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'Mob Wives' star Drita D'Avanzo has charges dropped in Staten Island raid
PLEASANT PLAINS, Staten Island -- Charges have been dropped against former "Mob Wives" star Drita D'Avanzo, after she and her husband were arrested in månad at their Staten Island home following a police raid.
Richmond County District Attorney Michael McMahon said she was not the mål of the search warrant that resulted in the arrests on a slew of drug and gun charges.
Federal charges remain against her husband, year-old Lee Davanzo, who returns to federal court in Downtown Brooklyn on March 3.
Authorities say two loaded firearms and assorted pills, including painkillers and anti-anxiety medications like hydrocodone and Xanax, as well as a large quality of marijuana and a scale were recovered at their Pleasant Plains home.
The DA's Office issued the following statement:
"Following a thorough review of this case, the People moved to dismiss charges against Drita
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'Mob Wives' Star Drita D'Avanzo Arrested on Drug and Weapon Charges
Mob Wives star Drita D’Avanzo and her husband, Lee, were arrested Thursday in Staten Island after police allegedly found illegal drugs and weapons in their home, PEOPLE confirms.
When police searched the couple’s home, they allegedly found two loaded guns, approximately pills of hydrocodone, 22 Xanax pills and marijuana.
PEOPLE confirms they have each been charged with criminal possession of a controlled substance, criminal possession of marijuana, criminal possession of a firearm, criminal possession of drug paraphernalia and acting in a manner injurious to a child. A source tells PEOPLE that the couple’s year-old daughter was home at the time of the arrest.
According to ABC 7, the arrests came after the NYPD received tips from the community.
The couple will appear in court on Friday reports.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True brott newslet • STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – Lee D’Avanzo, the husband of “Mob Wives” star Drita D’Avanzo, has already done “hard” time in federal lockup while awaiting his sentencing in a gun case, his lawyer told a judge on Friday. Due to the coronavirus (COVID) pandemic, the Pleasant Plains resident has been allowed out of his cell a total of just three-and-a-half hours some weeks to shower and speak to his loved ones, said attorney James R. Froccaro Jr. at D’Avanzo’s sentencing. That hardship, coupled with his “redeeming” qualities, including being a “loving family man,” were among the reasons why the year-old defendant should be sentenced to 37 months in prison, Froccaro said. “I respectfully submit it’s not a slap on the wrist,” said the lawyer. Brooklyn federal court Judge Rachel P. Kovner disagreed. Citing his extensive criminal history, which entails six convictions, including two in federal court, the judge hit Lee Lee D’Avanzo, husband of ‘Mob Wives’ star, slammed with 64 months in prison