July 1,2015
the staff of the Ridgewood blogRidgewood NJ, A grand jury has indicted a former Ridgewood Lacrosse Star Nicholas Piotti of Ho Ho Kus for the killing of his mother.
Piotti was accused of stabbing and beating his mother to death in the fall of last year.
Nicholas Piotti, 24, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the killing of his mother, Karen, and two counts of criminal possession of a weapon
According to prosecutors, the 63-year-old victim suffered multiple stab wounds and beating trauma in the Sept. 1 attack.
Piotti’s lawyer said last year his client had psychiatric problems and he’d pursue an insanity defense.
Piotti, is due back in court in August and is currently being held in the Bergen County Jail in lieu of $2 million bail.