ORLEANS COUNTY, N.Y. -- A former Rochester mobster is in trouble with the law again. This time accused of smuggling drugs for a woman at the Albion Correction Facility on Sunday.
Thomas Torpey, 68, faces several charges for allegedly smuggling Oxycodone, Percocet, and other narcotics to a woman serving time for arson.
That woman, Ashley Sizemore, 31, is serving a 52-month prison sentence for arson at a Spencerport home in February of 2014. Sizemore along with her brother, Johnny Sizemore used gasoline to spark the blaze.
Former Irondequoit Police Officer Chad Rahn was living in the home at the time. His ex-wife Stephanie Rahn is the Sizemore's sister. Chad Rahn testified in court he believed the arson was some sort of retaliation against him and was orchestrated by ex-wife.
Monroe County Assistant DA Brian Green told Time Warner Cable News that Torpey was in court on Sizemore's behalf every step of the way. He said it was his understanding that Torpey and Sizemore were living together and in a relationship.
Torpey, who's on lifetime parole for his 1985 second degree murder conviction, could be headed back to prison. He spent 23 years behind bars for hiring a hitman to kill a teamsters union official. Torpey was best known as the bodyguard for Salvatore “Sammy G” Gingello.