by willychichi » Wed Apr 12, 2017 4:31 am
Stephen Caracappa, one of the notorious NYPD “Mafia Cops” who moonlighted as a hitman for the Luchese crime family, has died in federal prison.
Caracappa, 75, who was serving out his sentence at a federal detention center in Butner, N.C., died on April 8, federal prison records show.
Caracappa and his partner, Louis Eppolito, 68, were sentenced to life behind bars in 2009 for committing eight mob-ordered executions between 1986 and 1990.
It’s not clear how he died, but in June 2016, Caracappa petitioned Federal Judge Jack Weinstein, who handed out his life sentence, for “compassionate release.”
Read more:
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc ... -1.3045643
Stephen Caracappa, one of the notorious NYPD “Mafia Cops” who moonlighted as a hitman for the Luchese crime family, has died in federal prison.
Caracappa, 75, who was serving out his sentence at a federal detention center in Butner, N.C., died on April 8, federal prison records show.
Caracappa and his partner, Louis Eppolito, 68, were sentenced to life behind bars in 2009 for committing eight mob-ordered executions between 1986 and 1990.
It’s not clear how he died, but in June 2016, Caracappa petitioned Federal Judge Jack Weinstein, who handed out his life sentence, for “compassionate release.”
Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/nypd-worked-mob-hitman-dies-prison-article-1.3045643