A federal judge in western New York has rejected a plea for compassionate release by a Rochester mobster who says he’s at risk of death because of the coronavirus.
Dominic Taddeo, imprisoned the past three decades for killing three people and other crimes, said his hypertension, obesity and other health problems put him at higher risk of serious complications if he contracts COVID-19. He’s scheduled to be released from prison in two years.
But U.S. District Judge Frank Geraci Jr. ruled Friday that Taddeo did not prove he was at serious risk and even if he was at serious risk, it does not outweigh the need for him to
→ Continue reading at NBC New York
