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Member of New York mob family arrested in plot to kill his father and brothe

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><div class&equals;"card-content align-left">&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><strong>Anthony Zottola Jr&comma; the son of slain mob associate Sylvester &&num;8216&semi;Sally Daz&&num;8217&semi; Zottola  was arrested Friday in connection with murder-for-hire plots to whack his father and his brother <&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><strong>NY mob figure <&sol;strong><strong>Zottola Sr&comma; 71&comma; <&sol;strong><strong>was executed as he sat behind the wheel of his car waiting for a cup of coffee at a McDonald’s drive-through window in the Bronx&comma; NY&comma; on Oct 4&comma; 2018 <&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><strong>His son Salvatore Zottola Jr&comma; 42&comma; was shot but survived the murder try outside his Bronx waterfront homeon July 11&comma; 2018<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><strong>The hits occurred just three months apart<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom">A cooperating witness had told investigators that the hit on Salvatore Zottola was done to lure the father into the open<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<h4 class&equals;"spaced spaced-xl spaced-top spaced-bottom"><strong>Anthony Zottola Jr and three other conspirators have been arrested&comma; bringing to nine the number of conspirators in custody so far&comma; for the crime<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h4>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card-footer flex-container-row flex-mobile-column align-items-center ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"byline-container flex-container-row align-items-center">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"byline-image-container hidden-mobile spaced spaced-right spaced-sm spaced spaced-right spaced-sm">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"byline-image">&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" img-container "><&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;figure>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"byline-timestamp-container flex-container-row flex-tablet-column flex-mobile-column align-items-center">&NewLine;<div><span class&equals;"byline byline-article"> <&sol;span><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><strong><img class&equals;"alignnone size-full wp-image-321970" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;Sylvester-Sally-Daz-Zottola-1&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Sylvester 'Sally Daz' Zottola 1" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"490" &sol;><&sol;strong><&sol;div>&NewLine;<h6><strong>The son of slain mob associate Sylvester &&num;8216&semi;Sally Daz&&num;8217&semi; Zottola &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; was arrested in connection with murder-for-hire plots to whack his father and his brother&period; Anthony Zottola Jr&comma; was arrested along with three other suspects in last year’s twin shootings from last year<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div><&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card-footer flex-container-row flex-mobile-column align-items-center ">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"byline-container flex-container-row align-items-center">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"byline-timestamp-container flex-container-row flex-tablet-column flex-mobile-column align-items-center">&NewLine;<div>&NewLine;<p data-page&equals;"1">&NewLine;<p data-page&equals;"1">&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<section id&equals;"left" class&equals;"left guttered width-100">&NewLine;<div id&equals;"f0Xb3XR5Fb5umr" class&equals;"wrapper clearfix full pb-feature pb-layout-item pb-f-article-body" data-pb-name&equals;"Article Body &lpar;Elements&rpar;" data-pb-curated&equals;"curated">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"collection collection-cards">&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>The son of slain mob associate Sylvester &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Sally Daz” Zottola was arrested on murder-for-hire charges for plotting to whack his father and his brother&comma; federal officials announced Tuesday&period; These two mobland &&num;8216&semi;hits&&num;8217&semi; were all bought and paid for by a member of the immediate family&comma; authorities say&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Anthony Zottola Sr&period;&comma; of Larchmont&comma; N&period;Y&period;&comma; was busted with three other suspects in last year’s twin shootings of the older males in the Zottola family&comma; authorities said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>The hits occurred just three months apart&comma; with family patriarch Sally Daz executed as he sat behind the wheel of his car waiting for a cup of coffee at a McDonald’s drive-through window in the Bronx on October 4&comma; 2018<br &sol;>&NewLine;71-year-old Sylvester &OpenCurlyQuote;Sally DAZ’ Zottola&comma; of Pelham Bay&comma; NY was shot to death while sitting in a McDonald’s drive thru on Thursday&comma; October 4 while returning home from a scheduled court appearance for an incident involving the illegal discharging of a weapon during a self-defense situation&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to police&comma; the shooter entered the McDonald’s property through a hole in a fence from an adjacent property&comma; fired multiple 9 millimeter rounds at the Zottola before escaping through the same fence opening&comma; fleeing in a gray sedan&period; Zottola was also arrested and charged with criminal possession of a weapon&comma;&bsol;on June 12 after he fired his unlicensed handgun in front of his home in while fending off a would-be assailant&comma; police said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-321974" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;Sylvester-Sally-Daz-Zottola-3&period;png" alt&equals;"Sylvester 'Sally Daz' Zottola 3" width&equals;"1582" height&equals;"689" &sol;><strong>At his funeral Sylvester Zottola was eulogized by his daughter Debbie and his sons Anthony and Salvatore Jr&period;&comma; who was the target in a failed hit in three months earlier in July&period; 2018<br &sol;>&NewLine;<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<h6><img class&equals;"alignnone wp-image-321975" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2019&sol;06&sol;Sylvester-Zottola-Jr-shooting&period;png" alt&equals;"Sylvester Zottola Jr shooting" width&equals;"828" height&equals;"554" &sol;><strong>In July&comma; 2018&comma; a gunman leaped out of car&comma; ran up to Sally Daz Jr and fired at point blank range outside one of his homes&period; He went on to survive the multiple injuries&period; Investigators now say that hit was an attempt to lure his father out&comma; all organized by his brother<&sol;strong><&sol;h6>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"stop-here">&NewLine;Sal&comma; the owner of DAZ Amusement&comma; had been attacked on two previous occasions in the previous year&comma; including a violent attack and knife slashing in December of 2017&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;His son&comma; Salvatore Zottola&comma; 41&comma; survived an early morning attempt on his own life outside his own home&comma; three months earlier on July 11&comma; 2018&period;he survived shots to the head&comma; torso and hand&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The shooter fled in a dark-colored Nissan sedan&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The murder of Sally Daz was done &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;willfully&comma; deliberately&comma; maliciously and with premeditation&comma;” the indictment alleged&period; Anthony Zottola and three other conspirators were expected this afternoon in Brooklyn Federal Court&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Federal prosecutors declined to provide any motives in the twin shootings&comma; although the federal indictment mentioned an unspecified &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;promise and agreement to pay something of pecuniary value” for the hits&period; Authorities also recovered &dollar;45&comma;000 in cash from a Brooklyn apartment one week after the killing of Sally Daz&comma; court papers indicated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"card collection-item card-border-bottom card-border-bottom-thick card-border-bottom-dark" data-type&equals;"text">&NewLine;<div class&equals;" card-content ">&NewLine;<p>Authorities had previously arrested five co-conspirators in the two shootings&comma; and the superseding indictment now names nine suspects&period; A cooperating witness had told investigators that the hit on Salvatore Zottola was done to lure the father into the open&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<&sol;section>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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