Feds Say Alleged Mafia Ties Make Men Convicted in Rival Restaurateur’s Beating ‘Clear Danger’ to Community
Federal prosecutors pursuing extortion charges against Giuseppe D’Anna and Girolamo D’Anna say the Shelby Township brothers are a 'danger to the community' given their alleged mafia connections.
The federal case against two brothers convicted last year of brutally beating a fellow Shelby Township restaurant owner has taken an international turn as prosecutors now say the men have ties to an alleged mafia boss in the family’s native Sicily. Giuseppe "Joe" D’Anna, 60, and Girolamo "Mimmo" D’Anna, 48, were indicted last week by a federal grand jury on three counts of extortion, each of which carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison, according to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice. The indictment alleges that the brothers, "and other co-conspirators" who have not been named, attempted to extort Pietro Ventimiglia, the owner of Nonna’s Italian Kitchen, from 2009 until April 2011. The D’Annas were later …
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Josephine
4:23 pm on Monday, March 4, 2013
stay away from Vince & Joe's on Van Dyke & 25.. I was told they own that place too more ›