'Post-Massacre Cheesesteak Meal' Followed 3 Solebury Murders, Report Says

DOYLESTOWN, PA — Cosmo Dinardo has waived his preliminary hearing in connection with charges related to four homicides in Solebury Township in July.

Dinardo, appearing via video before Magisterial District Judge Maggie Snow on Thursday, said little during the brief hearing. Dressed in an orange prison jumpsuit, the 20-year-old Bensalem man sat at a table beside his attorney, Michael Parlow. He signed the waiver documents with his wrists still handcuffed.

"My lawyer explained it to me and that's what I want to do," DiNardo said when questioned why he wanted to waive his hearing.

Sean Kratz, charged in connection with three of the homicides, appeared for his preliminary hearing at the Bucks County Court House.

DiNardo and Kratz will be arraigned Oct. 6.

DiNardo has been charged with homicide in connection with the deaths of Jimi Taro Patrick, 19, of Newtown; Dean Finocchiaro, 19, of Middletown Township; Thomas Meo, 21, of Plumstead Township; and Mark Sturgis, 22, of Pennsburg. Authorities allege he killed the four acquaintances at his family's sprawling Bucks County farm.

Kratz, faces homicide charges in the deaths of Meo, Finocchiaro and Sturgis.

Additional details about the gruesome allegations came to light during the hearing.

Kratz reportedlt told an investigating detective that he and DiNardo went out for cheesesteaks after they shot the three men. "They went out for a post-massacre cheesesteak meal. It is unconscionable and outrageous," Robert Mongeluzzi, the attorney for the Meo family attorney said, according to 6ABC.

DiNardo has confessed to the homicides in exchange for being spared the death penalty, according to authorities with the Bucks County District Attorney's office.

Authorities say the cousins lured their acquaintances to a rural Solebury Township property with the promise of selling them marijuana then fatally shot them and buried their bodies.

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Police said DiNardo killed the victims in three separate shootings, all of which took place on DiNardo's family farm on Lower York Road in Solebury. Patrick, a Newtown resident who had just finished his freshman year of college, was killed first on July 5, authorities said.

Authorities allege on July 7, DiNardo and Krantz killed Finocchiaro, Meo and Sturgis. Those shootings also happened on the Solebury property.

The disappearances resulted in a massive search effort at the DiNardo farm and the subsequent discovery of human remains there. (See timeline here.)

Authorities say DiNardo buried Patrick in a single grave on his parents' land in Solebury and buried the other three victims in a 12-foot-deep common grave on the same property.