Camorra, the repentant: "This is how I kept the weapons of the De Martino clan"

The De Martino clan, the infamous Xx from the Fiat district of Ponticelli had a large supply of weapons and had an unsuspecting custodian who kept them to themselves.

This is the mechanic Luigi Pisani, arrested and turned collaborator of justice. The story of the firepower in the hands of the De Martino is contained in the latest precautionary order, signed by the investigating judge Marco Giordano, who has brought 9 members of the gang to prison for the sad story of the disputed child, the daughter of Salvatore De Martino.

Pisani said: “…I have always lived on via Eugenio Montale in the same building as Antonio De Martino, whom I knew even before opening the car wash. Since the year Imbimbo was killed, the De Martino family has asked me to collect and store weapons. In particular, at the time of the Imbimbo murder I kept the weapons inside a water meter in building 9/7.

The weapons were brought to me by a certain Vincenzo on behalf of Francesco De Martino.
In particular, while I was working at my house, Francesco De Martino came and told me to go to Vincenzo's house in Rione Fiat to get a bag with some weapons and keep them safe...

It was a nice full bag. I didn't open it, but it was heavy. I put the bag in the water meter and after some time Antonio De Martino came to get them….
The bag was also found about a year and a half ago in the Rione Incis. I read about it in the newspapers.

I learned from Antonio De Martino that that was the bag I had before…
Since then I have always held weapons for the De Martino family. In particular it was Ricci Carmela, wife of De Martino Francesco, who after her husband's arrest forced me and my family to collect and store the weapons for her.

Before Francesco De Martino's arrest I kept them for him, after the arrest I knew that they were weapons belonging to Antonio De Martino who was part of the Bodi, De clan
Micco. The weapons were De Martino's personal… … Only I knew where the weapons were. When they were needed they sent for me and I took them. Either Carmela Ricci or Titina la Torrese came, whose surname I don't know. Sometimes the
I also delivered to Antonio De Martino.

As for what was found in the last few days I can say that the bomb found behind the castles was delivered to me by Francesco De Martino
out on leave from prison at Christmas. He sent for me through his son
of Imbimbo, I think Mario, and he told me that his uncle wanted me. I understood that he was referring to Francesco De Martino and I went to his house.

 Carmela Ricci and Francesco De Martino also gave me a hand grenade

Li Ricci Carmela and Francesco De Martino gave me a hand grenade in a red bag. I took it and hid it where it was found."

Then the collaborator of justice continued: “The baseball bats and bulletproof vests found behind the castle were given to me by Umberto Cecato and Gabriele, who were with Carmela Ricci before the arrests of the De Micco clan. The day after the arrest of De Martino Antonio I personally saw a group of them go to collect a weapon from Tina in Torrese, a pistol
drum-like.

They were Umberto or blind, Gabriele, Maurizio Murrutzu, or token, Angelo Antonucci,
Gino Crisai, De Turris Giovanni, Pietro frutta. I saw them arrive on scooters, there was also a white motorcycle and the Integra of Antonio De Martino, the SH of Angelo Antonucci and other motorcycles.

They were all hooded. They arrived, took the gun, but they also had other weapons and I saw them leave towards their little circle to go up to where the sports hall is. In particular I saw that token get off the scooter, knock on Titina's door. Titina came out of her house and gave him the revolver.

Titina and I talked when I saw all those guys arriving on scooters. She was the one who told me they were Ricci Carmela's guys. After 10 minutes I saw them
coming back they put the gun on my windowsill and I threw it into the garden in front of me.

Then she was recovered by Torrese who was also looking out from the balcony of her house which is in front of me. They were being chased by the Police… .
In my building there was another girl who held the weapons for Antonio De Martino. Her name is…omissis… The weapons were found….

There is another bag of weapons under the garbage behind the washing machine. There is a machine gun and many bullets. I received them about 4/5 days ago, again from Carmela Ricci”.