![]() ![]() Night of the Devil takes readers inside the crime, from the blood-spattered Angel Lounge to the courtroom where Thomas Trantino presented testimony that would keep him locked up for decades. The murder of the policemen in the Angel Lounge remains one of the most notorious crimes in New Jersey history, yet there has never been an in-depth examination of the case and its aftermath - until now. After being incarcerated for almost 40 years, and earning the distinction of being the longest-serving prisoner in the New Jersey penal system, Thomas Trantino ultimately walked out of prison a free man. But Trantino would not be put to death in New Jersey nor would he spend the rest of his life in prison. The other, Thomas Trantino, was imprisoned and sentenced to die for his crime. One of the hoodlums was shot and killed two days after the murders. The people of Lodi vowed that the killers would pay for what they had done. Nor would the families of the victims: Sergeant Peter Voto, who left behind a wife and three children, and 22-year-old Gary Tedesco, whose career in law enforcement had barely begun when his life was brutally cut short. The close-knit community of Lodi, shattered by the crime, would never be the same. When the carnage ended, two Lodi police officers were dead. ![]() Hours later, bullets ripped through the smoky air of the bar. On the evening of Sunday, August 25, 1963, a group of revelers drove into the small town of Lodi, New Jersey, bound for a local tavern called the Angel Lounge. ![]()
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