By Barbara Ross Suspecting the NYPD might have blown it on maintaining its 28 Breathalyzer machines, a Manhattan defense lawyer is suing for access to maintenance records. Adam Perlmutter says in papers filed in Manhattan Supreme Court that he has records showing at least one malfunctioning machine was put back into service without being repaired.Read More >

By Mitchel Maddux, David K. Li and Dan Mangan In a shocking split verdict, Brooklyn federal jurors yesterday acquitted former Colombo crime- family boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli of direct involvement in six murders, and Colombo soldier Dino “Little Dino” Saracino of three gangland slayings. Gioeli and Saracino, who were spared life sentences, rejoiced afterRead More >

By Mitchel Maddux May 9, 2012 A Brooklyn jury today cleared two notorious mobsters on all murder charges they faced, in a stunning setback for federal prosecutors. Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli beat the rap on six murder counts while soldier Dino “Little Dino” Saracino was cleared for three rubouts. They were both cleared in connectionRead More >

By Tom Hays Wednesday, May 9, 2012 NEW YORK — A reputed Mafia boss and a co-defendant were convicted Wednesday on racketeering charges, but they were acquitted of the most-shocking crime in their federal case: the unsolved gangland slaying of an off-duty New York Police Department officer in 1997. In a blow to prosecutors, a jury delivered theRead More >

By Mitchel Maddux April 30, 2012 The defense attorney for Colombo crime family street boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli adopted a religious tone today in his final remarks to the jury, quoting Biblical and Talmudic passages with the authority of a religious scholar. “Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies,” attorney AdamRead More >

By Mitchel Maddux April 25, 2012 On the day prosecutors in the Colombo mob trial were to deliver their final summations to the jury, former street boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli suddenly refused to leave his cell — causing a delay in the wreap-up of the murder racketeering case. “Mr. Gioeli has refused to proceedRead More >

By John Marzulli Wednesday, April 25, 2012 Closing statements in the Colombo family racketeering and murder trial were scrapped Wednesday after Tommy Tantrum refused to leave his jail cell. Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli was in a snit because he didn’t like Federal Judge Brian Cogan’s ruling on an legal issue involving the verdict form. “I’mRead More >

By John Marzulli Tuesday, April 24, 2012 Tommy Shots’ decision to call his cousin as a witness in his murder and racketeering trial backfired Monday. Colombo crime boss Thomas Gioeli had hoped mob turncoat Thomas McLaughlin’s testimony would clear him of any role in the 1991 rubout of Frank (Chestnut) Marasa in Brooklyn. Instead itRead More >

By Josh Saul Tuesday, April 24, 2012   Well, that went badly. A plan to call a cousin of reputed mob boss Thomas “Tommy Shots” Gioeli to testify on the accused murderer’s behalf backfired terribly yesterday when thepaesanclaimed that the Colombo chief had approved a gangland slaying. The Brooklyn federal courtroom where Gioeli is onRead More >

By John Marzulli Wednesday, April 4, 2012   Tailing Tommy Shots was a challenging assignment for an elite FBI surveillance squad.  Five weeks after Colombo crime boss Thomas Gioeli allegedly passed the order to murder an off-duty NYPD cop, the gangster proved a handful for four agents in separate undercover vehicles, retired FBI supervisor GeraldRead More >