Son sentenced in murder, assassination plot of his mobster father who escaped death twice
He survived getting his throat violently slashed after burglars broke into his home. Then, someone held a gun to his head and it misfired.71-year-old mob associate Sylvester Zottola survived six assassination attempts over a one-year period, only to get gunned down and murdered doing something he did often - ordering a cup of coffee at a McDonald's drive-thru in the Bronx.
During all of those assassination attempts, Zottola had no idea his own son Anthony was behind the attacks on his life.On Friday, Anthony Zottola was sentenced by a federal judge in Brooklyn to life behind bars without the possibility of parole. After a six week jury trial, he was convicted of hiring gang members to kill his father to get the family fortune.
Then in November of 2017, police records show he was "menaced at gunpoint by a masked individual," while driving down the Throgs Neck Expressway.Sylvester Zottola hospitalized after home Invasion Courtesy: U.S. Attorney's Office After recovering from the slashing, in June of 2018 a hooded man held a pistol to Zottola's head outside his home, but the gun misfired. Zottola got out his own gun and fired back. It's captured on home surveillance camera.
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