Phone calls from Santa Maria Capua Vetere prison: 25 convictions and eight acquittals

 Santa Maria Capua Vetere – The verdict has arrived in the trial related to the illicit use of cell phones inside the Sammaritan prison.

The judge Valerio Riello, at the end of the procedure which involved 33 defendants, he issued 25 convictions e 8 acquittals, shedding full light on one of the most sensational episodes of violation of prison rules recorded in recent years.

The investigation

The investigation, coordinated by the Sammarinese Public Prosecutor's Office, began after the suspicion of illicit trafficking within the penitentiary institution, in the period between October 2021 and January 2022According to investigators, un phone had been smuggled into the prison and used for make numerous calls outwards, in violation of safety regulations.

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The cross between the telephone records and the investigative activities have allowed us to trace the prisoners involved, who would have contacted family and acquaintances, evading controls and circumventing the rules imposed by the detention regime.

The sentences

The penalties imposed range from one to two years of imprisonment. The most severe sentences – two years in prison – they were touched by Anthony Santafata, Francesco Massaro e John DeMartino.

One and a half years of imprisonment for:

• Andrea Evacuate

• January February

• Virgil Befa

• Andrea Gallo

• Alexander Massaro

• Andrea Falco

• Matthew Prece

Sentenced to one year and three months:

• Luigi Ciccarelli

• Joseph Of The Fazia

• Joseph Goliath

• Raffaele Vitiello

• Ciro Riviercio

• Luciano Strafile

• Vincent Of Clare

• Vincenzo D'Avanzo

• Luigi Nebbia

Instead they received one year in prison:

• Salvatore Arcopinto

• Vincenzo Turin

• Andrea Chiarolanza

• Andrea Scuotto

• Salvatore Sessa

• Cyrus Marino

The acquittals

Eight defendants were acquitted with full formula, “for not having committed the act”:
Arduino Balsam, Emanuel Soup, Constantine of Castile, Alberto Piscitelli, Rudy Letizia, Abdelkader Kassimi, Luigi De Lucia e Gennaro Falaga.