Kathy Pinna
Boxer's daughter sentenced
Heavyweight boxing legend Rocky Marciano's daughter has been sentenced to nearly two years in prison for delivery of cocaine and taking part in a robbery at a Fort Lauderdale club. Mary Anne Marchegiano was charged with being an accessory after the fact to the robbery. She pleaded in her best interest to the charge, which means she admitted no guilt. She also pleaded guilty to an unrelated cocaine charge.
Marchegiano, 39, was sentenced Friday to 22 months in prison and two years of probation. Initially, Marchegiano was charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault. Police charged she joined another woman and two men in beating a man with a broken pool cue in November at Club Elvis in Fort Lauderdale. They allegedly took the victim's keys, wallet and a cash register. Marchegiano of Wilton Manors told officers when she was arrested in November that she stole several bottles of vodka from the man's office. But her attorney, Ron L. Baum, said she had no part in the robbery.
Under terms of Marchegiano's plea agreement, she must testify against the three other defendants charged with robbing the man, Baum said. Rocky Marciano, who legally changed his name from Marchegiano when he became a fighter, retired from boxing in 1956. He had a 49-0 record that has never been equaled. Marciano died in a plane crash in August 1969.
- Tampa Bay Times, Published May 10, 1992, updated October 11, 2005
Marchegiano, 39, was sentenced Friday to 22 months in prison and two years of probation. Initially, Marchegiano was charged with armed robbery and aggravated assault. Police charged she joined another woman and two men in beating a man with a broken pool cue in November at Club Elvis in Fort Lauderdale. They allegedly took the victim's keys, wallet and a cash register. Marchegiano of Wilton Manors told officers when she was arrested in November that she stole several bottles of vodka from the man's office. But her attorney, Ron L. Baum, said she had no part in the robbery.
Under terms of Marchegiano's plea agreement, she must testify against the three other defendants charged with robbing the man, Baum said. Rocky Marciano, who legally changed his name from Marchegiano when he became a fighter, retired from boxing in 1956. He had a 49-0 record that has never been equaled. Marciano died in a plane crash in August 1969.
- Tampa Bay Times, Published May 10, 1992, updated October 11, 2005
