New York Post

DOUBLE-SLAY BUST

Two charged in NJ ‘Housewives’ car horror

- By PRISCILLA DeGREGORY and LIA EUSTACHEWI­CH

Cops arrested two men in the double murder tied to “Real Housewives of New Jersey” star Kim DePaola — and one victim’s mom blasted the alleged killers during an emotional court appearance Tuesday.

“You’re scum. I hope you hear me,” Aaron Anderson’s mom, Michele Ryerson, railed at Clarence Williams and Gerry Thomas.

Another family member yelled, “You have no rights!” as the men appeared via video in the Passaic County courthouse.

Judge Joseph Perconti told Ryerson, “I understand your frustratio­n but this is a courtroom,” to which she responded, “Pain! Pain!”

Anderson, 27, and his longtime friend Antonio Vega, 25, were shot execution-style and burned beyond recognitio­n in Paterson last Friday.

Their bodies were discovered in DePaola’s white Audi S line, which was used by her son Chris Camiscioli.

Anderson had used the car to drop off Camiscioli, 27, at the airport Wednesday and was looking after it while he was gone.

Lawyers for Williams, 26, and Thomas, 28, both of Paterson, entered not-guilty pleas on their behalf. They face up to life in prison on felony murder, aggravated arson, robbery and other charges.

When asked what justice would be for her son, Ryerson told reporters outside the courtroom, “I would say let them loose to the family members and then let them be burned alive so they can feel the pain that we feel.”

Ryerson believes the al- leged murderers were after “money or something.”

Debora Hernandez, the mother of Vega’s 5-year-old daughter, believes there’s more behind his death.

“It was a crime of passion,” she said. “There is a lot more to it. It was personal. It was not a robbery.”

Anderson also leaves behind a young child, according to DePaola, 56.

“I’m grateful that they found these savages,” DePaola told The Post by phone. “I think there’s more to the story and it’s disgusting. I think it was out of jealousy.”

A bail hearing for Williams and Thomas will be held Friday.

The double homicide could have been a setup, TMZ reported. Anderson and Vega were driving around in the Audi with a third person when they stopped at a gas station for a smoke, sources close to the family told the site.

That unidentifi­ed passenger directed the two men to the area where they were eventually killed at East 28th Street between 14th Avenue and Broadway.

DePaola, meanwhile, feels that she and her son are being unfairly attacked.

“They were two boys with three babies, three babies between them. And these people want to come on and terrorize me just because I’m on a show? It’s disgracefu­l,” DePaola said.

Camiscioli, meanwhile, who was close friends with Anderson and Vega, is “devastated,” according to the reality-TV star.

“He’s sick to his stomach,” she said. “I want him out of this. He had nothing to do with it.”

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 ??  ?? GRIEF: Debora Hernandez, who has a child with one of the victims, in Paterson court with his sister, Esmeralda Vega.
GRIEF: Debora Hernandez, who has a child with one of the victims, in Paterson court with his sister, Esmeralda Vega.
 ??  ?? IN CUSTODY: Clarence Williams (above) and Gerry Thomas (below) were arrested Tuesday in the murders of two men found in this burntout Audi (top) belonging to a star of “Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
IN CUSTODY: Clarence Williams (above) and Gerry Thomas (below) were arrested Tuesday in the murders of two men found in this burntout Audi (top) belonging to a star of “Real Housewives of New Jersey.”
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