Mob Trial Of 2019: Five Luchese Wiseguys Face Jury For Murder of Former Purple Gang Boss In March
One up and died. Another was apparently cut loose. At least two face more than a decade in prison, and two others just under that..... Matty Madonna They were among the 19 Luchese made members and associates who were nabbed in a 2017 sweep for murder, attempted-murder, extortion, and gun- and drug-trafficking charges , and other offenses. (Technically, four were already behind bars; this was a superseding indictment.) Five go on trial in March for the murder of former Purple Gang boss Michael Meldish, among other crimes. The indictment, a so-called "Christmas Tree RICO," included mobsters allegedly involved in different crimes, some overlapping, all of which are packaged together for procedural purposes. In many Christmas Tree RICO cases, most of the indicted belong to the same crime family (in this case, obviously they do), but they don’t face the same charges. Following is a list of the names of the indicted, age at the time of the indictment, their...