Edward mongon biography

The Conrail Boyz – Out of Business!

ELIZABETH, N.J., September 3, -- The man who admitted leading one of the nation's most accomplished bands of rail bandits was sentenced Friday to 13 years in term given to Edward Mongon was the longest of the 22 people sentenced, all of whom pleaded guilty.

Most got terms of five to eight years in prison, with several receiving  two defendants remain, a fugitive and Mongon's year-old grandmother. Charges against her are to be dropped, but state prosecutors have filed papers to seize a house and some cars they say were acquired with ill-gotten gains and placed in her  name.

Mongon, 29, of , and most of the others were arrested  in July following a two-year investigation initiated by police for Southern, a freight railroad.

He pleaded guilty to racketeering in  April, admitting he led the group that called itself the Conrail  gang took its name from the railroad whose Northeastern freight routes were divid 'Conrail Boyz' theft ring leader sentenced to 8 years in prison KARAG