A Seaford man was indicted on a first-degree murder charge for allegedly stabbing his parents to death last month at their family-owned deli in Bethpage.
Vito Dambrosio, 30, was arraigned on January 6, 2026 before Judge Howard Sturim on grand jury indictment charges of Murder in the First Degree and two counts of Murder in the Second Degree (all Class A-I felonies). Dambrosio pleaded not guilty and was remanded.
On December 4, 2025 at approximately 9:11 a.m., inside A&A Italian Deli and Pizza on Hicksville Road in Bethpage, Dambrosino entered the store while customers were inside. He 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 dead 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 his body 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 dead 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. His hands and clothes were reportedly 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.
“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 Nassau County District Attorney Anne 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.”
Donnelly said the 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.”
Dambrosio is due back in court on January 30, 2026. If convicted, he faces up to life in prison without parole.