Police Off The Cuff

The Mafia Cops doing mob hits part # 2 #LouisEppolito #StephenCaracappa #TommyDades In part # 2 Detective first grade Tommy Dades talks about the big break that led to information that became the catalyst for the investigation of Lou Eppolitto, and Steve Caracappa. A former New York garment dealer, Burton Kaplan, sat down with DEA agents in 2004 to tell them an incredible story about two retired New York Police Department detectives. There was plenty of time. Kaplan, a 71-year-old longtime Mob associate and former mastermind of a $10 million marijuana sales ring, had completed only eight years of his 27-year prison sentence. He wanted it shortened to see his granddaughter. Kaplan said that from 1986 to 1993 he met many times with two NYPD detectives, Louis Eppolito and Stephen Caracappa, to perform services for them and deliver $4,000 in monthly payoff money from Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso in exchange for confidential information on police informants and investigations. Cass