Victor Orena
Podcast with Angel Gotti
Jackie Orena, granddaughter of Victor Orena, and Angel Gotti, daughter of John Gotti, come together for a powerful conversation on…
August 11, 2023
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I’ve Reported on Dementia for Years, and One Image of a Prisoner Keeps Haunting Me
By Katie Engelhart August 11, 2023, The New York Times At Federal Medical Center Devens, a federal prison in Massachusetts, there…
August 31, 2022
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Ailing former Colombo family boss ‘Little Vic’ Orena denied compassionate release
By: Larry McShane, New York Daily News UPDATED: August 31, 2022 at 8:38 PM EDT Alzheimer’s-stricken ex-Colombo crime family boss Victor…
October 27, 2021
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One aging Colombo crime boss is freed from prison and another loses his bid for compassionate release
By Noah Goldberg/Larry McShane. Originally Published: October 27, 2021 at 4:51 PM EDT The wheels of justice spun in different…
January 12, 2019
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G-MAN HELPED FUEL MOB WAR, SAY FEDS
Daily News Updated: January 12, 2019 at 11:04 AM EST Federal prosecutors teamed up with defense attorneys yesterday to pummel…
April 13, 2018
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FBI AGENT SUSPECTED OF MOB LEAKS TO RETIRE
By HELEN PETERSON and JERRY CAPECI UPDATED: April 13, 2018 at 11:06 AM EDT An FBI supervising agent being probed…
October 30, 2007
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At Trial of Ex-F.B.I. Supervisor, How to Love a Mobster
By Michael Brick New York Times, Oct. 30, 2007 Nobody had a ready explanation for the origin of…
January 21, 2007
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WHO IS R. LINDLEY DeVECCHIO?
One of his attorneys once told The New Yorker magazine that Scarpa being an FBI informant was as inconceivable as…
June 17, 2006
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FBI PROBER IS ATTACKED Sleuth behind mob case hit in Brooklyn
By CONTRIBUTED CONTENT, ALISON GENDAR, L. KATZ, LEO STANDORA, NANCIE L. KATZ and STAFF REPORT | Originally Published: June 17,…
March 31, 2006
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Retired F.B.I. Agent Is Accused of Role in Killings
By William K. Rashbaum March 31, 2006 When R. Lindley DeVecchio, a 65-year-old retired F.B.I. supervisor, stood up in a…