Crime & Safety

Shelby Restaurateurs Accused in Competitor's Beating Plead to Lesser Charges

Owners of the former Tirami Su restaurant in Shelby Township pleaded guilty today to lesser charges in the beating of a competitor.

A Shelby Township restaurateur and his brother accused of brutally beating his competitor pleaded guilty Thursday in Macomb County Circuit Court to greatly reduced charges, according to the Macomb Daily.

The brothers, Giuseppe D'Anna, 59, and Girolamo D'Anna, 46, of Shelby Township, who own the Tiramisu Italian Ristorante, were facing the possibility of up to after prosecutors said they hit Pietro Ventimiglia, 35, owner of nearby restaurant , in the head numerous times with a baseball bat on April 28.

The D’Annas were with attempted murder, punishable by up to life in prison; extortion, punishable by up to 20 years; and a 10-year witness intimidation charge. On Thursday, they pleaded guilty to two felonious counts of assault with a deadly weapon and a less severe version of witness intimation. Both charges carry up to four years in prison.

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However, the Macomb Daily reports the brothers receive as little as two months in the Macomb County Jail in Mount Clemens, because their sentencing guidelines show a range of two to 17 months.

Tirami Su Ristorante on 23 Mile and Schoenherr roads and is now under new ownership and management.

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