Word: gruttola
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Dates: during 1973-1973
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...gunfight in a Manhattan steak-house left one plainclothes policeman wounded in the stomach, a bystander shot in the thigh and Joseph Gruttola on the run. Three more policemen chased Gruttola (who had been shot in the jaw), caught him and charged him with robbery and attempted murder. Then, to their indignation, the accused cop-shooter was released by Judge Bruce Wright on bail of just $500 in cash...
...disgrace." Despite various legal maneuvers, however, Judge Wright held firm. "Bail is not a game of money to be won only by the rich," he said. "It is to assure appearance in court, and if the accused has roots in the community, then there is no [high] bail." Gruttola, the father of two, owns a home and runs a driving school and insurance business, and Wright refused to increase bail "simply because a public officer is the alleged victim...