 Welcome to another edition of the original gangsters podcast. This is a quick hitter edition. I'm your host Scott Bernstein today I want to Touch on something piggyback off of some reporting from our friends over at mob talk sit down Dave Shratt wiser in Georgia, Anastasia There the the og reporters, you know, the best mob intel You'll ever find in New Jersey, Philadelphia air areas could be coming from Dave and George they had a had a blockbuster report last week about a appeal coming on a case back from the 1990s related to the Lucchese crime family's New Jersey crew Marty Tassetta One-time boss of that family for a short period of time. He was kind of the third in charge for a long time He's doing a life sentence for a racketeering case In state court, which was kind of a follow-up to a very very infamous case in the 1980s a federal case That charged a murder the June 1984 gangland slain of Jimmy Sinatra AK Vincent Kraparata who was a Lucchese soldier was beaten to death with golf clubs When he refused to allow or tried to refuse to allow his nephews Video poker machine from being a video poker machine business from being extorted Tassetta and a number of other members of that Jersey crew were acquitted in what became the longest federal criminal trial in American history lasted for two years a movie got made about it with Vin Diesel called find me guilty and What this appeal from Tassetta's attorneys are is saying is that in the 90s when they came back And hit him with a lot of the same charges in state court including the murder count in the Sinatra slain That it was it was it was pure vengeance and that they trumped up a case they doctored a case and Were dirty in in convicting Marty Tassetta who it should be noted Was once again acquitted of the Jimmy Sinatra murder He was acquitted twice once in in federal court and another time in state court But he was convicted in the racketeering and was hit with a life sentence his attorney has found some pretty glaring discrepancies it appears and some you know possible You know real traction and getting an appeal. There's gonna be a hearing in September I think that the two biggest things that that we're hearing about Is the fact that it seems like there's a 302 that was Put together on a debriefing from the Philadelphia mob underboss crazy fill The Annette who was one of the star witnesses at this case one of four star witnesses that are kind of coming back Into the spotlight in this appeal Questioning the veracity of their testimony. It seems like what? Leonetti it testified seems to be contradicting a 302 that has now been unearthed during this you know in the Process of building this appeal they found a 302 from Leonetti's that that contradicts his testimony on the stand and then there also appears to be some Records related to a dentist appointment from about 40 years ago That were tied to Marty Tassetta that his appeal appellate attorneys right now are claiming could have been Fixed or or doctored with with to affect his alibi And the dates could have been changed It's some questions for the judge It seems like there's gonna be a hearing on this and Marty Tassetta might have a chance at freedom after all these years He's in his early 70s His brother Michael mad dog Tassetta. He's out of prison has been out. I think for for 10 years or so His boss back in the day to Mac asked Toro Was one of the guys that eventually took the stand against him in the 1990s in the state case He's often witness protection somewhere, but Marty Tassetta is still fighting We might end up doing an episode a full-length episode on The incidents and the circumstances surrounding the Jimmy Sinatra murder. I think it's really interesting. It involves multiple crime families a Series of five different sit-downs across three states in three months over the course of the summer of 1984 The Luccheses and the Philadelphia Bruno Scarfield crime family were fighting over Jimmy Sinatra's nephews the Serino brothers their Video poker machine business It was being extorted and two crime families were fighting for percentages of it one of the sit-downs What took place in little Italy and involved the bosses of those two crime families Tony ducks Corral and little Nicky Scarful crazy fills uncle and at that meeting Tony Tony ducks allegedly started screaming and and threatening to kill the Serino brothers It's interesting how it got resolved eventually the New Jersey crew of the Luccheses took ownership of the video poker machine business and After at the final sit-down that decided that To Mac guys to Toro was like taunting one of the brothers who was shaking literally like turning purple and Sweating profusely shaking in his seat because he knew that this guy that had killed his uncle was was was taking over and and was gonna have a heavy-handed Presencing in his life and and It was a something that was very visceral and and was discussed at that trial by Philly and Eddie who was there And and by to Mac Acetoro. So We'll keep an eye out on that appeal I think I might want to try to do an episode on that extortion and I'm the Jimmy Sinatra murder With with Marty to set as attorney. I'm gonna try to set that up It's a fascinating case Longest case or at least the the preceding case from the feds the longest case in American history Check out the movie find me guilty by Vin Diesel but Marty to set us seems to have some a Window, you know, it seems to be there might be some light at the end of that tunnel possibly and Could get him out from under that life sentence from a racketeering case because he was acquitted of those two murders And if you believe his attorneys, it looks like this might have been a case that was You know that a dirty case and that he might have been set up in some regards So we'll we'll keep an eye on it for you here a shout out to Dave and George over and On the East Coast that you know for any type of mafia information you want Coming from New Jersey, Philadelphia Those are the guys to get it from and a great job by by snuffing this out and letting us all know about the appeal I kind of deep dove it on my website gangsta report calm We'll check it out there. And like I said, I'm gonna try to do a longer episode for the og podcast maybe with Dave and George possibly with with Marty to set as attorney maybe with Marty I don't know. We'll check it out. We'll see and maybe we'll do that leading up to the hearing in September I will be back on another long-form edition with my partner Jimmy Bucilato Thank you to Ben behind the glass for always producing us great And we will see you next time on og podcast Scott Bernstein out