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New Year’s Eve yielded no celebration for Ronald Galati, as Common Pleas Court Judge Charles Ehrlich denied the 63-year-old bail over his supposed orchestration of a murder-for-hire plan that resulted in the shooting of his daughter’s boyfriend. The inhabitant of the 2500 block of South Garnet Street went to jail last month due to findings from a nearly 18-month insurance fraud investigation surrounding his auto body shop, police said.
According to an affidavit, Galati hired two gunmen to kill a fellow proprietor who had testified against him during the investigation. The document also noted he allegedly schemed to have the rival’s son terminated, as well as his daughter’s beau, Atlantic City resident Andrew Tuono.
Police added that no attempts on the other businessman and his offspring occurred but that hired guns shot Tuono in November. The affidavit states Galati offered the supposed shooters $20,000 each for killing the first two figures. He awaits a Monday trial on charges of attempted murder, solicitation of murder, conspiracy, retaliation against a witness or victim and witness intimidation.
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