Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Pot arrest proves costly for Bonanno ‘associate’


Reputed Bonanno associate Richard Sinde was tossed in jail Tuesday after a judge learned he was arrested for marijuana possession and having a brass knuckle outfitted with a knife just a month after he made $ 300,000 bail on charges in Manhattan.


Sinde, 49, was arrested last July as part of a takedown of a Bonanno crew that was allegedly selling Viagra and Cialis on the blackmarket.


Sinde’s doting mom put up her $ 600,000 home in Englewood Cliffs, NJ to spring her son from Rikers.


But only a month later, the mama’s boy was caught in the Bronx with pot and a weapon during a traffic stop, prosecutors told Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa who swiftly remanded the recidivist ruffian.


“He was upset, very upset,” said his defense lawyer Joel Winograd. “He has a young child and his mother’s sick. It was like a kamikaze attack out of nowhere.”


Winograd, who has referred to his client as a “degenerate gambler,” said he was contesting the allegations.


The matter will be heard at an October 10th hearing, he said


Prosecutors believe Sinde was major Viagra dealer and helped to run a $ 9 million-a-year bookmaking business.


Sinde possessed a money counter and kept meticulous computer records, according to court papers.





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