Edgar Robb

Edgar Robb
An FBI surveillance photograph of Joseph D. Pistone (aka Donnie Brasco), Benjamin "Lefty" Ruggiero and Edgar Robb (aka Tony Rossi).
55th Sheriff of Albemarle County, Virginia
In office
January 1, 2000 – January 1, 2008
Preceded by Terry W. Hawkins
Succeeded by J. E. Harding
Member of the Virginia Senate
from the 25th district
In office
January 8, 1992 – January 10, 1996
Preceded by Thomas J. Michie, Jr.
Succeeded by Emily Couric
Personal details
Born Edgar Straessley Robb
(1937-12-23) December 23, 1937
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Political party Republican
Occupation FBI Agent
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Edgar Straessley Robb (born December 23, 1937) was an American law enforcement officer and politician. As an FBI agent, he went undercover as Tony Rossi.[1][2][3] As Tony Rossi, Robb infiltrated organized crime in Miami, Florida.

Sources

  • D. Lea Jacobs. Friend of the Family: An Undercover Agent in the Mafia, Howells House ISBN 0-929590-19-8
  • Pistone, Joseph D.; & Woodley, Richard (1999) Donnie Brasco: My Undercover Life in the Mafia, Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 0-340-66637-4.
  • Pistone, Joseph D.; & Brandt, Charles (2007). Donnie Brasco: Unfinished Business, Running Press. ISBN 0-7624-2707-8.
  • DeStefano, Anthony. The Last Godfather: Joey Massino & the Fall of the Bonanno Crime Family. California: Citadel, 2006.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.albemarleso.org/Ngoldenbadge.html
  2. ↑ http://www2.tbo.com/content/2007/oct/20/pa-club-in-holiday-became-focus-of-fbi-probe/
  3. ↑ "AGENT TELLS OF POSING AS A 'HIGH-ROLLING HOODLUM'". 17 August 1982.


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