Eppolito and Caracappa were convicted of racketeering, kidnapping, and murder, among other charges. Caracappa died of cancer in a federal prison in North Carolina in 2017. More about ...

Mr. Eppolito and his partner, Stephen Caracappa, were convicted of taking part in eight gangland murders in New York’s “Mafia Cop” scandal.

Louis Eppolito, 57, and Steven Caracappa, 64, could get life in prison for their roles in eight murders committed between 1986 and 1990 while they were simultaneously on the payroll of both the ...

Eppolito and Caracappa received $375,000 from the mob for their eight murders and total of 70 criminal counts a jury convicted them of in 2006, the Times reported. In one instance, Eppolito framed ...

A federal jury deliberated for two days before announcing the verdicts against Louis Eppolito, 57, and Steven Caracappa, 64. ... was reportedly involved in 36 murders himself.

Eppolito, who apologized to the families of the victims, denied any role in their murders. “The federal government can take my life,” Eppolito said at his sentencing. “I’m a man.

A 72-year-old convict canary – the feds’ star witness against two reputed mobbed-up killer cops – yesterday delivered sensational testimony detailing his alleged role as the secre… ...

NEW YORK – Two highly decorated former detectives were convicted Thursday of moonlighting as hitmen for the mob in one of the most sensational cases of police corruption in New York history.Louis ...

Eppolito may have targeted Gibbs for Robertson’s murder in order to protect Brigante, a Lucchese associate. Or he may have sought an easy way to boost his arrest count.

The story of notorious “Mob Cops” Stephen Caracappa and Louis Eppolito -- decorated NYPD detectives who secretly moonlighted as Mafia hitmen -- may be heading to television as a true crime series.

Authorities allege Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa were hired by a mob underboss, who put them on the payroll for $4,000 a month and arranged their involvement in eight murders. (AP Photo/ Louis ...