NY - Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, 53, Gambino Crime Family, Shot Dead, Staten Island Mar 2019 Arrest
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https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/slain-mob-boss-frank-cali-laid-to-rest-as-authorities-look-on/
The murdered head of the Gambino crime family was buried on Staten Island on Tuesday after a service attended by a little more than a dozen mourners — all under the watchful eye of authorities armed with high-powered cameras across the street.
Around 9:30 a.m., several cars including black Mercedes and a Chevy Suburban pulled up to the Scarpaci Funeral Home in Tottenville and drove around back for a service for Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali.
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Then at 10:30 a.m. on the dot, cars began racing from the funeral home and headed to the Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp, where Cali was buried.
The murdered head of the Gambino crime family was buried on Staten Island on Tuesday after a service attended by a little more than a dozen mourners — all under the watchful eye of authorities armed with high-powered cameras across the street.
Around 9:30 a.m., several cars including black Mercedes and a Chevy Suburban pulled up to the Scarpaci Funeral Home in Tottenville and drove around back for a service for Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali.
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Then at 10:30 a.m. on the dot, cars began racing from the funeral home and headed to the Moravian Cemetery in New Dorp, where Cali was buried.
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https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/mafia-allegedly-paid-45k-in-cash-for-mob-boss-burial-spot/
It’s a burial spot to die for — and bought in true Mafia style.
Slain Gambino crime family boss Francesco “Franky Boy’’ Cali was laid to rest in a white-pillared, red-marble mausoleum on Staten Island on Tuesday — after his associates “came in with a suitcase on Saturday and paid my boss $45,000 in cash,’’ a gravedigger there told The Post.
It’s a burial spot to die for — and bought in true Mafia style.
Slain Gambino crime family boss Francesco “Franky Boy’’ Cali was laid to rest in a white-pillared, red-marble mausoleum on Staten Island on Tuesday — after his associates “came in with a suitcase on Saturday and paid my boss $45,000 in cash,’’ a gravedigger there told The Post.
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The 24-year-old suspect also used the social media platform in his bizarre bid to boot Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo out of office.
“He was on Instagram live in front of the mayor’s house a few weeks ago demanding de Blasio comes outside because he was under citizen’s arrest,” a source said. “He was reaching out to people to sign a petition to get the governor and mayor out of office.”
The source said Comello had been messaging him lately to sign the petition.
“I thought he was whacked out so I didn’t call him,” the person said. “In high school, he was a good kid. He hung out with the wrong crowd and did pills and smoked weed and got into fights, but now it’s like he’s someone else. It’s strange.”
Police sources said Comello showed up outside City Hall a few months ago in an attempt to make a citizen’s arrest of the mayor.
Investigators believe Comello may have whacked Cali because the Mafia kingpin barred Comello from dating Cali’s niece.
It’s unclear whether Comello knew whom he was dealing with, one of his friends said.
“I’m not sure if he knew who Cali was but I know that it was over a girl, and if you ask me, he wasn’t all in the head,” said the person. “And it’s sad, because of who he killed, it’s a matter of time before he’s found dead in jail.”
https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/suspe...no-mob-boss-unhinged-ran-pro-trump-instagram/
Is Anthony Comello truly a nutter or was this all part of the big plan?
“He was on Instagram live in front of the mayor’s house a few weeks ago demanding de Blasio comes outside because he was under citizen’s arrest,” a source said. “He was reaching out to people to sign a petition to get the governor and mayor out of office.”
The source said Comello had been messaging him lately to sign the petition.
“I thought he was whacked out so I didn’t call him,” the person said. “In high school, he was a good kid. He hung out with the wrong crowd and did pills and smoked weed and got into fights, but now it’s like he’s someone else. It’s strange.”
Police sources said Comello showed up outside City Hall a few months ago in an attempt to make a citizen’s arrest of the mayor.
Investigators believe Comello may have whacked Cali because the Mafia kingpin barred Comello from dating Cali’s niece.
