http://realcavsfans.com/ Anything non-sports related. Flame Free. Serious off topic discussion. en Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:34:52 GMT vBulletin 25 http://static.realcavsfans.com/images/misc/rss.png http://realcavsfans.com/ http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42305-They-re-digging-for-Jimmy-Hoffa-again&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 21:56:50 GMT ... and for what seems to be the hundredth time, they think they might have finally found him, this time based on the testimony of a former Detroit mob boss.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/17/us/mic...html?hpt=hp_t1

Source: "Highly credible" info led to new Hoffa dig; murder put on Detroit mob

Oakland Township, Michigan (CNN) -- The FBI -- working on information from an aging reputed mobster -- began digging in the waist-high grass of a Detroit-area field Monday in yet another search for the remains of former Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa, according to a law enforcement source with direct knowledge of the investigation.

The information that sparked the latest hunt in the nearly four-decades-long search for Hoffa is "highly credible," the source said.

Agents were executing a search warrant for a field in Oakland Township, north of Detroit, based in part on information provided by alleged mobster Tony Zerilli.

The paperwork filed under seal that accompanies the search warrant is described as "several pages long," according to the source, and it explains thy the FBI believes the search is justified.

"The information provided by Tony Zerilli is highly credible," the source said.

By late afternoon, the search had been underway for several hours but there were no indications of any developments.

The search was on private property, and media and curious onlookers were kept some distance from the search site.

FBI Special Agent Bob Foley, head of the agency's Detroit office, told CNN at the scene that the information leading to the search "reached the threshold of probable cause, which was sufficient to allow us to obtain a search warrant.

"If it didn't rise to that level then, certainly, we wouldn't be out here."

Earlier this year, Zerilli, now in his 80s, told New York's NBC 4 that Hoffa was buried in a Michigan field about 20 miles north of where he was last seen in 1975.

The FBI has spent months looking into Zerilli's claims before seeking court authorization to excavate the field and look for evidence of a shallow grave, according to the source.

Contrary to what's been previously thought for years, Zerilli said he was told Hoffa's disappearance was not connected to Genovese family New Jersey crime boss Anthony "Tony" Provensano who allegedly wanted to get rid of Hoffa.

Instead, according to the source, Zerilli told the FBI Detroit mobsters wanted Hoffa dead.

At the time, Hoffa was thought to be setting the stage to get back into a power position with the labor movement after he was released from prison. He was convicted in 1967 for jury tampering and fraud. President Richard Nixon pardoned him in 1971.

Hoffa, then 62, was last seen on July 30, 1975, outside a Detroit-area restaurant. The FBI said at the time that the disappearance could have been linked to Hoffa's efforts to regain power in the Teamsters and to the mob's influence over the union's pension funds.

Zerilli was in prison himself when Hoffa disappeared.

Zerilli, according to the source, said he when he was freed, he asked a mob enforcer what happened to Hoffa.

The mobster allegedly told Zerilli tht Detroit's crime bosses ordered the Hoffa hit. They lured him to a meeting, then drove him to a farm owned by a mob underboss. The enforcer allegedly told Zerilli that Hoffa was killed and buried on the property, which covers several acres.

The area being searched Monday was described as relatively small -- about the size of a small party tent, according to the source.

Hoffa's disappearance and presumed death have vexed investigators in the years since his last sighting. As recently as October, soil samples were taken from a home in the suburban Detroit community after a tipster claimed he saw a body buried in the yard a day after Hoffa disappeared.

The soil samples were tested, and showed no evidence of human remains or decomposition.

Zerilli, freed in 2008 after his last prison sentence, was convicted of crimes in connection with organized crime in Detroit. Keith Corbett, a former U.S. attorney, told CNN earlier this year that Zerilli headed a Detroit organized crime family from 1970 to 1975, but was in fact in prison when Hoffa disappeared.

In an interview with CNN affiliate WDIV-TV, Zerilli denied playing any role in Hoffa's disappearance.

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Meh, waste of time and resources if you ask me, at least the utilization of the FBI. ]]> Off Topic Marcus http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42305-They-re-digging-for-Jimmy-Hoffa-again http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42300-John-Belushi&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:06:44 GMT Someone used a quote which reminded me of Belushi's "when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor"... which reminded me that I miss his comedic gold. Who knows the laughs that were missed because of his passing.... him and John Candy and Chris Farley too. And too many others. Sad.

(Which also reminds me of the Jimmys (Morrison & Hendrix), Janis Joplin, Buddy Holly, Tupac, Cobain, etc., etc., etc., etc., WAY too many etcs........and what will never be because of their passing......)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7vtWB4owdE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxcKe-ggBm0 ]]> Off Topic MikeOC33 http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42300-John-Belushi http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42297-tips-for-selling-stuff-on-Ebay&goto=newpost Mon, 17 Jun 2013 07:15:03 GMT I've got a lot of sports cards from the 90s my mom made me take home from her attic, and know that they are all basically worthless. However I have stumbled on some that are worth more than $1. How would I go about listing these to actually sell them. This is all basically found money, but if I could make a few bucks this would be great. List them on the low end of what I see similar buy-it-now listings?

I guess I'm stuck with paypal, etc to get paid? ]]> Off Topic RonHarperFan http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42297-tips-for-selling-stuff-on-Ebay http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42292-Happy-Fathers-day&goto=newpost Sun, 16 Jun 2013 14:11:47 GMT In a time where we read reports of how much crime is related to kids that grew up with out a father, I want to personally thank you for sticking by your kids. Anyone can create a child, not everyone can "father" and guide a child. So from my heart, thank you and keep raising those little asskickers. ]]> Off Topic RonG http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42292-Happy-Fathers-day http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42288-Roverfest-2013-July-27th&goto=newpost Sat, 15 Jun 2013 00:37:04 GMT Anyone else going this year? I've gone the last two years and it's been awesome. Seeing vanilla ice perform ice ice baby last year definitely took me back. Nelly should be a good time this year too. ]]> Off Topic Biw http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42288-Roverfest-2013-July-27th http://www.realcavsfans.com/showthread.php?42282-Tyus-Battle-the-next-great-one-from-NJ&goto=newpost Thu, 13 Jun 2013 04:20:40 GMT https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tyus-Kid-Mamba-Battle/357496427594738 ...]]> My friend was asking if I could promote his Facebook fan page on this forum, so here it is. Please Like the page, if you can. He is the next big thing coming out of Jersey, since Kyrie. Remember the name!!!!!!!

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