More than 120 busted in Northeast mob crackdown

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More than 120 busted in Northeast mob crackdown

By TOM HAYS, Associated Press Tom Hays, Associated Press – 2 mins ago

NEW YORK – More than 120 organized crime associates face charges including

murder, extortion and narcotics trafficking in one of the largest Mafia

crackdowns in FBI history, prosecutors announced Thursday.

U.S. Attorney General Holder said at a news conference Thursday in New York

City that the 127 defendants include high-ranking members of the Gambino and

Colombo crime families and the reputed former boss of organized crime in New

England. All five of New York's five major crime families were targeted.

The charges cover decades worth of offenses, he said, including " classic mob

hits to eliminate perceived rivals, " a killing during a botched robbery and a

double shooting in a barroom dispute over a spilled drink.

More than 100 of the defendants were arrested Thursday as some 800 federal

agents and police officers made busts in several states. One person was arrested

in Italy.

Other charges include alleged corruption among dockworkers who were forced to

kick back a portion of their holiday bonuses to the crime families.

Holder called the arrests " an important step forward in our nation's fight

against organized crime. "

The crimes include two murders dating back 30 years, and another as recently as

2002. One of the defendants, among the scores arrested, is a former New York

City police officer.

Authorities say the investigation was aided by informants who recorded thousands

of conversations by suspected mobsters.

Luigi Manocchio, the reputed former head of New England's Patriarca crime

family, was arrested Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the U.S. attorney's

office in Providence said. An indictment accused him of collecting protection

payments from strip club-owners. Also arrested was Iafrate, who worked as

a bookkeeper for strip clubs and set aside money for Manocchio, prosecutors

said.

The takedown was the result of multiple investigations. Federal probes aided by

mob turncoats have decimated the families' ranks in recent years and have

resulted in lengthy prison terms for several leaders.

On Friday, a federal judge in Brooklyn sentenced " Sonny " Franzese, 93, to

eight years in prison for extorting Manhattan strip clubs and a pizzeria on Long

Island.

In October, Mafia turncoat Salvatore Vitale was sentenced to time served after

federal prosecutors praised his total betrayal of his own crime syndicate — and

after he apologized to the families of his victims. Authorities said he had a

hand in at least 11 murders, including that of a fellow gangster in the fallout

from the infamous Donnie Brasco case.

The evidence provided after his arrest in 2003 helped decimate the once-fearsome

Bonanno organized crime family, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Andres said.

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Associated Press writer Tucker in Providence, R.I., contributed to this

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ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that serves to allow judges to void the Constitution in their courtrooms. The decision was issued on January 18, 2011, and the Court did not even explain the decision (Docket No. 10-632, 10-633, and 10-690). One word decisions: DENIED.

Presented with this information and massive proof that was not contested in any manner by the accused judges, at least six of the justices voted to deny the petitions:

"There is no legal or factual basis whatsoever for the decisions of the lower courts in this matter. These rulings were issued for corrupt reasons. Many of the judges in the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit are corrupt and violate laws and rules, as they have done in this case. The Supreme Court must recognize this Petition as one of the most serious matters ever presented to this Court."

The key questions answered negatively by the U.S. Supreme Court was:

"Whether federal courts must be stopped from operating corruptly and ignoring all laws, rules, and facts."

By denying the petitions, SCOTUS has chosen to sanction corruption by federal judges and to allow federal judges to void sections of the Constitutional at will.

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Despite this undeniable proof, 32-year federal Judge Orinda D. declared that the grandfather of three should not have fought the lawsuit, and she forced him to pay a fortune in legal fees of Maid of the Mist. Windsor appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, but federal judges Dubina, Hull, and Fay rubber-stamped Judge ' ruling. Windsor then took his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court where the justices said the appeal was not worthy of their consideration (cert denied)

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Not that it will do much good. The Supreme Court has essentially legalized federal court corruption.

ATLANTA, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued a landmark decision that serves to allow judges to void the Constitution in their courtrooms. The decision was issued on January 18, 2011, and the Court did not even explain the decision (Docket No. 10-632, 10-633, and 10-690). One word decisions: DENIED.

Presented with this information and massive proof that was not contested in any manner by the accused judges, at least six of the justices voted to deny the petitions:

"There is no legal or factual basis whatsoever for the decisions of the lower courts in this matter. These rulings were issued for corrupt reasons. Many of the judges in the Northern District of Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit are corrupt and violate laws and rules, as they have done in this case. The Supreme Court must recognize this Petition as one of the most serious matters ever presented to this Court."

The key questions answered negatively by the U.S. Supreme Court was:

"Whether federal courts must be stopped from operating corruptly and ignoring all laws, rules, and facts."

By denying the petitions, SCOTUS has chosen to sanction corruption by federal judges and to allow federal judges to void sections of the Constitutional at will.

M. Windsor has been involved in legal action in the federal courts in Atlanta since 2006. Windsor was named a defendant in a civil lawsuit (1:06-CV-0714-ODE) in which Glynn of Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls, swore under oath that Windsor did a variety of things including the crimes of theft and bribery. Windsor stated under oath that Glynn made it up and lied about absolutely everything that he swore. Windsor then obtained deposition testimony from Glynn and the other managers of the Maid of the Mist boat ride, and they admitted, under oath, that charges against Windsor were not true.

Despite this undeniable proof, 32-year federal Judge Orinda D. declared that the grandfather of three should not have fought the lawsuit, and she forced him to pay a fortune in legal fees of Maid of the Mist. Windsor appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, but federal judges Dubina, Hull, and Fay rubber-stamped Judge ' ruling. Windsor then took his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court where the justices said the appeal was not worthy of their consideration (cert denied)