Loads of cops and firemen in Throggs Neck. It's the Bronx equivalent of Breezy Point.

3rd degree murder.....

https://twitter.com/DSchratwieser/status/563721235130232832

is he going to be judged by a state court

or federal

Wiki:

'Voluntary manslaughter (also referred to as third-degree murder), sometimes called a crime of passion murder, is any intentional killing that involved no prior intent to kill, and which was committed under such circumstances that would "cause a reasonable person to become emotionally or mentally disturbed". Both this and second-degree murder are committed on the spot, but the two differ in the magnitude of the circumstances surrounding the crime. For example, a bar fight that results in death would ordinarily constitute second-degree murder. If that same bar fight stemmed from a discovery of infidelity, however, it may be mitigated to voluntary manslaughter.[8]'

So Nicodemo has plead guilty to effectively a crime of passion. What a joke.

Throw the book at him.

state charge 10 years?

3rd degree murder in the state of PA carries a range of 20-40. Are we under the impression that nicodemo has agreed to a specific length of sentence? Or is the charge the only agreed upon deal?

Just look at the amount of made guys who have turned informant, it's a very small percentage.

Forget that. He's getting twenty no matter which way you cut it. If I'm wrong I'll gladly admit it. It still beats life without by leaps and bounds. Because he may come home an old man, but it's it's better than never coming home at all.

How old is Nicodemo? 41, 42? If he does 15 years he'll only be as old as PB

Hasn't Nicodemo got young children? And a sexy wife, I doubt she'll stick by him.

As were all mob geeks we'd all love him to spill his guts I suppose in a way it is good to see him stand up and take his punishment like a man, he made the retarded decision to take part in a murder in his own neighbourhood probably coked out of his head.

BTW, I'm not a fan of any criminals but fair play to him if he doesn't talk. It's his fault, nobody elses.

That's hysterical. Someone just said 25 to 50, so parole isn't automatic. No way he does less than 20.

Aside from a couple clowns in s philly, they seem to all do their time and shut up....it should be interesting to see if he is thrown that 20 year sentence, with his kids and wife outside, id imagine the wife and kid love their family, freinds and life in s philly and maybe he knows that and will do the right thing....but as been said on here before the consequences of being a rat just are not the same as they were 20 - 30 years ago

Won't be long before Leonetti pops up and encourages Nicodemo to flip, 'This life is no good' etc

That is true, the Merlino guys are loyal. Probably because most of them are childhood friends.

Dave Schratwieser @DSchratwieser · 6m 6 minutes ago
.@FOX29philly South Philly wiseguy Anthony Nicodemo guilty of murder, conspiracy & gun charge. Gets 25-50yrs.#fox29

https://twitter.com/DSchratwieser/status/563793124754210816

Nicodemo Gets 25-50 For DiPietro Murder
By George Anastasia
For Bigtrial.net

He's a throwback, a standup guy in a mob decimated by turncoat witnesses.

And as a result, he's looking at 23 more years in state prison.

On the eve of his retrial for the December 2012 murder of Gino DiPietro, mobster Anthony Nicodemo pleaded guilty this morning to third degree murder, conspiracy and weapons charges.

Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart, under the terms of a plea deal, sentenced the reputed South Philadelphia hitman to a minimum of 25 years in prison. With two years already served, Nicodemo, 43, will be able to apply for parole in 2038.

According to several sources, Nicodemo rejected offers to cooperate that could have resulted in substantially less jail time. The married father of two young children opted instead to live by an underworld code that has been shattered again and again by members of the Philadelphia mob.

Omerta, the code of silence, is like the Liberty Bell, broke and inoperative. So many members and associates of the Philadelphia mob have chosen to cooperate that the once secret society has crumbled.

But Nicodemo, who is also a suspect in the murder of mobster John "Johnny Gongs" Casasanto, proved to be old school.

"He could have walked out the door," said one source in the legal community who said federal authorities were prepared to go to bat for the bulky mob enforcer had he decided to cooperate.

Nicodemo's lawyer, Brian McMonagle, declined to discuss specifics of the plea negotiation, but said, "Anthony did this for his family. He will be coming home."

But not any time soon, a prospect that could result in the feds making another run at him.

"If he were going to cooperate, he would have done it already," said another source, pointing out that it's more complicated to work out a deal with good benefits after you've been sentenced.

