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Battista Geritano

Gang Land’s Jerry Capeci writes, 

Six months ago, the judge in his case sent mob associate Battista (Benny The Blade) Geritano to get his head examined. First, Geritano wouldn’t come to court. Then, when he did come, he acted out. Then he wanted to represent himself on charges of sending a threatening letter to the 83-year-old lawyer who had defended him at his 2013 trial for a barroom stabbing in Brooklyn.

Mr. Capeci  writes,   The prison psychologist determined that Benny was “not suffering from a mental disease or defect.” But it turns out that what Geritano really needed was anger management counseling.

Mr  Capeci writes,   Last week, at a pre-trial conference, Geritano blew his stack at Brooklyn Federal Judge Sterling Johnson and called him “biased,” causing Benny to be led out of court by a deputy U.S. marshal. Benny’s explosion came right after the judge signed a “force order” giving the FBI the right to take a DNA sample and a palm print from him as part of the government’s continuing investigation.

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