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Audrey Strauss, the Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that MATTHEW MADONNA, the Acting Boss of the Luchese Family, CHRISTOPHER LONDONIO, a soldier in the Luchese Family, and TERRENCE CALDWELL, an associate of the Luchese Family, were sentenced today to life in prison following their conviction for the 2013 murder of Michael Meldish, conspiracy to commit racketeering, and other felonies.  A jury convicted MADONNA, LONDONIO, CALDWELL, and Steven L. Crea, the Underboss of the Luchese Family, on November 15, 2019, following a six-week trial before U.S. District Judge Cathy Seibel, who also imposed...

Mob rap in bagel boom   Feds tie S.I. attack in '01 to gangland rivals  BY ERNIE NASPRETTO and JOHN MARZULLI DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS  My Deli in Staten Island was the target of a firebomb attack in 2001. Only in New York would a Mafia associate nicknamed The Irishman allegedly provide a bomb used to destroy a Pakistani immigrant's deli that was competing with a bagel store protected by the mob. The feds yesterday charged reputed Gambino crime associate Edward Fisher with orchestrating the December 2001 arson attack on My Deli and Grocery in Staten Island. Police had...

(New York - AP, December 1, 2005) - After losing a fight to get his racketeering case thrown out, Louis Eppolito, a retired police officer accused of moonlighting as a hit man for the mob, insisted today that he was a "good cop." Lawyers for Eppolito and another ex-officer, Stephen Caracappa, argued at a pretrial hearing in Brooklyn federal court that the indictment was legally defective. A judge disagreed and set a trial date for February 21st. Prosecutors claim Eppolito and Caracappa accepted thousands of dollars a month to settle scores for the Luchese organized crime family while still on...