Crime & Safety
Feds Say Rival Restaurateur's Beating Not an Isolated Incident
Giuseppe "Joe" D'Anna, 60, and Girolamo "Mimmo" D'Anna, 48, are accused on extorting the owner of Nonna's Italian Kitchen in Shelby Township.
A hearing is scheduled for Tuesday to determine whether U.S. District Court Judge Denise Page Hood will allow new evidence to be used in the trial of brothers accused of extorting a rival restaurateur in Shelby Township.
Giuseppe "Joe" D’Anna, 60, and Girolamo "Mimmo" D’Anna, 48, were indicted in February by a federal grand jury on three counts of extortion, each of which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.
The indictment alleged that the brothers attempted to extort Pietro Ventimiglia, the owner of Nonna’s Italian Kitchen, from 2009 until April 2011.
The D’Annas were later convicted in Macomb County Circuit Court of beating Ventimiglia with a baseball bat and sentenced to serve two months in jail.
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Court records show the U.S. Attorney's Office say back in 1995 a "substantially similar" incident took place involving the D’Annas and a confidential witness, according to a report in The Macomb Daily.
Read more in The Macomb Daily.
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