from Hollywoodmafia by Jack Whalen
I felt that I need to add a few things. All these guys that I talk about are nothing but cowards. I posted up a picture of my buddy stuck on the Afgani Border getting shot at everyday. These Army guys are the real tough guys.
To the rest of you wannabee Mafia Toughs, you live in dreamland. I see now that some of you bash Bill Cutolo Sr and Bill Jr. What the fuck do you know about that life?
All you people know is what you hear or read.
I love how people say that Bill Jr is not a man because he did not do anything. What the fuck! He did plenty, he took down that greedy beat up Jokey Deross and his Boi Allie.
They are in trouble because of their own greed. What was Bill Jr to do? Fight them? Bill Sr tried that and even with huge numbers he was not successful. I love it how everyone talks about what they would have done.
You are the same guys who yell at the TV during football games, yet you never played pro ball. This is real life and people die. People go away and people have famlies.
These LCN leaders ALL have caused their own downfall because of their greed and petty ways. They box guys in and leave them no choice. These guys face life with nothing.
They know that their famlies will suffer.
It is a joke. These guys are all punks, The Persico's are the worst, they are stupid and weak.
I am still here posting the blog. That means despite what people write about me, that what I write is true. They cannot shut me up.
Even with what I have done to the powers in the Colombo Famliys precious sons. Picture the clusterfuck that would be guys from Brooklyn looking for me in California. Who could not see one of those Bayridge guido's coming a mile away!
The only thing I wish I could do over.. would be to put away more of these losers. I salute those guys still on the street wearing wires. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK. Those locked up, flip!
Why waste your life so a Family like the Persico's can benifit. I also hope that Jokey Deross, his family and those stupid relatives on Myspace feel the heat soon.
I had to post up this new Ori Spado letter to the Judge in his case. That old diabetes's fat prick. Ori is housed seprate from all the others that he was charged with in the RICO Case. Maybe because he was a Rat and his tape is online?
This guy loved to yell on the Telephone and make threats, now he is crying. Poor Ori. The fact that this guy and another wonderful Rat John Franzese helped bring down these other Colombo's is a great thing.
How could the Colombo's not know? Ori is a long time Rat and anytime spent in his company you can tell he is full of shit. A big talker. Then we have John this guy was never to be trusted.
I bet Frank Camps feels like a real ass now. this is twice now that a member of the Franzese family has put him away.
How about the Colombo's! They made a 90 year old man the Underboss, blind in one eye, cant drive with a bad ticker and hip. Look at what he does, read these petty crimes. Then you have that bitch titty Tommy Shots who looks like a real shitbag. What petty crimes.
Read this shit and soon he will face more time.
They went from Bill Cutolo to this... What pathetic people.
Kenji is LMFAO in the OC. http://af11.wordpress.com/ Read this BLOG.
The government respectfully submits this letter in
support of its motion for a permanent order of detention as to
defendant Dino Saracino. As set forth below, Saracino poses a
danger to the community and a risk of flight. In addition, there
is a serious risk that Saracino will attempt to obstruct justice.
Therefore, he should be detained pending trial.
I. Proffered Facts
On June 19, 2008, a grand jury in this District
returned a sealed second superseding indictment (“Indictment”)
charging Saracino with murder in aid of racketeering,
racketeering conspiracy, obstruction of justice and extortionate
extension of credit. In support of this motion, the government
hereby incorporates by reference its detention memo filed on June
4, 2008 (see Docket No. 17), a copy of which is enclosed, in
which the government sought the detention of numerous of
Saracino’s criminal associates who were charged in the underlying
superseding indictment.
The Indictment identifies Saracino, as well as, inter
alia, Thomas Gioeli, Dino Calabro, and Joseph Competiello, as
members of the Colombo organized crime family of La Cosa Nostra
(the “Colombo family”), a violent criminal enterprise that
engages in a litany of crimes, including, among others, murder,
robbery, extortion, and obstruction of justice.
