Man who shot himself in standoff gets prison term

A decade ago, federal prosecutors labeled Christiano DeCarlo as the mastermind of an extortion plot designed to take over the city’s outcall entertainment industry, with a little help from the Gambino crime family.
On Tuesday, DeCarlo was again in federal court, this time on a charge of being an ex-felon in possession of a firearm.
U.S. District [...]

Eppolito and Bravatti get off light

After five years of legal wrangling, “Mafia Cops” case minor players Anthony Eppolito and Guido Bravatti walked out of U.S. District Court Tuesday free men.
In September 2009, Eppolito and Bravatti were convicted by a jury of federal drug charges – distribution and conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine – as part of a larger case that focused [...]