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Possible Human Remains Unearthed at Former Home of "Goodfellas" Mobster
NBC New York ^ | Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 | Shimon Prokupecz

Posted on 06/19/2013 1:23:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Possible human remains have been found by FBI and NYPD organized crime investigators digging at the home of a former mobster who inspired Robert DeNiro's character in the movie "Goodfellas."

Law enforcement officials told NBC 4 New York Wednesday that the potential bones were found buried in the ground, along with other evidence now being sent for testing.

Jimmy Burke, the late Lucchese family crime associate, allegedly masterminded a nearly $6 million robbery at Kennedy Airport in 1978 -- one of the largest cash thefts in American history, known as the Lufthansa heist.

(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnewyork.com ...


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1 posted on 06/19/2013 1:23:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
And now gangsters are running our government.


2 posted on 06/19/2013 1:24:56 PM PDT by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Don’t fool yourself; they’ve always been in charge.


3 posted on 06/19/2013 1:26:59 PM PDT by warchild9
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To: nickcarraway

Look for Howie Carr to write another book.


4 posted on 06/19/2013 1:27:04 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: nickcarraway

The stimulus payout was one of the biggest heists in history.


5 posted on 06/19/2013 1:27:15 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (America 2013 - STUCK ON STUPID)
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To: warchild9

They are just more obvious now.


6 posted on 06/19/2013 1:27:29 PM PDT by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: nickcarraway

They might find a LOT of bones at that place.


7 posted on 06/19/2013 1:28:25 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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Dead mobsters still making work for unionistas. First is was Jimmy (Sleeps with the fishes) Hoffa and now its this guy.


8 posted on 06/19/2013 1:29:37 PM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: nickcarraway

Demobsters


9 posted on 06/19/2013 1:30:15 PM PDT by bunkerhill7 (("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.))
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To: nickcarraway

Do I amuse you, like a clown?


10 posted on 06/19/2013 1:30:52 PM PDT by Veggie Todd (What difference does it make?)
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Badda Bing...!


11 posted on 06/19/2013 1:32:05 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Biggirl

Hurray Internets!


12 posted on 06/19/2013 1:34:51 PM PDT by warchild9
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To: Lancey Howard

I didn’t see nothing.


13 posted on 06/19/2013 1:34:57 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Veggie Todd
"How am I funny?"...
14 posted on 06/19/2013 1:35:01 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: nickcarraway
Now gets to live the rest of his Afterlife like a Grade-A Schnook!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjXA3SMNl60

15 posted on 06/19/2013 1:36:26 PM PDT by KC_Lion (Build the America you want to live in at your address, and keep looking up.-Sarah Palin)
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I bet its Billy Bats they found.


16 posted on 06/19/2013 1:43:00 PM PDT by gusty
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What’s with the FBI’s sudden fascination with long-dead mobsters? If I didn’t know any better, I’d say they were trying to shift the public’s attention...


17 posted on 06/19/2013 1:53:52 PM PDT by lwd (This post was recorded by the N.S.A.)
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To: nickcarraway

Paging Geraldo... paging Geraldo...


18 posted on 06/19/2013 1:57:09 PM PDT by Resolute Conservative
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***Possible human remains have been found by FBI and NYPD***

Reminds me of the movie THE BUSY BODY.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061431/


19 posted on 06/19/2013 2:07:26 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
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To: cripplecreek

Wasn’t there a teaser from the FBI yesterday about them investigating yet another possible Hoffa location?


20 posted on 06/19/2013 2:09:41 PM PDT by Calvin Locke
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