ray by [[Jimmy Pegorino]] and Palmice by [[wp:Tony Soprano|Tony Soprano]]. |
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+ | *''Boccino'' means ''snitch'' or ''squealer'' in Italian, which might be fitting with Pegorino's suspicion that he is working with the FIB. |
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+ | *It is possible that Ray's [[Beta Characters|beta]] name was [[Raymond Alberga]].{{citation needed}} |
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+ | *Ray is the boss for seven missions in ''GTA IV'', the second-highest number in the game (behind [[Roman Bellic]], who is the boss for ten missions). |
+ | *Ray's phone appears to be a [[Whiz Cellphone]], yet his voicemail says he has a [[Badger]]. It is likely that Ray has two phones, using the Badger for crime related business and the Whiz one being his personal one. |
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Revision as of 02:50, 13 May 2020
Raymond "Ray" Boccino is a character in the Grand Theft Auto series who appears as a main character in Grand Theft Auto IV and the secondary antagonist in The Lost and Damned. Ray was a capo working for the Pegorino crime family. He is also a major character in the diamond dealing in Liberty City along with Johnny Klebitz and Niko Bellic.
Biography
Background
Ray Boccino was born in 1976 in Westdyke, Alderney. He is of Italian ancestry.
His criminal record stretches back to 1990, when he was arrested at the age of 14 for possession of stolen property.
Little else is known about Boccino's background, although at an unknown point in time he became a caporegime in the Pegorino crime family. He has developed a rivalry with Phil Bell, and even accuses him of working with the Federal Government.
Jimmy Pegorino has a negative opinion on Ray due to his inability to bring his operations to fruition (including the issue with the Diamonds) and states in Pegorino's Pride that he doubts that Ray will ever make it to the level he wants to reach due to his greed (it is possible that Ray wants to officially become Pegorino's right-hand-man, or one day become the boss of the organization). Ray is often mentioned in conversations between Phil Bell and Pegorino, and Niko even blames Ray for the Diamond issue because of his poor planning and the amount of people he would get involved. Ray's greed, selfishness, and corruption would eventually lead to his death.
Boccino is based at Drusilla's restaurant in Little Italy, Algonquin.
2008
Boccino is first introduced chronologically while speaking to Billy Grey in The Lost MC Clubhouse after selling firearms to the biker gang. He becomes acquainted with Johnny Klebitz before leaving.
Pegorino regularly orders Ray to host operations in Algonquin. Ray often comes up with schemes to steal businesses from the Ancelotti crime family and the Algonquin Triads in order to spread more Pegorino Family influence through Liberty City. He hires the McRearys and Niko Bellic to do several jobs for the Pegorinos, such as stealing cloned medication from the triads, stealing an Ancelotti pay-off, crippiling the Ancelotti's alliance with the Albanian mob, and killing Ancelotti capo Frankie Garone.
Later on, during the Lost MC's civil war, Brian Jeremy contacted Ray regarding Johnny Klebitz. Brian conspires against Johnny, and wants Ray to help him annihilate Johnny's faction of the motorcycle club. Ray favors Johnny however, considering him as a much better businessman than Brian (due to the latter's irrational devotion to the imprisoned Billy Grey). Ray reveals Brian's whereabouts to Johnny so that business between him and The Lost can resume as usual.
Afterwards, Ray hires Niko to kill Teddy Benavidez, as Benavidez owes Ray money which he has not repaid.
Ray eventually becomes aware that very valuable diamonds are going to be sold to nightclub empresario Tony Prince in East Hook. Ray believes he could make a lot of money from selling the diamonds, and plots to steal them. Through his contact with Ashley Butler (with whom he was presumably having an affair), Ray hires Johnny and The Lost to steal the diamonds.
Johnny successfully steals the diamonds, and Ray orders him to stash the them in two separate sets of trash bags in located in different areas to one-another in Algonquin. Immediately after the diamonds are stashed, Ray orders Niko to assist members of his crew (Joseph DiLeo, Johnny Barbosa, and Luca Silvestri) to collect them. It is later discovered that DiLeo, Barbosa and Silvestri planned to take the diamonds for themselves and flee to Las Venturas; Ray sends Niko to retrieve them. Niko kills Luca and his crew before meeting Ray in Middle Park, where he gives him the diamonds.
Later, Ray sends Niko and Johnny to the Libertonian to sell the diamonds to Jewish Mob associates Issac Roth and Mori Green, however they are attacked by Tony Prince's bodyguard Luis Lopez, whom steals the diamonds.
In the confusion of the ambush, Johnny takes all of the money in a panic, and Niko is left with nothing. Niko contacts Ray to inform him of the ambush, and that Johnny has stolen the money but isn't sure where the diamonds are. Johnny had given the money to fellow Lost MC member Jim Fitzgerald for safe keeping. Ray immediately questions Johnny about the money, and Johnny denies that he took it.
A short time later, Ray believes that Johnny took the money; he has Fitzgerald kidnapped and tortured for information in the basement of Drusilla's. Ray uses Jim's cellphone to text Johnny and lure him to Drusilla's.
After a brief argument between Ray and Johnny, Jim executes Ray's henchman and escapes alongside Johnny.