Dressed in a blue shirt, tie and slacks, his hands cuffed in front of him, Nicodemo said little other than "yes," "no" and "guilty" in response to questions posed during the brief, 15-minute proceeding.

He nodded and smiled to family members and friends who had packed the 11th floor courtroom but declined an offer from Minehart to address the court before sentencing. Minehart imposed a 20-to40 year term for the third degree murder charge and a concurrent five-to-10 for the conspiracy count. The weapons offenses resulted in slightly lesser sentences that were to run concurrent.

As a result, the overall sentence was 25-to-50 years, the range agreed upon in pre-sentence negotiations.

In a brief statement to the judge, DiPietro's sister said, "by no stretch of the imagination is this a happy day for anyone here." She was one of several members of DiPietro's family who also attended the hearing.

"My brother will always and forever be missed," she said.

Authorities have never disclosed a motive for the DiPietro shooting. The convicted drug dealer, who may have been cooperating with authorities, was gunned down shortly before 3 p.m. on December 12, 2012. The shooting occurred in the 2800 block of Iseminger Street, not far from his home.

Nicodemo was arrested minutes later after a witness told police he saw a masked gunman jump into a waiting Honda Pilot which sped from the scene. A license tag led police to Nicodemo's door in the 3200 block of South 17th Street, a five-minute drive from the murder scene.

He was taken into custody that day and after obtaining a search warrant police found a .357 Smith&Wesson automatic under the driver's seat of the Honda which was parked behind his house. Assistant District Attorney Brian Zarallo said ballistics proved that the gun was the murder weapon.

Jury selection was set to begin on Monday for Nicodemo's retrial. His first trial in May ended after four days when three of the 14 jurors (two were alternates) had been dismissed for various reasons. With only 11 jurors Minehart was forced to declare a mistrial.

In his opening statement during that trial, Zarallo said Nicodemo was the getaway driver for the murder but was just as culpable as the shooter. The DA identified South Philadelphia mob associate Domenic Grande as the suspected hitman. Grande has never been charged. That investigation is continuing, according to police sources.

Nicodemo's defense, presented in McMonagle's opening in May, was considered bizarre and outlandish to most observers. He claimed that he was carjacked that afternoon by a masked gunman who ordered him to drive away. The gunman jumped out of the Honda a few blocks from the murder scene, but left the gun behind.

One of the dismissed jurors in the first trial called that argument ridiculous. Nicodemo offered that defense at trial, but never mentioned the alleged carjacking at the time of his arrest or during the nearly two years he sat in prison denied bail.

Sources say Nicodemo could have worked out a much better plea deal if he had decided to cooperate and provide details about both the DiPietro shooting and the murder of Casasanto. The Casasanto hit which occurred in 2003 is one of three unsolved mob murders that city police and federal authorities had hoped to lay on the doorstep of then mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi and his administration.

Ironically, Ligambi, 73, and several top associates were on trial for racketeering at the time the DiPietro hit was carried out. Ligambi beat the racketeering charges -- built around gambling, loansharking and extortion -- at two trials and was released last year.

He is now said to be semi-retired and serving as the consigliere in a crime family being overseen by a three-man committee comprised of street bosses Steve Mazzone, John Ciancaglini and Philip Narducci.

Nicodemo heads off to prison, law enforcement sources say, while the local mob tries to regroup and return to the shadows where making money rather than headlines is paramount.

"He's a young guy but he's a dinosaur," said the legal source. "Look at all the guys his age who have cooperated and gotten out. He's a throwback to another generation."

Nicodemo will have a long time to ponder his decision. He will be 66 when he can first apply for release, according to legal experts, and, they add, there is no guarantee that he will be sprung the first time he is eligible.

Nicodemo Gets 25-50 For DiPietro Murder
By George Anastasia
For Bigtrial.net

He's a throwback, a standup guy in a mob decimated by turncoat witnesses.

And as a result, he's looking at 23 more years in state prison.

On the eve of his retrial for the December 2012 murder of Gino DiPietro, mobster Anthony Nicodemo pleaded guilty this morning to third degree murder, conspiracy and weapons charges.

Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart, under the terms of a plea deal, sentenced the reputed South Philadelphia hitman to a minimum of 25 years in prison. With two years already served, Nicodemo, 43, will be able to apply for parole in 2038.

According to several sources, Nicodemo rejected offers to cooperate that could have resulted in substantially less jail time. The married father of two young children opted instead to live by an underworld code that has been shattered again and again by members of the Philadelphia mob.

Omerta, the code of silence, is like the Liberty Bell, broke and inoperative. So many members and associates of the Philadelphia mob have chosen to cooperate that the once secret society has crumbled.

But Nicodemo, who is also a suspect in the murder of mobster John "Johnny Gongs" Casasanto, proved to be old school.

"He could have walked out the door," said one source in the legal community who said federal authorities were prepared to go to bat for the bulky mob enforcer had he decided to cooperate.

Nicodemo's lawyer, Brian McMonagle, declined to discuss specifics of the plea negotiation, but said, "Anthony did this for his family. He will be coming home."

But not any time soon, a prospect that could result in the feds making another run at him.

"If he were going to cooperate, he would have done it already," said another source, pointing out that it's more complicated to work out a deal with good benefits after you've been sentenced.

Dressed in a blue shirt, tie and slacks, his hands cuffed in front of him, Nicodemo said little other than "yes," "no" and "guilty" in response to questions posed during the brief, 15-minute proceeding.

He nodded and smiled to family members and friends who had packed the 11th floor courtroom but declined an offer from Minehart to address the court before sentencing. Minehart imposed a 20-to40 year term for the third degree murder charge and a concurrent five-to-10 for the conspiracy count. The weapons offenses resulted in slightly lesser sentences that were to run concurrent.

As a result, the overall sentence was 25-to-50 years, the range agreed upon in pre-sentence negotiations.

In a brief statement to the judge, DiPietro's sister said, "by no stretch of the imagination is this a happy day for anyone here." She was one of several members of DiPietro's family who also attended the hearing.

"My brother will always and forever be missed," she said.

Authorities have never disclosed a motive for the DiPietro shooting. The convicted drug dealer, who may have been cooperating with authorities, was gunned down shortly before 3 p.m. on December 12, 2012. The shooting occurred in the 2800 block of Iseminger Street, not far from his home.

Nicodemo was arrested minutes later after a witness told police he saw a masked gunman jump into a waiting Honda Pilot which sped from the scene. A license tag led police to Nicodemo's door in the 3200 block of South 17th Street, a five-minute drive from the murder scene.

He was taken into custody that day and after obtaining a search warrant police found a .357 Smith&Wesson automatic under the driver's seat of the Honda which was parked behind his house. Assistant District Attorney Brian Zarallo said ballistics proved that the gun was the murder weapon.

Jury selection was set to begin on Monday for Nicodemo's retrial. His first trial in May ended after four days when three of the 14 jurors (two were alternates) had been dismissed for various reasons. With only 11 jurors Minehart was forced to declare a mistrial.

In his opening statement during that trial, Zarallo said Nicodemo was the getaway driver for the murder but was just as culpable as the shooter. The DA identified South Philadelphia mob associate Domenic Grande as the suspected hitman. Grande has never been charged. That investigation is continuing, according to police sources.

Nicodemo's defense, presented in McMonagle's opening in May, was considered bizarre and outlandish to most observers. He claimed that he was carjacked that afternoon by a masked gunman who ordered him to drive away. The gunman jumped out of the Honda a few blocks from the murder scene, but left the gun behind.

One of the dismissed jurors in the first trial called that argument ridiculous. Nicodemo offered that defense at trial, but never mentioned the alleged carjacking at the time of his arrest or during the nearly two years he sat in prison denied bail.

Sources say Nicodemo could have worked out a much better plea deal if he had decided to cooperate and provide details about both the DiPietro shooting and the murder of Casasanto. The Casasanto hit which occurred in 2003 is one of three unsolved mob murders that city police and federal authorities had hoped to lay on the doorstep of then mob boss Joseph "Uncle Joe" Ligambi and his administration.

Ironically, Ligambi, 73, and several top associates were on trial for racketeering at the time the DiPietro hit was carried out. Ligambi beat the racketeering charges -- built around gambling, loansharking and extortion -- at two trials and was released last year.

