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FBI Mafia hunter, Mount Vernon Police Commissioner (who reduced the crime rate by 20 percent), and investigator of corruption in Westchester County, John S. Pritchard III -- the kind of man the world sorely lacks today, a goddamn good man -- died last Thursday. John Pritchard III Pritchard, who was 75, led the FBI team that helped  bring down Vincent The Chin Gigante . The New York Times described Pritchard as a " tenacious investigator whose law enforcement career spanned more than three decades and six agencies in New York..." Pritchard began as a beat cop who "eventually broke ground for black people in the top ranks of the New York City Police Department." And in addition to his role as an FBI chief, he was inspector general of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and of Westchester County. He was the acting chief of the Transit Police before it was absorbed into the New York City Police Department. He was also the police commissioner of Mou...

A Luchese mobster faces 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder in federal court in White Plains, authorities announced this week. Stevie Crea in 1983 when he faced a murder charge. Vincent Bruno, 34, was among 19 reputed mobsters arrested in a May 2017 sweep that targeted what has been described as "the Lower Hudson Valley's most notorious organized-crime figures," a roster that includes alleged Luchese underboss Steven "Wonder Boy" Crea of Tuckahoe. The press got plenty of mileage out of the case based on the alleged gangsters' nicknames, which included "Joey Glasses" and "Jimmy the Jew." Bruno pleaded guilty to attempted murder in aid of a racketeering conspiracy on Thursday (September 13) before United States Magistrate Judge Paul E. Davison. Specifically, he pleaded to attempting to kill, and conspiring to kill, a Bronx man described as a Bonanno associate, in 2012. Last Year's Big Luchese...

While the man gunned down in Hamilton wasn't a mob boss (his job description was  entrepreneur ), sources tell organized crime investigators that the shooting was "Mafia retaliation" for the unsolved 2017 murder of gangland boss Angelo Musitano. Albert Iavarone  Albert Iavarone was a Hamilton entrepreneur and real estate agent, and someone hid in his bushes last night and shot him dead as he walked toward his Ancaster home. Iavarone had links to associates in organized crime. "The killer hid in bushes and lay in wait for Albert Iavarone to return home Thursday night," Det. Sgt. Peter Thom told The Hamilton Spectator today . The 50-year-old was shot around 10 p.m. as he walked from his car, which was parked outside 32 Sunflower Cres. in Ancaster's quiet Scenic Woods neighbourhood. Surveillance footage revealed that a male suspect arrived in a silver vehicle, parked and hid in bushes for an “extended period of time” until Iavarone returned home. ...

A “well-known Mafia boss” who lived in Hamilton was shot dead last night, according to Hamilton’s Homicide Unit, which is investigating. Hamilton Police investigating a homicide on Sunflower Crescent in Ancaster early Friday morning. The shooting happened around 10 p.m. Thursday on Sunflower Crescent, near Highway 403 and Mohawk Road. A source with the Hamilton police department told CityNews that “the victim appears to be a well-known mafia boss who lives in the neighbourhood.” The neighbourhood of Scenic Woods is an affluent area with many large, single family homes. Two cars remained in the driveway behind the police tape at the scene around 8 a.m. this morning. This is the fifth homicide in Hamilton this year. Police said the victim, a 50-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. Montreal Cosa Nostra boss Vito Rizzuto who died in December 2013. Neighbors reported hearing several gunshots and then saw a vehicle speeding away from the scene. Polic...