The lieutenant colonel Marco Alfio Zappalà was transferred under house arrest, arrested last April 16 along with the former mayor of Castelvetrano, Antonio Vaccarino, and another carabiniere. The investigation refers to the investigative context concerning the hunt for the fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro. The three are accused in various capacities by the Dda of Palermo (added Paolo Guido, substitutes Francesca Dessì and Piero Padova) of "abusive access to a computer system" and "disclosure of official secrets" and also to the former Dc politician is challenged the aggravating circumstance of having favored Cosa Nostra and the inaction of Matteo Messina Denaro.
The officer - in service with the Dia of Caltanissetta at the time of his arrest - left Enna prison on Saturday morning and has since been in his home, on the orders of the magistrate of the Palermo court, Piergiorgio Morosini, who has " partially accepted "the request of the lawyers Giuseppe Crescimanno and Claudio Gallina Montana. Last week the same investigating judge had canceled the house arrest for Giuseppe Barcellona, ​​who has been on the loose since last July 22nd. Vaccarino, known for having corresponded with the fugitive Matteo Messina Denaro (in 2007) on behalf of Sisde, had been released from prison after just 15 days.
According to the indictment, Zappalà would have received from Barcelona (responsible for the transcription of the interceptions at the company of Castelvetrano) some 'screenshots' of conversations between two subjects subjected to investigation in which they commented on some aspects of the funeral of Lorenzo Cimarosa, collaborator of justice died due to a serious illness in January 2017. In turn the Lieutenant Colonel of the Dia would have sent the contents of these 'screenshots' to Vaccarino, who showed them to Vincenzo Santangelo, owner of a funeral home and already convicted of mafia. As part of the survey, the data contained in some IT devices seized from the three suspects were extrapolated, but content analysis is still ongoing.
