Pedophile politician's $150,000 bribery scheme 1
Moron reenacts child abuse for cops 2
Video: Porn star dies in fight with cops 3
Friday, Mar. 12 2010 @ 5:43AM
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​Breakfast Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Michael Carlson's wife had been shot 10 times, his house set aflame, and there was a 5-page letter from the Mafia left as a threat -- which was naturally traced to Carlson's computer. Seattle Weekly has the story.

By Pete Kotz in Books-TV-Film, drugs, organized crime
Tuesday, Feb. 23 2010 @ 8:22PM
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​Bedtime Reading from the Village Voice Empire: Max Mermelstein was the Jewish smuggler who pioneered the cocaine pipeline from Medellín to Miami. But it all came crashing down when he ratted his partners and went into hiding, a $3 million bounty on his head. Miami New Times has the story.
 
Saturday, Jan. 23 2010 @ 3:07PM
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​He's been likened to Elmore Leonard, but that might be undercutting Stella a tad. For pure crime fiction escapism, Stella likely has the upper hand in this story of a hooker with a past, a Russian mafioso with a moronic brother, and a snuff film no one wants seeing the light of day...

By Pete Kotz in Politicians, organized crime
Thursday, Jan. 21 2010 @ 6:02AM
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​We should be thankful that there's and "ex" before ex-Congressman John LeBoutillier's name. The Republican blue blood from New York now spends his days being really rich and trying to rescue American POWs. But let's just say he lacks of the sophistication to deal with the world the rest of us inhabit...

Wednesday, Jan. 13 2010 @ 4:16PM
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​For some reason Frank "Frankie Camp" Campione believed his son Michael had urged the FBI to not allow his father to be released from jail while he was awaiting sentencing for shaking down a Long Island gambling club...

Tuesday, Jan. 12 2010 @ 2:16PM
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​Thomas "Tommy Shots" Gioeli, acting boss of the Colombo Family, suffers from diabetes and and heart problems. He's also suffering from the Spartan lifestyle of jail, where he now sits accused of murdering five men dating back to 1991...

By Pete Kotz in homicide, organized crime, unsolved
Thursday, Jan. 7 2010 @ 9:01AM
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​Last week, Nick Rizzuto was standing next to his Mercedes on a suburban Montreal street when a man walked up and shot him several times in broad daylight. This might be just one of many murders in a large city. But the dead man was the son of Vito Rizzuto, the city's incarcerated mob boss...

Monday, Dec. 21 2009 @ 5:05AM

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​We're not sure what country this is (maybe a reader out there understands the language of the newscast). But a hit man walks up to another man and his gun jams. The victim is apparently too startled to act...

Thursday, Dec. 17 2009 @ 5:42AM
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​Breakfast Reading from around the Village Voice Empire: An interview with Henry Hill, whose life was portrayed in Goodfellas. A prominent Minneapolis lawyer is charged with raping a teen boy. And a ranking California cop is on trial as a child predator...


Wednesday, Dec. 16 2009 @ 7:08AM
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​Breakfast Reading from around the Village Voice Empire: A trailer trash love triangle ends in the murder of three people. A drunk Christian radio host kills a motorist in a car crash. And Henry Hill, the inspiration for Goodfellas, is arrested in St. Louis...