George Anastasia, a veteran organized crime reporter and the author of Gotti's Rules, reports on the guilty pled of Anthony Nicodemno for bigtrial.net.
He's a throwback, a standup guy in a mob decimated by turncoat witnesses.
And as a result, he's looking at 23 more years in state prison.
On the eve of his retrial for the December 2012 murder of Gino DiPietro, mobster Anthony Nicodemo pleaded guilty this morning to third degree murder, conspiracy and weapons charges.
Common Pleas Court Judge Jeffrey P. Minehart, under the terms of a plea deal, sentenced the reputed South Philadelphia hitman to a minimum of 25 years in prison. With two years already served, Nicodemo, 43, will be able to apply for parole in 2038.
According to several sources, Nicodemo rejected offers to cooperate that could have resulted in substantially less jail time. The married father of two young children opted instead to live by an underworld code that has been shattered again and again by members of the Philadelphia mob.
Omerta, the code of silence, is like the Liberty Bell, broke and inoperative. So many members and associates of the Philadelphia mob have chosen to cooperate that the once secret society has
crumbled.
But Nicodemo, who is also a suspect in the murder of mobster John "Johnny Gongs" Casasanto, proved to be old school.
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
http://www.bigtrial.net/2015/02/nicodemo-gets-25-50-for-dipietro-murder.html#more
My review of Gotti's Rules will appear in the Philadelphia Inquirer on February 15th.
You can read an earlier post on Anastasia's new organized crime book via the below link:
http://www.pauldavisoncrime.com/2015/01/george-anastasias-gottis-rules-in-new.html
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