The trial of eleven alleged drug dealers involved, on 17 February 2023, in the “Virgilio” carabinieri operation, which dismantled three criminal groups, led by women, who allegedly operated in competition with each other, began in Marsala.
The precautionary order, issued last year by the investigating judge of Marsala at the request of the prosecutor’s office, concerned a total of 14 people (11 in prison), accused, for various reasons, of trafficking and dealing of narcotic substances (crack, heroin and cocaine), extortion , money laundering and personal injury. The investigations revealed that in the popular Sappusi neighbourhood, and in particular in Via Virgilio, there was the main “drug-dealing square” of Marsala. According to investigators, a young woman who died of an overdose in October 2021 (which was followed by the suicide of her partner) also purchased supplies in Sappusi in the past.
The precautionary custody order in prison concerned the Marsala residents Arianna Torre, 44 years old, already detained for another reason, Giovanni Parrinello, 42, also already detained (for the murder of another criminal, Antonino Titone), Pietro Lombardo , 32, Alessia Angileri, 32, Alessio Cristopher Pantaleo, 35, Andrea Nizza, 36, also already detained for another cause (robberies committed together with Giovanni Parrinello), Massimo Licari, 49, Gisella Angileri, 38 , and Vito Alessio Allegra, 22, and the Palermo natives Giuseppe Caruso, 35, and Antonino La Mattina, 33.
The residence ban in the municipality of Marsala was imposed on Jessica Torre, aged 36, and Marilena Lungaro, aged 33. Finally, Antonino Davide Di Girolamo, aged 43, was obliged to reside in Marsala. Some, like the Angileri sisters, have already been tried and sentenced in summary terms or with plea bargains. The defendants in the trial started today are Marilena Lungaro, Michele Adorno, Giovanni Parrinello, Jessica Torre, Pietro Lombardo, Antonino Davide Di Girolamo, Anna Maria Di Girolamo, Sergio Sangiorgio, Gianluca Dardo, Leonardo Titone and Valentina Galfano.
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