Did gold digger kill her elderly boyfriend? 1
Top 5 Police Blunders of the Week! 2
Moron shoots up house trying to kill bat 3
Monday, Aug. 23 2010 @ 12:04PM
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​In the small town of Chino Valley, Arizona, a Hells Angel lived just around the corner from a member of the Vagos biker gang. And the town wasn't big enough for the both of them. The two clubs have been battling for supremacy in northwest Arizona...

Tags: Arizona
By Pete Kotz in Douchebags, organized crime
Wednesday, Aug. 11 2010 @ 11:24AM
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​No one did more to abet the decline of the Mafia than John Gotti, who preferred to peacock around town rather than quietly go about business. But that hasn't stopped poseur rappers and wannabe tough guys from trying to emulate his showy bad-guyism...

By Pete Kotz in drugs, organized crime, unsolved
Friday, Jun. 25 2010 @ 10:30AM
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​We're not fans of Arizona's new immigration law, since it's an open invitation to racial profiling. But you can understand why residents are so worried -- and pissed -- about violence spreading across the Mexican border...

Tags: Arizona, Mexico
By Pete Kotz in homicide, organized crime
Thursday, Jun. 24 2010 @ 11:04AM
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​From wiseguy Anthony Mirra, who preferred to stab his victims to death, to Roy DeMeo, whose crew was responsible for between 75 and 200 murders, according to the FBI, a look at the worst Mafiosi this country has ever seen. TruTV has the story.

Tags: Mafia, TruTV
Tuesday, Jun. 22 2010 @ 10:00AM
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​Reader Joe responds to Jose Saenz: A Cunning American Boy Grows Up to Execute His Friends & Family. He says there's no way we can afford the walls, the manpower, and the crackdown on employers to ever stem the tide...
 
Monday, Jun. 21 2010 @ 5:47AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: A minor league LA tagger grows up to become a hired executioner and dealer with with the Mexican cartels, laying waste to enemies and friends alike along the way. LA Weekly has the story.

Monday, Jun. 7 2010 @ 8:03PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: According to police, our moron murdered Joaquin Lucero-Carillo in Littleton, Colorado on a drug-related hit. But he's so dumb that when he tried to return to Detroit, he ended up in Houston. Westword has the story.



By Pete Kotz in Corruption, arson, organized crime
Monday, May. 3 2010 @ 10:45AM
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​Todo Anastasio had it good -- relatively speaking. He'd been convicted of extorting a trucking company and a bakery. He been caught ordering the torching of a Dunkin' Donuts and picked up on tape boasting of the Gambino Family's control of the New York waterfront...

Wednesday, Apr. 21 2010 @ 12:07PM

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​Daniel Marino, boss of the Gambino Family formerly run by John Gotti, has been arrested along with 13 other members on charges ranging from murder to racketeering to running an underaged prostitution ring via Craigslist ads...

Wednesday, Apr. 21 2010 @ 8:05AM
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​Reader Versailleshometown responds to Derek Capozzi, Boston Mafia Associate, Escapes After Kicking Out Van Door in Kentucky. He she doesn't understand how people can defend someone who chopped up a woman in little pieces...