Word: tomasello
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tony Tomasello, killing some slow moments last week at the gas station he owns in Fort Lauderdale, came across a fascinating story in his local newspaper. It said that a brown-haired man stopped by police for running a red light in the affluent Florida city might just be a Jesse James-style bank robber whose mixture of bravado and courtesy had made him a folk hero in South Africa. The traffic violator had given his name as Peter Harris. Tomasello had sold a used orange Mustang to a Peter Harris less than two weeks earlier. When he looked...
...identification and flew to Fort Lauderdale. South African police also seized a $200,000 yacht bought by the gang and scheduled to be delivered to Stander in the Florida city. Stander learned of the yacht's discovery from a newspaper story-the same one that betrayed him to Tomasello...
Joining a police stakeout in the neighborhood, Tomasello spotted Stander riding a bicycle. After a short chase, the cornered fugitive raised his arms and shouted, "I give up!" Then he seized Patrolman Michael Von Stetina's shotgun and pointed it at the officer. Von Stetina killed Stander with three pistol shots. Even South Africa's Minister of Justice seemed saddened by the demise of his erstwhile nemesis, sending condolences to Stander's family...
...addition, Harvard forward Greg Olson, also a junior and one who has never received due credit for his lofty accomplishments, received the Joe Tomasello Award, which goes to the unsung hero in New England hockey Fusco and Harvard goaltender Wade Lau were named to the All-New England team...