It’s unclear whether Comello knew whom he was dealing with, one of his friends said.
“I’m not sure if he knew who Cali was but I know that it was over a girl, and if you ask me, he wasn’t all in the head,” said the person. “And it’s sad, because of who he killed, it’s a matter of time before he’s found dead in jail.”
https://nypost.com/2019/03/19/suspe...no-mob-boss-unhinged-ran-pro-trump-instagram/
Is Anthony Comello truly a nutter or was this all part of the big plan?
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Anthony Comello was known as an aimless young man on his family’s block in Staten Island, where he lived in his parents’ house. He could be helpful, offering during snowstorms to plow the streets with his pickup and to clear snow from neighbors’ driveways. But he also believed in far-right conspiracy theories, had an OxyContin habit and could be aggressive when he was high, people who knew him said.
Still, he was not the kind of person anyone imagined would someday pull off the highest-profile mob killing in decades.
Mr. Comello, a 24-year-old born and raised on Staten Island’s South Shore, is accused of gunning down a Gambino crime family leader, Francesco (Franky Boy) Cali, on a quiet street in Todt Hill last week.
The shooting rocketed Mr. Comello, an otherwise unsensational young man who was struggling to launch his adult life, into true-crime infamy. But in the days since Mr. Cali, 53, was shot 10 times, Mr. Comello — as well as his motive — has remained a cipher.
The police have not explained how Mr. Comello even crossed into Mr. Cali’s orbit, let alone why he allegedly decided to kill him. Mr. Comello has no known connection to organized crime, according to law enforcement officials and his friends.
Whatever the motive of the shooting, the Gambino crime family has not historically been a forgiving entity, and officials say Mr. Comello faces a threat to his life in prison. He was being held in protective custody in New Jersey and was expected to be transferred to Staten Island on Monday.
An outlandish twist came this week when Mr. Comello, at his first court appearance, displayed symbols and phrases associated with far-right conspiracy theories, scrawled on his palm with a pen. His lawyer said he had become obsessed with such theories in recent months. In February, officials said, Mr. Comello had shown up at public buildings announcing he wanted to make a “citizen’s arrest” of prominent liberal Democrats like Mayor Bill de Blasio.
In his only comments since his arrest, Mr. Comello was cryptic. “Don’t believe in fairy tales,” he said to a Daily News reporter on March 20, before abruptly ending a short jailhouse interview.
How all of the story’s incongruous pieces — a mob boss, a far-right conspiracy theory, a struggling young man from a middle-class Staten Island home — fit together remains unknown. Yet a fuller picture has emerged of a rudderless person who appeared to take an abruptly ominous turn and had been influenced by conspiracy theories in the dark corners of the internet.
The son of a veteran manager at Bloomberg L.P. and a construction worker, Mr. Comello graduated from Tottenville High School in 2012. He was described by two former classmates as aloof but easily influenced, a teenager who sought approval from popular crowds but was never quite accepted into them.
He experimented in high school with drugs, two former classmates said, and occasionally picked fights while under the influence. According to social media accounts, Mr. Comello started a Facebook group in 2011 to discuss prices of marijuana.
But as high school friends matured and moved forward, Mr. Comello spiraled downward. By adulthood, his drug habit had escalated into a serious problem. According to three friends, Mr. Comello wrestled with drug addiction and popped pills, including OxyContin.
A habitual smoker of Marlboro Reds, he was a regular at Campos deli a few blocks from his family’s home. Didar Janid, a deli employee, said Mr. Comello was friendly but had a combative reputation.
“He was a little bit aggressive,” Mr. Janid, 46, said. “Gradually he was calming down.”
Mr. Comello’s mother, Nicole Mucillo-Comello, 51, is a well-established executive overseeing information systems in the Bloomberg organization, where she has worked for 28 years, according to her social media accounts. His father, Alfonso Comello, 54, worked in Staten Island’s construction industry.
