Crime & SafetyUpdated: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:56 a.m.|Published: Oct. 23, 2025, 10:19 a.m.
Ettore Mazzei is led out of the 120th Precinct stationhouse on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in St. George. A motion has been filed to recuse the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office from the case. Owen Reiter for the Staten Island Advance
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A motion has been filed to recuse the Richmond County District Attorney’s Office from prosecuting the case of Ettore Mazzei — a prominent Staten Island caterer, club owner and landlord accused of also operating a multi-faceted crime ring.
The motion, filed by Mazzei’s attorneys in state Supreme Court, St. George, argues that District Attorney Michael E. McMahon issued a pair of “inflammatory” press releases following the 2024 drug sweep that went “beyond the ethical limits…”
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