{"product_id":"rogue-town-9781936759125","title":"Rogue Town","description":"\u003cp\u003eRogue Town  by Dennis N. Griffin and Vito Colucci  Jr.  is the true story of Stamford  Connecticut  a city that from 1965 through 1985 was under the stranglehold of organized crime and run by corrupt officials  it was known as one of the most corrupt cities in the country. Disgusted by what was happening in his home town  Stamford police officer Vito Colucci vowed he would do whatever it took to bring the corruption to light. It was a decision that eventually placed him in an undercover role  wearing a wire to gather evidence against senior officers in the Stamford Police Department  and nearly cost him his life. When the dust settled  serious wrongdoing in eight city departments was exposed  including the police department  where a rackets commander was taking $1 800 a week from the Gambino crime family  and a detective sergeant was running the largest drug ring in Southern Connecticut out of police headquarters. Fifteen city and state officials resigned or were fired; police officers  other officials and organized crime figures  were indicted and convicted. And a young reporter for the Stamford Advocate named Anthony Dolan won a Pulitzer Prize for his 75-part series on municipal corruption. However  what happened in Stamford   Connecticut  reverberated far beyond that city and state. It served as the catalyst for President Ronald Reagan s initiative against the American Mafia and the establishment of the President s Commission on Organized Crime. Morgan ST. James  who writes columns for both the Las Vegas and Los Angeles editions of Examiner.com and is a noted author herself  wrote the following in her review of the new book: A sneak peek at the review copy was fascinating and this book is sure to be a hit. Not a hit in the sense of killing someone  but a hit as in runaway success. In Rogue Town  Vito Colucci takes you back to those days and the years he worked undercover. It s the raw truth and that s what makes it so compelling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45650494816309,"sku":"ByrdShop_1936759128","price":103.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781936759125.jpg?v=1781797782","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/rogue-town-9781936759125","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}