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Prosecutors: Body of Gotti neighbor dropped in acid
anthony.destefano@newsday.comIt was a dark time on 85th Street in Howard Beach in March 1980 when 12-year-old Frankie Gotti, son of the then-mob captain, was killed in a traffic accident while riding a dirt bike. The boy's father, the late John Gotti, who went on to become Gambino...Tags: John Gotti, Court Administration, Police, Baseball, Murder
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New twist on NY mystery: Body `dissolved in acid'
Associated Press WriterIt is perhaps the most intriguing unsolved mystery from the gaudy gangland career of John Gotti: Whatever happened to the neighbor who accidentally ran over and killed the mobster's 12-year-old son Frank _ and then vanished? According to papers filed in...Tags: Trials, John Gotti, Metal and Mineral, Court Administration, Police
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Colombian drug baron shot dead in Spanish hospital
Associated Press WriterMADRID, Spain (AP) — A convicted Colombian drug baron with links to two major smuggling cartels was shot dead in a Madrid hospital Thursday, officials said. Leonidas Vargas, who was convicted of drug trafficking, was murdered in a hospital bed...Tags: Drug Trafficking, Punishment, Police Arrests, Police, Hospitals and Clinics
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Fugitive Ala. cop going home from Vegas to face charges of faking kidnap, taking drug money
Associated Press WriterLAS VEGAS (AP) — A fugitive police sergeant said Thursday he won't contest being sent back to Alabama, where he's accused of faking his abduction, stealing evidence money and flying to Las Vegas to try to win enough money to pay off personal debts....Tags: Trials, Clark County, Police, American Legion, Drug Trafficking
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NY court papers: Body of mobster John Gotti's vanished neighbor was dissolved in acid
Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) — It is perhaps the most intriguing unsolved mystery from the gaudy gangland career of John Gotti: Whatever happened to the neighbor who accidentally ran over and killed the mobster's 12-year-old son — and then vanished?...Tags: John Gotti, Metal and Mineral, Court Administration, Police, Howard Beach
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Massapequa native tracks cybercrime for FBI
robert.kessler@newsday.comHe's known as the "human firewall." Massapequa native Shawn Henry is the head of investigating computer crimes for the FBI, and after he was introduced with that informal title, he talked of the breadth of the computer-crime problem facing the country...Tags: Computing and Information Technology, Terrorism, Fordham University, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Police
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Colombian coffee growers to sue over 'Mother Goose' comic strip linking java, organized crime
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombian coffee growers are brewing up a lawsuit over a U.S. comic strip joking that violence is so rampant there, maybe "there's a little bit of Juan Valdez in every can" of the country's java. The Colombian Coffee Growers...Tags: Cartoons, Ohio, Crimes
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His sentence in Fla. long served, Noriega fights extradition to France; Panama wants him too
AP Legal Affairs WriterMIAMI (AP) — As the only prisoner of war held on U.S. soil, inmate No. 38699-079 gets annual visits from the Red Cross and can wear his military uniform and insignia when he goes to court. Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega frequently sees his wife and...Tags: George H.W. Bush, Trials, Court Administration, Heads of State, Condoleezza Rice
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Nigerian gangsters get a foothold in a violent Italian landscape
Soaring on cocaine, guns smoking, the Camorra hit squad sped down the Via Domitiana, the road built along the Bay of Naples during the Roman Empire. The gangsters had just killed an arcade owner. Now they were hunting an African drug dealer. Bulky in...Tags: Gang Activity, Metal and Mineral, Building Material, Police, Immigration
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US-funded program fails to stop smuggling through tunnels at Egypt-Gaza border
Associated Press WritersRAFAH, Egypt (AP) — Angry at Hamas' ability to fire rockets at Israel, the United States last year allocated $23 million to help train Egyptian officials to stop the smuggling into Gaza through tunnels at a border plagued by crisis and corruption....Tags: Terrorism, Nicolas Sarkozy, Corruption, Stephen Hadley, Weaponry
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After scandals, Massachusetts lawmakers to eye higher penalties for conflicts of interests
Associated Press WriterBOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick is backing sweeping changes to Massachusetts' ethics laws, including dramatically increasing prison time for bribery and giving the attorney general wiretapping authority in corruption probes. The changes were...Tags: Massachusetts, Punishment, Bribery, Corruption, Executive Branch
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Drug dealer in Valley gets 20 years
Of The Morning CallA Whitehall man who federal prosecutors said was part of a major drug ring that distributed cocaine to Allentown and Easton was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison by U.S. District Judge William Golden in Reading. Jose Cedeno, 37, of Columbia Street,...Tags: Whitehall, Gang Activity, Trials, Drug Trafficking, Punishment
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