Danny Pro Scores With The Godfather's Olive Oil
Reprinted with permission from Gang Land News.By George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netThe Tribeca Film Festival ended in April with a screening of Godfather I and Godfather II. The tribute was a way to mark...
View ArticleCase Against Merlino Losing Steam
By George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netHe's battled the feds in court and rival mobsters on the streets.Right now he appears to be ahead of the game. And if things continue to unravel in a massive but...
View ArticleSyndicated Columnist Rips "Rape Faker" Billy Doe And Rolling Stone For...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe Philadelphia Inquirer and Rolling Stone obviously aren't going to do anything to correct the fake news story they've promulgated about "Billy Doe."He's the lying,...
View ArticleManufactured Evidence: Victim No. 1 In The Sandusky Case
EDITOR’S NOTE: Mark Pendergrast has once again allowed BigTrial.net to publish an excerpt from his forthcoming book, THE MOST HATED MAN IN AMERICA. Here he writes about Aaron Fisher, “Victim 1,” whose...
View ArticleBig Trial Featured On Lions Of Liberty's Felony Friday Podcast
The "Lions of Liberty" are a bunch of freedom-loving libertarians who sponsor a "Felony Friday" podcast.On today's podcast, Ralph Cipriano of Big Trial joins host John Odermatt to discuss the parallels...
View ArticleLeadoff Witness: Mama's Boy Seth Was Ripping Off Mama
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netHe was supposed to be the designated "responsible person" charged with taking care of the finances for his elderly mother's nursing home care.But to hear nursing home...
View ArticleIn The Federal Case Against Rufus, Where's The Beef?
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netThe feds trotted out one of their star cooperating witnesses against Rufus Seth Williams today.Mohammad Ali is the Bucks County business man who was allegedly bribing...
View ArticleMan Who Allegedly Bribed Rufus Doesn't Have Much To Show For It
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWhen Thomas Burke stood up this morning to cross-examine Mohammad Ali, he wanted to make sure that the jury not only understood what the prosecution's star cooperating...
View ArticleDeputy Police Commissioner Comes To Court To Bury Rufus
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netDeputy Police Commissioner Joseph Sullivan testified in court today about an awkward lunch he had back in 2012 at the Union League with District Attorney Rufus Seth...
View ArticleFeds Pound Away At Deadbeat D.A.
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIn a text he sent to his car mechanic, District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams revealed the real reason why he was putting his beloved 1997 Jaguar XK8 convertible up for...
View ArticleWhat Was Rufus Thinking?
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAs he sat at the defense table watching the evidence pile up against him, District Attorney Rufus Seth Williams couldn't be blamed for thinking about what might have...
View ArticleD.A. Leaves Court In Handcuffs
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netRufus Seth Williams glanced nervously over his shoulder at the two U.S. Marshals suddenly lurking behind his chair at the defense table.Judge Paul S. Diamond held up a...
View ArticleThe Man-Child In The Men's Room
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netWhen you cover a trial, you run into everybody in the men's room.The prosecutors, the defense lawyers. Even the defendant, Rufus Seth Williams.Talk about an...
View ArticlePenn State Confidential: U.S. Attorney, FBI Investigated Second Mile Charity...
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netFor years, Penn State alumni have clamored for a federal investigation of The Second Mile charity founded by convicted child molester Jerry Sandusky.It turns out that...
View ArticleBob Costas And Sara Ganim Star In Jerry Sandusky's Appeal
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netFifteen minutes.That's how much advance notice Jerry Sandusky got from his lawyer, Joseph Amendola, before he engaged in a disastrous nationally televised interview...
View ArticlePenn State Candidate For Chairman Carries Plenty Of Baggage
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netAs a Penn State student, Mark Dambly wound up in jail for five days in 1979 after he pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct. Then he got mixed up in an infamous...
View ArticleIs Mark Dambly Wearing A Wire?
By Ralph Ciprianofor BigTrial.netIf you're a Penn State trustee, and you're going to talk to Mark Dambly about his impending election tomorrow as chairman of the board, should you pat him down...
View ArticleBig Trial On With State College's Morning Guys
He's Moved On To Pay-To-PlayScandal-plagued Penn State University has just elected scandal-plagued Mark Dambly as chairman of its board of trustees.Isn't that great? The July 19th radio interview about...
View ArticleThe Dangerous Misleading Narrative Of The Keepers
EDITOR’S NOTE: Science writer Mark Pendergrast should be familiar by now to readers of BigTrial.net. We have published several excerpts from The Most Hated Man in America, his forthcoming book about...
View ArticleMob Talk Sitdown Video Looks At The Case Against Joey Merlino
The Mob Talk Boys Are BackBy George AnastasiaFor BigTrial.netHe's beaten the feds in court more often than they've beaten him.Still he's spent close to half his adult life either in jail or on...
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