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FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2008 file photo, John Martorano is questioned about his plea agreement in exchange for testifying against former FBI agent John Connolly, in the Miami Courthouse. Connolly is accused of helping the Boston mob murder Miami gambling executive John Callahan in 1982, at Miami International Airport. Martorano, who served 12 years in prison after a plea deal, and who has admitted killing 20 people, is expected to testify at the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger, Monday, June 17, 2013 in federal court in Boston. (AP Photo/Marice Cohn Band, Pool, File)

Bulger’s ex-enforcer pressed on inconsistencies

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

BOSTON — A former hit man who admitted killing 20 people insisted Wednesday that he told authorities the truth when he implicated James “Whitey” Bulger in 11 slayings, but he acknowledged lying in the past, including to a close friend just before he shot him in the head. John Martorano is one of three former Bulger loyalists who agreed to cooperate with prosecutors and testify against Bulger at his racketeering trial. Bulger is accused of playing a role in 19 killings during the 1970s and ’80s. On Wednesday, Martorano’s third day on the witness stand, he endured a stinging cross-examination by Bulger attorney Hank Brennan, … 0

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Updated: Granby man admits to 2011 arson, gets four-year prison sentence

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — After a partial day of testimony in his arson trial, Scott Szaban admitted to setting a fire that destroyed a Granby home in 2011. Szaban, 47, of 299 East State St., pleaded guilty Tuesday afternoon to a single count of arson, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one … 0

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Granby man admits to 2011 arson, gets four-year prison sentence 

Wednesday, June 19, 2013

NORTHAMPTON — A Granby man accused of arson pleaded guilty in court Wednesday. Scott Szaban, 47, of 399 East State St., was sentenced by Judge Bertha Josephson in Hampshire Superior Court, to four years in state prison after he admitted to setting a fire in September 2011 that destroyed a Granby home and … 0

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