George Bratsenis appears in a New Jersey court today to enter a plea in a murder-for-hire case. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Organized Crime”
Future of Agency Created to Keep Mob Off Docks Now Up to Supreme Court
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
New Jersey wants to dissolve a product of the “On the Waterfront” era. New York wants the country’s highest court to keep the bistate commission alive. Source: New York Times
With ‘The Godfather,’ Art Imitated Mafia Life. And Vice Versa.
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2022
Federal wiretaps and Mob insiders suggest that many real-life wiseguys turned to the 1972 film for inspiration, validation and cues on how to speak and act and dress. Source: New York Times
A New Search for Jimmy Hoffa
By Gotham Rex on November 22, 2021
A deathbed statement by a man who claimed to have buried Hoffa’s body, repeated years later by his son, sent the F.B.I. to Jersey City for a “site survey.” Source: New York Times
Search for Jimmy Hoffa Leads the F.B.I. to Jersey City Landfill
By Gotham Rex on November 18, 2021
A deathbed statement by a man who claimed to bury the Teamster boss’ body in a steel drum brought agents to the site for an inspection. Source: New York Times
He Was a Boxer and Married to the Mob. He Wasn’t Prepared for Guardianship.
By Gotham Rex on November 17, 2021
Marvin Stein lived an eventful and prosperous life. But a battle among his family over his fortune broke out in his 88th year, and he suddenly found himself powerless to fight for himself. Source: New York Times
Colombo Family Crime Boss and 12 Others Are Arrested, Prosecutors Say
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2021
An indictment unsealed on Tuesday accuses the organization of orchestrating a two-decade scheme to extort a labor union. Source: New York Times
R. Kelly Trial: Decades of Accusations in the Making
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2021
The R&B artist was acquitted 13 years ago. But the culture around allegations of sexual misconduct has shifted dramatically since then, and he faces more formidable charges this time. Source: New York Times
James Kallstrom Dies at 78; Led F.B.I. Review of T.W.A. Crash
By Gotham Rex on July 8, 2021
As the F.B.I. chief in New York, he spent 16 months investigating why Flight 800 crashed 12 minutes after takeoff, killing all 230 people on board. Source: New York Times
Trump Pardons Hillel Nahmad, Madison Avenue Art Dealer
By Gotham Rex on January 20, 2021
The New York dealer, scion of a powerful art world family, pleaded guilty to running an illegal gambling ring in 2013. Source: New York Times
Mobster Pleads in Plot Against ‘Real Housewives’ Boyfriend, U.S. Says
By Gotham Rex on December 16, 2020
John Perna, who prosecutors say is a member of the Lucchese crime family, agreed to the beatdown in exchange for a discount on a wedding deal, the indictment charged. Source: New York Times
William Aronwald, Target of a Botched Mob Hit, Dies at 79
By Gotham Rex on December 5, 2020
He was a prominent prosecutor in the 1970s. A blunder by hit men left his father dead. Source: New York Times
Inside the Mystery of a Country Moonshine Bunker
By Gotham Rex on November 12, 2020
Distilleries are trendy in rural New York. But this one was open 88 years ago, during Prohibition. Source: New York Times
Albert Krieger, a Bulldog of the Criminal Defense Bar, Dies at 96
By Gotham Rex on May 28, 2020
His clients included John Gotti, Joseph Bonanno, Miami’s “cocaine cowboys” and the defendants in the Wounded Knee siege. Source: New York Times