Vincenzo Toscano

**Vincenzo "Vinny" Toscano** is a character played by Cojo.

## Description

Vinny Toscano is a new Motorcycle Mechanic in Los Santos. Despite being experienced with vehicles, he appears to be rather unexperienced with the city as a whole.

Vinny is a tall and broad man, and uses his size to his advantage. His seemingly charming and oafish behavior is disarming, leading you to believe that he may be just mindless brawn - but don't let that fool you. Beneath his warm and humorous exterior lies a raging, vengeful monster just waiting for an excuse to let loose.

## Background

Vincenzo "Vinny" Toscano was born in the neighborhood of Longwood in the South Bronx. He was born to Durante "Dante" and Eileen Toscano on the 27th of August, 1953. Eileen would pass away due to complications during Vinny's birth, leading to a Caesarean Section. Growing up, his drunken father would tell him stories of his mother, his tone leading Vinny to believe that in some way his father blamed him. His grandfather, Oliver, used to berate Dante for his treatment of Vinny, but he passed away when he was very young. After an incident with a smashed bottle when Vinny was 10, he didn't stay at home as often as he could help it.

The Toscano's and the Rizzo's have been family friends dating back to the late 1800s, and Vinny met Jilly at an early age during one of these family gatherings. They quickly got along, and Vinny would often seek Jilly out whenever he wanted to escape his father. Vinny would get involved in the NY chapter of Duke's Boxing, climbing quickly through the ranks with the best of them - and occasionally taking a fall here and there for a big payout.

As he grew into adulthood, Dante sought to make amends with his son. He had given up the drink, swore up and down that things would be different, that he never blamed him for his mothers death - but the damage had been done. He wanted nothing to do with his father. At the age of sixteen, Vinny chose a life on the streets over a comfortable life with his father.

During this period of his life, he'd meet many people, get involved in many illicit activities, and almost become Heavyweight Champion of the New York Chapter of Duke's Boxing. Unfortunately for him, Vinny was arrested for knocking over a liquor store in Manhattan. He kept his mouth shut and was the only one found convicted, and was sent to a federal penitentiary in upstate New York in 1969, at the age of 16. At the time, Vinny was confused as to why a seemingly 'small' crime would land him in federal jail. He'd later overhear from someone on the inside that the name 'Toscano' carried weight, even if Vinny himself didn't quite understand how or why.

His stay however would be short-lived. in 1970, he was sent into Vietnam in a P.M.B, a Penal Military Battalion. Most P.M.B's didn't see combat in Vietnam, but his was sent in to do the grunt work. When his extremely rude Commanding Officer died during a mine clearing expedition, Vinny and the rest of his unit were able to complete it. What no one knows is that his Commanding Officer didn't step on a mine, Vinny pushed him onto one.

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