he was arrested because they have thier blackberry txt messages to the murder conspiracy. they're going down for 20+ years. about the bonanno hit squad, that comes from one article, never backed up by anyone else
There were several articles with the hit squad info and despite having the BBM messages that implicated him LE wanted to leave him on the street longer in hopes he would incriminate more people but were forced to arrest him when they did because his life was in jeopardy.