Monday, September 12, 2005
BY ANN GIVENS
STAFF WRITER
September 12, 2005, 1:57 PM EDT
Five men were arrested and charged with taking part in a $4 million-a-year gambling ring that ran between New Hyde Park and Costa Rica, police and prosecutors said today.
Nassau County District Attorney Denis Dillon said the investigation into the 2003 fireboming of Roseanne's Cards Galore in New Hyde Park lead investigators to the ring. No one has been arrested in the firebombing, and Dillon would not say whether that crime is connected to the gambling ring.
Carmine Graziano, of 3984 Carrel Blvd., Oceanside, Carmine Morreale, of 1453 Joyce Lane, Seaford and Joseph Torelli, of 257 Kingsland Ave., the Bronx, were all charged with enterprise corruption, first-degree promoting gambling, first-degree posession of gambling records and fifth-degree conspiracy. Scott Rothman, of 1430 72nd Street, Brooklyn, and Ernest Torres, of 500 North Newbridge Road, Levittown, were charged with enterprise corruption, promoiting gambling and conspiracy.
They are scheduled to be arraigned this afternoon before Nassau County Court Judge Tochard LaPera.
