Schenectady- Phyllis Evelyn Crannell Canary, age 93, passed safely into the Arms of Jesus on the morning of January 2, 2024, at Kingsway Community in Schenectady, NY, where she had
gasoline was thrown on the steps of the trailer office and on the trailer itself and the gasoline was ignited. agnello had burger, remember, jumbo s last name is burninger, so technically he s jumbo burger. insuspe inspect the damage caused by the fire the night before, which mr. burger shortly thereafter was observed doing. so this bust, this longtime undercover sting operation involving the cops running a fake scrap metal and auto salvage business in queens, they got a bunch of press, i think in part because of the cinematic nature of this law enforcement operation. also because it didn t take them long to catch a big fish. they got gotti s son-in-law, who it turns out was not a guy just looked upon with disfavor by his famous father-in-law in prison. according to the daily news at the time, agnello was viewed as
there was something about that business that was very different compared to other businesses of that type. stadium scrap turned out had cameras everywhere. and microphones. quote, a pen and tilt microwave camera was positioned on a pole 100 yards from the entrance to the business and it viewed the front of the yard and most of the street. additionally a recording device was installed on the yard telephone and a listening device was stalled in the trailer used as an office. they installed two video cameras inside of the trailer and one outside overlooking the salvage yard. and these weren t the kind of cameras for security purposes. they were cameras and microphones that were hidden. and they were monitored for surveillance purposes. because stadium scrap, that business that opened up in queens in 1999, stadium scrap, was fake. it was a big long-running
operation. multiple law enforcement authorities got together and they hatched this plan that they would open up a fake business in queens, a fake scrap metal and auto salvage business in that part of queens and they would do that basically as a sting operation because that business sector in that part of new york was generally believed by law enforcement to be all mobbed up. so they thought they could use a fake business of that kind to try to crack open the organized crime infiltration of those businesses. so undercover law enforcement officers learned to, i mean, drive wreckers and car crushers and forklifts and flatbed trucks and all the other stuff. they learned how to do this type of business. they opened up this fab businke business in early 99 and they started doing the work. they were buying and selling scrapped autos and scrapped metal. they were doing auto salvage. but, bingo, as soon as they opened that thing up, instant
up. he told her about her husband, he s an imbess ill and led a list of imaginary charges against her husband. you got to see the charges. malicious mopary, possession of brain with intent to use. stolen bumper and hubcap. that was a reference to the fant that his daughter s husband was in the auto salvage and scrap metal business so that is john getty saying i would get in trouble for a stolen bumper or a hub cab. he referenced the fact that his son-in-law was thought to have a mood disorder that resulted in violent rages for which he took medication. and his said to niz daughter in the prison visit about her husband, is he feeling good? is he not feeling good? is his medication increased, decreased or up or down? does he get into the backseat of the car and think somebody is stolen the steering wheel? nice. nice guy. must be nice for the whole family. that is 1998.