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The Garden of Beatin': Bail Hearing for Alleged Pizza-Related Assault by L&B Spumoni's Mob Family

Reported in the NY Daily News, mob man and L&B Spumoni Gardens' in-law Francis Guerra had his bail hearing for allegedly attacking Eugene Lombardo, owner of The Square, because his Staten Island pizza was too similar to the Sicilian slices at the highly-regarded Spumoni Gardens. (So I guess when they say family-owned in Bensonhurst, they mean "Family" owned?) Guerra had some other mob related murder charges, but according to the Daily News, the pizza beating dominated the hearing.

5 Comments | Posted by Meredith Smith, August 24, 2011 at 4:45 PM
Tagged: crime, Eugene Lombardo, Francis Guerra, L&B Spumoni Gardens, The Square

Updates on the Lucali Stabbing

Today the New York Post, reports that the fight may have been over a woman, citing a source who says s/he heard Geritano tell Iacono to stay away from her. Iacono's friends tell the paper that he's a stand-up guy, a happily married one-woman man. For now, according to Slice sources, there's a note up at Lucali saying the pizzeria is closed but will reopen soon. Let's hope this mess gets sorted out and it does.

5 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 19, 2011 at 3:45 PM
Tagged: crime, Lucali, Lucali stabbing, Mark Iacono

Lucali's Mark Iacono Brutally Stabbed But OK and in Stable Condition

Some really shocking and saddening news from late yesterday afternoon: Lucali owner and head pizzaman Mark Iacono was brutally stabbed in Carroll Gardens allegedly by ex-con Benny Geritano, a longtime neighborhood local who Iacono has known since childhood. The two apparently had an argument earlier in the day, and Geritano came "seemingly out of nowhere" yesterday afternoon, Post sources say, and attacked Iacono with a kitchen knife.

3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, April 16, 2011 at 8:30 AM
Tagged: crime, Lucali, Mark Iacono

Pennsylvania Pizza Man Plants Live Mice in Two Rival Pizzerias

Y'all saw this, right? A Pennsylvania pizzeria owner, possibly motivated by the fact that his shop was allegedly not doing well, tried planting live mice in two rival pizzerias. He was caught in the act by two police officers who happened to be eating in one of the targeted slice joints.

3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, March 3, 2011 at 7:45 AM
Tagged: crime, pizza weirdness

Pennsylvania Judge Rules That Pizza Is Indeed a Weapon

A county judge in West Chester, Pennsylvania, was asked to rule whether a slice of pizza could be construed as a weapon. Police allege that William James Fennie III threw a slice of pizza at a passing car and arrested him for "resisting arrest and propulsion of missiles."

6 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, February 23, 2011 at 5:00 PM
Tagged: crime, pizza weirdness

In Prank, Man Orders $4,000 of Pizza, Doesn't Pick Up

Wow. Lame prank. A man posing as a member of Bob Dylan's road crew — wearing a Dylan backstage pass after Bobby Z. played a show at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst — ordered 178 pizzas from Antonio's Pizza in the college town and said he'd pick them up later to deliver to the singer and his entourage. Workers stayed until 5 a.m. to finish the order, and the New Jersey man never showed. The unidentified prankster, through his lawyer, later agreed to pay the $4,000 tab.

13 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 29, 2010 at 3:00 PM
Tagged: Amherst MA, Antonio's Pizza, Bob Dylan, crime, pizza lameness, pranks

Pizzeria Owner Fights Off Attempted Robber with 'Giant Spatula'

Of course, we all know that the "giant spatula" in this news report and video (above) is a pizza peel.

3 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, December 3, 2010 at 4:00 PM
Tagged: crime, pizza peels, videos

In Botched Robbery Attempt, Thief Makes Off with Wrong Kind of Dough

I love this story. On Staten Island, a less-than-bright thief followed the owners of Brothers Pizza home after the shop had closed and grabbed from them a bag holding what he thought was the day's cash take. It turned out to be ... pizza dough. ... D'oh!

12 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, November 24, 2010 at 12:00 PM
Tagged: Brother's Pizza, crime, NYC, Port Richmond, Staten Island

The Bronx Is Burning: Fired Domino's Employee Torches 2 of Chain's Storefronts

A fired Domino's employee in The Bronx set fire to two Domino's storefronts on the morning of August 22, says this New York Daily News report: [Jamal] Thomas held on to his key and uniform, and used both to exact his revenge.He visited several stores in uniform, claiming to be part of a secret Domino's team measuring employee satisfaction. He was really scoping out targets to torch, investigators believe. Both fires were started with pizza boxes inside the stores, the report says....

11 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, September 14, 2010 at 2:10 PM
Tagged: chain pizza, crime, Domino's

Disgraced Lobbyist Jack Abramoff Working at Pizzeria in Baltimore

Remember D.C. lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who defrauded American Indian tribes and corrupted Washington officials? He's now working at Tov Pizza in Baltimore, Maryland.

15 Comments | Posted by Adam Kuban, June 23, 2010 at 1:45 PM
Tagged: Baltimore, celebrities, crime, Jack Abramoff, Maryland, redemption, Tov Pizza