{Lexington, Kentucky}...Thirty-nine year old Derek Albert Capozzi, of Boston, an inmate with Mafia ties, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Lexington to 51 months in federal prison for escaping from federal custody. Authorities say Capozzi kicked out a van door in Woodford County, Kentucky while U.S. Marshals were transporting him to the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington on April 15, 2010. He spent three days on the lam before being captured behind a Versailles stair factory. Capozzi had been in Kentucky to testify at a trial in London. The sentence will run consecutively with the 23 year sentence he is serving for possession and use of a firearm during a crime of violence and a 30 year sentence for his role in the 1996 slaying of a potential government witness. Capozzi pleaded guilty in July. Monday, September 24, 2012
Inmate Sentenced For Escape
{Lexington, Kentucky}...Thirty-nine year old Derek Albert Capozzi, of Boston, an inmate with Mafia ties, was sentenced Monday in federal court in Lexington to 51 months in federal prison for escaping from federal custody. Authorities say Capozzi kicked out a van door in Woodford County, Kentucky while U.S. Marshals were transporting him to the Blue Grass Airport in Lexington on April 15, 2010. He spent three days on the lam before being captured behind a Versailles stair factory. Capozzi had been in Kentucky to testify at a trial in London. The sentence will run consecutively with the 23 year sentence he is serving for possession and use of a firearm during a crime of violence and a 30 year sentence for his role in the 1996 slaying of a potential government witness. Capozzi pleaded guilty in July. 