Sunday, July 22, 2012

Escapee To Appear In Court

{Lexington, Kentucky}...Derek A. Capozzi is set to appear Monday before a federal judge in Lexington on an escape charge. Capozzi is serving 55 years for his role in the 1996 killing and dismemberment of 19 year old Aislin Silva in Massachusetts. Prosecutors say she was ordered killed by the leader of the Mafia-affiliated gang Capozzi belonged to. Capozzi, who was on the lam for several days in Kentucky in 2010, claims he escaped because he can't get the medical treatment he needs, but Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick Malloy says, when Capozzi was on the lam, he never sought any treatment. Capozzi claimed in court documents that several doctors have determined he needs to have his heart repaired after he was stabbed in the chest in 2008 while in a federal prison in California.