Henry Borelli
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Henry Borelli (b. 1948) is a New York mafioso with the Gambino crime family who became a core member of the violent DeMeo crew.
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[edit] DeMeo Gang
The DeMeo gang was an infamous group of murderers, car thieves and drug dealers associated. Led by Gambino soldier Roy DeMeo, the crew included Joseph Testa, Anthony Senter, Joseph Guglielmo and Chris Rosenberg. From the mid-1970s to the early 1980s, the DeMeo gang was suspected in 75 to 200 killings. Due to his reputed efficiency as a shooter, Borelli acquired the nickname "Dirty Henry". Despite his usefulness as an enforcer and hitman, Borelli could never become a made man in the Gambino family; he was automatically disqualified from family membership because in the early 1970s he took the New York Police Department (NYPD) entrance exam.
[edit] Notable murders
Borelli was either implicated in, or suspected of, the following murders:
- Andrei Katz- Borelli used a female friend to lure Katz to a location where was abducted by the DeMeo crew. Borelli reportedly did not kill Katz or participate in the dismemberment of Katz's body. Nonetheless, Borelli was arrested for the slaying along with Testa when Borrilli's friend confessed her role in the murder to police. Both Borelli and Testa were acquitted of murder after the woman's testimony was discredited by defense attorneys during the trial.
- Joseph Brocchini - On May 20, 1976 Borelli and DeMeo shot and killed Brocchini, a made man, or full member, of another New York crime family. Broncchini and DeMeo owned a pornography business; one day, during a business argument, Broncchini punched DeMeo. In retaliation, Borelli and DeMeo entered the office of Brocchini's used car dealership and blindfolded and handcuffed the employees, trying to make the hit look like a robbery. The two mobsters then shot Broncchini five times in the back of the head Since DeMeo and Borelli did not have permission from the crime families to murder Brocchini, they wanted to disguise their involvement in the crime to avoid death themselves.
- Khaled Daoud and Ronald Falcaro - On October 12, 1979, the two men were shot to death in a garage owned by a DeMeo crew member. One of the men, Daoud, had been threatening to inform the police about the DeMeo crew's extremely lucrative Middle East smuggling operation, in which large numbers of stolen vehicles were being shipped to Kuwait, earning the main members of the operation thousands of dollars a week. The other man, Falcaro, was merely accompanying Daoud to what they thought was a meeting to discuss purchasing vehicles for their own legititimate auto sale business. Testimony by crew members Frederick DiNome and Vito Arena confirmed that DeMeo and Borelli were the two shooters in the murder, with Testa and Senter assigned as backups.
- Charles Montigore and Daniel Scutaro - On June 5, 1980 Borelli and DeMeo shot and killed Montigore for refusing to recant testimony against the son of a friend of DeMeo's. They also killed Scutaro, a friend of Montigore's who had nothing to do with the situation. Scutaro had arrived at the body shop while the hitmen were still there and asked to see Montigore. DeMeo told crew member DiNome to send Scutaro into the garage, where he was murdered by DeMeo and Borelli.
[edit] Prison
In 1986, Borelli was sentenced to life in prison and a concurrent sentence of 150 years for 15 counts of auto theft. Although Borelli successfully appealed the life sentence, the 150-year sentence for the auto theft was upheld. [1]. As of April 2008, Borelli is serving out his sentence at Hazelton Federal Penitentary located in Preston County, West Virginia. His projected release date is 10-10-2072. [2] .
He is now eligible for parole. Although Borelli has been eligible for parole since 1996, he has waived his parole consideration and has failed to appear before the Commission for parole hearings. Read at the bottom of the document.
[edit] Sources
- Murder Machine by Gene Mustain & Jerry Capeci, 1993, ISBN 0-451-40387-8.
