Paul Prosano, also known as “Tony Pro,” was sentenced to 30 years in prison followed by three years of supervised release his role in the 2020 robbery of Marco Jewelers in Stamford that resulted in the store”™s owner being fatally shot.
On March 28, 2020, Prosano drove Robert Rallo and Thomas Liberatore in a black Jaguar to Marco Jewelers. Rallo and Liberatore entered the store armed with a handgun and engaged in a physical altercation with store owner Mark Vuono while his Liberatore stole items from the display cases. Vuono, who also possessed a firearm, and Rallo struggled next to a large open safe. During the more than three-minute struggle, Rallo reached into the safe and pulled out a third firearm, a .357 Magnum revolver. Rallo subsequently shot and killed Vuono with the .357 revolver.
Between $360,000 and $430,000 worth of jewelry was stolen during the robbery. Rallo, Liberatore and Prosano apprehended in Staten Island two days later and law enforcement officers recovered jewelry stolen from the store.
Prosano, whose criminal history spans 40 years, has been detained since his arrest. On Dec. 19, 2022, a jury found Prosano and Liberatore guilty of interference with commerce by robbery (Hobbs Act robbery) and interstate transportation of stolen property. Liberatore was also found guilty of aiding and abetting the use of a firearm to cause a death during a robbery and he is awaiting sentencing. Rallo pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act robbery, interstate transportation of stolen property, and using a firearm to cause a death during a robbery on April 5, 2022, and he was sentenced on March 1, 2023, to 40 years of imprisonment.