He is now said to be semi-retired and serving as the consigliere in a crime family being overseen by a three-man committee comprised of street bosses Steve Mazzone, John Ciancaglini and Philip Narducci.

Nicodemo heads off to prison, law enforcement sources say, while the local mob tries to regroup and return to the shadows where making money rather than headlines is paramount.

"He's a young guy but he's a dinosaur," said the legal source. "Look at all the guys his age who have cooperated and gotten out. He's a throwback to another generation."

Nicodemo will have a long time to ponder his decision. He will be 66 when he can first apply for release, according to legal experts, and, they add, there is no guarantee that he will be sprung the first time he is eligible.

It probably wasn't a sanctioned hit. Personal. And the feds know they can't pin it on anyone hire up. So they let the state take him of the street for 15 20. The d.a. never had a motive for the killing. They just said he did it or was the driver.

Nico had drop the line on a wire I don't care if john gotti wants some money youse come to me

By the time he gets out what will be left of the Philly Mob?

People asked the same thing over 25 years ago when Scarfo and co. went away. The Philly mob is still here and if you ask me seems to have more guys on the street now than the Merlino era did.

So Anastasia thinks Narducci is on a 3 man panel running the family with Chang and Mazzone, that was probably the only way they could stop him from causing trouble, smart move.

Only acknowledges Dom Grande as an associate, that's odd. I thought it was common knowledge that he was made in 2011.

Let's not pull the legal info off of wikipedia, but check out what Pennsylvania means when THEY say Murder 3rd.

18 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes Annotated (C.S.A.) § 2502§ 2502.
Murder
(a) Murder of the first degree.--A criminal homicide constitutes murder of the first degree when it is committed by an intentional killing.
(b) Murder of the second degree.--A criminal homicide constitutes murder of the second degree when it is committed while defendant was engaged as a principal or an accomplice in the perpetration of a felony.
(c) Murder of the third degree.--All other kinds of murder shall be murder of the third degree. Murder of the third degree is a felony of the first degree.

18 Pa. Cons. Stat. Ann. § 2502 (West)

Whether or not it looks like a mafia hit or not, all the evidence the prosecutors have is that a murder took place. There is no planning evidence, at least not enough to sufficiently charge AN with Murder 1. So you go to Murder 2, in PA Murder 2 is just "Felony Murder" (a specific classification of murders. These are murders that were committed as a byproduct of a crime. If we robbed a liquor store and you shot a guy in the process of our felony, we both could get charged with Felony Murder (here, Murder 2). So, while a prosecutor could make a weak case that in the process of his "mafia duties", AN whacked the guy out… therefore Felony Murder Rule applies. But that would be weak. So, lets go to Murder 3. Here in Pennsylvania, that is "all other levels of homicide". So he has NOT been charged with a "voluntary manslaughter" or any kind of depraved heart murder. It's simply their version of what the Model Penal Code calls (and we know colloquially as) "Murder 2".

^^^^It's all moot, Frank:

Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart, under the terms of a plea deal, sentenced the reputed South Philadelphia hitman to a minimum of 25 years in prison. With two years already served, Nicodemo, 43, will be able to apply for parole in 2038.

He's not even eligible for parole until 2038, when he'll be almost 70. And parole is never a guarantee, especially when it comes to violent crimes. Kudos to for him for standing up. But he has a looooooong stretch ahead of him.

Don't be a bore, Tony, talk! Being "stand-up" isn't worth it. We are longing for new books and documentaries about the current mafia in Philadelphia!

Wow. The dumbest hit in mob history and the guy doesn't flip. I guess that's irony for ya. I can honestly say I am surprised.
IF dom was the shooter I'm guessing he is sending cash to Nicodemos family for a good while. and IF the philly fam is still around in 2040 Nicodemo might come out a captain.
25-50 years though? That's a whole lotta IFs.
Interesting stuff.

The best analogy I can make is Gene Gotti because he was roughly Nicodemo's age when he went in back in '89. All these years later and people are still speculating online about what will happen when he comes home in a few years.

But the guy already lost more than a third of his life in prison, looks like death on a cracker now (let alone three years from now), and there's no guarantee as to what his position will be if he makes it to his release. And who really cares?

Stand up guys, no doubt. But they're both cautionary tales about the life.

True

Dino Saracino too in the fact that he was similar in age and got that 50 yr sentence.