Archive for the 'USA' Category

Feb 12 2009

Two Members of Gambino Crime Family Charged in 1989 Murder

Published by under USA

Two big time members of the Gambino crime family were indicted Wednesday for the murder of a real estate developer who crime boss John Gotti believed was a snitch.

On Sept. 11, 1989, Staten Island real estate developer Fred Weiss was gunned down as he entered his vehicle in front of his New Springville home on Wellington Court.

Investigators say John “Jackie the Nose” D’Amico and Joseph “Joe the German” Watts were part of a death squad that carried out the hit. Continue Reading »

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Jan 29 2009

Judge’s fair-trial acid test

Published by under USA

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It was scary watching Charles Carneglia pour water into his glass yesterday in Brooklyn Federal Court. After all, he was the mob’s go-to guy whenever John Gotti or his capos wanted a body dissolved in acid. One informant says he even tossed finger bones in a Gambino soldier’s soup once to prove he’d done the job. Continue Reading »

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Jan 17 2009

Court rejects U. S. man’s fears of CIA, Mafia

Published by under Canada,USA

Denied Refugee Status

An American man claiming the Mafia and the CIA are conspiring to silence him — just as they killed his father and grandfather — was denied refugee protection in Canada because he could not prove the conspiracy in court.

The complicated tale of Michael Ellero, 44, of Phoenix, is told in some 700 pages of self-penned prose, a treatise he claims documents his work for the U. S. Department of Justice, payments by the Mafia to relatives of Hillary Clinton, and a nefarious campaign to destroy him after reporting office misdeeds to his boss — including the involvement of a lawyer in the death of a colleague. Continue Reading »

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Jan 16 2009

John ‘Junior’ Gotti is denied bail in NY court

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NEW YORK — Mob scion John A. “Junior” Gotti should stay behind bars while awaiting trial on charges he was involved in three gangland murders and cocaine trafficking, a judge ruled Thursday. Continue Reading »

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Jan 16 2009

Outcome leaves victim’s father at a loss

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MIAMI – Tommy Hussey was standing in the courtroom yesterday, watching John Connolly shake hands and hug people, and he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

“I never seen anything like it,” Tommy Hussey was saying. “Guy gets 40 years and you’d think he won the lottery.” Continue Reading »

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Jan 15 2009

Amid sentencing, hugs and handshakes

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MIAMI — Tommy Hussey was standing in the courtroom today, watching John Connolly shake hands and hug people and he couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

“I never seen anything like it,” Tommy Hussey was saying. “Guy gets 40 years and you’d think he won the Lottery.” Continue Reading »

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