Complex sentence: By 1985 Little Nicky was a target of the New Jersey State Police in a major gambling investigation, but their wiretaps were useless because Nicky never talked business on the phone and very rarely in his home.
Split into simpler sentences: By 1985 Little Nicky was a target of the New Jersey State Police in a major gambling investigation. But their wiretaps were useless because Nicky never talked business on the phone and very rarely in his home.