Man suspected of gunning down reputed mob boss mistook him as 'deep state' figure

[Judi Lynn]

Source: NBC News

July 22, 2019, 10:44 AM CDT / Updated July 22, 2019, 1:01 PM CDT
By David K. Li

The New York man accused of gunning down a reputed mob boss believed his victim was a figure in the "deep state" and had planned on making a citizen's arrest, his defense lawyer claimed.

The March 13 slaying of Francesco "Franky Boy" Cali, a Gambino crime family underboss, was originally believed to be a mob hit.

But now it appears suspect Anthony Comello, 24, gunned down Cali in an off-base belief that the mob figure was "deep state," a secret organization out to take control of the U.S. government, defense lawyer Robert Gottlieb wrote in court papers filed Friday in a Staten Island court.

“He ardently believed that Francesco Cali, a boss in the Gambino crime family, was a prominent member of the deep state, and, accordingly, an appropriate target for a citizen’s arrest,” Gottlieb wrote, in support of Comello's defense by "mental disease or defect."

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Anthony Comello

[Loki Liesmith]

1. Dude is fscked

[sdfernando]

20. Well and truly!

The guy killed a mob boss...only a matter of time before they take their due.

[Eugene]

2. Mental defect or is he just too stupid to live?

Either way, he's a walking dead man.

[cstanleytech]

3. I smell bullshit!!!

[Xipe Totec]

8. Can you elaborate? nt

[cstanleytech]

9. I think its simply an attempt to try to lay the ground work for an insanity defense

but to actually do this took planning so I doubt he is insane.
Rather I suspect he is simply another asshole who thought it was ok to do whatever the fuck he wanted to do of which there are many coming out of the woodwork since Trump took office.

[Xipe Totec]

10. Interesting take. Thanks. nt

[iluvtennis]

13. +++ agree

[RockRaven]

4. I've heard of all sorts of creative lawyering from mob defense attorneys, but that one is

somewhere between and

[Marie Marie]

5. And to think that I was called naive by a Trumpster because I laughed at

his belief in the Deep State and how they were trying to destroy poor Donald.

[UpInArms]

6. Crazy like a fox?

At Comello's first court appearance on March 18, he had the phrases "MAGA Forever" and "United We Stand MAGA" scrawled across his left hand.

"Beginning with the election of President Trump in November 2016, Anthony Comello's family began to notice changes to his personality," the defense claimed.

"Mr. Comello, the defendant in this case, became increasingly vocal about his support for 'QAnon,' a conspiratorial fringe right-wing political group. But Mr. Comello's support for QAnon went beyond mere participation in a radical political organization, it evolved into a delusional obsession."

... snip ...

Previously, Comello had sought to "arrest" New York Mayor Bill de Blasio and U.S. Reps. Maxine Waters and Adam Schiff, both Democrats from California, his defense said.

Scary times, indeed

[kwassa]

7. Well, Cali was a member of the deep state .....

just a different one.

The State of Mafia.

[B Stieg]

11. The Gambinos...

will probably throw their two cents in at some point.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

15. One penny on each eye?

The fare for Charon to take this guy across the river Styx?

The case for the defense is tough. If they lose, he goes to prison. If they win, he gets hit on the street. I think he chose poorly.

[3Hotdogs]

18. If he wins, he doesn't go on the street.

He gets to be John Hinkley's roomie.

[Ponietz]

12. Not sure whether that mitigates or aggravates his sentence

[BlueMississippi]

14. Whether convicted or not

the guy has already been given a death sentence.

[safeinOhio]

16. Gonna need a bigger

DSM IV.

[Vinca]

17. What? No MAGA hat in jail?

Hmmmm - bet a person could get rich taking out a big life insurance policy on Anthony Comello. Sometimes being a dumb cult member turns you into a dead cult member.

[3Hotdogs]

19. Too bad he didn't use his law enforcement skills where it would have done some good,

like maybe, trying to save those kids that Hillary kept in the basement in the pizza parlor.










Calm down, Agnes. Its sarcasm.

[paleotn]

21. I'm surprised this kid is still alive...

Either he's got security out the whazoo, or the mob is slipping. I suspect the former.