By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com The acting capo of the Genovese organized crime family pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in New York to taking part in a conspiracy to commit murder of a hitman for the Russian mob, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said. Authorities say that Anthony Palumbo, a soldier and Acting Capo in the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 49-year-old Texas inmate pleaded guilty Friday to hiring a hitman — who ended up being an undercover ATF agent — to kill a state judge. Jeffrey Dwayne Harrison pleaded guilty in Lubbock, Tex., to attempted murder-for-hire of Judge Stephen Ellis, 35th Judicial District Court Judge of Brown County, Tex., the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com All is not always fair or safe in love and war. The FBI arrested a Florida woman on Monday with trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband, who helped put her behind bars in a major drug-money laundering case, the Ft. Lauderdale Sun Sentinel reported. Mercedes Morales, 57, of…
The FBI suggested this was the first time a murder-for-hire case began with text messaging. The woman wasn’t exactly offering the world for the murder: an above-ground swimming pool and $200 in gas money. She could have at least thrown in a couple inflatable rafts for the pool in the whole deal. By Steve Schmadeke…
These cases all seem to follow scripts right out of television crime shows. In this case, like many others, the person hired a hitman who just happened to be a cooperating federal witness. Soon to be on Law and Order. By George Anastasia Inquirer Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA — A South Philadelphia mortgage broker was ordered…
