Being murdered and having childhood cancer got nothing on one man's short stint in the slammer:
Seven former Miami cops, convicted in a gun-planting conspiracy, must surrender to federal authorities by noon Friday to begin serving prison sentences.Among them: ex-Lt. Israel ''Izzy'' Gonzalez, 47, whose wife, Lidia, was killed by Rolex robbers in '99 in Perrine. Gonzalez has two sons from a prior marriage, including a teenager battling cancer -- Ewing's sarcoma. Nevertheless, Gonzalez will report to the Federal Correctional Institution in Petersburg, Va. His term is 16 months.
''I can't help thinking that all the hardship that I've endured was for this very moment in time,'' Gonzalez says. He is not scared. He just wants it over with. ``Forget about closing the chapter. Let me just close the book.''
In prison Izzy will keep two shivs: one for protection and one for a throw-down.
(Herald login/pswd=crockett@tubbs.com/miamivice.)
Posted by floridacracker at December 14, 2006 10:31 AM