John Johnny Cokes Lardiere

Death by Force

John 'Johnny Cokes' Lardiere, a 68-year-old male, met a violent end in the early morning hours of Easter Sunday, April 10, 1977. He was on a 26-hour furlough from the Clinton Reformatory for Women, where he was being held for contempt of court after refusing to testify before the State Commission of Investigation regarding organized crime. The furlough was intended to be a brief respite, but it proved to be his last taste of freedom. Around 2:30 a.m., in the parking lot of the Red Bull Inn on Ro ...Read More

Mobster on a Leave From Prison Is Shot and Killed in Bridgewater (Published 1977)

Johnny Cokes — All about Michael Coppolla, a reprint by Anthony ...