Goodfellas
Weekend Series on Crime: The Real Goodfella, Henry Hill
httpv://youtu.be/Sjfe5hrsPDs httpv://youtu.be/bPnk9MhnEpY
FBI May Have Cracked Case of Pre-Dawn Robbery Immortalized by ‘Goodfellas’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A 1978 robbery depicted in the movie “Goodfellas” was inspired by real life events at John F. Kennedy International Airport. CNN reports a major break in that case, in which suspected organized crime associates were murdered and more than $6 million in cash and jewelry stolen. On Wednesday, authorities arrested suspected Bonanno…
Possible Human Remains Found at Former Home of Mobster Who Inspired ‘Goodfellas’
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com FBI agents searching for evidence of a 30-year-old mob murder said they found possible human remains in a New York home once occupied by a famous gangster, the Associated Press reports. The Queens house was once home to James Burke, a Lucchese crime family associate known as “Jimmy the Gent” and…
Hoover Had His Agents in the 1950s Asking Mobsters if the Mafia Existed
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There doesn’t seem to be any doubt these days that the Mafia exists. In fact, that goes without saying. But in the 1950s, not everyone subscribed to that assumption. Jerry Capeci of Gang Land News, the premiere website on the Mafia, has unearthed documents which show that J. Edgar Hoover’s agents…
DEA Busts Distributor and 9 Employees in Crack Down on “Bath Salt”
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The DEA has busted a major distributor of the recreational designer drug “bath salt” along with nine employees of retail shops in the first- ever federal prosecution of the emerging drug known to produce a high comparable high to Ectasy. The DEA in New York on Tuesday announced the arrest of…
“Goodfellas” Mobster Gets Probation for Public Intoxication
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Henry Hill, the New York mobster who inspired the Martin Scorcese film “Goodfellas”, has been sentenced to two years probation after pleading guilty to two misdemeanor counts of public intoxication, the Associated Press reported. Hill, 65, a mobster turned informant, got credit for four days served and was fined $220 in…
“Goodfellas” Mobster is No-Show in Calif Court on Public Drunkenness Charges
By PAUL LAROCCO The Press-Enterprise SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. –“Henry Hill.” San Bernardino County Superior Court Judge Kyle Brodie matter-of-factly read the name Wednesday in a roll call of small-time suspects: the unlicensed driver; the work-release probationer. “No answer,” yelled the bailiff. With that, the mobster-turned-FBI informant — whose life inspired the movie epic “Goodfellas” —…