ThePatriarca crime family (/ˌpætriˈɑːrkə/,Italian pronunciation:[patriˈarka]), also known as theNew England Mafia, theBoston Mafia, theProvidence Mafia, theBoston–Providence Mafia,[5] orthe Office, is anItalian AmericanMafiacrime family operating inNew England. The family consists of two distinct factions, one based inProvidence,Rhode Island, and the other inBoston,Massachusetts. The Patriarca family is primarily active in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, andConnecticut, with other territory throughout New England.
Raymond Patriarca became boss of the family in 1954 and led the organization from theFederal Hill neighborhood of Providence until his death in 1984. Under Patriarca's leadership, the family profited primarily from illegal gambling, loansharking, pornography and trafficking in stolen goods.[2][6] Patriarca also held a stake in theDunes hotel and casino inLas Vegas, from which he benefited from the "skimming" of the casino's revenue.[7] At peak membership, the Patriarca family consisted of over 100 "made men".[2]
Upon the death of Patriarca Sr., his sonRaymond Patriarca Jr. succeeded him as boss of the family. Patriarca Jr. was an ineffective leader, and he was the target of an attempted coup led byEast Boston-basedcaporegimeJoseph "J. R." Russo during the late 1980s. Patriarca Jr., Russo and numerous others were imprisoned onRICO charges in 1992, and Boston mobsterFrank Salemme subsequently emerged as boss of the family. Internal warfare in the Patriarca family continued in the 1990s as a renegade faction within the Boston underworld led byRobert Carrozza challenged Salemme loyalists for control of the family. Salemme and Carrozza were imprisoned during a string of convictions, andLuigi Manocchio took over as boss in 1996, returning the family's leadership to Providence.
It was estimated in 2012 that the Patriarca family consisted of approximately 30 "made" members.[2] From the mid-2010s, the family was led by Carmen "The Cheese Man" Dinunzio, a member of the Boston faction, until his death on September 21, 2025.
In 1924, Messina stepped down as boss of the Boston family, assuming a businessman's role while working with Frank Cucchiara and Paolo Pagnotta from a grocery store on Prince Street in theNorth End.[14] A power struggle ensued within the Boston mob as rival gangs fought for illegal gambling, bootlegging,loan sharking andrackets.East Boston mobsterFilippo Buccola emerged as the boss of the Boston family.[13] In December 1930 or early 1931, a Mafia meeting was held in which Messina was elected the temporaryCapo dei capi of the wider American Mafia.[15]: 184 He retired from Mafia affairs in the early 1930s and died at his home inSomerville, Massachusetts, in June 1957.[15]: 231
During the early 1930s, Buccola battled other ethnic gangs for territory in Boston, along with hisunderboss Joseph Lombardo, another mobster from the North End.[13] In December 1931, Lombardo arranged the murder ofFrank Wallace, the boss ofSouth Boston'sIrishGustin Gang.[16] In 1932, Morelli merged his Providence family with Buccola's Boston family, forming the New England crime family.[13] Buccola ruled as boss of the combined family from East Boston as he continued to fatally dispatch his competition. After the murder ofJewish mob bossCharles "King" Solomon at Buccola's command, Buccola became the most powerful gangster in Boston.[11] On April 27, 1952, Buccola held a party inJohnston, Rhode Island, to celebrate his retirement andRaymond Patriarca's ascension to boss of the family.[12] He retired toSicily in 1954, where he ran a chicken farm. He died in 1987 of natural causes at the age of 101.[13]
In 1956, Patriarca made drastic changes in the family, the biggest being the relocation of their base of operations to Providence, using the National Cigarette Service Company and Coin-O-Matic Distributors, avending machine andpinball business on Atwells Avenue, as afront organization.[17] The business was known to family members as "The Office."
Patriarca was a strict and ruthless leader; he ran the family for decades and made it clear that other Mafia organizations were not permitted to operate in New England. He was skilled at warding off police and maintaining a low profile, thus receiving little hindrance from law enforcement. The family ventured into new rackets such aspornography andnarcotics, though mob informerVincent Teresa insisted that Patriarca forbade the family to deal in drugs.
In addition to having close ties to the Genovese family, Patriarca also sat onthe Commission and had investments in twoLas Vegascasinos. Another of his underbosses,Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo, was involved in the numbers racket in Boston and was shaken down by rival mobsters before he became a "made" member. Angiulo solved this problem by paying Patriarca $50,000 and agreeing to pay him $100,000 per year to become an inducted member of his family. Angiulo continued to control his large illegal gambling network in Boston.
In 1957, more than sixty of the country's most powerful Mafia bosses, includingJoe Bonanno,Carlo Gambino andVito Genovese, met inApalachin, New York. Patriarca was also in attendance and was subsequently arrested when the meeting was suddenly raided by police, drawing much attention to him from the press, the public and law enforcement.
The situation became worse for Patriarca in 1961, whenU.S. Attorney GeneralRobert F. Kennedy began an assault on organized crime.[20] Law enforcement agencies worked to develop informants within the Mafia and finally succeeded in 1966, whenJoseph "The Animal" Barboza, a Patriarca familyhitman, was arrested on a concealed weapons charge. Barboza claimed to have killed twenty-six people but became concerned when Patriarca did not raise hisbail and two of his friends were killed for trying to do so. He soon decided to turninformant.