Ray is quick to react - he hires Niko to find and eliminate Jim, and sends his own men to hunt for Johnny (Johnny survives the attack, and kills all of Ray's hitmen but Niko succeeds in killing Jim).
Ashley later tells Johnny that Ray has managed to kill Jim (unbeknownst to Johnny, Niko is the one who killed him). Johnny wants to get revenge, but is told not to by Congressman Thomas Stubbs because the whole Pegorino syndicate are under surveillance and that half of the organization would be "either dead or arrested within a month".
Later, Isaac Roth begins to blame the ambushed diamond deal on Boccino and threatens to have him killed. In retaliation, Boccino again orders Niko to murder Roth (as well as his two henchmen) at Roth's penthouse at the Majestic Hotel. Afterwards, Boccino arranges an apartment in Alderney City for Niko so he can can "keep a closer eye on him". Niko refuses to do anymore work for Boccino from this point on. Before or after this mission, Ray will give Niko Bellic what he promised him in Museum Piece; the location of Florian Cravic (though Niko ends up sparing him as he realizes that he is not the target).
Ray makes a brief cameo in the opening cut scenes of Phil Bell's & Jimmy Pegorino's first missions. He also tells Niko that he made the introduction (though Niko will once again say that he is not connected to Ray). He is often brought up in conversations with Pegorino and Phil - in fact, in Pegorino's first mission, Niko will comment that Ray's poor planning and the amount of people (Johnny, Luca's crew and Isaac) he trusted are to blame for his failure to get the diamonds. Ray can also be called after Payback, I'll Take Her & Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend (provided that he hasn't been murdered yet). Interestingly, Ray will later call Niko telling him he knows that Gay Tony has the diamonds and asks him to steal them. Niko, wanting to avoid what would have been a very huge plot twist in both TBoGT and IV, refuses to do so.
Death
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 Niko to kill Boccino, believing that he has snitched on the family. After leaving a sit-down in East Holland, he and his bodyguards head to an auto shop in BOABO. Seeing the opportunity, Pegorino tells the convoy to stop for gas on the way so Niko can ambush them (however, it is ultimately up to the player how they wish to proceed with the hit). Regardless, Boccino and his men are killed on the way to the auto shop.
Personality
Ray is an extremely greedy character, trying to find deals and jobs that are worth a lot of money for personal gain. He works with many thugs and mobsters, like the Irish Mob, in order to be favored by Jimmy Pegorino, trying to please him with every way he knows. He is, however, distrusted by most of his associates (and by Jimmy Pegorino himself) due to his greed. Despite this, he is above betraying his close associates to further himself. In fact, the opposite is true; although his associates speak of him warily, Ray finds himself betrayed by his own cohorts several times. Luca Silvestri and his crew kept the diamonds they stole for themselves, Johnny Klebitz steals his profit during the diamond fiasco and it is ironically his boss Jimmy Pegorino that orders his final fate on suspicion alone, with Niko Bellic being the one who takes him down.
Ray is also known to have an explosive temper, at some point in his past throwing a man stealing money from him and his waste management business in a trash compactor after nearly beating him to death.
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Murders Commited
- Ray's henchman (off-screen) - during Taking in the Trash, Luca, mentions to Niko that there was once a waste management plant owner who attempted to hold out on Ray's profits. According to him, Ray threw him into the back of a dump truck.
Mission Appearances
- GTA IV
- Harbouring a Grudge
- Waste Not Want Knots (Post-mission phone call)
- A Long Way to Fall (Boss)
- Taking in the Trash (Boss)
- Meltdown (Boss)
- Museum Piece (Boss)
- No Way on the Subway (Boss)
- Late Checkout (Boss)
- Weekend at Florian's (Voice/Boss)
- Truck Hustle
- I'll Take Her... (Post-mission phone call)
- Pegorino's Pride
- Payback (Post-mission phone call)
- Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend (Post-mission phone call, only if Pest Control is not completed yet)
- Pest Control (Killed)
- The Lost and Damned
- Action/Reaction
- Bad Standing
- Diamonds in the Rough (Boss)
- Collector's Item (Voice/Boss)
- Was It Worth It? (Boss/Betrayal)
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Trivia
- GTA IV originally called for the player to choose whether to kill Ray or Phil. However, it was changed before the game was officially released (Ray became the only one who could be killed). This is likely in part due to the way Ray became the secondary antagonist of The Lost and Damned, and due to the fact that when Phil would've been dead, the mission If the Price is Right could not happen (or would have to be heavily rewritten).
- Boccino's personality is similar to that of Mikey Palmice from The Sopranos. Both were also killed on orders by their own bosses, Ray by Jimmy Pegorino and Palmice by Tony Soprano.
- Boccino means snitch or squealer in Italian, which might be fitting with Pegorino's suspicion that he is working with the FIB.
- It is possible that Ray's beta name was Raymond Alberga.[citation/verification needed]
- Ray is the boss for seven missions in GTA IV, the second-highest number in the game (behind Roman Bellic, who is the boss for ten missions).
- Ray's phone appears to be a Whiz Cellphone, yet his voicemail says he has a Badger. It is likely that Ray has two phones, using the Badger for crime related business and the Whiz one being his personal one.