James Molinaro’s grandson faces federal charges for taking pictures

The grandson of previous Staten Island Borough President James Molinaro has been slapped with federal fees tied to the close to-lethal capturing of his ex-girlfriend.

Steven Molinaro, 33, was arrested Tuesday by federal authorities from the Jap District of New York and hit with gun, drug and obstruction of justice charges, authorities claimed.

Molinaro experienced been out on a $600,000 cash bond on a slew of condition costs — which include tried murder — above the April 27 capturing at his residence on Lyman Avenue in Staten Island. 

He was anticipated to seem in Brooklyn federal court later on Tuesday for an arraignment on the 3-depend indictment, where by prosecutors will ask for he be locked up pending trial. 

The troubled Staten Island scion allegedly blasted his ex-girlfriend as soon as in the upper body in the grasp bedroom of the dwelling – then remaining her laying in a pool of her personal blood for about an hour just before contacting 911. 

Just after the unidentified 21-yr-old sufferer recovered from medical procedures, she allegedly ID’d Molinaro as the person who shot her, authorities reported.

The feds say Molinaro obstructed justice by putting the loaded gun allegedly made use of in the shooting into a trash bag and ditching it in a neighbor’s garbage can before police confirmed up to the residence. 

“The defendant placed a loaded firearm in a rubbish can, where by a different individual—including a child—could have identified and probably injured on their own or somebody else,” Assistant US Legal professional Nina Gupta wrote in an affidavit requesting Molinaro’s detention. 

When police searched the property immediately after the capturing, they recovered 43 kilograms of pot and about $161,000 in hard cash, according to the court files. 

Just after his arrest, Molinaro “complained that he experienced shed his revenue and his weed,” Gupta’s affidavit states. 

He’s billed in the indictment with remaining a felon in possession of a firearm, tried obstruction of justice and conspiracy to distribute and possess cannabis.

Back again in 2006, the then-17-yr-old was charged with tried murder in a stabbing. He finally pleaded guilty to assault and was offered 5 many years, according to reports.

In 2016, Molinaro was arrested in Sonoma County, Calif., with 100 pounds of marijuana, according to the Staten Island Progress.

Lawyer info for him was not right away offered.