A series of excerpts from the intercepted text messages between Steven D’Addario and Giuseppe Colapelle;
RD/old/Frenchman/ppp/pppp is Desjardins
pigtail/pra/prada is Mirarchi
tinman/tin/steel/ny/nancy is Montagna
frosty/frost is one of the Arcuri brothers
mg is Moreno Gallo
cillon/lurch/L is Lorenzo Lopresti
September 25, 2011 (with reference to a wedding that the victim Montagna was attending in Laval):
D’Addario: 00:27:01: All those guys are enjoying themselves at wedding at palace in laval
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D’Addario: 00:33:49: Just know frosty and tinman are there
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D’Addario: 00:42:51: At what time u wanna do this? 1pm? ?? Its best time! Drunk and late
Colapelle: 00:43:01: Are u crazy not them there gone already
Colapelle: 00:43:31: Bro those guys are not drinkers especially not right now they ate and left
Colapelle: 00:51:09: Bro I don’t know what to say or do I’m like really lost these guys are sleeping we have to act us first and wake everyone up
D’Addario: 00:52:00: That’s why I tell u! If u wait for them u guys are all gone!
Colapelle: 00:57:54: Bro at this time not even worth telling him anything we have to get ready and do it they sleeping looks like
Colapelle: 01:00:40: Fuck man if we would just of know earlier we can set up
D’Addario: 01:01:53: I told u you gotta have a team on stand by
Colapelle: 01:04:37: Ya well I’m telling couch tomorrow we set up
D’Addario: 01:05:02: K
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Colapelle: 15:15:53: I’m going to tell him now about last night so he sees they are sleeping
D’Addario: 15:16:26: K
September 26, 2011
D’Addario: 18:20:13: How many times u want me to ask??? What kind of hekp u want!!!
Colapelle: 18:30:18: 1000 percent help make u understamd exactly what he knows and how so we judge everyone right and do what has to be done
October 13, 2011
D’Addario: 18:55:09: They’re meeting at 9! Could chance that’s the place I told u…can u have someone tomo there early just to check?
Colapelle: 18:55:48: K
D’Addario: 19:02:53: Make sure pls u have at least one guy to see if that’s the office cause at least well know forr next time when they meet and he tells us its at office we know its there and u setup gameplan!
Colapelle: 19:03:26: Yes I know that and I’m thinking
Colapelle: 19:04:01: But if there parked inside will be hard to know unless we park outside and check if they comein parking lot
D’Addario: 19:04:13: There’s nothing to think! Tell him to have a few spotters there and after that my friend has a plan and we take it from there! So pls
Colapelle: 19:04:20: Where the fuck is this nancy guy staying
Colapelle: 19:04:32: Ok cool
D’Addario: 19:05:19: Yes I know…u know what. Lurch drives so u will know if cars pull in underground that means they’re there!
Colapelle: 19:08:33: Prada hasn’t answered I’m waiting
D’Addario: 19:09:17: Ok
Colapelle: 19:20:15: Can u check and see if he can gps the rim or if its east at least
D’Addario: 19:20:42: Yeah he’s working on that as we speak
Colapelle: 19:21:18: K cool wow bro if he can gps nancy rim that’s what we need
Colapelle: 20:04:00: Has he gained any info
D’Addario: 20:07:19: Yup going to meet him tomo morning
Colapelle: 20:08:22: Bro tomorrow morning is the meet what yup
Colapelle: 20:09:28: Do we know what anyone is driving besides the flex
D’Addario: 20:18:13: The cherok from L!
Colapelle: 20:18:29: K
Colapelle: 23:30:54: What’s up
D’Addario: 23:31:57: Dick
Colapelle: 23:32:15: Nothing new
D’Addario: 23:38:17: Ya we know where L lives
Colapelle 23:38:36: Ya I know that tooo
Colapelle: 23:38:46: U want the address
D’Addario: 23:39:07: Why didn’t u tell me?
