Zach Haberman
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COP'S CRYING SHAME; STOLE DRUG $$
October 14, 2006 | 4:00amA disgraced NYPD detective sobbed uncontrollably as he told a Brooklyn judge he robbed drug dealers not out of greed - but to feed his high-stakes gambling habit. "I do...
NORMAN PAL DEAL - WILL PLAY BALL IN JUDGES-FOR-SALE PROBE
October 12, 2006 | 4:00amBrooklyn prosecutors dropped all charges yesterday against the right-hand man to disgraced Democratic Party boss Clarence Norman, ending their nearly three-year-old case against Jeffrey Feldman in return for a promise...
$15M SUIT IN HOOKER BUST
October 12, 2006 | 4:00amA Queens man says there is no way he is dumb enough to try to pick up a hooker with his pregnant wife sitting next to him in the car....
ALLIE BOY'S EX-LAWYER GRILLED
October 7, 2006 | 4:00amThe former lawyer for acting Colombo boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico was grilled by prosecutors yesterday about a meeting he had with his old client that took place the same...
CANARY COP IS CAGED; BUT GETS OFF EASY
October 6, 2006 | 4:00amA Brooklyn judge yesterday blasted a rogue cop who admitted to shaking down drug dealers as "having no respect for the law" - then sentenced him to less than the...
JUDGE BANS UNIFORMS AT COPS-SLAY TRIAL
October 5, 2006 | 4:00amThe Staten Island man accused of murdering two detectives won't have to face a sea of blue when his trial begins next month. Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled yesterday...
FBI AGENT GETS SIX YEARS FOR STOCKS SCHEME
October 3, 2006 | 4:00amA disgraced FBI agent, convicted of slipping confidential information to a crooked Internet stock adviser, was sentenced to six years in prison yesterday. "This defendant dishonored his badge through hundreds...
'FAT AL-BURST' HEADPHONES GET AIRLINE SUED
October 2, 2006 | 4:00amHey, hey . . . huh? A Continental Airlines passenger claims she almost went deaf when an explosive sound rushed through the headset she'd purchased to watch the movie "Fat...
FERRY SUIT IS SETTLED
September 29, 2006 | 4:00amThe husband of the last victim to die from injuries sustained in the Staten Island ferry disaster settled his lawsuit with the city yesterday. Bill Castro's wife, Debra, died two...
MAFIA-COPS STOOLIE FREED
September 28, 2006 | 4:00amThe truth has set him free. Stool pigeon Burton Kaplan, the key witness against mob cops Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, was sprung from prison yesterday after serving just over...
I JUST COULDN'T WHACK MY PAL
September 27, 2006 | 4:00amA mob underling testified yesterday he was asked to kill William "Wild Bill" Cutolo for acting Colombo crime-family boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico - but couldn't bring himself to whack...
MOB DEPUTY HIT WAS ROYAL 'FAMILY' AFFAIR
September 26, 2006 | 4:00amColombo crime family acting boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico executed his second-in-command to ensure his place as "heir to the throne," prosecutors said yesterday as the mob chieftain's racketeering trial...
WRONG MAN SUES MOB COP
September 26, 2006 | 4:00amA wrongly convicted man wants mob cop Louis Eppolito to pay for having him thrown in prison - $1 million for each year he spent behind bars. After 18 years...
MOB HIT A ROYAL FAMILY AFFAIR: DA
September 26, 2006 | 4:00amColombo crime family acting boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico executed his second-in-command to ensure his place as "heir to the throne," prosecutors said yesterday as the mob chieftain's racketeering trial...
FOWL PLAY ON AIRLINER OVER MEAL
September 26, 2006 | 4:00amChicken or fist? A clerk for the U.S. Patent Office was busted for flying off the handle and slugging a flight attendant when she informed him the plane had run...
MOB JAIL HISS AND TELL
September 25, 2006 | 4:00am"The Snake" is still slithering. As this exclusive photo shows, reputed Colombo boss Carmine "The Snake" Persico, 73, may seem right at home at a federal prison in North Carolina,...
25 YRS. MORE FOR KID-SEX SICKO
September 23, 2006 | 4:00amA former Navy sailor already serving time for sexually molesting a toddler was sentenced to 25 more years yesterday for sodomizing his 8-year-old cousin at a Christmas party and videotaping...
JUDGE TURNS CHEEK - SOFT SPOT FOR MOBSTER
September 22, 2006 | 4:00amThe judge allegedly targeted for murder by mobster Vincent "Vinny Gorgeous" Basciano turned the other cheek yesterday and recommended the acting Bonanno boss be allowed to spend time with his...
'HAPPY' CAPO NOT LAUGHING ANY MORE
September 21, 2006 | 4:00amCall him Louie Ta Ta. Bonanno crime-family big Louis "Louie Ha Ha" Attanasio was sentenced to 15 years behind bars yesterday for whacking another mobster. Attanasio, 62, and fellow capo...
NO BODY MEANS NO HIT: MOBSTER
September 20, 2006 | 4:00amHe ain't dead yet. That's what lawyers for acting Colombo boss Alphonse "Allie Boy" Persico say about their client's alleged murder victim - whose body was never found, court documents...