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LI man convicted of hiring 3 to kill business partner

Originally published: March 9, 2010 5:38 PM
Updated: March 9, 2010 10:45 PM
By CARL MACGOWAN  carl.macgowan@newsday.com

Ronald Thornton hired a quot;death squadquot; to kill

Photo credit: Suffolk County Police Department | Ronald Thornton hired a "death squad" to kill James DiMartino on Oct. 20, 2008, outside a restaurant on Jericho Turnpike in Commack, prosecutors said.

With fist pumps and shouts of "Yes!" the family and friends of Nesconset real estate attorney James DiMartino erupted in applause in a Riverhead courtroom Tuesday as a jury convicted Ronald Thornton of hiring three people to kill his friend and business partner.

DiMartino's widow, Diane, wept in her second-row seat as one of her late husband's friends, Mike DiLullo, burst out of the courtroom...

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