The Patriarca criminal family (pronounced [pa'trjarka] ) is also known as crime New England family , Providence crime family , Boston crime family , Boston Mafia , Mafia Providence , New Mafia England , or Office and is a family of New England-based Italian-American Mafia crime. The crime family has two distinct factions, one active in Providence, Rhode Island and the other in Boston, Massachusetts.
The family is currently led by Carmen Dinunzio in the Boston faction and by Matthew Guglielmetti in the Providence fraction.
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History
Initial years
Two separate Mafia families appeared in New England before the ban began, one based in Boston, Massachusetts and the other based in Providence, Rhode Island. The Boston crime family was founded in 1916 by Gaspare Messina. In 1917, Frank Morelli formed the Providence crime family. Morelli went on to control bootlegging and gambling activities in Providence, Rhode Island, as well as in Maine and Connecticut. In 1924, Gaspare Messina resigned as a Boston Mafia boss, assuming the role of an entrepreneur while working with Frank Cucchiara and Paolo Pagnotta from a grocery store on Prince Street in Boston's North End. During this time, the seizure of Mafia power took place in Boston, when competing gangs fought for loan sharks, illegal gambling, and shoe racks. Filippo Buccola, a mafia from East Boston, became the boss of the Boston crime family. In December 1930 or early 1931, a Mafia meeting was held and Gaspare Messina was elected a temporary capo dei capi of the American Mafia. Messina retired from Mafia affairs in the early 1930s, and died in June 1957 at his home in Somerville, Massachusetts.
In the early 1930s, Buccola fought other ethnic gangs for the region, along with Joseph Lombardo, a mafia from Boston's North End. In December 1931, Lombardo arranged the assassination of Frank Wallace, the boss of Gustin Gang of Southern Ireland Boston. Then in 1932, Frank Morelli merged his Providence family with the Buccola family in Boston, forming the New England crime family . Buccola ruled as New England crime family boss from East Boston as he continued to kill his rivals. He then owns the boss of the Boston Jewish mob who murdered Charles Solomon, leaving himself as the strongest gangster in Boston. On April 27, 1952, Buccola had a party in Johnston, Rhode Island celebrating his resignation and the rise of Raymond Patriarca to the New England crime family boss. Buccola retired to Sicily in 1954 and ran a chicken farm; he died in 1987 due to natural causes at the age of 101 years.
Patriarch Era
In 1956, Raymond Patriarca made drastic changes in the family, the largest of which was the transfer of the family's operating base to Providence, Rhode Island. He manages his family from the National Cigarette Service Company and Coin-O-Matic Distributor, vending machine and pinball business on Atwells Avenue in Federal Hill Providence. The business is known to family members as "Office." Patriarca is a rigid and cruel leader. He managed to run his crime family for decades. He insists that other criminal families are not allowed to operate in New England, and are also skilled in fending off police and maintaining low profile and thus receiving little barriers from law enforcement. The family ventured into new rackets like pornography and narcotics, although mass informant Vincent Teresa insisted that Patriarca forbade the family to deal with drugs.
During his reign as boss, Patriarca formed a strong relationship with the crime families of New York Genovese and Colombo. Patriarca worked with the Genovese family and decided that the Connecticut River would be the dividing line between the New York family and his family. The New England criminal family will control organized crime in Worcester (where Capo Genoa Carlo Mastrototaro reigns as a local boss for half a century) and Boston, as well as the state of Maine; while the Genovese family will control organized crime in Hartford, Springfield, and Albany.
Defender Patriarca since long Enrico Tameleo even became a member of the criminal family Bonanno New York. In addition to having a close relationship with the powerful New York Mafia, Patriarca is also on the commission of the Mafia ruler and has investments in two Las Vegas casinos. Another underbosses Patriarca is Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo. Angiulo is involved in the number of rackets in Boston, and is being shaken by a competitor's mafia because he is not an "artificial" member. Angiulo solves this problem by paying Patriarca $ 50,000 and agrees to pay him $ 100,000 a year to become a family member created. Angiulo is based in Boston and gained complete control over gambling in the city.
The Apalachin Meeting and aftermath
In 1957, more than 60 of the country's most powerful crime bosses met in Apalachin, a village in New York. The Apalachin meeting was attended by well-known organized crime figures, such as Joe Bonanno, Carlo Gambino, and Vito Genovese. Raymond Patriarca was also present, and then arrested. The Apalachin meeting attracted much attention to Patriarca from the press, the public, and law enforcement.
