Opinion ID: 1212404
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Eppolito and Caracappa Retire from NYPD

Text: In early 1990, Eppolito retired from NYPD. For a time, he remained in the New York area, and although he no longer had direct access to police files, he continued to participate in providing services to Kaplan and Casso. For example, in May 1990, he relayed to Kaplan information collected by Caracappa about the impending arrests of Casso and Amuso, see Part I.A.11. above; in August 1990, he advised Kaplan that Facciola was a government cooperator, see Part I.A.7. above; in November 1990, he tracked down and helped to kill Lino, see Part I.A.8. above; in 1991, he participated in the attempted murder of Tabak, see Part I.A.10. above. In the early 1990s, Eppolito moved to Las Vegas. Kaplan remained in contact with Caracappa, continuing to use the same covert methods of communicating with him. Caracappa retired from NYPD in 1992. He remained in New York until, in the latter part of 1996, he too moved to Las Vegas.