reputed Gambino wiseguy indicted

Battista (Benny) Geritano, a reputed Gambino wiseguy, was indicted on assault charges for an altercation at Nouveau Restaurant in Bay Ridge in December. Video evidence provided by the bar owner is part of the case against him. Shortly after the evidence was provided, the bar owner was shot, and investigators don’t think it was a coincidence

By John Marzulli / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

The NYPD and the feds are investigating whether the owner of a Brooklyn bar was shot in retaliation for providing detectives with a surveillance video implicating a Gambino mobster in a stabbing, the Daily News has learned.

Reputed mob associate Battista (Benny) Geritano has been indicted on state assault charges in the knife attack, which took place inside Nouveau Brooklyn, a restaurant and bar in Bay Ridge, on Dec. 23.

Within a week of the bar owner giving that video to the police, he was shot himself, and we’re investigating what if any role Mr. Geritano may have had in that shooting as retaliation for turning over the video,” said Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Dennehy.Read rest Here on NYdaily news