Bronx occupation prison admits scheduling New Jersey theft exactly where crooks posed as NYPD detectives
A career felony from the Bronx with ties to the Genovese criminal offense loved ones admitted this thirty day period that he aided program a property invasion in which his fellow crooks posed as NYPD detectives, then robbed a New Jersey family of income and jewellery.
Dominick “Shakes” Memoli, 57, of Mace Avenue, pleaded guilty to initially-diploma armed theft for the Nov. 17, 2022 raid on a residence in the city of Honest Lawn, NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella stated in a Wednesday push release.
Associates of the prison crew flashed NYPD-esque badges that early morning to encourage the people to let them in their peaceful suburban residence, about 20 miles northwest of the Significant Apple.
But after within, they pulled a gun, certain the home owner with zip-ties and designed off with the family’s valuables, Musella mentioned.
Memoli — who has a prolonged background of robbery and household invasions — helped program the sortie and acted as a lookout once it kicked off, authorities claimed.
Detectives from the prosecutor’s place of work and specific brokers from an FBI process drive caught up with the crew in May perhaps and arrested Memoli and five other New York adult males: Michael D’Angelo, Daniel Ruggiero, Bruno Simonetti, Erion Beshiri and Sian Stafford.
Authorities charged them with a litany of crimes, like kidnapping, theft, armed burglary, conspiracy and weapons offenses.
Memoli pleaded responsible Dec. 18, Musella said. He will be sentenced Feb. 9, 2024.
But it wasn’t Memoli’s initially brush with the legislation.
In October 2007, the feds busted him along with numerous reputed Genovese associates for a string of shakedown strategies and a pair of residence invasions in New York and New Jersey.
The 4-year crime spree netted at minimum $1 million for Memoli, John “Rocky” Melicharek, Michael Iuni and 4 other accomplices, authorities explained.
The wannabe-mobsters were also blamed for breaking into the Montgomery, NY residence of Paul Teutul, of Orange County Choppers fame, in accordance to the Occasions Herald-Report.
Melicharek allegedly orchestrated the violent heists, which applied an Albanian crew as hired muscle mass to goal enterprise house owners who saved tons of hard cash, federal prosecutors stated at the time.
They were charged with extortion, conspiracy, theft and weapons possession.
Melicharek afterwards pleaded guilty to theft, extortion and firearms prices, the outlet stated.
Memoli had currently been serving a sentence from an previously conviction when the feds arrested him in 2007, Manhattan federal prosecutors stated at the time.
For his crimes, Memoli was sentenced to 16 a long time in prison, according to federal courtroom data, but was launched early.