Dannemora News

He evaded police capture for decades, terrorising the city of New York with his gambling, drug trafficking and extortion - and rising to the Mafia's helm.

Nearly 19 years ago, four year old Derrick Robie was brutally murdered by 13 year old Eric Smith in their small town of Savona.

Authorities say a northern New York man charged with impersonating a police officer has a history of such behavior in the North Country and Vermont.

Eric Smith's parole hearing has been postponed until next month. Smith, who was 13 when he murdered 4-year-old Derrick Robie in 1993 in Savona, had been scheduled to go before the parole board Tuesday.

Eric Smith, who was 13 when he murdered a 4-year-old Savona boy in 1993, is scheduled to go before a parole board today in his latest bid to earn release from prison.