Cullotta: The Life of a Chicago Criminal, Las Vegas Mobster, and Government Witness

Dennis N. Griffin

Jan 2007 · Huntington Press Inc

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From burglary to armed robbery and murder, infamous bad guy Frank Cullotta not only did it all, in Cullotta he admits to it--and in graphic detail.

This no-holds-barred biography chronicles the life of a career criminal who started out as a thug on the streets of Chicago and became a trusted lieutenant in Tony Spilotro's gang of organized lawbreakers in Las Vegas. Cullotta's was a world of high-profile heists, street muscle, and information--lots of it--about many of the FBI's most wanted. In the end, that information was his ticket out of crime, as he turned government witness and became one of a handful of mob insiders to enter the Witness Protection Program.

"Frank Cullotta is the real thing," says Nicholas Pileggi in the book's Foreword, and in these pages, Cullotta sets the record straight on organized crime, witness protection, and life and death in mobbed-up Las Vegas.

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Was ok little boring at times

About the author

Dennis Griffin, author of Policing Las Vegas, Battle for Las Vegas, and Cullotta, retired in 1994 after a 20-year career in investigations and law enforcement in New York State. He and his wife Faith moved to Las Vegas shortly afterward. Denny wrote his first novel, The Morgue, in 1996. He currently has six published mystery thrillers, including the first two books of a Las Vegas-based trilogy. He's an active member of the Mystery Writers of America, Las Vegas Valley Writers Group, Henderson Writers Group, and the Police Writers Association.