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The federal government can take my life. I'm a man. They can't take my soul. They can't take my pride. They can't take my dignity... I was a hard-working cop. I never hurt anybody. I never kidnapped anybody... I never did any of this.
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came down for almost every crime family in New York in the mid-1990s, Caracappa and
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941:"Louis Eppolito, Police Officer Turned Mob Hit Man, Dies at 71"
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Mafia Cop: The Story of an Honest Cop Whose Family Was the Mob
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Mafia Cop: The Story of an Honest Cop Whose Family Was the Mob
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906:. US Attorney's Office - Eastern District of New York.
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2443:List of Italian-American mobsters by organization
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1221:Lawson, Guy; Oldham, William (November 2006).
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85:indicted Caracappa and Eppolito on charges of
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1301:Transcript of the indictment against both men
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1946:List of past Lucchese crime family mobsters
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1026:Weiser, Benjamin (September 18, 2008).
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537:, a distant relative of Castellano and
1941:List of Lucchese crime family mobsters
522:, with the permission of Gambino boss
3035:American gangsters of Italian descent
1951:Lucchese crime family (1963) Template
27:Former policemen and convicted felons
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1098:"United States v. Caracappa (2010)"
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820:from the original on March 19, 2021
767:United States Penitentiary, Coleman
722:, Bruno Facciolo, Edward Lino, and
1325:"Mafia Cops Facing Life in Prison"
1242:Eppolito, Lou; Drury, Bob (1992).
910:from the original on July 24, 2022
850:from the original on July 24, 2022
786:United States Penitentiary, Tucson
765:Caracappa was incarcerated at the
676:Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano
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2438:List of Italian-American mobsters
1066:Annese, John (November 5, 2019).
968:Lore, Diane C. (April 12, 2017).
938:Shanahan, Ed (November 7, 2019).
784:Eppolito was incarcerated at the
748:—Louis Eppolito at his sentencing
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808:Marzulli, John (March 6, 2009).
2820:Italian-American National Union
1295:article relating to the arrests
1265:Smith, Greg B (December 2006).
1186:Colon, David (April 12, 2017).
1153:Annese, John (April 12, 2017).
286:New York City Police Department
49:New York City Police Department
2960:Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
1335:"Alleged Mafia Cop Speaks Out"
999:Ackman, Dan (March 17, 2006).
296:. He subsequently worked as a
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1001:"Dispatches from a Mob Trial"
2004:List of Mafia crime families
431:Sworn in as an officer: 1969
229:Sworn in as an officer: 1969
2689:Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan
2271:(Northeastern Pennsylvania)
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1307:February 24, 2021, at the
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874:U.S. Department of Justice
844:U.S. Department of Justice
694:Convictions and sentencing
680:Witness Protection Program
414:New York Police Department
212:New York Police Department
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1916:Jose Battle's Corporation
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672:Stephen "Wonderboy" Crea
2805:East Harlem Purple Gang
2674:Colacurcio Organization
761:Incarceration and death
605:Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso
593:Anthony "Gaspipe" Casso
511:'s crew. Growing up in
87:racketeering conspiracy
2754:Velentzas Organization
2724:Philadelphia Greek Mob
2637:Mafia Commission Trial
2631:Pizza Connection Trial
2221:10th & Oregon Crew
2136:Greenwich Village Crew
1993:Italian-American Mafia
1900:Velentzas Organization
1778:Mafia Commission Trial
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650:Las Vegas "retirement"
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257:obstruction of justice
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2709:Musitano crime family
2481:Black Hand in Chicago
2211:Angiulo's Boston crew
2203:(Northern New Jersey)
1845:Marat Balagula's gang
1387:Lucchese crime family
1269:. New York: Berkley.
974:Staten Island Advance
735:federal appeals court
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2924:Operation Underworld
2914:Operation Old Bridge
2845:New Springville Boys
2729:Rizzuto crime family
2719:Papalia crime family
2704:Luppino crime family
2694:Inzerillo Mafia clan
2684:Cotroni crime family
2568:Palermo Mafia summit
2060:New Springville Boys
1722:Pierre Hotel Robbery
1319:Report of conviction
724:Bartholomew Boriello
613:Vittorio "Vic" Amuso
552:After meeting actor
496:Gambino crime family
390:Frances Ann Eppolito
298:private investigator
2986:Buster from Chicago
2950:Hired Truck Program
2929:Operation Wasteland
2855:South Brooklyn Boys
2830:Marat Balagula gang
2614:Castellammarese War
2146:Springfield faction
1895:Philadelphia family
1875:DeCavalcante family
1801:Castellammarese War
1613:Karen Friedman Hill
1160:New York Daily News
1072:New York Daily News
814:New York Daily News
665:John "Junior" Gotti
619:– and payments for
310:corrections officer
2965:Rochester bombings
2850:Rudaj Organization
2825:Maceo Organization
2780:Bumpy Johnson gang
2775:Bugs and Meyer Mob
2734:Sacra Corona Unita
2585:Kefauver Committee
2231:Midwestern/Western
2171:New Jersey faction
2141:New Jersey faction
2055:Motion Lounge crew
2009:Mafia bibliography
1921:Rudaj Organization
1716:Air France robbery
1693:Kefauver Committee
1645:New Jersey faction
1626:Factions and crews
1451:Salvatore Avellino
1034:The New York Times
947:The New York Times
781:on April 8, 2017.
609:Witness Protection
420:Service years
218:Service years
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126:Stephen Caracappa
107:life imprisonment
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2785:New York Camorra
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1461:Matthew Madonna
1436:Current members
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2513:One-way ride
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2616:(1929–1931)
2610:(1914–1917)
2587:(1950–1951)
2398:Consigliere
2354:Trafficante
2314:New Orleans
2253:Los Angeles
2248:Kansas City
1870:The Council
1803:(1929–1931)
1784:Window Case
1695:(1950–1951)
1661:Purple Gang
1567:James Burke
1456:Steven Crea
1082:November 5,
656:indictments
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3029:Categories
2897:operations
2895:Government
2476:Black Hand
2405:Caporegime
2324:Pittsburgh
2189:East Coast
1811:Detectives
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1586:Informants
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1536:Johnny Dio
1490:Associates
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1293:Daily News
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2243:Detroit
2238:Chicago
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