European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 6, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 12 stars and stripes Friday april 6 2007 reputed mobster nabbed after 11 years on Lam by Larry Mcshane the associated press new York if s a classic tale lifted from the Coppola Canon murder and the mob fam ily loyalty and betrayal one Man on the run and a dead Man in a car trunk but this is no godfather sequel and this Coppola is no Oscar Winner reputed Genovese crime family member Michael Coppola no relation to Francis Ford cop Pola lived a a coastal life on the Lam that ended last month when he his wife and his son were arrested Coppola 60 was Long wanted for the 1977 slaying of mobster Johnny coca cola Lardiere in the parking lot of a new Jersey Motel he bolted from his Jersey Shore Home in the 1990s after a mob turncoat information produced a court order for Dan Sam Ples from Coppola Over the next 11 years As he be came one of new jerseys mos wanted fugitives Coppola abandoned his Home state but not his criminal career new court documents charge he was aided Mike Michael Coppola a reputed acting Captain of the Genovese crime family looks around the court in Somerville no wanted in the 1977 murder of a fellow mobster outside a Bridgewater no Motel Coppola who eluded authorities since 1996 was captured by police in new York on March 9 by fellow mobsters travelled under an assortment of aliases and took bets in California the documents said court documents filed by Assis Tant us attorney John Buretta also alleged that Coppola and his film to director Clark Dies in a car crash los Angeles Bob Clark whose film a Christmas Story became a seasonal fixture for its bittersweet cataloguing of holi Day dreams and disappointments was killed with his son in a car crash he was 67 Clark and Ariel Hanrath Clark 22 were travelling on the Pacific coast Highway in the Pacific Pali Sades when they were killed wednesday said Lyne Leavy Clarks personal assistant their car was struck Headon by an Sun that a Drunken Driver steered into the wrong Lane police said if s a tragic Day for All of us who knew and loved Bob Clark said Scott Schwartz who played the flagpole Licking character flick in a Christmas Story and kept in touch with Clark Over the years Bob was a fun lovin Jellyroll Kinda Guy who will be sorely missed Iraq War Veteran killed in mass shooting Quincy mass an army Veteran who survived two years in Iraq and was working toward a degree in engineering has been identified As one of the latest Vic Tims of violent crime in Boston former army 1st sgt James Jacobs 27 was shot multiple times outside a friends Home in the cites Dorchester neighbourhood last Friday night police said he was taken to Boston medi Cal Center where he was pronounced dead the cites 15th homicide victim of the year Carolyn Jacobs told the Patriot Ledger of Quincy that her son went to Dorchester on Friday to visit a Friend when he went Back to his vehicle he found that two tires had been slashed he was waiting for a Tow truck when he was shot she said anti rollover control to be required for vehicles new York All new vehicles will be required to have anti rollover technology by the 2012 Model year the government said thursday predicting it could prevent thousands of Road deaths a year the transportation depart ment said electronic stability control could save Between 5300 and 9600 lives annually and pre vent up to 238000 injuries a year once it is fully deployed into the nations Fleet electronic stability control senses when a Driver May lose control of the vehicle and automatically applies brakes to individual wheels to help stabilize it and avoid a rollover Lindus parents want sentence commuted san Francisco the Law yer and parents of Ameri can born Taliban Soldier John Walker Lindh asked president Bush on wednesday to commute his 20year prison term citing the Case of an australian Man who was sentenced to less than a year for aiding terrorism Lindh 26 was captured in Afghanistan in november 2001 by american forces sent to topple the Taliban after the sept 11 terrorist attacks he was charged with conspiring to toll americans and support terrorists but pleaded guilty to lesser offences including carrying explosives for the no defunct Taliban govern ment Lindus lawyer and father said the lighter sentence Given to australian David Hicks should be reflected in Lindus Case Lindh converted to islam and went to Afghanistan to fight for the Taliban against the Northern Alliance which received us backing from the associated press son May have been involved in the 2005 slaying of a racketeering defendant whose decomposing body was discovered behind a new Jersey diner Lawrence Ricci disappeared in the Middle of his waterfront or eruption trial and taped conversations showed Coppola and son Louis Rizzo or discussing the death and the weapon used to pump two bullets into the victim the court papers said confidential source information indicated Rizzo and Coppo la participated in Riccio Mur Buretta wrote before a bail hearing last week Coppola re Mains behind bars on million bail in new Jersey while Rizzo is in a Brooklyn lockup without bail Coppola wife Linda accused of helping her husband avoid arrest was free on million bail the couple shared apartments on manhattans upper West Side and in san Francisco using a Vari Ety of fake names As Mey com nut de Between the coasts authorities said the California apartment offered evidence of Coppola Post disappearance income authorities found gambling records and Large sums of Cash the Cou Ples Manhattan Safe House was a sublet from a Genovese associate according to Buretta Coppola problems Date Back to 1977 when the 68yearold Lardiere was gunned Down at a new Jersey Motel in 1995 a mob informer named Coppola As the shooter and the reputed made Man bolted he was last seen in August 1996 Coppola eluded capture until March 9 when he was arrested while leaving a Manhattan health food store his wife and son were later picked up for their alleged roles in helping Coppola Dodge authorities in the Coppola Manhattan apartment authorities discovered an assortment of bogus Drivers licenses and other identification airline reservation records also showed the couple was plan Ning a san Francisco trip just four Days after Coppola arrest authorities said the most shocking allegation against Coppola is that while avoiding arrest he and his son worked As hit men wiretaps Cap tured the pair discussing various the Ricci slay ing Buretta said Ricci was acquitted in absent a of Federal charges just weeks after his death Coppola remained free for another 15 months after Riccio body was discovered