Sandra Wells

Sandra Wells and Betty Alt are the co-authors of five other books, all delving into the area of criminal justice. They include: Wicked Women; Fleecing Grandma and Grandpa; Policewomen: Life with the Badge; Mountain Murders: Homicide in the Rockies. Well has a Ph.D from Colorado State University and retired as chief investigator with the Pueblo, Colorado District Attorney’s office. Betty Alt has an M.A. in history from Northeast Missouri State University and is a lecturer in sociology at Colorado State University - Pueblo.

No One Saw the Bullet Leave the Gun

Sept.29, 2010    

Joseph "Scotty" Spinuzzi

An excerpt from the book: Mountain Mafia: Organized Crime in the Rockies, detailing the 1960 murder trial of “Scotty” Spinuzzi.  The book covers some of the more colorful leaders in the West's organized crime operations, including Joe “Little Caesar” Roma, “Black Jack” Colletti, and the Smaldone brothers. In addition to the "Scotty" Spinuzzi, trial, the book details the connection these Colorado  mobsters had with notorious crime members in New York, Chicago, Detroit, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.  Mountain Mafia: Organized Crime in the Rockies is available on-line, at Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and can be ordered through any local book store.

by Betty Alt and Sandra Wells

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