The situation got worse for Patriarca and his family in 1961, when Robert F. Kennedy became the Attorney General and initiated an attack on organized crime. Law enforcement agencies worked to develop informers inside the gang and eventually succeeded in 1966 when Joe Barboza, a hitman for the Patriarca family who claimed to have killed 26 people, was arrested on suspicion of a concealed weapon. Barboza became worried when Patriarca did not raise the deposit and two of his friends were killed for trying to do so. Barboza became an informant shortly thereafter, and Patriarca and Enrico Tameleo were indicted in 1967 for the murder of the Fate of Will, Marxeo. Patriarca was convicted and began serving his sentence in 1969. When Patriarca was imprisoned, Angiulo served as acting boss. Patriarca was released in 1974 and regained control of the family. For his testimony, Barboza was sentenced to one year in prison, including time served. He was released in March 1969 and told to leave Massachusetts forever. In 1971, he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in California and was sentenced to five years in Folsom Prison. Less than three months after his release, he was assassinated in San Francisco by Joseph "J. R." Russo on February 11, 1976.
Patriarca was harassed by law enforcers for the rest of his life, and was charged repeatedly for various crimes until his death in 1984. In 1978, Vinnie Teresa testified that Patriarca had participated in a 1960 effort by the Central Intelligence Agency to kill Fidel Castro. In 1983, Patriarca was indicted for the murder of Raymond Curcio, and in 1984, he was arrested for the murder of Robert Candos, whom Patriarca believed to be an informant. Raymond "Il Patrone" Patriarca died of a heart attack, aged 76, on July 11, 1984.
Decline
After the death of Patriarca, the New England Mafia initiated a long period of decline, resulting from prosecution and internal violence. Jerry Angiulo tried to take over as the boss, despite his imprisonment. However, Larry Zannino, the family's top lieutenant, supports Patriarca's son, Raymond Patriarca, Jr. for that position. The National Commission approved the support of Patriarca, Jr. of leadership and his position is confirmed. Zannino was made consigliere, but he was sentenced to thirty years in prison in 1987. Gennaro Angiulo was sentenced to 45 years in prison on extortion charges, along with Charles Tashjian. Other senior members died or were imprisoned, such as Henry Tameleo and Francesco Intiso. William "The Wild Man" Grasso, a East Hartford, a Connecticut-based gangster, became an underboss because of the weak leadership of the younger Patriarca. Some law enforcers believe that Grasso is actually responsible, but this rumor ended when Grasso was found dead in June 1989, killed by a gangster from Springfield when family factions began fighting each other for dominance.
Grasso's death weakens Patriarca's position, Jr. Nicholas Bianco was eventually indicted for Grasso's murder, but he became an underboss actor before taking over the operations of the Providence family.
On March 26, 1990, Raymond Patriarca, Jr. and 20 other family members and associates were charged with extortion, extortion, narcotics, gambling and murder charges, including the Bianco underboss, Consigliere Joseph Russo and Lieutenant Biagio DiGiacomo, Vincent Ferrara, Matthew Guglielmetti, Joseph A Tiberi Sr., Dennis Lepore, Gaetano J. Milano, Jack Johns, John "Sonny" Castagna, Louis Fallia, Frank and Louis Pugliono, Frank Colontoni, and Robert Carrozza. The arrest was described as "the most widespread attack ever launched on a family of organized crime." One of the most damaging pieces of evidence is the recording of the Mafia induction ceremony, where 13 Mafiosi were present. Because of this embarrassment, Patriarca was replaced as a boss by Bianco, who maintained a very low profile. However, in 1991, Bianco was sentenced to 11 years in prison, while eight other family members were convicted on charges of Rape and Organizational Corruption Act (RICO). Bianco died in prison in 1994. Patriarca was sentenced to 8 years in prison in 1992 after pleading guilty to extortion charges. On January 6, 1992, all defendants in the RICO trial pleaded guilty and received lengthy and large penalties. In 1993, 26 others were indicted and convicted of running a bookkeeping operation.
Internal warfare
Frank Salem took over the family after the trial and moved the family base back to Boston. However, Salem's rise to the boss's position, however, triggered tension among family factions. In 1991 and 1992, six mob-related killings resulted from internal family violence. The war between Salemme and the rebel mafia crew continued for several years, with the murder of more mafia colleagues who gathered throughout Massachusetts until 1996. In January 1995, Salemme was charged along with Stephen Flemmi and James "Whitey" Bulger on extortion and extortion fees. Salemme discovered through court documents that his close ally Flemmi and Bulger were long-standing FBI informants. Bulger's friend, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agent John Connolly, let him run his criminal operation unpunished for telling Patriarca's family.
