Dom is getting NO sleep right now, I guarantee that.

Must have gotten word from somewhere that DiPeitro was about to give the feds or state police something big that day and he went crazy.... Nicademo seems pretty stupid recall these wiretaps from a couple of years ago

http://www.myfoxboston.com/story/17540259/mob-talk-anthony-nicodemo

My thoughts are that Nicademo is close with Ligambi/Merlino/ Staino not sure how close with Mazzone/ Chang/ Lance but Philly is a small town so everyone is at risk of being taken down no doubt.

Im sure defense has some witnesses that will explain the exact story that the defense is selling, because if you think about it maybe someone did see a man with a gun run up to a car waving a gun get in the car and drive away.....you only need one juror to believe it

Nicodemo definitely sounds like a dipshit.

if he flips he cant tell in a state case who did the murder I think. there has to be 2 witnesses, no one else seen the masked mans face so he could say it was anyone. but hes slick that he didn't tell the police anything when he got arrested so technically he never lied to the police before he flips like hector pagan telling cops he never murder someone then changing his tune.

Nicodemo really must have been full of himself when he did this. I dont see why else he would have bene so sloppy. He actually not an idiot as far as smarts. That was hard for me to even type after hearing about his defense but he was one of the money makers in the area. He was involved in a little bit of everything. His uncle has been running some of his more legit businesses since he got put away.

Hes in CFCF to...no Federal shit waiting trial. that place is a zoo. I just dont see what his plan is here. Ive seen Dom around here and there. I wonder how he is sleeping. I wonder if his Dad has reached out to him and asked him to join him in Witness Protection or if his Uncle has given him any advice. I wonder if his dad is even alive...he wasn't old but never hear about him.

Why does everyone automatically assume Nicodemo is gonna rat? His young age? We have no idea what will happen. He very well might flip but I'd say there's just as good of a chance he won't. People said the same for Canalchio in the last Philly trial.

spmob I brought that up earlier about him ratting.That's where lately it seems like the juries have become disguisted with this style.Like I said I would venture to say that Nicodemo would be way more reputable than guys like Aponte and Monacello.Even so that's when Ligambi's lawyer jumps in to action and will shoot down every theory and will paint a picture of someone [Nicodemo] trying to save himself.I agree that this is the most absurd defense I have ever seen but the government had such a hard-on for Ligambi and Borgesi and even Mousie that the juries just may say ''let him walk''.

I just wanted to point out that I don't think he will rat but if he did that's where it gets hairy.I am not here to judge guilt or innocence but the one line that got me was how they explained Nicodemo was just having a ho=hum day and next thing you know he's involved in a murder.''A shaken Nicodemo drenched in sweat'' was now a random car-jack victim.That's beyond laughable.

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This sounds less like a hit and more like Gino owed someone lots of money or drugs since he was a drug dealer.

With the ratting end of it, you got Bosses and Capos singing these days, anything is possible today. I'm not saying he's a rat but look at over the years how many cases there were of this type of shit going on. It seems to be the norm today. It's crazy how that whole thing went from Loyalty to Toiletry in the last 30+ years.

New article up at bigtrial.net

Anthony Nicodemo smiled and waved to family members and friends as he left the 11th floor courtroom this afternoon following a second day of testimony in his murder trial.

The burly, 42-year-old mobster, who is facing a potential life sentence, appeared calm and relaxed as he headed back to the prison cell he has occupied since his arrest minutes after Gino DiPietro was gunned down on a South Philadelphia street more than two years ago.

Assistant District Attorney Brian Zarallo could wrap up his case tomorrow. Court does not meet on Friday. That would set the stage for what might be the biggest decision in Nicodemo's life. Does he take the stand in his own defense?

A gag ordered imposed by Judge Jeffrey Minehart bars Zarallo and defense attorney Brian McMonagle from commenting about the proceedings. Several sources, however, say that McMonagle has not decided if he will put his client on the stand when the defense portion of the trial begins sometime next week.


