"Ten members of his Norcross church lined the courtroom benches, and his attorney, Alan Begner, unsuccessfully sought permission for Papanier to hold his Bible while on the witness stand....[as] Tommy Papanier (papania) [testified under oath] denied being a member of the Gambino syndicate and said he moved to Atlanta to work for Coppola's Jilly's rib restaurants in 1983 to sever his informal ties with"
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TO: JAN 1, 1988
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Under Oath, With Pastor and Church Members Looking On,
Tom Stated This before being acquitted and giving thanks to God on Court House
Steps that God Exposed All his accusers as liars before beginning a career teloing folks the exact opposite in tapes and
videos:
Coppola
called `Lee Iacocca' of drug trade
Government's closing arguments presented in racketeering trial
BYLINE: EPSTEIN, GAIL Gail Epstein Staff Writer STAFF
DATE: April 9, 1987 PUBLICATION: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta
Constitution EDITION:
The Atlanta Constitution SECTION:
LOCAL NEWS PAGE: A/1
As witnesseshad
testified, Deichert said Coppola hired Papanier as his bodyguard ard because
Papanier had close ties to New York's Gambino organized crime family and
offered an "umbrella" of underworld protection. The
government is not alleging Papanier is a member of the Mafia,
Deichert
said. "He didn't need to be a member, he just needed to have contacts with
these people."
and
Coppola bodyguard
testifies he severed Mafia ties in 1983
Author: EPSTEIN,
GAIL Gail Epstein Staff Writer STAFF Date: April 4, 1987 Publication:
The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page Number: B/2 Word
Count: 822
Thomas Papanier,
a co-defendant in the racketeering trial of Carl Coppola who has been linked to
the Mafia, testified Friday that he once was proud of his association with New
York's Gambino organized crime family and that his friendships gave him access
to exclusive restaurants and nightclubs.
But Papanier denied being a member of the Gambino syndicate and said he moved
to Atlanta to work for Coppola's Jilly's rib restaurants in 1983 to sever his
informal ties with
AND THIS:
Coppola
co-defendant denies crime family ties
Author:
EPSTEIN, GAIL Gail Epstein Staff Writer STAFF Date: April
3, 1987 Publication: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page
Number: B/2 Word Count: 629
Tommy Papanier, a co-defendant in the trial of accused racketeer Carl
Coppola, took the witness stand Thursday and disputed previous testimony that
he was connected to New York's Gambino organized crime family.
The testimony of Papanier, a tall, strapping man with a thick New
York accent, and his wife, Margaret, contained several references to his devout
Christian beliefs. Ten
members of his Norcross church lined the courtroom benches, and his attorney,
Alan Begner, unsuccessfully sought permission for Papanier to hold his Bible
while on the witness stand.
Papanier also denied previous testimony that he conspired to distribute cocaine
with Coppola and hosted a series of meetings at his Dunwoody home during which
the murder of an associate was planned.
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After Tom was
aquitted, after he testified that he WAS NEVER a MEMBER of the Mob, and had
NOTHING to do with freeing Coppola or threatening anyone, he said this [remeber,
this was after he was saved and had his church members at the trial!]:
Coppola
found guilty on drug, rackets charges
BYLINE: EPSTEIN,
GAIL Gail Epstein Staff Writer STAFF DATE: April 25,
1987
PUBLICATION: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution EDITION: The
Atlanta Journal Constitution SECTION: LOCAL
NEWS PAGE: A/1
"The government could not claim complete victory, however. Of Coppola's
three co-defendants, one, Frank Church, was convicted and two were acquitted.
Those acquitted were Darrell Brown and Coppola's former bodyguard, Tommy Papanier,
who witnesses had linked to a New York organized crime family.....
....`I
had the Lord on my side'... .Papanier
let out a loud sigh of relief and buried his face in his hands when his verdict
was read. Outside the courtroom later, as he embraced his wife, Margaret, Papanier
was asked why the jury convicted Coppola but not him. "All
I can say is I had the Lord on my side," he said tearfully.
