John Martorano Murders

John Martorano was born December 13, 1940. His brother James was born a year later on December 10, 1941. John was a tough guy… until he started looking at having to do prison time. Back in the late Seventies, Martorano had been caught by the Plymouth District Attorney’s office in a wiretap of a bookie operation. Martorano was facing prison. Fortunately for Martorano, he had access to a corrupt State Police Trooper, Dick Schneiderhan, who worked in the attorney general’s office. Schneiderhan let Martorano know that the state police monitoring the wiretap had violated the minimization order of the judge who gave the warrant for the wiretap. They had listened beyond the time authorized. The violation may have led to the evidence gained from the wiretap being suppressed. The prosecutor, Bill O’Malley, did not want to take that chance. The defense lawyer and Martorano did not want to take the chance that it would not be suppressed. The two parties arrived at a deal giving Martorano a slap on the hand.  <a href="https://medium.com/@mattatty/john-martorano-murders-c3523b2c5f72">Website</a>