N.y. And Fairfield Jewelers Testify Against Dimeo

There was a affair central attorneys 5A in Bridgeport Superior Cloister on Monday and that was the alternating affidavit of jewelers from New York and Fairfield, a lot of of whom in one way or addition were victims of assassin Christopher DiMeo.
DiMeo, 29, could get the afterlife amends for killing Tim and Kim Donnelly in February 2005 in their adornment abundance in city Fairfield. The case is getting heard by a 12-person board and Judge Robert Devlin.
The affection in the attorneys on Monday was black as affidavit apprenticed on in the bifold annihilation trial. Witnesses anecdotal the horrors they encountered via DiMeos band of robberies through New York and Connecticut. One agent testified that DiMeo acicular a gun to her head; addition attestant told the board how she absent her son-in-law in the Glen Head, N.Y. robbery, for which DiMeo is already confined a activity sentence.
DiMeo has age-old rather bound over the accomplished six years, actualization anemic and attenuate and beginning abounding gray hairs a abundant altered account than the able-bodied adolescent man we aboriginal saw afterwards his Feb. 4, 2005 arrest at an Atlantic City cabin area he was holed up with his girlfriend, Nicole Pearce, his abettor in the heists.
Howard Diamond, a accomplice at Fairfield Center Jewelers, testified on Monday just afore cafeteria time, and told the board and associates of the cloister one of his abundance clerks waited on Pearce the day afore the Donnellys were gunned down in their adornment abundance – just a bisected a block abroad from Fairfield Center Jewelers. The accompaniment case showed a blow from Diamonds surveillance tapes, which shows Pearce was in his abundance for about a minute and-a-half afore she ventured off in the administration of Henry C. Reid & Son Jewelers beyond the street. The board again heard affidavit from Gregory French, managing accomplice of Henry C. Reid, who alone waited on Pearce for 5 minutes.
Police afterwards calm sketches of the interiors of Henry C. Reid and Donnelly Jewelers one account on either ancillary of the cardboard fatigued by Pearce, who is accepted to be a key attestant for the case ancient next week.
Testimony from two Rockland Adornment Center clerks on Monday morning declared added absolute acquaintance with the defendant, who beggared the Nassau, N.Y. abundance on Jan. 26, 2005, just a anniversary afore the Donnellys were murdered. Prosecutors are attempting to appearance absorbed and accepted arrangement through DiMeos above-mentioned arrests and convictions.
Irina Feldman and Candice Tchor both testified adjoin DiMeo Monday adage he blanket upwards of $ 40,000 in adornment afterwards brandishing a gun from a artificial Mandees bag. DiMeo had presented himself as Peter from Newbrook to Feldman and Tchor, and told the clerks he was searching at assurance rings and capital to adduce to his adherent on Valentines Day. Feldman and Tchor both testified that DiMeo was cutting a aphotic jacket, a Yankees cap and wore gloves during the absolute 45 account he was in their store. Tchor, who appeared annoyed but kept her composure, told the cloister DiMeo screamed, Give me the f**king keys! to one of the adornment cases afterwards affairs out the gun. He larboard the women physically complete and able afore badge arrived.
One anniversary later, he would abutting in on Fairfield with the advice of Pearce, and shoot the Donnellys nine times, authoritative out with just $ 7,000 to advice abutment his heroin habit.
Editor’s note: Erin Harrison is the wife of Gregory French, managing accomplice of Henry C. Reid & Son Jewelers in city Fairfield.