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A score of a lifetime.
That’s what Youngstown burglar Amil Dinsio was thinking in 1972, when a Cleveland mobster told him about the job. President Nixon [allegedly] had $30 million in a bank in California, Dinsio said.
Nixon was still in the White House (Watergate hadn’t happened yet), and according to the tipster, a stash of $30 million – some of which was rumored to belong to the president - was sitting in a bank vault in California. Nixon had allegedly been shaking down the U.S. dairy farmers – promising to raise the price of raw milk if the farmers lobby gave him a big contribution.
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3News Investigates: Former Browns QB Bernie Kosar offers his home to imprisoned mobster seeking early release
Former Cleveland Browns QB says Kevin McTaggart is a changed man after 38 years in prison and deserves a second chance despite killings and drug dealing for mob. Author: Phil Trexler, Rachel Polansky (WKYC) Published: 4:52 PM EDT May 24, 2021 Updated: 6:12 PM EDT May 24, 2021
MANTUA, Ohio Bernie Kosar, the heralded former Browns quarterback, is offering to employ and house a convicted Cleveland mobster who is seeking freedom after 38 years in prison, court records show.
Kosar has written a letter offering his support for the release of Kevin McTaggart, who served as a top lieutenant to mobster boss, the Irishman Danny Greene, and later was connected to underworld boss Angelo Lonardo.