The case against Nicodemo is entirely circumstantial but the evidence linking him to the crime is difficult to ignore or explain away. The key elements are these:

- Nicodemo's black Honda Pilot was spotted speeding away from the shooting scene seconds after a masked gunman jumped into the vehicle which was parked in an alleyway less than a block from where DiPietro was gunned down on the afternoon of Dec. 12, 2012.

- A .357 magnum, which has been identified as the murder weapon, was found in the Honda Pilot.

The District Attorney's Office has conceded that Nicodemo was not the shoote. Zarallo has implied that Dominic Grande, a close associate of Nicodemo's, is the suspected hitman. Grande, the son and nephew of Philadelphia mobsters jailed in the 1980s, has not been charged.

After a defense motion aimed at barring the introduction of the murder weapon as evidence failed, McMonagle offered an opening statement clearly designed to explain away the two key elements that tie his client to the crime.

He conceded that it was Nicodemo's Honda Pilot in which the gunman fled the murder scene. But he told the jury that his client was unaware of what had happened and was accosted by the unknown gunman who forced him to drive away. The gunman later jumped out of the car, but left the murder weapon behind.

Will Nicodemo get on the stand and tell the jury exactly what happened in his Honda Pilot that afternoon?

Will he expanded on the carjacking defense?

How will he respond to what are sure to be questions from Zarallo about why he never offered that explanation when police came to his home minutes after the shooting and placed him in custody?

What will he say when Zarallo asked him why he didn't report the carjacking to police?

Testimony today, largely from police, focused on the circumstances surrounding Nicodemo's arrest and on evidence gathered there and at the murder scene.

A witness at the murder scene got the license tag of the Honda Pilot as it sped away. Nicodemo's home was less than a five-minute ride from where DiPietro was killed. Police were knocking on his door less than 30 minutes after the shooting. They found the Honda Pilot, its engine still warm, parked behind the house. Later, after obtaining a search, they found the gun behind the driver's seat.

Police who went to Nicodemo's house testified that the front door was ajar but that at first he didn't respond to knocks on the door. Sgt. Andrew Callaghan testified that he hollered into the house, "Police. Anthony why don't you come out and make it easier on yourself?"

Seconds later, Callaghan said, Nicodemo appeared at the door and surrendered to police. He was handcuffed and placed in a squad car. The only thing he said, according to Callaghan, was that he had been working in his house and was waiting for his wife and children to get home.

Callaghan, a twenty-five year police veteran, said Nicodemo was "sweating profusely" and that when he patted him down he felt his heart pounding "like someone who had just run a marathon." He said when he and other officers later searched the home, with Nicodemo's permission, he expected to find exercise equipment, assuming Nicodemo had been working out.

But there was none.

Under cross-examination from McMonagle, Callaghan acknowledged that when Nicodemo first came out of the house, police had drawn their guns and were pointing them out him.

"People with guns pointed out the, tend to sweat, don't they?" McMonagle asked.

Callaghan said that was true, but repeated that Nicodemo seemed to be sweating in the extreme. None of the police officers or detectives questioned today were asked about a carjacking and there has been no indication that Nicodemo mentioned it to anyone when he was taken into custody.

How he explains that, if he takes the stand, could go a long way toward determining his future. Another concern in the defense camp, according to sources, is whether Nicodemo would be able to keep his temper in check under cross-examination.

"He's got a short fuse," said one source who knows him.

Should he opt to testify, Nicodemo could also open himself up to questions about past criminal problems. He has a prior gambling conviction tied to an alleged organized crime betting ring operating out of the high stakes poker room at the Borgota casino-hotel in Atlantic City. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to four months in that case. A New Jersey State Police affidavit that was part of that investigation identified him as a suspect in the 2003 murder of mobster John "Johnny gongs" Casasanto.