Anthony Comello is the middle of three children. His older brother, Alfonso, 30, works in construction and was a mason for the New York City Housing Authority until 2016. Mr. Comello’s younger sister, Nicolette, 21, attends St. John’s University, according to her social media profile.
On Retford Avenue, where Mr. Comello lived with his parents in a spacious, two-story home, he led a quiet existence. He was sometimes seen walking the neighborhood with a friend who lived nearby, neighbors said. Reached by a reporter, the friend declined to comment.
Mr. Comello appeared to have odd construction jobs and was often seen working with his father, according to neighbors. The family home had a fleet of pickup trucks, one said.
In the days since Mr. Comello’s arrest, his family has all but gone underground. Attempts to reach his parents were unsuccessful; a neighbor said Wednesday that he had seen the family packing bags and leaving their Eltingville home, and thought they had moved out. At Mr. Comello’s older brother’s home, a man said the family did not want to talk. At a separate address listed for an apparent relative, a man told a reporter to “take a walk.”
Mr. Cali’s murder was not the Comello family’s first brush with the law. Mr. Comello’s older brother, Alfonso, is currently facing felony assault and burglary charges in Richmond County for an incident in Staten Island last September, charges that he denies and is fighting.
According to a criminal complaint, Alfonso Comello entered the home of a woman he knew on Sept. 25 with an accomplice and beat the woman’s face with the handle of a knife. The beating was violent enough to knock out several of the woman’s teeth.
The woman, whose name was redacted in court papers, was tied to a bed as Alfonso Comello rummaged through drawers and demanded money. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer, Arthur Louis Aidala, said Alfonso Comello categorically denied the charges."
Anthony Comello: A Conspiracy Theorist, a Mystery Motive and a Murdered Gambino Boss.
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Still, he was not the kind of person anyone imagined would someday pull off the highest-profile mob killing in decades.
Mr. Comello, a 24-year-old born and raised on Staten Island’s South Shore, is accused of gunning down a Gambino crime family leader, Francesco (Franky Boy) Cali, on a quiet street in Todt Hill last week.
The shooting rocketed Mr. Comello, an otherwise unsensational young man who was struggling to launch his adult life, into true-crime infamy. But in the days since Mr. Cali, 53, was shot 10 times, Mr. Comello — as well as his motive — has remained a cipher.
The police have not explained how Mr. Comello even crossed into Mr. Cali’s orbit, let alone why he allegedly decided to kill him. Mr. Comello has no known connection to organized crime, according to law enforcement officials and his friends.
Whatever the motive of the shooting, the Gambino crime family has not historically been a forgiving entity, and officials say Mr. Comello faces a threat to his life in prison. He was being held in protective custody in New Jersey and was expected to be transferred to Staten Island on Monday.
An outlandish twist came this week when Mr. Comello, at his first court appearance, displayed symbols and phrases associated with far-right conspiracy theories, scrawled on his palm with a pen. His lawyer said he had become obsessed with such theories in recent months. In February, officials said, Mr. Comello had shown up at public buildings announcing he wanted to make a “citizen’s arrest” of prominent liberal Democrats like Mayor Bill de Blasio.
In his only comments since his arrest, Mr. Comello was cryptic. “Don’t believe in fairy tales,” he said to a Daily News reporter on March 20, before abruptly ending a short jailhouse interview.
How all of the story’s incongruous pieces — a mob boss, a far-right conspiracy theory, a struggling young man from a middle-class Staten Island home — fit together remains unknown. Yet a fuller picture has emerged of a rudderless person who appeared to take an abruptly ominous turn and had been influenced by conspiracy theories in the dark corners of the internet.
The son of a veteran manager at Bloomberg L.P. and a construction worker, Mr. Comello graduated from Tottenville High School in 2012. He was described by two former classmates as aloof but easily influenced, a teenager who sought approval from popular crowds but was never quite accepted into them.
