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Oe em eae eis ht EOE f Oo} © Fix © i) me ERY Shak mena, " a 4} may have been Carmine Galante, using pr ae similar address since Galante , 1956, in the town of Windsor, Broome County, for speeding. At approximately 10:00 p. m., on that evening, a state trooper stopped a speeding car =f a aee tt 2D Linen 1 £ SS ee ee ee ee aru the a@river identified J1LLUIBS LL by Means OF &@ Griver s license as Joseph Di Palermo, 246 Elizabeth Street, New York City. The driver of the vehicle, upon being unable to give the correct birth date on the driver's license was placed in the state trooper's car and brought to the Binghamton Substation, where he was identified as Carmine Galante, 274 Marcy Avenue, Brooklyn, New York. He had over $1,800 in cash on his person, $1,200 of which was in $100 bills. The other two occupants of this vehicle were later determined to be Frank Garofalo and John Bonventre. Galante was charged with speeding, being an unlicensed operator, and the unauthorized use of another's driver's license and was arraigned before the Justice of the Peace in the town of Windsor where he pled not guilty and was released on $600 bail with the case set for October 25, 1956. Shortly after this arrest, efforts were made by Chief of Detectives Chris Gleitsmann and Sergeant Peter Policastro of the West New York, New Jersey Police Department to obtain leniency for Galante. It was alleged that an offer of $1,000 was made if the State Police would intercede and allow Galante to be given a suspended sentence. ee. b7D a In January, 1958, considerable publicity appeared in the local New York newspapers concerning the probe being conducted by the New Jersey Law Enforcement Council into aR Pa A it hin