A Mafia turncoat who took two bullets in a failed mob hit got his revenge yesterday as a federal jury convicted his would-be assassins of murder conspiracy.
Jurors delivered the guilty verdict against Vincent “Chicky” DeMartino, a Colombo soldier, and mob associate Giovanni “John the Barber” Floridia after two days of deliberations.
The feds’ star witness, Joseph “Joe Campy” Campanella, 45, was marked for death when leaders of his crime family wrongly suspected him of cooperating with the government.
“In the mob, you don’t get called to the office of your human-resources director and get handed a severance check. In the Mafia, your severance check is a bullet to the head,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicolas Bourtin said in closing statements.
DeMartino, 47, the shooter, is facing approximately 30 years behind bars when he is sentenced, while Floridia, 29, the getaway driver, could receive 22 years.
The wives of the two mobsters wept audibly as the verdict was announced and flew into a rage after the jury left the courtroom.
“Burn in f- – -ing hell! I have three babies!” DeMartino’s wife, Donna, shouted at an FBI agent after the jury left the courtroom. “You know my husband’s legitimate. You f- – -ing dog!”
Bad blood between DeMartino and Campanella began more than 10 years ago, when DeMartino accused his one-time pal of having an affair with his former wife while he was in prison.
Campanella, who fathered a child with a mistress while he was married, has denied the allegation.
But his long relationship with another girlfriend, the busty blond wife of a Gambino associate, came in handy last week as she backed up his account of the July 16, 2001, shooting.
Rosalie Castellana testified that she initially suspected her jealous husband was to blame.
But a call from Campanella reassured her that “it was his friends that did it,” the mob wife testified.
Campanella was walking to his car near a Coney Island beach when he heard a yell, “Hey, Joey!” and turned to see DeMartino aiming a gun from a minivan.
He was shot in the arm and foot after running in a zigzag and covering his face.
Defense lawyers James LaRossa and Jeffrey Lichtman said they would appeal the convictions.
(p. 19 in metro)