New York Strip Clubs: Al Bruno murder case goes to jury, with Geas brothers, Artie Nigro facing life …
The violent tear by the Geases and Anthony J. Arillotta, of Springfield, who sought to succeed Bruno as regional boss, with an assortment of minions, was encouraged and endorsed by Nigro, who expected higher “tribute” payments in return, the prosecution says.
Arillotta was the prosecution’s star witness after “flipping” last year and joining forces with the government almost immediately after his arrest.
Over the course of several days on the witness stand, Arillotta dispassionately told jurors of beatings, murders and shake-downs of Western Massachusetts business owners in his pursuit of power, including threatening Springfield vending machine owner Carlo Sarno with “getting runned over 85 times with a car” if he didn’t fork over a chunk of his business.
In another instance, Arillotta testified that he began extorting strip club owner James Santaniello for payments of $12,000 a month, using Springfield attorney Daniel D. Kelly, a former city councilor, to tote the payments from Santaniello to him and the Geases for nearly two years.
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