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| Convict's Smuggled Sperm Destroyed |
| By Reuters |
| Published: 03/18/2003 |
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A saga over the frozen sperm of a reputed New York mobster who smuggled it out of prison to impregnate his wife has come to an end with its destruction, a prosecutor has said. Antonino Parlavecchio was one of several inmates at Allenwood prison in northern Pennsylvania indicted for bribing officers to traffic the sperm, Assistant U.S. Attorney Wayne Samuelson said on February 13. 'This was an organised crime thing,' Samuelson said. 'I have never encountered anything quite like it.' Parlavecchio, his wife, Maria, and Troy Kemmerer, an officer at Allenwood, were tried and convicted for their roles in the plot in 2002. Parlavecchio, who was serving a sentence for loan-sharking and racketeering, was sentenced to an additional six months. His wife pleaded guilty and is serving a year of probation. Kemmerer was sentenced to 27 months in prison. The fate of the smuggled sperm had remained undecided because the Parlavecchios had petitioned to keep it for its original purpose. A U.S. District Court judge had ordered it destroyed and an appeals court had upheld the decision in January, Samuelson said. He said that when the Parlavecchios decided not to appeal further, the sperm was disposed of February 4. |
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