After Frank Salemme was imprisoned, an apostate faction led by Robert F. Carrozza, Anthony Ciampi, Stephen Foye, and Michael P. Romano, Sr. waging war against Salemme loyalists. In April 1997, the FBI charged 15 members of an apostate faction, including Robert F. Carrozza, Anthony Ciampi, Michael P. Romano, Sr., Paul A. DeCologero, Anthony Allan Diaz, Vincent Michael Marino, John J. Patti III, Enrico M. Ponzo, Christopher Puopolo, Eugene A. Rida, Jr., Nazzaro Ralph Scarpa, John M. Arciero, Leo M. Boffoli, Todd Mitchell, Sean Thomas Cote, and Mark F. Spisak. The testimony of the grand jury that resulted in the indictment was dominated by Sean Thomas Cote, who was the first of four members accused of altering government witnesses. When the court's verdict returned, the jury freed the defendant from most of the charges and found a dead end for murder and extortion charges. While the second trial was underway, several defendants, including Anthony Ciampi and Eugene Ridha, turned their petitions into guilt.
On 9 December 1999, Salemme pleaded guilty to extortion charges and was sentenced to eleven years in prison on February 23, 2000. In early 2001 Salemme agreed to testify against Flemmi and Bulger.
The turn of the century
The New England crime family is estimated to have about 60 members controlling influence in the New England region, especially in the cities of Boston and Providence. In recent years, the family has been hit with several FBI RICO indictments, and two captains (Mark Rossetti and Robert DeLuca) have become government informants. The power structure is said to have moved back to Boston entering the 2010s.
The current boss of the family is Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone, who took over in 2009. Limone was arrested in 2009 and accused of extortion. He was given a probation sentence on July 1, 2010.
Retired boss Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida on January 19, 2011, and accused of extortion and conspiracy. Manocchio had resigned as boss in 2009, after the FBI began investigating two strip clubs ("Cadillac Lounge" and "Satin Doll") by the end of 2008. In February 2012, Manocchio agreed to plead guilty and sentenced to 5½ years in prison for extortion on May 11, 2012.
In late 2009, Anthony DiNunzio became acting boss, after boss Peter Limone was arrested. DiNunzio operates from Boston's North End and is the younger brother of Carmen DiNunzio. In 2010, DiNunzio blackmailed the Rhode Island strip club with members of the Gambino crime family. On April 25, 2012, DiNunzio was arrested and accused of extortion and extortion. On September 13, 2012, DiNunzio pleaded guilty to rocking the strip club of Rhode Island, and was sentenced to six years on November 14, 2012.
On October 2, 2014, Antonio L. "Spucky" Spagnolo, 72, and repute made Pryce's man "Stretch" Quintina, 74, arrested for allegedly extorting thousands of dollars in protection payments from a poker video machine company installing machines for illegal gambling in bars and social clubs. Spagnolo took over as acting boss after Anthony DiNunzio was recaptured in 2012. Both Spagnolo and Quintina are reputedly members of the long-standing Boston Patriarca crime family faction.
Current position
After the death of the syndicate boss Peter Limone, Carmen "The Big Cheese" Dinunzio, a former acting boss, allegedly taking the place of the official boss, continues to run the family from the North End of Boston. With the syndicate of consigliere Anthony "Ponytail Tony" Parillo has just started a five-year prison sentence for crime of assault, it is said that Matthew Guglielmetti is indisputably running a Providence family faction and has been in regular contact with the Philadelphia Crimes Family and Decavalcante. Several sources in law enforcement believe that Wiseguy-based Providence is incarcerated, Anthony "Ponytail Tony" Parilo is actually ready to become the official boss by the time he is released & that Guglielmetti & amp; Carmen Dinunzio just acted street boss in each faction.
Anthony "The Little Cheese" Dinunzio, a one-time acting boss and Carmen's younger brother, was recently released from prison to a halfway house after serving 5 years in jail after taking over the control of Luigi Manocchio to knock down the strip club Rhode Island. Law enforcement believes that with Dinunzio's crew now walking quite by Greg Costa, Anthony Dinunzio will act as Carmen's number 2 in Boston.
All unconfirmed:
- Vito Deluca - The Rescue Faction
- William "Billy Blackjack" DelSanto (Former Capo - Semi Retirement) - Providence Fraction
- Richard Bonafiglia - Providence Fraction
- G.Pettinato - Announcer Faction
- Pryce "Stretch" Quintina - Boston Faction
- Vincent "Dee Dee" Gioacchini - Boston faction
- Carmen Tortora - Boston Faction
- Dennis LePore - Boston faction
- Cono Rizzi - Boston faction
- Anthony "The Little Cheese" Dinunzio - Boston Faction
- William "Billy The Angel" Angelesco - Boston Faction
- Robert Carozza - Boston faction
- Keith Orlandella - Boston faction
- Vincent Federico - Boston faction
- Joseph Pingaro - Boston faction
- Salvatore "Tea Party Tore" Marino - Boston Faction
- Louis Dinunzio - Boston faction
- Johnny Scarpelli - Boston faction
- Pasquale "Patsy" Barone - Boston faction
- Vincent Capone - Boston faction
- Anthony "Chucky" Carlo - Boston faction
- Darin Bufalino - Boston Faction (Jailed)
- Anthony Ascenzia - New Haven, CT Faction
- Salvatore "Butch" D'Aquila - New Haven, CT Faction
- Dominic JR Daniele- New Haven CT Fraction
- John Aparicio Jr- Providence Faction
- John Vitello - New Haven, CT Faction
- Americo Petrolio - New Haven, CT Faction
- Dominic Marangelli - New Haven, CT Faction
- Kristofer "Former" Salvi - Boston faction
- Anthony "Wackado" Leono - Boston faction
- James "Jimmy G" Gandolfo -Boston
Member Not Active
- Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio: Former boss from 1996 to 2009. Arrested in 2011 for his involvement in the strip club of Rhode Island. Released in Summer 2015.
