Prosecutors: Murder Is FBI Man’s ‘Bad’
This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
As if four murders weren’t enough, Brooklyn prosecutors want to throw another mob hit at a former FBI agent, R. Lindley DeVecchio. And this time, the victim is a former Manhattan abortion doctor who was shot to death at his Queens home.
Citing the murder as a “prior bad act” similar to the four slayings charged in the indictment, prosecutors have sought permission to introduce evidence of Mr. DeVecchio’s alleged involvement in the 1980 rubout of Eliezer Shkolnik at the ex-agent’s upcoming trial.
A login link has been sent to
Enter your email to read this article.
Get 2 free articles when you subscribe.
