Crime & SafetyUpdated: Nov. 03, 2025, 5:50 a.m.|Published: Nov. 03, 2025, 5:50 a.m.
Ettore Mazzei is led out of the 120th Precinct stationhouse on Wednesday, May 22, 2024, in St. George.(Owen Reiter for the Advance/SILive.com)
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — At one point during a drug investigation centered around then prominent caterer Ettore Mazzei, there was a brief, in-person exchange between the suspect and a detective who was surveilling him, according to testimony delivered last week in court.
Detective Arthur Truscelli testified that in March 2024, he was alerted by a fellow detective about an alleged incident that occurred near the 700 block of Bay Street in Stapleton, steps from multiple commercial and residential properties owned by Mazzei.
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