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Mystery Bronx Explosion Part of a Lillo Brancato Release Party

Lillo Brancato at the Maxim Slingshot After Party, Maritime Hotel, NY April 26, 2005.
Lillo Brancato at the Maxim Slingshot After Party, Maritime Hotel, NY April 26, 2005. Photo: Matthew Carasella/PatrickMcMullan.com

That mystery explosion in the Bronx last week seems to have a fitting explanation: According to the New York Post, it was part of a celebration for Bronx Tale and Sopranos actor Lillo Brancato Jr., who recently got out of prison after doing less than five years for his role in a botched robbery that ended in a cop’s death. Police said commercial-grade fireworks caused the blast, which shattered windows and left a crater. “We’re looking at the young guys in the neighborhood, the Mafia wannabe types,” one cop said.

Bronx Explosion Was a Brancato Release Party