2 in Gambino Family Guilty of Killing Stripper
A federal jury in Miami convicted two members of the Gambino crime family in the slaying of a stripper they wrongly thought was an FBI informant.
Ariel Hernandez was accused of strangling Jeanette Smith in a hotel room two years ago, and Frederick J. “Fat Freddie” Massaro, a restaurant owner who oversaw the Gambinos’ South Florida operations, allegedly ordered her killing. They were convicted of murder, conspiracy, fraud and other charges.
A third man, Anthony “Tony Pep” Trentacosta, head of the Gambino crime family’s Florida operations, was convicted of racketeering conspiracy and faces 20 years in prison.
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