Jerothe's primary racket was hijacking; John Gotti and bodyguard of Aniello Dellacroce. He was also a close friend of Salvatore Polisi and Thomas DeSimone. Ronald was a “stick up man” involved in hijacking, bank robbery and drug trafficking. Jerothe earned a reputation in mob circles from his swiftness during bank robberies and skills at seducing women. While performing hijackings he would keep a snub-nose pistol, usually a .38 Smith and Wesson in the rear pocket of his pants, or taped to his leg like undercover policemen. Jerothe thought up the idea to regularly use Smith & Wesson manufactured handcuffs because they were the same ones used by the New York Police Department (NYPD) which would allow handcuffed truck drivers to be released quickly. When not committing burglaries and hijackin