Nassau County District Attorney Anne T. Donnelly announced that a Seaford man was indicted on a first-degree murder charge for stabbing his parents to death in December 2025 at their family-owned deli in Bethpage.
Vito Dambrosio, 30, was arraigned today before Judge Howard Sturim on grand jury indictment charges of Murder in the First Degree (an A-I felony) and two counts of Murder in the Second Degree (an A-I felony). The defendant pleaded not guilty and was remanded. He is due back in court on January 30, 2026. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison without parole.
“Angela and Antonio were simply helping customers at the deli they owned and operated for more than 30 years when they were viciously attacked and stabbed in broad daylight, allegedly by their own son,” said DA Donnelly. “Vito Dambrosio had been kicked out of his house and living in his car since his release from jail for another pending criminal matter. He had nowhere to live and nowhere to work, and his simmering anger finally boiled over into the alleged murder of these beloved business owners. Angela and Antonio’s deli was a community staple; always filled with regulars whom the couple knew by name. Their tragic loss has been heartbreaking to the many customers who frequented their store over the years. My office will hold their killer accountable for this horrific crime.”
DA Donnelly said that, according to the indictment, at approximately 9:11 a.m. on December 4, 2025, inside of A&A Italian Deli and Pizza on Hicksville Road in Bethpage, the defendant entered the store while customers were inside.
The defendant then allegedly attacked his mother and father, 62-year-old Angela Pulisciano and 70-year-old Antonio Dambrosio, stabbing them each with a 14-inch chef’s knife.
Pulisciano was stabbed in the throat, which severed her trachea and carotid artery. She was found behind the store’s counter and pronounced deceased at the scene by emergency services.
Antonio Dambrosio was also stabbed in the carotid artery in the kitchen of the deli and was then allegedly dragged into the counter area where he was found by police.
The knife was left at the scene on the lower shelf of a prep counter.
Antonio Dambrosio was transported to Nassau University Medical Center where he was pronounced deceased at approximately 10:00 a.m.
After the stabbing, the defendant called 911 to report his alleged attack and waited near his car, parked in front of the store, for police to arrive.
The defendant’s hands and clothes were covered in his and his parents’ blood when he was taken into custody.
Vito Dambrosio was arrested on December 4, 2025, by members of the Nassau County Police Department’s Eighth Precinct and Homicide Squad.
The case is being prosecuted by Deputy Bureau Chief Veronica Guariglia of the Homicide Bureau under the supervision of Bureau Chief Daryl Levy and under the overall supervision of Executive Assistant District Attorney for the Litigation Division Kevin Higgins. The defendant is represented by Raymond Queliz, Esq.
The charges are merely accusations, and the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless found guilty.