Man is jailed in trial on misuse of union funds BY DAVID ASHENFELTER / freep.com
A union employee was held in contempt of court Monday as a federal trial began for five people, including a Warren city councilman, accused of misusing Michigan carpenters union funds by helping to build a union official's home. "The evidence in this case will show that the bulk of the work was done on weekdays, not weekends," Assistant U.S. Attorney Walter Kozar told a 16-member jury in opening statements.
NY Daily News - Hunt's on for body in '98 capo rubout By MICHELE McPHEE
By then, Coppola, a former carpenters union official, had made a name for himself as an earner running the rackets at the Jacob Javits Convention Center, along with his boyhood pal Liborio (Barney) Bellomo.