Dave Shratweiser Fox 29 Phily saying FBI offering reward for info on shooter and they now have some video evidence of the shootinng, shooter & obviously the car. Its only 10k; enough to get some addicts to run their traps. https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/seeking-info/gino-dipietro

wonder how the fbi gets involved with this case if nicodemo is doing life or close to it in state prison.? only way i think the feds can get involved is if there saying or thinking the boss whoever it was at the time orderd this guys murder rite?

I am with you on this; I could have sworn there was some guys picked up in the past week by the feds on some coke ring in south philly; I am guessing one of them or several have been talking

Didnt Nicodemo plead out to this? Are they thinking that Nicodemo is innocent?

I was here 5 years ago when the story broke, what was the breakdown. Was it a spur of the moment thing or was it from the top?

Nicodemo was the driver, not the shooter

Who was the Nicodemo sentence?

Only way the FBI can get involved with a murder is if theres a mafia angle. It sounded like nicodemus and the guy had a personal beef over a card game or something so they killed him

right on and the bust they had last week by the FBI from a 2016 unsealed drug investigation of some guys from the area probably do not want to go to prison over what seems like a minor drug ring, think they got caught with 500 grams of stepped on yeyo; so they could be talking....

Stevie Mazzone was the acting boss when this hit took place. He may have okay'd it.

Anyone have a link on this recent drug bust? I missed it.

Heard Wag’s Father in law was picked up in that coke bust

Also, I recall that Merlino may have been in Philly for his Dad's funeral around that time.

I said this on the other forum and I’ll say it on this dumpster fire of a forum as well, Danny Malatesta who got picked up a few days ago in that coke bust by the Feds with Wags Father in Law has been linked to Borgesi and Ligambi in the past back in the day.

Nicodemo was pushing coke in South Philly before he went away and Nicodemo and Grande were thick as thieves, this South Philly crew selling coke with connections to LCN gets pinched for something the Feds have had since 2016 just now and a few days after jamming up this South Philly coke ring they release all these photos and a reward for information on the DiPietro hit Nicodemo and Grande pulled off. The funniest thing is that they think someone is going to talk for only 10k lmfao, I’ve walked into casinos on a Tuesday Night with more than that in my pockets, hahaha they think someone in the neighborhood is going to talk for a mere 10k.....

Something is brewing if I’m speculating, they either just dropped some wires or there’s going to be an indictment down the road because they always pop peripheral people before a major indictment is dropped, that’s how the Feds roll. I’m purely speculating, I just feel something is going down.

Danny Malatesta, who got picked up with Wags Father in Law in that recent coke bust a few days ago right before the Feds released their 10k LOL reward offer for info on the DiPietro hit and pictures of the shooter. Something is up I feel.

http://www.americanmafia.com/News/12-10-99_Extortion_Charged.html

Nicodemo was pumping coke out onto the streets before he went away as one of the ways he earned. Nicodemo and Grande were really tight before Nicodemo went away. Grande and Nicodemo even had real estate together they were putting their money into. I’m pretty sure Grande is helping look after Nicodemo’s interests while he’s away along with Nicodemo’s brother Ronnie.

Then you have this coke bust of connected guys and right after it the Feds release pictures and a reward for the DiPietro hit Grande and Nicodemo pulled off.

This coke bust was all connected guys who have been around forever. The Feds had this coke indictment back in 2016 (among the guys picked up are Wag’s Father in law and a guy connected to Borgesi and Ligambi) and they finally unsealed it in 2020, the timing of it makes me think it’s from Persiano due to the timeframe (2016) and the fact that Persiano reported to Dom.

If I had to guess the Feds are getting near the finish line of their indictment against Dom they have been working on for years and are trying to strengthen the murder Rico charge with the DiPietro hit before they unseal the indictment. I am speculating they’re going to roll out Persiano as their star witness but the guy literally was scamming old lady’s out of their savings while he was out on the streets in the AC area selling drugs and scamming people out of their savings. Jacobs will have an absolute field day on Persiano and the Feds know this so they’re trying to strengthen their murder Rico charge to up the ante.

Something is up, I can feel it.

Shit is about to go down. I know there are a A LOT of people worried in South Philly right now.

I thought the feds would've already known that. I mean it's assumed. The vast majority of the leadership in the current Philly crime family all got their start engaging in similar crimes - some are still doing it. If Persiano wasn't snatching purses, selling drugs and dealing in petty scams, I would've questioned how well he knew these people.

From the 75 milions a years drug ring to few grams selling,the philly mob really turned to a street gang dimension.

I agree, Perisano is the rat. There may be others plus wire taps. The fact that they are actually naming Dom Grande speaks volumes in my view.
Not to beat a dead horse but why would he use his own car in a hit and hold on to the weapon! That is just stunning to me.
My best guess is a very simple one: he/ they panicked.

My guess was that Nicodemo was so furious at the disrespect Dipietro showed him at the card game (based on what I've read), that he saw red, consequences be damned.

Im not sure how big the FBI philly mafia division is but i am betting the local philly pd maybe the DEA has some numbers in Philly because their has been some huge busts with coke up there in the past year. All it takes is a few knuckleheads or fiends runninig their traps in a local bar or house that the feds or philly pd wired up or even an informant from the DEA, local philly pd or FBI to get some ppl talking out loud...one thing on philly is they do remain quiet....just strange timing and as dante stated, $10k is nothing to get ppl to snitch...and a fiend isnt holding up in court

The reward is now 30k, 10 from feds and 20 from philly.

Kenneth Arabia’s and Castelli have been around forever. Castelli violated supervised release a few years ago for dealing crack and back in the day when they wacked Mikey Diamond Devito.His body was found in Kenneth Arabia’s car.

I don't know about the card game but DiPietro was an informant for drug dealing

Its only speculated the shooter is Grande. That being said, whomever the shooter was, He should be sleeping a little better because the video is in no way clear enough to show who the true shooter was. Think about it, all these years go by and the shooter knows there is a video of the shooting and he was consumed with wondering what that video actually showed. Now they know.

$10K not a lot of money?! I guess a few of you guys don't know Philly that well but there are plenty of guys there that would turn their own mothers in for $100. Don't give them that much credit