Based on Barboza's testimony, Patriarca and Tameleo wereindicted in 1967 for the murder of Providencebookmaker Willie Marfeo. Patriarca was convicted and began serving time in 1969, and Angiulo served as acting boss. Patriarca resumed control of the family after his release from prison in 1974. For his testimony, Barboza was given a one-year prison term, includingtime served. He wasparoled in March 1969 and told to leave Massachusetts permanently. In 1971, Barboza pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge inCalifornia and sentenced to five years atFolsom Prison; he was murdered inSan Francisco byJoseph "J. R." Russo on February 11, 1976, less than three months after his release.[21]
Patriarca was plagued by law enforcement for the rest of his life, and he was charged numerous times for a variety of crimes until his death. In 1978, Vincent Teresa testified that Patriarca had participated in a 1960 attempt by theCentral Intelligence Agency (CIA) to killFidel Castro that was never carried out.[22] In 1983, Patriarca was charged with the murder of Raymond Curcio, and was arrested in 1984 for the murder of Robert Candos, whom Patriarca believed was an informant.[citation needed] Patriarca died of aheart attack on July 11, 1984, aged 76.
After Patriarca's death, the New England family began a long period of decline, resulting from both legal prosecution and internal violence. Angiulo attempted to take over as boss from behind bars, whileLarry Zannino, the family's top lieutenant, backed Patriarca's sonRaymond Patriarca, Jr. for the position. The Commission approved Patriarca, Jr.'s ascendancy to leadership, and his position was confirmed. Zannino was madeconsigliere, but he was sentenced to thirty years in prison in 1987. Angiulo was sentenced to forty-five years in prison on racketeering charges. Other senior members died or were imprisoned, such as Henry Tameleo and Francesco Intiso.
William "The Wild Man" Grasso, anEast Hartford-based gangster, became underboss because of the younger Patriarca's weak leadership. Some investigators believed that Grasso was actually in charge, but these rumors ended when Grasso was found dead in June 1989, slain by a gangster from Springfield as factions of the family began fighting each other for dominance. Grasso's murder weakened Patriarca, Jr.'s position.Nicholas Bianco was eventually indicted for the murder, but he became acting underboss before taking over the family's Providence operations.
On March 26, 1990, Patriarca, Jr. and twenty other family members and associates were indicted on charges of racketeering,extortion, narcotics, gambling and murder.[23] The indictments included underboss Bianco,consigliere Joseph Russo, and lieutenants 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 andRobert Carrozza.[24] The arrests were described as "the most sweeping attack ever launched on a single organized crime family." One of the most damaging pieces of evidence was a tape recording of a Mafia induction ceremony, at which thirteenmafiosi were present.[25] Because of this embarrassment, Patriarca was replaced as boss by Bianco, who maintained a very low profile. However, Bianco was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 1991, while eight other family members were convicted onRacketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) charges. Bianco died in prison in November 1994.[26]
On January 6, 1992, all of the defendants in the RICO trial pleaded guilty and received lengthy sentences and large fines. Patriarca, Jr. was sentenced to eight years in prison in June 1992 after pleading guilty to racketeering charges. In 1993, 26 others were indicted and convicted for running a bookmaking operation.
Frank Salemme took control of the family after the RICO trial of Patriarca Jr. which moved the family's base of power to Boston.[27] Salemme's ascension to boss sparked tension among the family's factions. On March 31, 1994, Patriarcasoldiers Ronald Coppola and Pete Scarpellini were shot and killed at a social club inCranston, Rhode Island, by another Patriarca soldier, Nino Cucinotta, during a card game.[28] On October 20, 1994, Joe Souza was shot inside an East Boston phone booth, dying from his injuries on October 31.[29] On December 11, 1994, 25-year old drug dealer and Salemme loyalist Paul Strazzulla was shot and killed, his body recovered inside of hisfire-torched car inRevere, Massachusetts.[30]
In January 1995, Salemme was indicted along withStephen Flemmi andJames "Whitey" Bulger on extortion and racketeering charges,[31] and Salemme discovered through court documents that his close allies Flemmi and Bulger were long-timeFBI informants.[31] Bulger's friend, FBI agentJohn Connolly, let him run his criminal operations with impunity for informing on the Patriarca family.
After Salemme was imprisoned, a renegade faction led byRobert F. Carrozza, Anthony Ciampi, Stephen Foye, and Michael P. Romano, Sr. waged war on the Salemme faction. On April 3, 1996, 63-year-old Richard "Vinnie the Pig" DeVincent was shot and killed inMedford, Massachusetts, after refusing to pay street tax from Salemme loyalists. In April 1997, the FBI indicted 15 members of the renegade faction, including Carrozza, Ciampi, Romano, and others.[32] Thegrand jury testimony that resulted in the indictments was dominated by Sean Thomas Cote, who was the first of four indicted members toturn state's evidence. The jury ultimately acquitted the defendants of most charges but wasdeadlocked on murder and racketeering charges. Following Salemme's indictment, Providence family memberLuigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio took control of the family.
