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8 NY Members Of Genovese, Bonanno Families Facing Charges, Including PD Detective, Feds Say
Eight New York members of organized crime families, including six from Long Island, are among nine men who have been charged by federal authorities with racketeering and related offenses.
The charging documents were unsealed on Tuesday, Aug. 16 in federal court in Brooklyn, naming the suspects, including a Nassau County police detective, from the Bonanno and Genovese organized crime families, said Breon Peace, US Attorney for the Eastern District of New York.
“Today’s arrests of members from two La Cosa Nostra crime families demonstrate that the Mafia continues to pollut…
Police Arrested For Embezzling Taxpayer Funds In Overtime Scheme
Nine Massachusetts Police Officers have been arrested in connection with an overtime fraud scheme that allegedly bilked taxpayers out of $200,000.
The police were arrested on Wednesday, Sept. 2, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Massachusetts.
The officers arrested are retired and still on the force. They are:
Lt. Timothy Torigian, 54, Walpole;
Sgt. Gerard O’Brien, 62, Braintree (retired);
Sgt. Robert Twitchell, 58, Norton (retired);
Off. Henry Doherty, 61, Dorchester (retired);
Off. Diana Lopez, 58, Milton (retired);
Off. James Carnes, 57, Canton (retired);
Off. Michael Murph…