http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/05/jury.htmlMANHATTAN, N.Y.-- After four days of deliberations, the jury in the trial of four Bonanno mob suspects did not reach a verdict Tuesday.
Anthony (Skinny) Santoro, 52, of Great Kills, and his alleged Bonanno co-defendants -- Vito Badamo, 53, Nicholas Santora, 73, and Ernest Aiello, 36 -- are accused of enterprise corruption, including loansharking, gambling and drug dealing, after authorities reportedly busted the family's nine-man crew in July 2013.
On Tuesday, the jurors asked for several pieces of evidence. They requested to see all the photos from the trial, the vouchers from all the executed search warrants, and asked to hear calls involving Badamo, Santoro, and Nicholas Bernhard, one of the other five co-defendants who pleaded guilty.
The panel also heard a car-bug call between Badamo and alleged Bonanno boss Santora. They also wanted to see the phone books and vouchers from Santora's home search.
They then asked for a read back of James "Louie" Tartaglione's entire testimony on Wednesday morning. Tartaglione, the state's key witness against the defendants, is a former Bonanno capo turned snitch who testified that he knew Santora and Badamo from their time in the Bonanno family.
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The jurors had deliberated for two days before a week-long break and returned on Monday. On Monday, the panel asked to see evidence pertaining to the illegal gambling site, allaction247.com, that Santoro allegedly ran. They also asked to see the vouchers pertaining to the search warrant executed at Santoro's Tanglewood Drive residence in Great Kills.
During their brief discussions 10 days ago, they had questions about venue and the loansharking charge.
The panel was charged with the different elements constituting enterprise corruption, grand larceny in the second-degree and first-degree criminal usury.
The state claims Santora, who is allegedly nicknamed "Captain Crunch," is the crime family's ringleader. The prosecution says he was in charge of an Internet gambling site, sold prescription drugs, such as oxycodone, Cialis and Viagra, on the black market, and the other three defendants were his underlings.