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The following are brief summaries of some of the facts
underlying some of the charges against Saracino.
A. Murder of Frank Marasa
Saracino, along with Gioeli, Calabro and Competiello,
is responsible for the 1991 murder of Frank Marasa, also known as
“Chestnut.” Marasa was murdered in front of 8675 19th Avenue,
Brooklyn, New York on June 12, 1991. On that date, Marasa was
found by New York City Police Department officers laying shot in
the street. Marasa later died from the gun shot wounds.
Marasa was murdered in retaliation for his perceived
involvement in the murder of Colombo family associate Ennab
Awjab, also known as “OJ,” on May 30, 1991. Calabro, then a
Colombo family associate, sought and obtained permission to kill
Marasa from Gioeli, then a Colombo family soldier. After
obtaining Gioeli’s permission, Calabro, Saracino, Competiello and
others carried out the murder, ambushing Marasa on the street.
B. Murder of Richard Greaves
Saracino, Calabro and Competiello participated in the
1995 murder of Richard Greaves. Greaves was last seen on August
3, 1995, and his body was never recovered.
Greaves, a Colombo family associate, was murdered
because he had knowledge of criminal activities in which
Saracino, Gioeli, Calabro, Competiello and others participated,
including the murder of Frank Marasa, and they believed that
Greaves had the potential to cooperate with law enforcement
against them. To accomplish the murder, they lured Greaves to
meet them, and then shot and killed him.
C. Robbery of Furs by Mina
Saracino, along with Gioeli, Calabro and Competiello,
also participated in a violent robbery of a fur store, Furs by
Mina, located at 408 Jericho Turnpike, in Syosset, New York, on
February 11, 1991.
Gioeli, Calabro and another individual entered Furs by
Mina, posing as a father and two sons interested in purchasing a
fur for Valentine’s Day. Once inside the store, they drew guns
and then handcuffed and forced the owner and the owner’s son to
the floor. Saracino, Competiello and others then filled garbage
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bags with fur coats from the store and loaded the coats into
vehicles that were waiting outside.
D. Obstruction of Justice
This year, Saracino has attempted to obstruct the
government’s investigation of the Colombo family. Commencing in
or about January 2008, numerous subpoenas were served on
Saracino’s associates. Aware that the individuals who were
served with subpoenas had information that might assist the
government in its investigation against Saracino, Saracino
corruptly attempted to persuade these individuals not to provide
the government with inculpating information.
II. Discussion
A. Bail Reform Act
Under the Bail Reform Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3141 et seq.,
federal courts are empowered to order a defendant’s detention
pending trial upon a determination that the defendant is either a
danger to the community or poses a risk of flight or obstruction
of justice. See 18 U.S.C. § 3142(e) (“no condition or
combination of conditions would reasonably assure the appearance
of the person as required and the safety of any other person and
the community”). A finding of dangerousness must be supported by
clear and convincing evidence. See United States v. Ferranti, 66
F.3d 540, 542 (2d Cir. 1995); United States v. Chimurenga, 760
F.2d 400, 405 (2d Cir. 1985). A finding of risk of flight must
be supported by a preponderance of the evidence. See United
States v. Jackson, 823 F.2d 4, 5 (2d Cir. 1987); Chimurenga, 760
F.2d at 405.
The Bail Reform Act lists four factors to be considered
in the detention analysis: (1) the nature and circumstances of
the crimes charged, (2) the history and characteristics of the
defendant, (3) the seriousness of the danger posed by the
defendant’s release, and (4) the evidence of the defendant’s
guilt. See 18 U.S.C. § 3142(g).
B. The Defendant Is a Danger to the Community
Saracino poses a substantial danger to the community.
He is affiliated with a violent criminal enterprise, and has
engaged in violence, planned violence, possessed firearms for the
purpose of engaging in violence, and threatened violence. As
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discussed more specifically below, each of the relevant
considerations under the Bail Reform Act strongly favors
detention here.
