Martin Scorsese’s nephew and two other individuals were busted over dealing heroin on Staten Island.
Martin Scorsese’s brother’s son, Frank, 39, sold heroin to an undercover cop on three separate occasions and was charged after the last sale.
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Scorsese, of 55 Thornycroft Ave. in Eltingville, works at an auto body shop at 49 Elizabeth St., and was busted along with the shop’s owners, John Santillo, 55, and his wife, Lori Santillo, 57.
Cops executed a search warrant at the Santillos’ home at 91 East Broadway in Staten Island Wednesday morning and seized heroin, five shotguns, a .22-caliber pistol, a 9mm pistol and a rifle, source
Scorsese was charged with criminal possession and sale of a controlled substance. The Santillos face drug and weapons charges.
Martin Scorsese directed hits such as “Raging Bull,” “Taxi Driver” and “The Wolf of Wall Street,” and won an Academy Award for direction for “The Departed” in 2006.