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Who killed 11 people in a synagogue on all counts, including hate crimes. here s stephanie gosk. reporter: robert bowers is guilty on all counts, including murder and hate crimes. a pittsburgh jury convicting him for one of the deadliest acts of anti-semitism in the country s history. i thank our brave survivors for sharing their suffering so that we can protect against more suffering. reporter: bowers went to the tree of life synagogue in october 2018 because he knew services were being held, according to federal prosecutors. he didn t come to worship, he came to kill. describing to the court with minute-by-minute detail how the gunman armed with three handguns and an ar-15, turned the temple into a hunting ground. bowers killed 11 people and injured six, including four police officers. the government is seeking the death penalty. among those killed bernice and sylvan simon who were married in that same synagogue 62 years before. according to witness testimony, bowers told polic ....
Twenties, ben junior asked may to become part of his very successful convention organizing business. she would work alongside her mother and his mother, bernie s. it had taken 20 years, but they were finally becoming a family. i actually got older and got into the business, he was there indicted me and showed me how to do things. in the spring of 2009, bernice, in her late eighties, had apparently slipped and took a nasty fall one coming out of her fall car. she struggled into the house and died. may thought the time had come. for years, ben had been asking her to consider becoming his legally adopted daughter. she thought it would be the perfect father s day gift for him. i started thinking bernice had just passed and it would be something nice for him to be like, ok, you do have a daughter. because i do feel like i have him as a father, to this day. so it never got legally changed. ....
Found guilty of racketeering and conspiracy in the death of ben novak junior, and his mother, bernice. they were acquitted in only one charge, involving the theft of binge diamond bracelet. for the crime the conspirators almost got away with, the murder of bernie s novak, the conviction carried a mandatory life sentence for both. the best part of it was, bernie s can finally rest in peace. after the verdict, new york city spoke with a line from prison. she said she never would ve done anything to harm her husband and was innocent of all the charges. sergeant terry wilson and his team of detectives, the prosecutors, won their case with some big assist from the daughter. now her mother is gone and will spend the rest of her life in prison. she did not see what she had in front of her, she had her daughter, to grandkids that loved her, and now she has nothing. and greet in some amount of jealousy. absolutely. no matter what, i love my mother, she was my mother. she had grandki ....
it became a destination for the rat back, frank sinatra, a lot of major stars were appearing. lots of movies were shot there. novak was the king and he needed a queen to preside over his aqua colored palace. he found one in the former coca-cola model named bernie s. with her effortless charm, bernice turned out to be the perfect hostess to greet the celebrities, gangsters, and just plain guests, who made the fountain blew the scene of its day. queen ben and queen bernie s lived over the store in the penthouse suite, then came along the young prince, ben novak junior. he was a spoiled kid, he was a brat. ben junior, don t call him benji, would be trotted out to shake hands with the vip s. then it was back up the hotel elevator home. birthday cakes came from room service. and the kids who came to the birthday party were complete strangers to him. just kids who are passing through the hotel. the friendless lonely boy ....
The paperwork is still on his desk. it never got attended to because of the brutal event three months after bernice s passing. ben, narcy and may we re putting up another big convention in a hotel in new york suburban district county. just after 7:30 sunday morning, on july 12th 2009. the last day of the convention. hotel security got the urgent call. something very bad had happened in one of the suites. a 58-year-old man had been found bound and bludgeoned to death in the bedroom. ben novak junior, the one-time prince of the fountain blue, had been murdered. coming up. the investigation begins. but comings and goings of every room, every guest 150 rooms. when dateline continues. i go to spin classes with my coworkers. good for you, shingles doesn t care. because no matter how healthy you feel, your risk of shingles sharply increases after age 50. ....