Cherry Tycoon Kills Self in Weed Raid

Arthur Mondella, the 57-year-old owner of the one the largest maraschino-cherry companies in the U.S., shot and killed himself Tuesday during a drug raid on his factory in Brooklyn. Dell’s Maraschino Cherries was believed to be a large drug front by Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. When officials were searching his factory and opened up a false wall, Mondella “asked to use the bathroom” and then there was a “boom,” a source told the New York Post. A total of three large bags of marijuana were found behind the fake wall, and authorities say they believe he was using the factory as a growhouse.