Rogue Town

Author:   Vito Colucci ,  Dennis Griffin ,  Anthony Dolan
Publisher:   Byron House Books
Edition:   2nd Revised and Expanded ed.
ISBN:  

9798987847701


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   15 May 2023
Format:   Paperback
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"""Your boss, Hogan, is running the whole drug and gambling racket in Fairfield County."" Vito Colucci had only been a cop in Stamford, CT for about a year and a half when he landed an assignment in the Narcotics Squad. He was excited to work with his new partner, Joe Ligi, who was funny as hell and drove a brand-new Mustang GT. It didn't take long for Joe and Vito to develop a reputation as an effective, dedicated team. It also didn't take long for everyone on the squad to notice that despite doing their best, they only caught minnows while the big fish always got away. When Joe and Vito arrested a local man for outstanding warrants one night, they had no idea he was going to tell them that their boss was playing both sides of the law. Those fourteen words would change not just the course of their own lives, but the course of American history. Rogue Town is Vito Colucci's first-hand account of how he and a handful of honest cops risked everything to bust through Stamford's deep entwinement of law and crime and bring the guilty to justice in one of the most corrupt cities in 1960s - 1980s America. This second edition has been revised and updated, and contains bonus material on other high-profile cases on which Vito Colucci worked as a private investigator after leaving the police force."

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Author:   Vito Colucci ,  Dennis Griffin ,  Anthony Dolan
Publisher:   Byron House Books
Imprint:   Byron House Books
Edition:   2nd Revised and Expanded ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.594kg
ISBN:  

9798987847701


Pages:   408
Publication Date:   15 May 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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"Co-written with true crime author Dennis N. Griffin, Rogue Town reads like the HBO TV series ""The Wire."" Colucci is the lead actor, a young cop who encounters a cast of libertine villains: high ranking police officers who operate a statewide drug ring; racketeers who bribe cops with gambling trips to Las Vegas; crime families who play politicians like marionettes. Disgusted by what he sees, Colucci vows to bring the corruption to light. It's a decision that lands him in an undercover role, wearing a wire to gather evidence against senior officers in the Stamford Police Department and feeding sensitive information to Anthony Dolan, a Stamford Advocate reporter who exposes the crooked officials in the newspaper. But Colucci isn't the only hero: Honest officials from across Stamford fight to clean up the city, putting their livelihoods, and sometimes their lives, at risk. - Scott Gargan, Connecticut Post Rogue Town is a wonderful read. ... Vito takes being undercover to new levels. ... a story that even the most avid novel writer would never think of! - Simon Barrett, BloggerNews.net"


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Vito Colucci, Jr. was one of the youngest Stamford PD officers ever to receive the Combat Cross. His undercover work as a narcotics detective led to the arrest and conviction of numerous corrupt officials as well as organized crime figures, and served as the catalyst for Ronald Reagan to establish the President's Commission on Organized Crime. Since 1990 he has owned and operated a private investigation agency, Colucci Investigations.

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