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11. The murder of Walter Glockner allegedly by<br />

Thomas "Happy" Reynolds on May 24, 1963;*<br />

12. Tha recelpt of kickbacks in connection with a<br />

loan of 51% of the assets of one Local 560<br />

Benefit Plan to a Fl<strong>or</strong>ida real est<strong>at</strong>e developer,<br />

which had involved Anthony Provenzano, Stephen<br />

Andretta, Salv<strong>at</strong><strong>or</strong>e Briguglio and others between<br />

1974 and 1977; and<br />

13. An additional misappropri<strong>at</strong>ion of Local 560 assets<br />

in the f<strong>or</strong>m of a so-called "half-salary pension"<br />

to Anthony Provenzano beginning in 1979.<br />

In all, 30 years of felonio<strong>us</strong> conduct involving some dozen principal<br />

act<strong>or</strong>s, all of whom were associ<strong>at</strong>es of the Provenzano Crime Group<br />

and six of whom held positions of tr<strong>us</strong>t within Local 560 on one<br />

<strong>or</strong> m<strong>or</strong>e occasions.<br />

* At trial, the evidence was not deemed sufficient to prove<br />

Reynolds' actual commission of the murder; however, the<br />

Court held th<strong>at</strong> the evidence did demonstr<strong>at</strong>e a public<br />

perception th<strong>at</strong> the Provenzano Group had been responsible<br />

f<strong>or</strong> the murder and th<strong>at</strong> the Provenzano Group had <strong>us</strong>ed<br />

<strong>this</strong> perception to further the Hobbs Act Ext<strong>or</strong>tion.<br />

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