By Allan Lengelticklethewire.com
Former boss of the Bonanno crime family Vincent “Vinny Gorgeous” Basciano plotted to kill a mob-busting federal prosecutor at an upper East Side Italian restaurant over an issue of disrespect, a government witness testified Tuesday in federal court in New York, the New York Daily News reported.
Ex-mobster Dominick Cicale testified that Basciano planned to kill Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Andres at Campagnola, an upper East Side Italian restaurant, the Daily News reported.
The testimony came during the death penalty phase for Basciano, who was convicted last week for ordering a hit on a mobster.
Cicale testified that a private eye passed on a message to Basciano in the spring of 2004 from then-Bonanno boss Joseph Massino, who was in prison.
“Joe Massino wanted to let Vinny know the prosecutor was disrespectful … and the prosecutor ate at Campagnola’s every Thursday night,” Cicale testified, according to the Daily News.
Basciano was waiting for the OK to execute the prosecutor, but nothing ever happened, the Daily News reported.
