- Henry Borelli
Henry Borelli (born 1948) is a New York
mafioso with theGambino crime family who became a core member of the violent DeMeo crew.DeMeo Gang
The DeMeo gang was an infamous group of murderers, car thieves and drug dealers associated. Led by Gambino soldier
Roy DeMeo , the crew includedJoseph Testa ,Anthony Senter ,Joseph Guglielmo andChris Rosenberg . From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, the DeMeo gang was suspected in 75 to 200 killings. Due to his reputed efficiency as a shooter, Borelli acquired the nickname "Dirty Henry" in homage to theClint Eastwood movie characterDirty Harry popular in the 1970s. Despite his usefulness as an enforcer and hitman, Borelli could never become amade man in the Gambino family; he was automatically disqualified from family membership because in the early 1970s he took theNew York Police Department (NYPD) entrance exam.Prison
In 1986, Borelli was sentenced to life in prison and a concurrent sentence of 150 years for 15 counts of
auto theft . Although Borelli successfully appealed the life sentence, the 150-year sentence for the auto theft was upheld. [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/cgi-bin/getcase.pl?court=2nd&navby=case&no=961173] . As of April 2008, Borelli is serving out his sentence at Hazelton Federal Penitentary located in Preston County,West Virginia . His projected release date is 10-10-2072. [http://www.bop.gov/iloc2/InmateFinderServlet?Transaction=NameSearch&needingMoreList=false&LastName=borelli&Middle=&FirstName=henry&Race=U&Sex=U&Age=&x=0&y=0] .He is now eligible for parole. Although Borelli has been eligible for parole since 1996, he has waived his parole consideration and has failed to appear before the Commission for parole hearings. [http://www.kscourts.org/ca10/cases/1999/12/99-3234.htm Read at the bottom of the document.]
ources
*"Murder Machine" by Gene Mustain &
Jerry Capeci , 1993, ISBN 0-451-40387-8.
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