Was he expecting to be treated like underworld royalty or something?
Reputed Colombo consigliere Richard Fusco allegedly wished a federal prosecutor ill health yesterday in a Brooklyn courtroom where he pleaded guilty "to a scheme to shake down the rival Gambinos because he wanted them to pay the medical expenses of a mob stabbing victim" as reported by John Marzulli for the Daily News. Fusco apparently directed the harsh words at the prosecutor after learning the government "wouldn't consent to removing his electronic monitoring device," and a clerk prompty chided the defendant to "keep your negative comments to yourself!"
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