He experimented in high school with drugs, two former classmates said, and occasionally picked fights while under the influence. According to social media accounts, Mr. Comello started a Facebook group in 2011 to discuss prices of marijuana.
But as high school friends matured and moved forward, Mr. Comello spiraled downward. By adulthood, his drug habit had escalated into a serious problem. According to three friends, Mr. Comello wrestled with drug addiction and popped pills, including OxyContin.
A habitual smoker of Marlboro Reds, he was a regular at Campos deli a few blocks from his family’s home. Didar Janid, a deli employee, said Mr. Comello was friendly but had a combative reputation.
“He was a little bit aggressive,” Mr. Janid, 46, said. “Gradually he was calming down.”
Mr. Comello’s mother, Nicole Mucillo-Comello, 51, is a well-established executive overseeing information systems in the Bloomberg organization, where she has worked for 28 years, according to her social media accounts. His father, Alfonso Comello, 54, worked in Staten Island’s construction industry.
Anthony Comello is the middle of three children. His older brother, Alfonso, 30, works in construction and was a mason for the New York City Housing Authority until 2016. Mr. Comello’s younger sister, Nicolette, 21, attends St. John’s University, according to her social media profile.
On Retford Avenue, where Mr. Comello lived with his parents in a spacious, two-story home, he led a quiet existence. He was sometimes seen walking the neighborhood with a friend who lived nearby, neighbors said. Reached by a reporter, the friend declined to comment.
Mr. Comello appeared to have odd construction jobs and was often seen working with his father, according to neighbors. The family home had a fleet of pickup trucks, one said.
In the days since Mr. Comello’s arrest, his family has all but gone underground. Attempts to reach his parents were unsuccessful; a neighbor said Wednesday that he had seen the family packing bags and leaving their Eltingville home, and thought they had moved out. At Mr. Comello’s older brother’s home, a man said the family did not want to talk. At a separate address listed for an apparent relative, a man told a reporter to “take a walk.”
Mr. Cali’s murder was not the Comello family’s first brush with the law. Mr. Comello’s older brother, Alfonso, is currently facing felony assault and burglary charges in Richmond County for an incident in Staten Island last September, charges that he denies and is fighting.
According to a criminal complaint, Alfonso Comello entered the home of a woman he knew on Sept. 25 with an accomplice and beat the woman’s face with the handle of a knife. The beating was violent enough to knock out several of the woman’s teeth.
The woman, whose name was redacted in court papers, was tied to a bed as Alfonso Comello rummaged through drawers and demanded money. He has pleaded not guilty. His lawyer, Arthur Louis Aidala, said Alfonso Comello categorically denied the charges."
Anthony Comello: A Conspiracy Theorist, a Mystery Motive and a Murdered Gambino Boss.
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According to the police, Anthony Comello entered Mr. Cali’s neighborhood late on March 13 and backed his blue pickup truck into Mr. Cali’s Cadillac Escalade, knocking off the S.U.V.’s license plate.
He rang Mr. Cali’s doorbell and the two walked outside and exchanged words, according to surveillance video obtained by the police. Mr. Comello picked up the Escalade’s license plate, and handed it to Mr. Cali. Then he allegedly pulled a pistol and opened fire and fired 12 shots, hitting Mr. Cali 10 times. He drove away in his pickup.
Mr. Comello’s fingerprints were found on the license plate, the police said.
A Conspiracy Theorist, Anthony Comello, and a Mystery Motive in Gambino Murder
He rang Mr. Cali’s doorbell and the two walked outside and exchanged words, according to surveillance video obtained by the police. Mr. Comello picked up the Escalade’s license plate, and handed it to Mr. Cali. Then he allegedly pulled a pistol and opened fire and fired 12 shots, hitting Mr. Cali 10 times. He drove away in his pickup.
Mr. Comello’s fingerprints were found on the license plate, the police said.
