A former city bakery owner pleaded guilty to employing illegal immigrants during an appearance in federal court on Thursday.
Anthony DiBenedetto, 64, of North Branford, is an Italian immigrant who owned and operated Rocco’s Pastry Shop, which had locations in both New Haven and on South Meriden’s Main Street. According to a press release from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, he knowingly employed at least 10 Ecuadorian illegal im-migrants at either location between 2000 and 2008.
The charge was filed after an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Se-curity Investigations. DiBenedetto waived his right to indictment before pleading guilty Thursday.
Lawyers for the Ecuadorians say DiBenedetto did not pay them fairly, threatened them with eviction if they complained, and physically, sexually and verbally abused female employees.
He is scheduled to be sentenced for one count of unlawful employment of illegal aliens on April 14, and will face a maximum of five years in prison or a $250,000 fine. He could also be ordered to forfeit money as resti-tution to the immigrants.
Wow, I don’t think I’ve ever come across anything so vile, disgusting, and racist.Your page or blog (or whatever this bull is) is absolutely vomit-inducing.How dare you say such horrible things about a race? How can you call yourself a Christian (jokes about Christ) when you say such things? Your a hypocrite. How on freaking earth can you live in peace knowing the stereotypes, hatred, and violence your are promoting towards Mexicans, and, for that matter, any other Hispanic races in the blog? I’m Mexican, I’m not your stereotypical Mexican that you claim in your ignorant joke post that all Mexicans are. People of Mexico are of all colors, and Mexico is an extremely diverse place, and thats what makes it such a unique, wonderful country. In case you didn’t know more Mexicans are educated than Americans, I wonder what you think of that. Well, I won’t waste more of my time here, to sum it up, I dislike your blog. I don’t say hate because hate is very powerful word. A word that destroys. A word thats mean. A word, resembling your blog.
THIS BLOG IS SO FUCKING STUPID IT DOES NOT EVEN MAKES SENSE…I MEAN WHY SO MUCH RACISM AND HATE FOR MEXICANS?
FIRST OF ALL THEY CAME HERE FOR THE SOLE REASON OF GETTING A JOB AND WHY THEY GET IT AND STAY? BECAUSE SOME GREEDY US CITIZEN DOES NOT WANT TO PAY ITS OWN PEOPLE FAIRLY AND PREFER TO HIRE THE MEXICANS FOR LESS PAY AND DON’T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS AND BENEFITS HE WILL HAVE TO GIVE TO A US CITIZEN. SEE ALL YOU MEXICAN HATERS ARE JUST A BUNCH OF LITERATE IGNORANTS, YOU HATE WHAT YOU CREATED, IF YOU START DOING THE JOBS THEY DO, THEY WILL BE BACK HOME WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT BUT GUESS WHAT…..YOU ARE NOT FUCKING DOING IT…SO STOP THE COMPLAINT. YOU ARE JUST A BUNCH OF LAZY FUCKERS….
I am a MEXICAN AND IM LOVING IT…I LOVE usa 2 much money 2 b MAKE…AND THIS WEB side is stupid just like a cracKhead…
THEY CANT DEPORT US ALL…THEY CANT DEPORT US ALL…THEY CANT DEPORT US ALL…THEY CANT DEPORT US ALL…THEY CANT DEPORT US ALL…THEY CANT DEPORT US ALL…THEY CANT DEPORT US ALL…………………..WE TOO MANY…TOO LATE AMIGO…
Why don’t all of you pinche cucarachas shut up. You come here and want beautiful white women instead of the hairy ass Latinas!!!
Spics go home because your knowledge of English is a fucking joke.
i dont have a spanish accent and i speak english and spanish and i learned spanish first so stfu you stupid douche bag
can’t we all just not get along hahahaha
RE: Loupe- “IF YOU START DOING THE JOBS THEY DO, THEY WILL BE BACK HOME WITHOUT MUCH EFFORT BUT GUESS WHAT…..YOU ARE NOT FUCKING DOING IT…SO STOP THE COMPLAINT. YOU ARE JUST A BUNCH OF LAZY FUCKERS….”
Mexicans artificially deflate wages. Otherwise, when the work pays enough, the work attracts workers, and then it’s called a free market economy. But the mexicans keep coming. Laziness has nothing to do with it. So much for your theory of mexicans going “back home without much effort”.