Michael D'Urso direct examination notes (Michael Coppola trial)

[AntComello]

cafaro passed weeks after chin got sentenced, am i right?

Yea didn’t he barely make it through his testimony cuz he was in such bad shape

Thought was Pete Savino that died shortly after his testimony?

I’m probably confusing the two

[AntComello]

cafaro passed weeks after chin got sentenced, am i right?

Yea didn’t he barely make it through his testimony cuz he was in such bad shape

This cafaro here is the son. Not a turncoat

Ooooo gotcha

[jimmi_beans8]

savino....u right?

[jimmi_beans8]

hector pagano jus got locked up

[Cheech]

Did it ever come out why Polito came in blasting?

[chin_gigante]

Did it ever come out why Polito came in blasting?

Like D'Urso, Polito was an associate in Ross Gangi's crew but he wanted to be transferred to Allie Shades' crew so he could hook up with bank robbers there. Polito was a degenerate gambler and wanted to rob banks to raise cash to pay off his debts, but the Gangi crew was less eager to go out on robberies (even though Gangi himself participated in a robbery with Polito). Joe Zito refused to release Polito to Allie Shades' crew because Polito owed tens of thousands of dollars to D'Urso's cousin and he didn't want to let him go until he repaid the debt. So Polito figured if he killed D'Urso and his cousin on the sneak he could get out of paying the debt and be released to Allie Shades (where he'd also be more likely to get straightened out if they knew he was capable).

IIRC, D'Urso had also set Polito up in a robbery some time previously and Polito had been shot in the leg as a result.

[Ivan]

even though Gangi himself participated in a robbery with Polito

This is one of the odder little details that emerged from this story. A capo pulling bank heists?

[The Greek]

Where is D'urso now? Too bad he hasn't written a book.

[don-shunter]

Wasn't Gangi not like by Gigante? Was he demoted due to his imprisonment back in 2001?

[chin_gigante]

Wasn't Gangi not like by Gigante? Was he demoted due to his imprisonment back in 2001?

Gangi went to prison in the late 1990s and was replaced as official captain by Peter DiChiara

[JohnnyS]

Wasn't Gangi not like by Gigante? Was he demoted due to his imprisonment back in 2001?

I believe Gigante was going to hit him because they had heard that Gangi was going call a Genovese soldier as a witness in his wall street case. Joseph Zito investigated it and reported back that it wasn't true so it was called off.

[SonnyBlackstein]

We don't knock down our captains

[Ivan]

Where is D'urso now? Too bad he hasn't written a book.

He did this a couple years back.

https://nypost.com/2020/01/09/former-mo ... the-mafia/

[AntComello]

Where is D'urso now? Too bad he hasn't written a book.

He did this a couple years back.

https://nypost.com/2020/01/09/former-mo ... the-mafia/

Is it just me or was that really weird that he wrote an open letter to the mob lol

[AntComello]

Do we think Barney gave it a read?