Florida prosecutors indict ex-FBI agent in 1982 Miami murder

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/04/florida_prosecutors_indict_ex_fbi_agent_in_1982_miami_murder/

A former FBI agent already imprisoned for shielding Boston mobsters from prosecutors, was indicted Wednesday in the 1982 murder of a former Miami jai-alai executive whose body was stuffed into the trunk of his Cadillac.

Former agent John J. Connolly Jr., 64, was charged in the state grand jury indictment with first-degree murder and conspiracy in the killing of former World Jai Alai president John Callahan, whose body was found in the car trunk by an attendant in the parking lot at Miami International Airport.

"I can tell you he's not guilty," said Connolly attorney Edward J. Lonergan. "I've known John since 1961. John is a good, good man and this is a sad, sad process. It's just very disappointing."

Callahan had been shot twice in the head and a dime was placed on his chest, an underworld signal to others not to "drop a dime" or snitch on other mobsters, investigators said.