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New York Gambino Crime ?Executioner? On Trial

By Conaway and Strickler

The NY Daily News website reported in a story on January 30, 2009 that Charles Carneglia is being accused of five murders in New York City. Marisa Seifan, Assistant United States Attorney, accused the alleged Gambino crime family hitman as being an ?executioner? who murdered when he was ordered to or ?felt he was disrespected.? Carneglia sat motionless, eating gum in a courtroom packed with court officers and relatives of victims. Murdered victims in the NY violent crime case were the Court Officer Alber Gelb, an armored car driver, a gangster, and two alleged mob contacts. Seifan said, "The defendant was an executioner. He chose murder as a way to punish Gelb for daring to stand up to a mobster. To the defendant, killing a court officer was a badge of honor...continue to full post

Full post as published by Georgia Criminal Defense Blog on February 09, 2009 (boomark / email).