W.Va. mobster’s son charged in gambling ring
By Jason Cato TRIBUNE-REVIEW Wednesday, November 22, 2006 An investigation into a major Pittsburgh-based gambling ring has netted the son of a dead Wheeling, W.Va., mobster.
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