In January 1993, after nearly three years on the run, Lucchese crime family underboss Anthony “Gaspipe” Casso was located and arrested at a home in Budd Lake, New Jersey. The wily mobster had gone on the run to escape numerous racketeering indictments.
While languishing in the Brooklyn federal courthouse, Casso made a decision that would not have seemed possible to those who knew him: He had decided to cooperate.
This was a shocking turn of events. Casso hated rats - he killed rats - and yet, he had come to the realization that this was the only thing that could prevent him from spending the rest of his days in federal prison.