"I
prayed for this," added Papanier, whose fellow church members
attended portions of the trial. "At 4 a.m. I was woken up in my cell and
the Lord laid it out for me to pack my stuff."
Papanier
had faced three racketeering and cocaine-distribution
charges. Prosecution witnesses testified that he participated in murder plots
against two of Coppola's associates, helped Coppola plan a cocaine-distribution
network and bragged about his links to New York's Gambino syndicate. Papanier
disputed their testimony.
His attorney, Alan
Begner, said the government failed to prove charges in the indictment and
instead "sought to put on evidence of such things as
possible Gambino connections, things I did not think were relevant to
the case."
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Tom Was A Body Guard for a Drug Dealer and Porno
King, a made-guy would NEVER be a body guard:
Coppola sought to import cocaine, open adult bookstores, court told
Author: EPSTEIN, GAIL Gail Epstein Staff Writer STAFF Date: January 31, 1987 Publication: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page Number: C/6 Word Count: 614
Accused racketeer Carl Coppola and his business partners, seeking to expand their alleged criminal enterprise in Atlanta, planned to open adult bookstores and import large quantities of cocaine into the city, a key prosecution witness testified Friday in Coppola's trial.
Alexander Biscuiti, an unindicted co-conspirator, said that he, Coppola, co-defendant Thomas Papanier and Atlanta adult bookstore operator Rodney Glenn Smith traveled to New York in January 1984. The men were
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One cannot ORDER a murder of a Connected Wiseguy, Like Danny Forgione. Yet they
did they?:
Coppola tied to 2
murders by witness
Author:
EPSTEIN,
GAIL Gail Epstein Staff Writer STAFF Date: February 25,
1987 Publication: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page
Number: C/1 Word Count: 842
Testimony this
morning in the federal trial of accused racketeer Carl Coppola linked him to two
murders, one of which was allegedly planned in the Dunwoody house of
co-defendant Tommy Papanier.
Joseph Lee testified he, Coppola, Papanier and associate Alexander Biscuiti
met in January 1984 to plot the murder of Danny Forgione. Forgione was fatally
shot six times at close range in Florida in March 1984.[ Tom is CHARGED with this in a Law Suit Filed in April 2004]
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Copolla Was Kidnapped By Friend Not An Anonymous Drug Dealer. This
a;ll occurred BEFORE Tom became a lowely Body Gurad for this Drug and Porn
King!
Coppola
riches mostly illegal, feds say
For 13 years, police kept eye on his career
Author:
CHRISTENSEN,
MIKE Mike Christensen Staff Writer STAFF Date: May 19,
1986 Publication: The Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page
Number: A/1 Word Count: 2592
For more than 13 years,
law enforcement authorities followed the career of Carl Louis Coppola. But when
he was kidnapped in 1982 by a longtime friend and when the friend's body turned
up six months later dumped on a Florida playground, the investigation began in
earnest. Last week, a federal strike force hauled in its net - a grand jury
racketeering indictment of a dozen people including Coppola, two associates in
his Jilly's restaurant business, a former bodyguard and several alleged
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Coppola ordered a
"hit" on Tom, but he DID NOT USE THE MOB, and HE was not a Mob
Member, so, how can one orde a hit on a made guy? they cannot, and, tom
testifies that the men who were to kill him were in the Atlanta Pen while he
waited for trial, yet, the main character was not caught until a year AFTER the
trial!
Fugitive
named as hit man for Coppola is jailed
Author:
Date: January 5, 1988 Publication: The
Atlanta Journal and The Atlanta Constitution Page Number: C/6 Word
Count: 432
From Staff and
Wire Reports
HOLLY HILL, Fla. - A fugitive allegedly employed as a hit man by convicted
racketeer Carl Coppola was arrested by federal marshals, a deputy marshal said
Monday.
Charles Oliver Brown, 44, was traced to Holly Hill, near Daytona Beach, and
arrested at 8 a.m. on Sunday after overnight surveillance confirmed his
identity, said Deputy Marshal Barry Surles.
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