- Raymond "Junior" Patriarca: Former boss and son of legendary boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca. Retired from mafia life and now sells real estate in Rhode Island.
- Vincent "The Animal" Ferrara: A former capo in the North End section of Boston. It now has a series of legitimate businesses in and around Boston's North End.
Maps Patriarca crime family
Historical Leadership
Boss (official and acting)
(excluding Frank Morelli 1 )
- 1916-1924 - Gaspare Messina - resigned, died in 1957 Boston
- 1924-1954 - Filippo "Phil" Buccola - uniting the two families in 1932, retired, died in 1987 Boston
- 1954-1984 - Raymond L.S. Patriarca, Sr. - imprisoned in 1970, died on July 11, 1984 Providence
- 1984-1991 - Raymond "Junior" Patriarca, Jr. - resigned in 1991 Providence
- 1991-1991 - Nicholas "Nicky" Bianco - imprisoned on December 28, 1991 and dies on December 14, 1994 Providence
- 1991-1996 - Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme - jailed in 1995, witnesses the government Boston
- Act 1995-1996 - John " Jackie "Salemme - brother of Frank Salemme; incarcerated Boston
- 1996-2009 - Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio - resigns, imprison Providence
- 2009-2016 - Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone - died June 19, 2017 Boston
- Act 2009-2012 - Anthony L. DiNunzio - was arrested on 25 April 2012 Boston
- Act 2012-2015 - Antonio L. "Spucky" Spagnolo - was arrested on October 2, 2014 Boston
- Act 2015-2016 - Carmen "The Big Cheese" Dinunzio Boston
- 2016-present - Carmen "The Big Cheese" Dinunzio Boston
Notes 1. Frank Morelli was the first boss of Providence's criminal family from 1917 to 1932 when he retired to boss to Buccola
Underboss (official and acting)
- c. 1920-1932 - Joseph "J.L." Lombardo - being a consigliere of Boston
- 1932-1947 - Frank "Butsey" Morelli - retired Providence
- 1947-1954 - Raymond L.S. Patriarca, Sr. - promoted to boss Providence
- 1954-1967 - Enrico "Henry the Referee" Tameleo - imprisoned for life in 1968, died 1985 Boston
- 1967-1984 - Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo - jailed in 1983, dies 2009 Boston
- 1984-1985 - Francesco "Paul" Intiso - died
- 1985-1989 - William "The Wild Man" Grasso - killed
- 1989-1991 - Nicholas "Nicky" Bianco - promoted to Providence boss
- 1991-1991 - Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme - promoted to boss Boston
- 1991-1996 - Robert Deluca - incarcerate Providence
- Acting 1996 - Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio - promoted to boss Fate
- Acting 2008-2009 - Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone - promoted to Boston boss
- Acting 2009-2011 - Robert "Bobby The Cigar" Deluca - being a government witness Providence
- 1932-1954 - Joseph "J.L." Lombardo - retired, died on July 17, 1969 Boston
- 1954-1976 - Frank "the Cheeseman" Cucchiara - committed suicide on January 23, 1976 Boston
- 1976-1984 - Nicolo "Nicky" Angiulo - demoted, died 1987 Boston
- 1984-1987 - Ilario "Larry Baiona" Zannino - jailed in 1985, died 1996 Boston
- 1987-1992 - Joseph "J.R." Russo - jailed in 1990, died 1998 Boston
- 1992-1998 - Charles "Cue Ball" Quintana - jailed in 1998 Boston
- 1998-2002 - Rocco "Shaky" Argenti - died Providence
- 2003-2009 - Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone - promoted to Boss Boston
- 2009-2015 - Anthony "Ponytail Tony" Parillo - incarcerated Providence
- 2016-present - Joseph "Joe the Bishop" Achille Providence
Informers and government witness
Note
References
External links
- The American Mafia - New England Crime Bosses
- Americanmafia.com - Providence Mafia
- Americanmafia.com - Boston Mafia
- American Gangland: Patriarca's Criminal Family
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