This Week In Gang Land
Feds Plan To Use The Father's Last Words To Help Them Convict The Son Of His Murder
On
October 4, 2018, beleaguered Bonanno crime family associate Sylvestor (Sally
Daz) Zottola sent a tender Happy Birthday text message to his
grandson for his birthday that day: "Pop pop Love you so so much happy
birthday," he wrote.
A few hours later, Sally Daz was shot five times and killed at a McDonald's drive thru restaurant in the Bronx. Now, proecutors are planning to use those endearing words as evidence at the murder-for-hire trial this month of his son Anthony and three members of the Bloods street gang who are charged with his gangland-style slaying, Gang Land has learned.
They'll also tell the jury what the murdered mob associate was discussing with his girlfriend as he drove to his execution that afternoon, prosecutors say in a court filing.
Venerable Brooklyn Judge Gives The Sally Daz Murder Trial To The New Judge On The Bench
In
a startling announcement two weeks before the start of trial, Senior Federal
Judge Raymond Dearie has opted out of presiding over the Anthony Zottola
murder-for-hire case.
Feds To Judge: No Compassion For Tommy Shots
Thomas
(Tommy Shots) Gioeli wants to come home. The Colombo wiseguy is suffering
from bladder cancer and a number of other ailments and is slated to be
released from prison next Spring. The feds say that's soon enough, and when
he should be released for his racketeering conviction stemming from several
murders for which he was acquitted.
