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  • FBI agent walks on mob murders

    11/01/2007 7:25:00 PM PDT · by RDTF · 8 replies · 80+ views
    yahoo ^ | Nov 1, 2007 | TOM HAYS and LARRY McSHANE, AP
    NEW YORK - It was like a classic episode of "Perry Mason," with an FBI agent charged with murder, a mouthy mob moll and a twist at the end: The FBI guy walked after a reporter with a secret tape exposed the gangster's girlfriend as a liar who couldn't keep her story straight. In a stunning finish to one of the worst law enforcement corruption cases in U.S. history, former FBI agent Lindley DeVecchio was cleared Thursday of giving up confidential information that a Colombo family hit man used to kill four fellow mobsters — either rivals or potential rats....
  • Ex-FBI Agent Indicted in Mob Killings

    03/30/2006 8:11:46 PM PST · by AJFavish · 5 replies · 321+ views
    Las Vegas Sun ^ | March 30, 2006 | Tom Hays
    A retired FBI agent was indicted on murder charges Thursday for allegedly taking bribes from a mobster to supply him with inside information that led to four underworld slayings in Brooklyn. R. Lindley DeVecchio, 65, was arrested in a case of "confidential leaks, payoffs and death" dating back two decades, District Attorney Charles Hynes said. DeVecchio pleaded not guilty and was released on $1 million bail. He did not speak at his arraignment. One of the two alleged mob hitmen behind the slayings was jailed without bail. The other was in Florida, awaiting extradition.