"Rick in Oz"  wrote in message
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> http://jam.canoe.ca/Books/2005/03/19/966490-ap.html
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> 'Goodfellas' inspiration faces drug charge
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> NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (AP) - Former mobster-turned-chef Henry Hill, whose
> gangland experiences inspired the movie Goodfellas, has been charged with
> felony drug possession.
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> Police said Hill's luggage was searched on Aug. 15 at the North Platte
> Regional Airport and methamphetamine and cocaine was found.

Both of these drugs are actually legal prescription drugs in the US.CII
So he didn't have a prescription, so what.



 On Friday,
> Lincoln County Judge Kent Florum sent him to district court on a felony
> charge of drug possession.
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> Hill, portrayed by Ray Liotta in Goodfellas, had sought refuge in the
> witness protection program after agreeing to testify against his former
mob
> bosses from New York.
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> However, he left the witness protection program and now lives in North
> Platte with his wife, who is from the area. He has been working as a chef
> and helping establish an Italian restaurant. Hill also wrote The Wiseguy
> Cookbook, released in 2002.
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> In a recent interview with The Associated Press, Hill said he had been
> addicted to the mobster lifestyle.
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> "But you overcome it I think. I mean, you succeed," he said.
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> From Sunny Oz, Rick :)
> Proud Keeper of the talented & beautiful Halle Berry.
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