Court Fight Centers On Fugitive’s Flight

Enrico Ponzo is on trial in a Boston federal court for his alleged role in the 1989 murder attempt against Francis P. “Cadillac Frank” Salemme during a power struggle in the Patriarca family.

Ponzo was living on the lam as cattle rancher Jay Shaw in Marsing, ID for sixteen years until his apprehension in 2011, and both the prosecution and defense are using his flight to bolster their respective cases as reported by Jamie Grey for KTVB.  The government alleges Ponzo went into hiding to evade justice, and the defense insists he fled to save his own life.