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Reputed NYC mob boss cleared of killing officer

A reputed Mafia boss and another defendant have been found guilty of racketeering conspiracy and other counts but acquitted of murder

The Associated Press

NEW YORK — A reputed Mafia boss and another defendant have been found guilty of racketeering conspiracy and other counts but acquitted in the killing of a New York Police Department officer.

A jury in Brooklyn federal court rendered the mixed verdict Wednesday in the trial of Thomas “Tommy Guns” Gioeli and Dino “Little Dino” Saracino.

Prosecutors say Gioeli is a former boss of the Colombo crime family. Saracino is a reputed mob soldier.

They were accused in the brutal slayings of six victims including an off-duty police officer. Officer Ralph Dols was killed in 1997.