But three years later, Gargiulo pushed his luck too far. Tarantino implicated himself in both the security guard's murder and the disposal of Dorval's body. One of Tarantino's longtime confidants, Vincent Gargiulo, learned of the DNA evidence, and he secretly tape-recorded a September 2000 conversation with Tarantino in an "apparent effort to secure evidence that would prevent Tarantino or others from falsely implicating Gargiulo" in the killing of the security guard or Dorval, according to the FBI. In 2000, law enforcement began collecting "DNA evidence from several individuals," which turned up a match between Tarantino and a hair fragment recovered six years earlier from the getaway car in the Syosset heist, which had been abandoned near the scene, FBI officials said. Coast Guard vessel pulled Dorval's body out of the Atlantic several days later, but the investigations into both killings remained open." "With the help of others, stuffed Dorval's body in a plastic tool trunk that he then dumped at sea," the statement reads. Tarantino, learning of the pending arrest, "lured Dorval to his own death," according to the feds. Six weeks later, however, the FBI began closing in on Dorval for an unrelated racketeering indictment. As Tarantino and two of the bandits handcuffed one guard, another of the robbers, Louis Dorval, shot and killed the second guard in the back of the head as he lay face-down on the pavement, the bureau added. The first murder took place June 23, 1994, the FBI says, when Tarantino and three others ambushed an armored car and its two guards as it delivered cash to a business in Syosset. MIDTOWN - A muscle-bound gym mogul-turned-bank-robber won a free gym membership at federal penitentiaries for the rest of his life for his role in the murder of a security guard and two accomplices, the FBI announced.Ĭhristian Tarantino, 46, former owner of Synergy Fitness clubs in New York City and Long Island, was sentenced to three terms of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole Wednesday for his role in the three killings, which occurred between 19.įederal prosecutors called him a "one-man crime spree." Crown Heights, Prospect Heights & Prospect-Lefferts Gardens.Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook.
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