A Conspiracy Theorist, Anthony Comello, and a Mystery Motive in Gambino Murder
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I can't go into details because I think it would violate the rules of this forum, but I had been waiting to hear about a retaliatory mob hit based on info I'd read about another case where the victim is the daughter of a man with crime family connections. Just wondering if this confirms my suspicions
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Suspect in New York City murder of Gambino boss Frank Cali due in court
Anthony Comello is set to make his first court appearance in New York after being extradited from New Jersey around midnight.
He was driven back to Staten Island and booked at around 4 a.m. Monday. Within hours, he had been quietly moved to court for arraignment on murder charges.
Anthony Comello is set to make his first court appearance in New York after being extradited from New Jersey around midnight.
He was driven back to Staten Island and booked at around 4 a.m. Monday. Within hours, he had been quietly moved to court for arraignment on murder charges.
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Lawyer claims mob boss murder suspect was influenced by right-wing websites | Daily Mail Online
Anthony Comello has been accused of killing Gambino mob boss Franceso 'Franky Boy' Cali.
He was officially charged on Monday with murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon for a loaded firearm.
Comello has been ordered held without bail and is being kept in protective custody due to serious threats to his life in prison. He is expected to plead not guilty when he is formally indicted on April 3.
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During Monday's hearing, attorney Robert Gottlieb said Comello's family attributes his behavior changes to 'hate spewed throughout the internet'.
'His family and friends recognized and picked up significant changes in him over the past few months,' Gottlieb told the New York Post.
'Something clearly went wrong. It's not just an attorney saying that, the people who know him - who love him - will be the source of that information.'
'Something dramatically happened to him that certainly seems to have been affected by the hate that is spewed throughout the internet.'
Last week it was revealed that Comello had a secret Instagram account on which he posted extreme right-wing messages and memes.
Anthony Comello has been accused of killing Gambino mob boss Franceso 'Franky Boy' Cali.
He was officially charged on Monday with murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon for a loaded firearm.
Comello has been ordered held without bail and is being kept in protective custody due to serious threats to his life in prison. He is expected to plead not guilty when he is formally indicted on April 3.
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During Monday's hearing, attorney Robert Gottlieb said Comello's family attributes his behavior changes to 'hate spewed throughout the internet'.
'His family and friends recognized and picked up significant changes in him over the past few months,' Gottlieb told the New York Post.
'Something clearly went wrong. It's not just an attorney saying that, the people who know him - who love him - will be the source of that information.'
'Something dramatically happened to him that certainly seems to have been affected by the hate that is spewed throughout the internet.'
Last week it was revealed that Comello had a secret Instagram account on which he posted extreme right-wing messages and memes.
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Don't understand your post. -- Is it your allegation that Frank Cali was murdered in retaliation of another case?
It's reported that AC is in protective custody due to serious threats to his life. It's believed those close to AC could also be in danger.
In this regard, harm against them could be viewed as retaliatory. Is this your suspicion for confirmation? MOO
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Anthony Comello, Accused in Gambino Killing: How Do You Keep Him Safe in Jail?
Court officers took no chances on Monday as a judge arraigned a 24-year-old man accused of gunning down a Gambino crime family boss on a murder charge in Staten Island. More than a dozen armed officers rotated through the chamber, eyeing people in the audience and resting their hands on their pistols, as Anthony Comello was brought into court.
Mr. Comello listened impassively as he was formally charged with the murder of Francesco (Franky Boy) Cali, a leader in Gambino crime family. Judge Raja Rajeswari asked that Mr. Comello be held in protective custody in jail.
The brief, five-minute court appearance was the start to what could be a closely guarded existence in New York for Mr. Comello, whose alleged crime traditionally leads to retaliation in the Mafia.
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He is also not the only target. For days after Mr. Comello’s arrest, the police maintained a heavy presence in his family’s Eltingville neighborhood, where Mr. Comello lived with his parents. A neighbor said he saw Mr. Comello’s parents leaving their home with suitcases last week, and thought they might have moved out.
