‘Tommy Guns’ Trial Continues in Brooklyn
Prosecutors Claim Defendant Was Hitman for Jealous Mob Boss
CADMAN PLAZA EAST (AP) — A reputed mobster carried out a hit on an off-duty New York Police Department officer who made the mistake of marrying the ex-wife of a vengeful acting mob boss, a prosecutor said during opening statements at a Brooklyn trial taking place this week.
The slaying of Officer Ralph Dols in the summer of 1997 is one of six gangland murders from the 1990s that can be traced to Thomas “Tommy Guns” Gioeli, Assistant U.S. Attorney Cristina Posa said.