Saturday, May 11, 2013
Two men were found fatally shot in Teaneck three years ago
A Queens nightclub owner was sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison for a drug conspiracy that left two men shot to death on a street in Teaneck three years ago, NorthJersey.com reported. Nicholas Kiriakakis, 29, must serve 6 1/2 years of the sentence before being eligible for parole. Superior Court Judge Liliana De-Avila Silebi sentenced Kiriakakis to eight years for a conspiracy charge and another five years on a hindering apprehension charge. Prosecutors had charged with Kiriakakis with the February 2010 murder of Michael Mirasola, 27 and Jonathan Beneduce, 28, both of Queens. The men were found fatally shot in an SUV parked on Oakdene Avenue. A Bergen County jury acquitted Kiriakakis on the murder charges, but convicted him on the …
Thursday, December 13, 2012
New York nightclub owner convicted on lesser charges, report says.
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Thursday, December 13, 2012
A Bergen County jury on Thursday acquitted a Queens man on charges he killed two men on a street in Teaneck, but convicted him on drug distribution conspiracy and hindering apprehension charges, northjersey.com reported. Prosecutors alleged Nicholas Kiriakakis, a 27-year-old nightclub owner, fatally shot Michael Mirasola and Jonathan Beneduce on Oakdene Avenue Feb. 17, 2010. The three were allegedly involved in a deal to buy drugs using counterfeit money. Although Kiriakakis had collected thousands from the two men, he was unable to make the deal happen and instead shot the pair, prosecutors alleged. An attorney for Kiriakakis argued the three were involved with serious criminals and the killings were a professional hit, the report said. …
Wednesday, October 24, 2012
Motive in double-shooting remains unclear.
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Wednesday, October 24, 2012
The Queens nightclub owned accused in the shooting deaths of two men in Teaneck ran a scheme to buy counterfeit money and use it to purchase and resell cocaine, a prosecutor said in opening arguments Tuesday, northjersey.com reported. Nicholas Kiriakakis, 27, used Michael Mirasola and Jonathan Beneduce as unknowing investors in the scam, Assistant Bergen County Prosecutor Wayne Mello said in court. Kiriakakis allegedly fatally shot the two men on Oakdene Avenue in Teaneck in February 2010. Prosecutors did not detail a specific motive in the killings, according to the report. A defense attorney for Kiriakakis, Marc Agnifilo, contended that although illegal dealings had taken place, his client did not kill the two men. Kiriakakis reportedly …
Monday, October 22, 2012
A Queens man is accused of gunning down two men on a street in Teaneck nearly three years ago.
Opening arguments in the trial of a New York City lounge owner accused of killing two men on Oakdene Avenue in Teaneck are set to begin Tuesday in Superior Court in Hackensack, northjersey.com reported. Queens nightclub owner Nicholas Kiriakakis, 28, is charged with fatally shooting Michael Mirasola and Jonathan Beneduce Feb. 18, 2010 in what prosecutors have called drug-related killings. Mirasola and Beneduce drove to Teaneck in a 2007 Ford Explorer as Kiriakakis followed, prosecutors have said. He allegedly shot his two friends and fled. The purpose of the trip was “believed to be related to an illegal narcotic transaction,” prosecutor’s said in statement issued after the slayings. Kiriakakis was freed on $2 million bail and faces …
John Santaella
12:33 am on Saturday, December 15, 2012
From today's piece in the Record it seems all the evidence was circumstantial and apparently not very convincing. more ›