Posted on 04/13/2012 12:45:01 PM PDT by nickcarraway
They made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
A self-described pothead said he was drafted into a mob war against his will when a Mafia associate took him out for what he thought would be a night of club hopping — but he was instead given a gun and told to participate in a gangland hit.
Robert Ventriglia — who wasn’t even in the mob — yesterday told jurors in the trial of two Colombo Mafia members, that he was taken to a street in North Massapequa, Long Island, and told to “shoot at the people” who get into a nearby parked car.
He said if he didn’t obey the order from Colombo associate Eric Curcio, he may be the one sleeping with the fishes.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
That’s when you take the gun, and turn and shoot the mob guys ...
That’s what I was thinking. If I’m gonna die anyway, I’d like to do it for the right reasons.
“And then, for some reason, your Honor, they told me to ‘Take the cannoli.’”
Robert (Vinny the Fish) Ventriglia — who wasn’t even in the mob ...
North Massapequa, a known mafia hotbed.
Not.
North Massapequa, a known mafia hotbed.
Not. .................................................... They don’t call it Mazzopizza for nothing.
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