Third Man Pleads Guilty In 2016 Killing Of Joseph Comunale At Party
The Manhattan District Attorney says Max Gemma pleaded guilty today to hindering prosecution for his role in the death of Joseph Comunale in 2016.
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The Manhattan District Attorney says Max Gemma pleaded guilty today to hindering prosecution for his role in the death of Joseph Comunale in 2016.
Lawrence Dilione and James Rackover were accused of beating and stabbing Comunale, 26, to death following a night of partying at Rackover's Upper East Side apartment, then burying Comunale's body in New Jersey.
Rackover, 27, was found guilty last month of beating and stabbing Comunale, 26, to death following a night of partying at Rackover's Upper East Side apartment, then burying Comunale's body in New Jersey.
James Rackover and two New Jersey men were charged in the death of Comunale, whose body was found in Oceanport, N.J., buried in a shallow grave within a wooded area behind a flower shop.
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Max Gemma, 29 of Oceanport, New Jersey, is charged with hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence in connection with the stabbing death of 26-year-old Joseph Comunale, police said.
Bail was set at $300,000 cash or $3,000,000 bond each for James Rackover of Manhattan and Lawrence Dilione of Jersey City.
James Rackover, 25, of Manhattan, and Lawrence Dilione, 28, of Jersey City, have been charged with concealment of a human corpse, hindering prosecution and tampering with physical evidence.
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