First, Saracino is charged with multiple crimes of
violence under the relevant provisions of the Bail Reform Act,
specifically two murders and a violent robbery. See United
States v. Ciccone, 312 F.3d 535, 542 (2d Cir. 2002) (Bail Reform
Act defines a “crime of violence” as an offense that has as one
of its elements the “attempted use, or threatened use of physical
force against the person or property of another,” or “any other
offense that is a felony and that, by its nature, involves a
substantial risk that physical force against the person or
property of another may be used in the course of committing the
offense” (citing 18 U.S.C. §§ 3156(a)(4)(A), (B))).
Saracino’s history and “characteristics” also clearly
favor detention. He is a Colombo family soldier who is charged
with committing two murders and a violent robbery. In addition,
Saracino has access to firearms. In March 2005, nine firearms
were recovered from a property owned by a member of Saracino’s
family. Upon learning of this incident, Saracino informed a
cooperating witness that the firearms belonged to him and
corruptly attempted to persuade the witness to claim
responsibility for the firearms. More recently, Saracino has
obstructed the federal grand jury investigation of the Colombo
crime family.
Moreover, the seriousness of the danger posed by the
defendant’s release cannot be underestimated in light of his
affiliation with the Colombo family, a violent criminal
enterprise, and his involvement in crimes of violence and/or
possession of weapons. Courts in this circuit have recognized
that when organized crime defendants, such as the defendant in
this case, is charged with employing violent conduct, the risk of
continued violent conduct is substantial and justifies detention.
See United States v. Salerno, 631 F. Supp. 1364, 1364 (S.D.N.Y.
1986).
Lastly, the evidence of the defendant’s guilt is
exceedingly strong. The government intends to prove the
defendant’s guilt at trial through the testimony of numerous
witnesses, included cooperating witnesses, many of whom were once
the defendant’s co-conspirators. In addition, the defendant was
intercepted on numerous consensual recordings discussing charged
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crimes. Physical and documentary evidence, such as phone
records, further underscores his guilt.
* * *
In sum, in considering each of four relevant
“detention” factors, the defendant Saracino is a danger to the
community and should be detained.
C. The Defendant Poses a Risk of Flight
The defendant also poses a risk of flight. If
convicted of the pending death-eligible charges, the defendant
must be sentenced, if not to death, then to a statutory mandatory
life term of imprisonment. The significant sentence faced by the
defendant gives him a substantial incentive to flee. See United
States v. Dodge, 846 F. Supp. 181, 184-85 (D. Conn. 1994)
(possibility of a “severe sentence” heightens the risk of
flight).
D. There is a Serious Risk that Defendant
Would Obstruct Justice
A court may also order detention if there is “a serious
risk that the [defendant] will ... attempt to obstruct justice,
or ... to threaten, injure, or intimidate, a prospective witness
or juror.” 18 U.S.C. § 3142(f)(2)(B); see United States v.
Friedman, 837 F.2d 48 (2d Cir. 1988). As set forth above,
Saracino has recently engaged in obstruction of justice in an
effort to avoid prosecution. Moreover, Saracino participated in
the murder of Richard Greaves, in part, because he believed that
Greaves could cooperate with law enforcement against Saracino and
his criminal associates. Accordingly, there is a serious risk
that Saracino will attempt to obstruct justice by corruptly
interfering in the government’s prosecution of Saracino and his
criminal associates. Saracino’s obstruction also shows that
Saracino does not respect the federal justice system and thus
further evidences that he would not abide by release conditions.
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III. Conclusion
For the reasons cited above, the government
respectfully requests that the Court enter a permanent order of
detention with respect to defendant Dino Saracino.
Respectfully submitted,
BENTON J. CAMPBELL
United States Attorney
By:
Elizabeth A. Geddes
James D. Gatta
Assistant U.S. Attorneys
Dec 5, 2008 4:55 PM