1 Published BooksLou Eppolito
Lou Eppolito was one of the most highly decorated policemen in the history of the New York Police Department.
The son of a New York mobster Eppolito was a New York City police officer from 1969 - 1990. Eppolito and his former partner Stephen Caracappa were also on the Mob's payroll At first they provided intelligence and then, later , murdered rival mobsters.
Indicted in March 2005, with his retired partner Stephen Caracappa, for providing information about key witnesses and confidential informants to the Lucchese crime family. They were also charged with carrying out mob murders, and turning over individuals to the crime family's boss, who called Eppolito and Caracappa "my crystal ball." The two former NYPD cops were found guilty in April 2006. The conviction was overturned on a technicality, then reinstated on appeal in 2008. In 2009, he was sentenced to life plus 100 years in prison.
Eppolito was incarcerated at the United States Penitentiary, Tucson, a high-security federal prison. He died on November 3, 2019 in federal custody.
