Manager sentenced to 16 months in prison in Italian restaurant rivalry case

SHELBY TOWNSHIP (AP) - A man who was the manager of an Italian restaurant in suburban Detroit has been sentenced to 16 months in prison for threatening a competitor.

Giuseppe D'Anna appeared Monday in Detroit federal court, months after pleading guilty to trying to disrupt interstate commerce. The crime occurred in 2009 at Nonna's Kitchen in Macomb County's Shelby Township.

At the time, D'Anna was manager of a restaurant called Tiramisu. D'Anna admits he told the owner of Nonna's Kitchen: "You don't open here. ... But you still have time. Leave the place and don't open the place."

He also made a reference to Sicily.

In 2012, in state court, D'Anna and a brother were sentenced to two months in jail. They were accused of attacking the Nonna's owner with a baseball bat.

Published: Thu, Oct 20, 2016