Sometimes called the Alcatraz of the East, Rikers lsland in New York City sits in the East River between northern Queens County and the Bronx.
lt is a place where no one would ever want to be incarcerated.
In this instance a well known mobster, Joey Chop Shop Terelli, was being held there.
A short distance away, his trial for the brutal bloody murder of several people in a warehouse in Queens, was being held.
His crime was being compared to the Saint Valentines Day Massacre of 1929.
His attorney, Ed Marone, was doing his best in court for Terelli but the mob was not satisfied with how things could turn out.
They insisted that the best chance to make him a free man again would be to arrange for an escape from Rikers lsland before the conclusion of a tria l.
To attempt this task the mob gave Marone no choice but to assemble a group of societal misfits to stage a jailbreak and with the backdrop of a pandemic and major tragic events in Ed Marones personal lite the impossible was to be attempted.
About the Author Thomas LoFrese, P.
is a licensed private investigator in the state of New York and president of TL Services lnvestigations, LLC.
lnvolved in investigations of all types for over fifty years in private industry and governmental agencies, he and his staff currently provide investigative services for both Civil and Criminal cases.
Listed as an expert by New York City and Nassau County, NY.
; he is also a member of the National Council of lnvestigation and Security Services and the Associated Licensed Detectives of New York State.
