Son found guilty of hiring hitman to kill alleged mobster father at McDonald's drive-thru in NYC

A New York man was convicted Wednesday of orchestrating the murder of his father in what prosecutors said was a plot to take over the older man's lucrative real estate empire. A federal jury found Anthony Zottola Sr. and an associate, Himen Ross, guilty of conspiracy and murder-for-hire in the October 2018 killing of 71-year-old Sylvester Zottola, a reputed mob associate. The elder Zottola was shot was he waited to pick up a cup of coffee at a McDonald's drive-thru in the Bronx. Anthony Zottola also tried unsuccessfully to have his brother, Salvatore Zottola, killed, according to prosecutors. That daytime shooting was captured on video. Zottola and Ross -- who prosecutors say is also known as "Ace" and "A Boggie" -- both face mandatory life terms after the guilty verdict in the six-week trial. The killing of Sylvester Zottola culminated what prosecutors said was a yearlong series of bungled attempts by hired killers to rub out both him and Salvatore Zottola, at the behest of Anthony Zo