Career
In 2005, Antico was indicted on federal racketeering charges and racketeering conspiracy, which included murder conspiracy, extortion, loansharking and witness tampering. Antico, Cirillo and Barbato were charged with murder conspiracy, as they reputedly plotted to murder an important prosecution witness. On October 19, 2005, Antico pled guilty to lesser extortion charges.
On March 4, 2006, Antico was sentenced to 30 months in prison.
He was released from prison on June 22, 2007. However, he was acquitted of extorting a bagel shop and ordering the robbery of Staten Island jeweler Louis Antonelli, which resulted in Antonelli"s shooting death.
Antico was sentenced to nine years in prison, a stiff sentence because the judge ruled that the testimony of government witness Salvatore Maniscalco tying Antico to the heist was credible and should be factored in the sentence. As of August 2013, Antico is imprisoned at the Butner Federal Medical Center (Federal Maritime Commission) in Butner, North Carolina.
His projected release date is June 12, 2018.