Crime & Safety
Report: Trial Begins for Alleged Farmingdale Mobster
Thomas Gioeli is charged with multiple murders.
The New York Post and Daily News are reporting this week on the Brooklyn trial of an alleged Colombo family leader from Farmingdale who is accused of leading a mob hit squad for 20 years.
According to the city-based tabloids, Thomas Gioeli is charged with six gang-related murders, including the killing of off-duty NYPD cop Ralph Dols.
FBI agent Katherine Kelley testified that one corpse was unearthed in a graveyard in Farmingdale, not far from where Gioeli, 59, resided.
The papers report that the mobsters allegedly tied the body with duct tape, put plastic bags over his head and torso and buried him in a wooded area adjacent to an industrial section in East Farmingdale, where they poured lime into the grave to quicken its decomposition.
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The trial is expected to last several weeks. Assistant U.S. Attorney Cristina Posa is the prosecuting.
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