Anthony St. Laurent fires laywer

Reputed mobster Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent has fired the lawyer defending him against a murder-for-hire charge.

St. Laurent is accused of trying to hire someone to kill a mafia rival more than three years ago. He is already serving a five-year federal sentence for extortion.

St. Laurent has asked a federal judge for three weeks to find a new lawyer. 

He is also taking his motion to dismiss the murder-for-hire case to the Court of Appeals, after a federal judge denied that motion last week.