Colapelle: 23:39:41: Bro cause he’s really not the first choice will make everyone hide more
Colapelle: 23:39:58: There on him to see where he goes at all time
D’Addario: 23:41:10: So they. Should know his office! That’s the place he always meets steel
Colapelle: 23:42:14: Bro it might be code for a place
D’Addario: 23:43:03: What code! They go to his office everytime! That’s what we need to find out! Tell his guys to find that place and ill tell u plan tomo
Colapelle: 23:43:36: K cool I told them to check that place for tomorrow
October 19, 2011
D’Addario: 15:13:38: Ouff do I have to explain everything to u!!!! I said I missed his message so that was before around 130-2
October 25, 2011
D’Addario: 18:14:35: Ok but christ he’s meeting all kinds of ppl! What does it take! Do u want me to tell u where he is or else ill save my time and his time!!!! I’m in the fuclen dark here and all I get is we need to know where they are asap!!! So if ur not gonna do anything I’m gonna tell him to drop it!!!
Colapelle: 18:15:48: Bro u fucking nuts or what man can u fucking stop freaking on me u tell me and I tell them and I pump it up believe me fuck I want this over and fast
D’Addario: 18:18:08: Ok but u don’t tell me if they’re on it or not! U gotta ask cause u have no clue how long this is for us to decript everything and read every single message that comes in!
Colapelle:18:18:39: Bro I understand but that’s what it is man for now
Colapelle:18:20:17: I tell him everything bro
October 29, 2011
D’Addario: 19:30:09: Ouff we missunderstood a message! He sent a guy away…tinman is in town…he’s going to eat at a resto at old port with 2 other guys…we don’t know where but its old port
November 1, 2011
D’Addario: 15:57:56: Ouff I thought you had guys on him…u guys are gonna have to start doing ur share or else this is going no where at all! They won’t mention any location on rims all we know is when and who! But if u guys wait for a miracle then forget it won’t happen they’re too carefull! U have no clue how long and tiring it is to read every single message one by one cause its not the way u think we read them! Its a whole process and each message is long for us to open!
D’Addario: 15:59:03: Tinman wrote "430 by your park!!! " So it has to be dtown where he lives then
Colapelle: 15:59:06: Yes I understand that and I told u they are on it,they are going to the park and I will go check another one
November 15, 2011
D’Addario:18:52:05: Tinhead meeting mg at 8…I don’t know if its gonna be at that cafe
Colapelle: 18:52:25: K cool thx and welcome back lol
Colapelle: 18:57:18: This guy today his rim on and off
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D’Addario: 19:07:16: Bro u know him not me! What u want me to answer u! I’m tired of all this! I don’t know what kind of a sick game he’s playing but I’m fedup and so is my friend! They want hekp we’ve been trying our best but if all they want is scoop then tell him to go read newspaper! Fedup of everything! Frenchman is back yesterday and he’s talking to them! We don’t even know what the fuck is going on! All we know is that its fucken exhausting and no one doing nothing about it! Maybe someone has to go down for them to understand!
Colapelle: 19:11:05: What are they saying old and tinman he has no choice to answer bro I’m being super honest with u and I’m frustrated like u
Colapelle: 19:12:29: Bro I feel like fwd the message u just send me.tell R these guys are weird man. I tell u everything
D’Addario: 19:13:25: Ur funny! I tell him to go read newspaper!
Colapelle: 19:37:42: Be ya I’m funny
Colapelle: 19:39:28: Bro I feel like telling him they spoke about old and they have to get to work again
D’Addario: 20:36:38: Well u don’t have to invent it I just downloaded the message! Pretty clear they wanna get to pig tail cause he’s gonna revenge his partner pppp and his mentality is with $ everything gets done!
Colapelle: 20:56:25: Who was he saying that too tinman to who frosty
D’Addario: 20:57:01: Come see me its mental message! Ouff at least now pra is gonna move his ass!