“His family, certainly, there are concerns,” Mr. Gottlieb said. “We appreciate the concerns, the consideration that law enforcement has shown in ensuring their safety as well.”
Court officers took no chances on Monday as a judge arraigned a 24-year-old man accused of gunning down a Gambino crime family boss on a murder charge in Staten Island. More than a dozen armed officers rotated through the chamber, eyeing people in the audience and resting their hands on their pistols, as Anthony Comello was brought into court.
Mr. Comello listened impassively as he was formally charged with the murder of Francesco (Franky Boy) Cali, a leader in Gambino crime family. Judge Raja Rajeswari asked that Mr. Comello be held in protective custody in jail.
The brief, five-minute court appearance was the start to what could be a closely guarded existence in New York for Mr. Comello, whose alleged crime traditionally leads to retaliation in the Mafia.
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He is also not the only target. For days after Mr. Comello’s arrest, the police maintained a heavy presence in his family’s Eltingville neighborhood, where Mr. Comello lived with his parents. A neighbor said he saw Mr. Comello’s parents leaving their home with suitcases last week, and thought they might have moved out.
“His family, certainly, there are concerns,” Mr. Gottlieb said. “We appreciate the concerns, the consideration that law enforcement has shown in ensuring their safety as well.”
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Lawyer claims mob boss murder suspect was influenced by right-wing websites | Daily Mail Online
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- Anthony Comello charged with murder in death of Francesco 'Franky Boy' Cali
- Also had 'United We Stand MAGA' and 'Patriots In Charge' written on his hand
- Was also revealed that he had a secret Instagram filled with right-wing memes
- Comello once tried to make a 'citizen's arrest' on prominent Democrats including Nancy Pelosi and Bill de Blasio, even going to de Blasio's residence
- Comello is currently being held without bail and is in protective custody due to threats on his life for allegedly killing the Gambino mob boss
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Anthony Comello will be arraigned today on another loaded firearm charge.
Man Accused Of Killing Reputed Mob Boss ‘Franky Boy’ Cali Due In Court
Man Accused Of Killing Reputed Mob Boss ‘Franky Boy’ Cali Due In Court
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https://nypost.com/2019/04/24/accused-gambino-boss-killer-indicted-for-murder-held-without-bail/
The man accused of gunning down Gambino mob boss Francesco “Frankie Boy” Cali on Staten Island was indicted for murder and ordered held without bail at his Wednesday arraignment.
Anthony Comello, 24, was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon at state Supreme Court in the cold-blooded killing of Cali outside the mobster’s Todt Hill home last month.
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Investigators suspect the killing was revenge for Cali ordering his niece not to date Comello, law enforcement sources have said. Comello pleaded not guilty to the slaying.
The case is due back in court on May 9.
The man accused of gunning down Gambino mob boss Francesco “Frankie Boy” Cali on Staten Island was indicted for murder and ordered held without bail at his Wednesday arraignment.
Anthony Comello, 24, was charged with second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon at state Supreme Court in the cold-blooded killing of Cali outside the mobster’s Todt Hill home last month.
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Investigators suspect the killing was revenge for Cali ordering his niece not to date Comello, law enforcement sources have said. Comello pleaded not guilty to the slaying.
The case is due back in court on May 9.
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Contents of computer cell phones ‘essential’ to defense in mob-boss slay, says lawyer
“We want the guts of the electronic devices so we can begin our own analysis,” attorney Robert Gottlieb said during Anthony Comello’s arraignment in state Supreme Court, St. George, on murder and weapon-possession charges. “All of that information is essential to move this case forward.”
Prosecutors said they will turn that data over to the defense, along with videos of the scene and other documents.
Gottlieb has previously said the incident is tied directly to right-wing hate speech and conspiracy theories found on multiple websites, and to Cali himself.
He has not elaborated on those remarks and did not do so Wednesday.
