Ettore Mazzi is the chef and owner of Chez Vous Caterers on Bay Street.
A well-known chef and catering hall owner on Staten Island recently honored for his community revitalization efforts has been arrested in connection with a sweeping drug bust, law enforcement sources say.
Addiction is a daily battle on the island's North Shore. With fentanyl poisoning users, police are trying to track down the dealers responsible for selling it. That brought law enforcement to the doors of Chez Vous Caterers on Bay Street. About 20 people were arrested Wednesday morning, accused of selling drugs. Police say the group is linked to at least three overdose deaths -- and they claim Chez Vous owner Ettore Mazzei is the mastermind of the entire operation.Mazzei, considered a pillar of the downtown Staten Island community, was honored in January 2022 by the Chamber of Commerce for his revitalization efforts. But police and prosecutors say he was running a drug and pill mill.
Mazzei was taken into custody Tuesday night, charged with 15 counts of drug possession, after law enforcement sources say friends reported he was telling people he was planning to leave town. "This gentleman is posing himself as someone who is looking to steer drug-addicted and people who are addicted to narcotics to rehab but nobody really knows he’s the one supplying the drugs to these people to keep them addicted," NYPD Deputy Inspector at Detective Borough Staten Island Scott Weisberg said.Staten Island District Attorney Michael McMahon described it as an exploitation of the vulnerable.
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