Thursday, March 22, 2012

Butler guilty fake virus

  • By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - A former butler for philanthropist Anne H.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A former butler for philanthropist Anne H.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • THE FORMER butler of millionaire Anne Bass was convicted Thursday for his part in a terrifying $850 million extortion plot in which he broke into her Connecticut mansion and threatened to kill her with a fake virus.
  • (New York Daily News)
  • After a weeklong trial and about five hours of deliberations on Thursday, a jury found former butler Emanuel Nicolescu guilty on all three counts with what the intruders called a deadly virus but was actually fungus medication.
  • (Sacramento Bee)
  • The "virus s $70,000-a-year butler, according to an FBI affidavit in the case. Nicolescu is charged with interfering with commerce by extortion, conspiracy and possession of a stolen vehicle.
  • (Bloomberg)
  • The butler accused of holding millionaire socialite Anne Bass hostage for 12 hours in her Connecticut estate and injecting her with a deadly virus is to face trial Nicolescu, 31, has pleaded not guilty to charges including attempted extortion.
  • (Daily Mail)

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