The Casasanto murder is one of three gangland homicides still under investigation by federal authorities. While organized crime has not been mentioned by any of the witnesses in the trial, Mark Pinero, a Philadelphia Police detective long assigned to the FBI's Organized Crime squad, has been in court each day monitoring the testimony. And today two members of the Police Department's Organized Crime Unit were also in and out of the courtroom.

Federal authorities have privately indicated that they hoped the leverage of the DiPietro murder charge might be enough to convince Nicodemo that his only recourse was to cooperate. Thus far, that hasn't happened. But the stakes continue to increase as the trial moves closer to jury deliberation.

"He's got a beautiful wife and two young children," said one source. "He may never get to be with them again. That's what his risking. And for what?"

George Anastasia can be contacted at George@bigtrial.net.

just can't understanding dropping off the shooter if you wasn't part of the murder and you leaving the gun in your car. the shooter should have took it when he left and got rid of. or the second nicodemo got home he should have cleaned it or wat ever hitmen do? it don't make sense here's my new theory. nicdemo went to sell some coke someone knew where he would be; kill this guy frame that guy. guy that is so connected couldn't be so dumb. he was into real estate. that takes a lil smarts...

Now you want to make him a drug dealer too... Thats just dumb

I dunno, pmac. I respect your opinion. But that's kinda out there.

Maybe....just maybe....the guy's guilty .

I hear ya PB. But something is so off. Can you be that dumb?

He looked coked out of his head in the mugshot, him and Dom probably off there heads being wreckless.

I'm seeing that question asked all over the place. Maybe he IS that dumb.

And again, I don't follow Philly and I don't know this guy from a hole in the wall. Maybe he's a criminal genius. Maybe he volunteers at Church on Sundays. But sometimes a cigar is just a cigar. And sometimes the truth is what's most obvious.

I think the guy is up to his neck in being connected to this, whether he pulled the trigger or not. But most of the evidence is circumstantial, so the fanboys have a 50-50 shot at rejoicing in a few days.

He definitely had something to do with it. 100 %. I'm just trying to understand why the spur of the moment thing. What triggered it? Own car where people in the neighborhood know you? 5 mins from hous? Murder weapon in car?

Soooo weird

Yeah, really bizarre.

I think no way in hell nicodemo flips whether he beats the charges or not.But, lets say he does beat the charges.Him and dom become major players in the philly underworld. Especially in merlino/mazzones eyes.the way i look at it, you have 2 people who have the balls to carry out a hit without permission. Then when everybody knows its them, they keep their mouth shut and beat the charges. I understand if this happened in places like chicago or NY, both of them would get whacke for doing an unsanctioned hit. But its philly, and like everybody is saying, both are/were close to merlino

Honestly I cant see what the contention is about.

This guy is DONE.

You couldn't write a script with more circumstantial evidence.
He's also got two young kids. And people dont think he'll flip? In this day and age? For who, Ligambi? Merlino? This guys going to forsake his kids for LIFE for Joe Ligambi?

Not a chance.



Convicted. Then rolls.


This one doesnt take a genius to figure out how this plays out...

Who said it was unsanctioned? Remember the acting boss was on trial not the boss.

If I was uncle joe i would go enjoy boca raton with my kids and just prepare for the inevitable. A dude that has survived multiple trials, beat the feds, got a conviction overturned is finally going to fall because some dumbfuck decided to pull the dumbest hit in human history.

this is why the mob is dysfunctional. and why they cant have nice things.

S

Some guys are still cosa nostra till they die. Thats just the way they are. Not saying thats gonna happen, but its definitely a possibility.

haha I say this whenever my husband and I fight and something gets broken (thrown)...and THIS is why we can't have nice things!!

This was obviously an unsanctioned hit. No way in hell ligambi okayed it on trial. And if your implying merlino is boss, no way in hell he put a hit on dipetro to make it look like ligambi did it, or any other reason. I think nicodemo was furious that dipetro was talking about him on the other murder. I also think he beats the case, cause no witness can put him as the shooter and his dna wasnt on the gun

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