Chapter Nine: Busted

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Charlie and Felix talked to the Don for a couple of minutes and right as the conversation was about to end, the front door of the mansion busted open. Loud voices immediately followed the busting of the door. "FBI! We have a warrant!". The Lestima family tried to fight back, but foolish nature took over as most of the guns happened to be unloaded, making the gunfight only last ten seconds. The FBI then arrested every living member of the Lestima family, just like the police did in the 1960s. Every single member was then transported to the Manhattan Correctional Center and had a trial at the NYC Courthouse. Charges ranged from robbery and fraud to racketeering, extortion, and murder. Each of the eleven trials for the remaining family members took about a week and all but two ended in the same way: a life sentence with no possibility of parole. Those two lucky fellas who got off with just 20 years happened to be Maxwell Hawkings, the family's accountant, otherwise known as "Maxi", and the Caporegime, Stevie Greaser. This seemed to be the final nail in the coffin, but Maxi and Stevie had other ideas.

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