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Leroy Robinson

New Jersey's Al Capone?

by: Thurman Hart

Wed Dec 03, 2008 at 01:15:00 PM EST

Al Capone, for all his misdeeds, was never convicted of anything beyond tax evasion.  If only half of the stories told about Capone were true; then he would have earned fifty times the length of time he did in the pen.  The whimpering plea of Leroy Robinson brings to mind the inconspicuous bust of Al Capone.

Robinson was convicted of laundering money.  Through a friend who runs a restaraunt, he learned of two guys who had a quarter of a million in loansharking cash that they needed to document so they could spend.  Robinson contacted them and offered to write them a check for "the work you have done".  Unfortunately, for Robinson, the men were FBI agents.  As I wrote elsewhere, this is the equivalent of Charles Manson getting a speeding ticket.

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