Hatebreed drummer Nicholas Papantoniou has been found guilty of felony murder, criminal possession of a firearm and first-degree burglary and could face a 90-year prison sentence.
Papantoniou murdered 56-year old Larry Dildy during a burglary in Hamden, CT in October 2014. Papantoniou’s gun went off during a struggle with Dildy while he was robbing his home.
Nicholas Papantoniou played drums for Hatebreed in 1996 and 1997 but left before the first album ‘Satisfaction is the Death of Desire’.
Papantoniou also rapped under the name Nickel-P.
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