Appeals court upholds NY ‘Mafia cops’ conviction
July 23, 2010 by Capo · Leave a Comment
NEW YORK — An appeals court has upheld the murder conspiracy convictions of two former NYPD detectives who led double lives as hit men for the mob.
In an opinion issued Friday, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found “no merit” to the appeal by “Mafia cops” Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa.
Eppolito had claimed he [...]
Mob cop Louis Eppolito sent to rot in harsh desert prison
May 22, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
It will feel a lot like hell for the Mafia cop.
Louis Eppolito, the disgraced former city detective convicted of killing for the Mafia, will spend the rest of his miserable life in a tough penitentiary in the hot Arizona desert.
Eppolito has been shipped off to the high security federal prison in Tucson where he will [...]
Mafia Book by Brooklyn’s Rackets Chief Hits Shelves
May 13, 2009 by The Boss · Leave a Comment
JAY STREET – A local prosecutor’s outspoken account of investigating organized crime, and how Brooklyn federal prosecutors tried to steal credit from local authorities, hit bookstore shelves Tuesday. Assistant District Attorney Michael Vecchione, chief of the rackets division at the Kings County District Attorney’s Office, co-wrote Friends of the Family: The [...]
Mobster’s Offer to Help Recalls Lucchese Crime Family History
February 25, 2009 by The Boss · 25 Comments
Ex-mob underboss Anthony Casso could reveal information about the French Connection drug case. The episode sheds light on Casso’s dark past and the history of the Lucchese crime family.
Casso Seeks Release to Leak Drug Bust Information
Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso—the 66-year-old former underboss of the Lucchese mafia family who is serving multiple life [...]
