Brooklyn bodybuilder’s mugshot is released ‘after he shot his parents on Christmas morning at their $3.2m Long Island mansion, then fled in Cadillac tracked by GPS’ - as family’s mob ties are revealed
The bodybuilding-crazed son of a family that helped shape New York City's skyline appeared stone-faced in his mugshot after he was arrested for allegedly shooting his parents at their sprawling $3.2million Long Island estate on Christmas morning.
Construction magnate Rocco Tomassetti, 65, and wife Vinceta Marsicano-Tomassetti, were shot inside their 8,751-square foot mansion in Hewlett Harbor at around 10am.
Their 29-year-old son Dino Tomassetti allegedly fled the scene in a Cadillac Escalade, which Nassau County police were able to track via GPS after a neighbor reported a 'disturbance' at the family's house. The Tommassettis' mob ties have also been revealed in the wake of their son's arrest.
As cops chased Dino into New Jersey, they contacted the Mahwah Police Department for assistance in arresting him.
Dino is now being held at the Bergen County Jail pending an extradition hearing, according to the Daily Voice. He is charged as a fugitive from justice.
The severity of the charges that he will face in Nassau County will depend on the respective condition of his parents, who have both undergone surgery for their wounds.
Sources told the Daily Voice Vincenza was shot in the head and Rocco was shot in the back. Rocco remains in serious condition.
Both were conscious when they were found inside their home, according to the Long Island Herald, and were rushed by county police ambulance to a local hospital. They are both expected to survive, the Herald reports.
Dino works as a bodybuilder in Brooklyn. He is now waiting extradition back to Long Island
Construction magnate Rocco Tomassetti, 65, and wife Vinceta Marsicano-Tomassettti, 64, were shot inside their 8,751-square foot mansion in Hewlett Harbor on Christmas morning
The family's sprawling, $3.2million Long Island estate was surrounded by yellow tape Saturday
The Tomasetti family is part of a construction dynasty formed by the late Dino Tomassetti Sr., an Italian immigrant whose chain of Laquila companies helped shape New York City's skyline.
Their projects include the Goldman Sachs headquarters near Ground Zero, the Bank of America headquarters, condominiums and more. His son Rocco's Empire Transit Mix company provided the concrete for the Freedom Tower and his daughter's company helped develop the structure.
The family has previously faced indictments for their alleged mob ties, and their sprawling home on Long Island is now surrounded by yellow tape as police investigate the shooting in the exclusive South Shore community, which is in the 95th percentile for public safety.
His Instagram page, which remained up Sunday, was stacked with photos of himself lifting weights, flexing muscles, and occasionally traveling to more exotic parts of the world
In one photo, he's posing in a car, showing off a pricy Breitling watch. In another post, he boasts about his 240-pound physique
Tomassetti's social media is filled with photos of his ripped physique
Tomassetti allegedly fled shooting scene in a Cadillac Escalade
Dino works as a personal trainer in East Williamsburg in Brooklyn. His social media pages are filled with pictures of him flexing his bulging muscles.
His Instagram page, which remained up Sunday, was stacked with snaps of him lifting weights and occasionally traveling to more exotic parts of the world such as Paris and the Caribbean.
In one photo, he's posing in a car, showing off a pricey Breitling watch. In another post, he boasts about his 240-pound physique.
He writes that he is able to deadlift 725 pounds, 625 pounds in a squat and 550 pounds in the bench press.
Police have not yet released a motive for the shootings.
The investigation is continuing, police have said.
Police are seen investigating the shooting in Hewlett Harbor, which is in the 95th percentile for public safety
But the family has been embroiled in legal troubles in the past, with federal prosecutors claiming his late grandfather had ties to the mob.
Dino's grandfather, Dino Tomasetti Sr., is a legend in New York City, both for what he accomplished as a first-generation immigrant and for the scandals that he became embroiled in.
He owned construction company Laquila Group and had been linked by the feds to organized crime.
A 2006 New York Times profile detailed how Dino Sr. was once indicted for allegedly illegally making thousands of dollars in illegal payoffs to union brass over the span of a decade. The elder Dino denied the allegations.
But then in 1997 both Rocco and Dino Sr. were arrested for allegedly operating an illegal waste site next to their company's Brooklyn headquarters, the New York Times reported. That year, the company pleaded guilty to filing fake documents related to a project at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens.
'Laquila, which had a $2.5 million contract to build concrete decking for a new wing at the hospital, had secretly and illegally subcontracted the work to a second company for $1.4 million, enabling Laquila to collect a $1 million profit,' the Times reported. 'The scheme came to light after Laquila failed to pay the second company.'
In the same article, the outlet reported that the company was indicted for racketeering in 1987 for allegedly bribing local officials to let them illegally dump construction waste in New Jersey. The scheme was allegedly organized by a member of the Gambino crime family.
But the charges were dropped after Laquila agreed to pay a $25,000 fine.
In 2006, a scathing New York City Sanitation Department report rejected an application by Rocco and Dino Sr. to operate a waste business in the city, calling the pair 'unworthy' of obtaining a registration.
The request was denied because the applicants lacked 'good character, honesty, and integrity,' the report said.
Rocco's Empire Transit Mix company provided the concrete for the Freedom Tower and his daughter's company helped develop the structure, seen here
Laquila Construction Company, founded by Dino's late grandfather, built the Goldman Sachs headquarters near Ground Zero
Rocco and Vincenza have three children, including twins Rocco and Dino, and daughter Gina, 24.
Relatives of the family did not respond to DailyMail.com queries and a colleague of Rocco Sr. declined comment.
Meanwhile, friends and associates of the bodybuilder have expressed surprise and disbelief at the news, describing Dino Tomassetti as 'not violent at all' and 'a great guy'.
A woman outside Dino's building in East Williamsburg who identified herself as the suspect's 'best friend' told the NY Post that Dino was not violent.
'Nope. Not at all,' she said. 'He's my best friend. I really don't want to talk about it.'
A worker in the building said: 'I'm from the South Bronx. S–t happens every f–king day, man. Not much I can do about it.
'He's a great guy, man. I wouldn't expect him to do something like that.'
One of the parents' neighbors said: 'They're very fine people. I can't say a bad word about them.'
'I feel sorry for them. What else can you think? I feel very sorry for them. I hope they survive and come out of this.'
The couple has three children, including twins Rocco and Dino, and daughter Gina, 24.
The couple's condition is unknown, as is the motive for the Christmas morning shooting
Shooting suspect Dino Tomassetti (left) with his twin brother Rocco and younger sister, Gina
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