Asked outside court what he expects to uncover on Comello’s computer hard drive, Gottlieb responded, “I have an open mind. I will find what I find … and we will have it analyzed.”
Gottlieb also said he will make a bail application at Comello’s next court date on May 9. He said he expects to file the paperwork next week, prior to that hearing.
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Comello is currently being held without bail. He is receiving medical attention and housed in protective custody, said Gottlieb.
The bearded defendant did not address the court during the 10-minute proceeding.
He was neatly attired in a gray suit, open-collared blue shirt and dark shoes. Comello stood silently at the defense table with his hands manacled behind him.
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Gottlieb spoke to him for about 10 minutes in a holding cell just outside the courtroom before the arraignment.
The courtroom was empty save for about 10 members of the news media, court officers and staff.
Asked afterward about his client’s demeanor, Gottlieb replied, “He’s very hopeful. He’s very optimistic. He is very upbeat.”
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Sources have said Comello told investigators he feared Cali was going to come after him.
In court papers, prosecutors said Comello, who was arrested at his family’s second home in New Jersey, admitted to the slaying when questioned by detectives in the Ocean County prosecutor’s office on March 16.
The video interrogation disc was provided to defense counsel on March 28, said prosecutors.
“We want the guts of the electronic devices so we can begin our own analysis,” attorney Robert Gottlieb said during Anthony Comello’s arraignment in state Supreme Court, St. George, on murder and weapon-possession charges. “All of that information is essential to move this case forward.”
Prosecutors said they will turn that data over to the defense, along with videos of the scene and other documents.
Gottlieb has previously said the incident is tied directly to right-wing hate speech and conspiracy theories found on multiple websites, and to Cali himself.
He has not elaborated on those remarks and did not do so Wednesday.
Asked outside court what he expects to uncover on Comello’s computer hard drive, Gottlieb responded, “I have an open mind. I will find what I find … and we will have it analyzed.”
Gottlieb also said he will make a bail application at Comello’s next court date on May 9. He said he expects to file the paperwork next week, prior to that hearing.
[...]
Comello is currently being held without bail. He is receiving medical attention and housed in protective custody, said Gottlieb.
The bearded defendant did not address the court during the 10-minute proceeding.
He was neatly attired in a gray suit, open-collared blue shirt and dark shoes. Comello stood silently at the defense table with his hands manacled behind him.
[...]
Gottlieb spoke to him for about 10 minutes in a holding cell just outside the courtroom before the arraignment.
The courtroom was empty save for about 10 members of the news media, court officers and staff.
Asked afterward about his client’s demeanor, Gottlieb replied, “He’s very hopeful. He’s very optimistic. He is very upbeat.”
[...]
Sources have said Comello told investigators he feared Cali was going to come after him.
In court papers, prosecutors said Comello, who was arrested at his family’s second home in New Jersey, admitted to the slaying when questioned by detectives in the Ocean County prosecutor’s office on March 16.
The video interrogation disc was provided to defense counsel on March 28, said prosecutors.
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Mob boss murder suspect Anthony Comello pleads not guilty in Frank Cali's death
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 9:18AM
ST. GEORGE, Staten Island (WABC) -- The man accused of gunning down a reputed Gambino family mob boss on Staten Island was arraigned Wednesday on one count of second-degree murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Anthony Comello, who has grown a full beard since his arrest, pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of Francesco "Frankie Boy" Cali.
A bail application will be made later, and attorney Robert Gottlieb asked that Comello remain in protective custody.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2019 9:18AM
ST. GEORGE, Staten Island (WABC) -- The man accused of gunning down a reputed Gambino family mob boss on Staten Island was arraigned Wednesday on one count of second-degree murder in the second degree and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon.
Anthony Comello, who has grown a full beard since his arrest, pleaded not guilty in the shooting death of Francesco "Frankie Boy" Cali.
A bail application will be made later, and attorney Robert Gottlieb asked that Comello remain in protective custody.
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