Prosecutors said they would drop the murder case against a retired Federal Bureau of Investigation supervisor, a law enforcement official said yesterday, after a reporter upended the trial with taped interviews showing that their main witness, a gangster’s mistress, had changed her account and damaged her credibility.
The formal announcement is expected this morning in State Supreme Court in Brooklyn, where the former F.B.I. supervisor, Roy Lindley DeVecchio, 67, is charged with helping a Mafia informant commit four murders in the 1980s and early 1990s.
The lead prosecutor, Michael F. Vecchione, strongly hinted of his inclination yesterday morning in remarks addressed to Justice Gustin L. Reichbach, who is presiding over the nonjury trial.
Thursday, November 1, 2007
Ex-FBI Agent's Murder Trial Fizzle, as does Chief Witness
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