Colapelle: 20:57:41: Just tell me between who and who
D’Addario: 20:58:11: Frost and tin…talking about ppp and pra
Colapelle: 20:58:54: Bro let them talk copy and paste bro so I send to him let’s make him move
Colapelle: 21:01:07: Do they talk about mg
November 20, 2011
Colapelle: 19:22:06: French guy called him back only later at night tinman and they said they would speak monday
Furthermore, on November 16, 2011 (at 11:49:31), D’Addario transferred to Colapelle, intercepted messages from the Montagna clan in which reference was made to pigtail and the issue of "her goal is to reven her ppppp".
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On December 15, 2011 (at 22:56:12) - after the alleged murder on November 24, 2011 - D’Addario continued to transfer to Colapelle, intercepted messages from the Montagna clan, including the following excerpts:
…Anyway, the guy who got our friend he is french right? And # 1 yesterday was asking me about the capo our friend made over there. He wanted to know if you feel he is 100% with us. He said he’s just trying to figure out who is who because he said our friend never would have went to meeting unprepared unless he trusted the guy 100%. He just thought it was strange that the capo was away those couple of days. …Ok. We are going on whatever you tell us. If you trust the cap than so do we. We are just trying to make sure noone is playing both sides understand? The thing that don’t make sense to us is even if he trusted driver why go to see a guy who was accusing you of trying to get him and not going there with guys and being prepared incase of a settup. We knew our friend very well and it just doesn’t seem like something he would do. This guy was accusing him of trying to kill him. Why in the world would you go to a meeting alone?
Notes:
• Montagna was out in public at the wedding with one of the Arcuri brothers 9 days after shooting Desjardins, or at least being believed go have been behind the Desjardins shooting. Do we know what wedding Montagna attended on September 25, 2011? I don't recall any being covered at the time.
• They were trying to place a tracker on Montagna's vehicle.
• on October 13th Lorenzo LoPresti wasn't considered a main target. They didn't want to hit him and drive everyone else underground. Lorenzo was killed 11 days later.
• There was some frustration in the Desjardins-Mirarchi camp among D'Addario and Colapelle over inaction and being left in the dark -possibly because of Lorenzo's murder after being told he wasn't a main target-
• Colapelle seems to jokingly(?) suggest saying Montagna's camp is talking about Desjardins so Desjardins-Mirarchi will act.
• D'Addario responds its clear Montagna is targeting Mirarchi because they know he's trying to get back at them for hitting Desjardins.
• Colapelle asks for the messages to show Mirarchi/Desjardins to make them act.
On December 15th, 2011 D'Addario intercepted a message between the remaining Montagna camp. It appears to be between someone in Montreal and someone elsewhere (guessing NY).
• They inquire about about who killed Montagna, referring to Desjardins.
• #1 was asking about the capo their friend (Montagna) made over there (Montreal)
- If Montagna was making guys captains in Montreal it could show he still held rank in the Bonannos. When Vincent Asaro told his cousin that Montagna was murder he said "They killed a guy in Canada, Sal Montagna, one of the bosses from New York"
- Four days after Montagna was killed Domenico Agostino texted Hansley Lee Joseph "People in New York believe in the code. Not only did they kill a capo, but a capo from an important family,”
- So both Montreal figures and NY figures regard Montagna as a "capo from New York"
- Interesting Agostino says people in New York believe in the code. To make that distinction could imply people in Montreal don't. Similar to what Scoppa said. But both almost certainly were non members.
- I assume this text came from a NYC Bonanno so #1 could be possibly be Joe Bosco or Vincent Badalamenti since they were reported to be running the family at the time. Could be someone else for all we know.
- The capo Montagna made could be Moreno Gallo. The book Cellular 8002 vs Mafia states Montagna offered Di Maulo the position of "Godfather of Montreal" but he declined so Montagna turned to Gallo. Gallo was a suspected Bonanno member prior to Montagna's arrival to Monteal.
- There was some suspicion on whether this capo could still be trusted. He was oddly missing in the days around Montagna was murdered.