Gerald McMahon, attorney for Colombo associate Francis Guerra, speaks outside Brooklyn Federal Court after client acquitted of two gangland slayings
By John Marzulli, NY Daily News
A Brooklyn jury — apparently believing it was Col. Mustard whodunnit — acquitted a Clue-playing reputed Colombo mob associate Wednesday of two gangland murders.
The verdict — which came on the heels of the acquittal of Colombo crime boss Thomas (Tommy Shots) Gioeli on six murder raps in May — was a stunning setback for federal prosecutors.
Francis (BF) Guerra covered his face with both hands, and his wife Angela wept loudly as the jury foreman found him not guilty of racketeering and of the murders of former underboss Joseph Scopo and Staten Island nightclub owner Michael Devine. read more Here
