Joey Buttafuco heads back to jail
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. - Joey Buttafuoco, whose 17-year-old lover shot his wife in the face more than a decade ago on Long Island, surrendered yesterday to begin a one-year jail term for illegally possessing ammunition.
SAN FERNANDO, Calif. - Joey Buttafuoco, whose 17-year-old lover shot his wife in the face more than a decade ago on Long Island, surrendered yesterday to begin a one-year jail term for illegally possessing ammunition.
Buttafuoco, 50, pleaded no contest in July to illegally possessing ammunition. The case stemmed from a search of his Chatsworth home in 2005 by the Los Angeles County Probation Department.
At the time, Buttafuoco was on probation for a felony insurance-fraud conviction.
Prosecutors said Buttafuoco, who co-owned a San Fernando Valley auto-body shop, told undercover investigators how to file false insurance claims.
In 1992, Buttafuco's teen lover, Amy Fisher, shot his wife in the face as she answered the door at the couple's home.
Fisher, nicknamed the Long Island Lolita, served seven years in prison. Buttafuoco pleaded guilty to one count of statutory rape and served four months in jail.
His wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco, recovered. The couple remained together after the Fisher affair but divorced after moving to California. *