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The "Dirty 30" were mostly stationed at the 30th Precinct in Harlem, Upper Manhattan. At the time, the area was known as the “cocaine capital of the world” to locals and law enforcement. [ 3 ] Police corruption was extremely high around this time, and the Mollen Commission was created to help investigate and eradicate corruption within the ...
This is a list of the Great Depression-era outlaws spanning the years of Prohibition and the Great Depression known as the "Public Enemy" era.Those include high-profile criminals wanted by state and federal law enforcement agencies for armed robbery, kidnapping, murder, and other violent crime.
Facciolo's murder is famous for the stuffed canary federal agents found in his mouth at the crime scene, considered to be a message to other informants. At least partially in retaliation for the 1985 murder of Castellano, arranged by John Gotti , Casso ordered Caracappa and Eppolito to kill Gambino capo Edward "Eddie" Lino.
However, he is later indicted by New York District Attorney Thomas Dewey and extradited to New York where he is charged and later executed for murder. September 6 – New York racketeer Irving "Puggy" Feinstein is murdered by members of Murder, Inc., including Abe Reles and Harry Maione, after being tied to a chair and burned to death.
The 1930s (pronounced "nineteen-thirties" and commonly abbreviated as "the '30s" or "the Thirties") was a decade that began on January 1, 1930, and ended on December 31, 1939. In the United States, the Dust Bowl led to the nickname the "Dirty Thirties".
"The old man was a repulsive, hideous brute, without a redeeming trait, dirty, profane, and ill-tempered." "Old Mrs. Bender was a dirty old Dutch crone. Her face was a fit picture of the midnight hag that wove the spell murderous ambition about the soul of Macbeth." "Young Bender, seen when excited, recalled the grave-robbing hyena at once to ...
Convicted Delphi, Indiana, killer Richard Allen was sentenced on Friday to 130 years in prison for the 2017 murders of two teenage girls as the victims' families spoke out in court. Allen, wearing ...
David Rudabaugh (July 14, 1854 – February 18, 1886) was a cowboy, outlaw and gunfighter in the American Old West.Modern writers often refer to him as "Dirty Dave" [1] because of his alleged aversion to water, though no evidence has emerged to show that he was ever referred to as such in his own lifetime.