Drita and Lee D’Avanzo: ‘Mob Wives’ Reality TV star and hubby arrested on drug and weapons charges
“Mob Wives” was a compelling Reality TV show with an eclectic cast that chronicled insightful looks into the Staten Island women associated with the men in their lives who just happened to be connected to the mob, i.e., the Mafia. Now it’s being reported that one of those women and her husband were arrested this week following a police raid on their Staten Island home.
“Mob Wives” star Drita D’Avanzo and her husband, Lee D’Avanzo, were arrested on Thursday after police allegedly found weapons and drugs during a raid on their New York home, a spokesperson for the NYPD confirms to ET.
During the raid, which went down on Staten Island, cops allegedly recovered 22 Xanax pills, 120 hydrocodone/acetaminophen pills, marijuana and two loaded firearms. ~ Yahoo! News
The D’Avanzos were charged with a total of six felonies plus a variety of misdemeanors and violations, including criminal possession of marijuana greater than 16 ounces and greater than eight ounces, criminal possession of a criminal substance, possession of a weapon, two criminal counts of possession of narcotics, and acting in a manner injurious to a child.
The charge of acting in a manner injurious to a child came about due to the fact that a child was in the immediate vicinity, according to E News. Concerned citizens from the Staten Island borough tipped the NYPD off to potential illegal activities in the D’Avanzos’ residence, which proved to be grounds for that raid.
CBS News reports that the couple has two young daughters. The couple was arraigned on Friday, the day following the raid on their home. Drita D’Avanzo was released on $15,000 bail while hubby Lee D’Avanzo will be remaining behind bars for the foreseeable future.
CBS noted that that none of Drita’s “Mob Wives” costars were on hand to support her in court during her Friday arraignment.
Both of the D’Avanzos have histories of being in trouble with the law. Drita has a record going back to a 2016 assault in New York where she reportedly punched another woman several times.
Lee, meanwhile, was also sentenced to three to five years in state prison in 2008, after being involved in Operation Turkeyshoot. The heist included Lee and three others who attempted to break into a bank vault by drilling into the walls of another building. He was released in 2011. ~ CBS News
For more on the arrests of Drita and Lee D’Avanzo, see the video accompanying this article.
~ Written by: Richard Webster, Ace News Today / Follow Richard on Facebook and Twitter
