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December 3, 2008 1:07:00 PM CST


Linda Schiro

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Leaky Case Against Ex-FBI Agent Collapses

Charges of aiding Mob hits dropped after witness changes tune

(Newser) - Retired FBI supervisor Roy Lindley DeVecchio left a Brooklyn court today exonerated of helping with Mafia murders after prosecutors dropped all charges in light of new evidence discrediting their main witness. Linda Schiro, a mobster's mistress, could face perjury charges, the New York Times reports, after her testimony in court contradicted statements she made to a Village Voice writer. More »

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Reporter Tapes Kill Mob Hit Trial

Charges against renegade ex-FBI agent collapse

(Newser) - The mob murder trial of a former FBI agent collapsed yesterday after lawyers listened to a journalist's taped interviews revealing that the key prosecution witness had lied, reports the New York Times . Prosecutors decided to drop the case against Roy DeVecchio after a conference room drama that could could have come straight from an episode of TV's "Law & Order." More »

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Court Hears
of Mafia Help
on FBI Probe

'Mississippi Burning' case cracked with aid from notorious hit man

(Newser) - Jurors heard shocking testimony yesterday in the trial of an ex-FBI agent charged with helping a Mafia informant complete four hits. The onetime girlfriend of a hit man known as the "Grim Reaper" testified that Gregory Scarpa was on the FBI's payroll, traveled to Mississippi, and provided the bureau with information about the notorious "Mississippi Burning" murders. More »

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