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Police set up a crime scene after a bullet crashed through the window of Metro by T-Mobile at Morris Park Avenue and Hunt Avenue at 2 p.m. on November 7. -Photo by David Greene By David Greene  Bronx Voice  November 21, 2024 Follow @Bronxvoice1 BRONX - Police are currently looking for an assailant who fired a gunshot at another unknown individual along busy Morris Park Avenue. The bullet smashed through the front door of a phone store, thankfully no one was injured. Police officials say the incident was reported at 2 p.m. on November 7, outside of the Green Olive Deli, located at 716 Morris Park Avenue, at the corner of Hunt Avenue. Officials say the unknown gunman fired a single shot at a second individual and missed. The bullet flew across the street and through the front door of Metro by T-Mobile, at 723 Morris Park Avenue. Both the gunman and victim fled the scene on foot. No description of the gunman was
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Genovese Bronx-based Gambling Ring Silenced with 6 Convictions

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By David Greene 

Bronx Voice 

February 20, 2023 


BRONX - Just days before the Super Bowl, America's single largest day of gambling, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York announced that six members of the Genovese crime family have pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy pertaining to an online gambling operation, with three of the six defendants based in the Bronx.



 

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams announced that Genovese family associate Thomas Poli, 64, of the Bronx had pled guilty in federal court back on September 29, and will be sentenced on April 13.

 

Genovese family Captain Nicholas Calisi, 63, of Boca Raton, FL., soldier John Campanella, 47, of the Bronx and associate Michael Poli, 37, of Hawthorne, NY., submitted their guilty pleas on February 8, and are expected to be sentenced on June 27.




 

Genovese captain Ralph Balsamo, 54, of the Bronx and soldier Michael Messina, 69, of New Fairfield, CT. would submit their guilty pleas on February 9, and will be sentenced on June 28.

 

At the announcement, Williams stated, "Today's pleas demonstrate that those who swear a lifetime allegiance to criminal organizations will be prosecuted, no matter their efforts to insulate themselves."

 

Court documents from the superseding indictment revealed that the six men "engaged in extortionate extensions of credit by extortion, extortion, operating illegal gambling businesses and the transmission of gambling information."



 

All six members face up to 20 years in prison when sentenced.

 

In court testimony Thomas Poli revealed a relationship with Bronx County Clerk Luis Diaz, which led to Diaz' own indictment for submitting false information regarding Poli's false claim of fulfilling a community service requirement. Diaz also pled guilty and stepped down from his lifetime appointment in July 2022.  

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