Several of the defendants changed their pleas to guilty during a second trial, including Ciampi and Eugene Rida. Salemme pleaded guilty to racketeering charges on December 9, 1999,[33] and was sentenced to 11 years in prison.[31] In early 2001, Salemme agreed to testify against Flemmi and Bulger.[34][27] In December 2022, Salemme died in prison.[27]
In the late 2000s, the power of the family shifted back to Boston faction when longtime family bossLuigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio, stepped down in 2009, allowing Boston mobster Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone to become the family's new boss. Limone was arrested back in December 2008 and charged with racketeering and given asuspended sentence on July 1, 2010.[35][36][37]
On January 19, 2011, Manocchio was arrested inFort Lauderdale, Florida, and was charged with extortion andconspiracy.[38][39][40] Manocchio had stepped down as boss in 2009 after the FBI began investigating two strip clubs in late 2008.[41][42] In February 2012, Manocchio agreed to plead guilty and was sentenced to 5½ years in prison for extortion on May 11, 2012.[43]
It was revealed after many members of the crime family were charged in several in RICO indictments that two Caporegimes Mark Rossetti and Robert DeLuca[44] had become government informants.[2][45]
On December 17, 2011, family associate Anthony "Ponytail Tony" Parrillo was arrested after a physical altercation at his establishment in Providence, Club 295, and was later charged with two counts of felony assault.[46] Parrillo had his bouncers attack patron Jack Fernandes after misidentifying him for another man who had engaged in sexual acts in the club's bathroom then stabbed a security guard when he confronted him about it: Fernandes was using the same bathroom stall as the aggressor.[47][48] The assault began in the bathroom and continued in the back alley of the club where Fernandes's wife, Sumiya Majeed, was injured as well.[47] Fernandes suffered a broken nose, broken ribs and a shattered eye socket.[47][49] Parrillo was sentenced to serve five years of a 15-year sentence on April 11, 2016, but appealed his conviction to theRhode Island Supreme Court.[50][51] He was released on bail pending the appeal, but his motion was denied and he began his sentence on August 5, 2020.[49][51]
In late 2009, Anthony DiNunzio became the acting boss after Limone's arrest.[2] DiNunzio operated from Boston's North End and was the younger brother to Carmen DiNunzio.[52] In 2010, DiNunzio extorted Rhode Island strip clubs with members of theGambino crime family.[52] On April 25, 2012, DiNunzio was arrested and charged with racketeering and extortion.[52][53][54] On September 13, 2012, DiNunzio pleaded guilty to shaking down Rhode Island strip clubs[55] and was sentenced to six years on November 14, 2012.[56]
In 2012, the Patriarca family was estimated to have about 30 made members active in the New England area, centered in the cities of Boston and Providence.[2]
On October 2, 2014, acting boss Antonio L. "Spucky" Spagnolo, 72, and reputed made man Pryce "Stretch" Quintina, 74, were arrested for allegedly extorting thousands of dollars in protection payments from a video poker machine company, which installed machines for illegal gambling in bars and social clubs.[57] Spagnolo took over as acting boss after DiNunzio was arrested back in 2012.[57] Both Spagnolo and Quintina are reputedly old members of the Patriarca crime family's Boston faction.[57]
DiNunzio was released from prison on February 17, 2015, after serving five and a half years on bribery charges.[58][59] Upon his release, he was thought to renew his position within the family and reconvene with his old North End crew.[59][60] DiNunzio reportedly inducted his nephew, Louis "Baby Cheese" DiNunzio and two other members of his crew, Johnny Scarpelli and Salvatore "Tea Party Tore" Marino into the family during a ceremony held in the basement of a North End restaurant and attended by Limone, acting boss Anthony "Spucky" Spagnolo and Providence capo Matthew "Good-Looking Matty" Guglielmetti.[61][62] At that same event, DiNunzio promoted his bodyguard Gregory "Fat Boy" Costa to capo of the North End crew.[63][61]
Limone died of cancer on June 19, 2017.[64][65] He was succeeded by his acting boss Carmen DiNunzio, another powerful Boston mobster.[66][67]
When Carmen DiNunzio became the new boss his administration consisted of underboss Guglielmetti and consigliere Joseph "Joe the Bishop" Achille, both members of the Providence faction.[68][69] On August 7, 2018, Achille died.[70][71] In 2020, Guglielmetti relinquished the position of underboss to Edward "Eddie" Lato because of health concerns and regained the rank of capo.[72][73]
On July 18, 2022, former boxer and actor Dino Guilmette was arrested on drug trafficking charges inCranston, Rhode Island.[74][75] He had been the target of a two-year investigation by theRhode Island State Police into the sale of cocaine andlorazepam, which he reportedly engaged in, in September and November 2021.[76][77] According to a State Police affidavit, Guilmette has ties to the New England Mafia and dealt in narcotics trafficking under the authorization of Guglielmetti.[76][78][77] Several evidence files in the case were taken from surveillance records of the Toscan Social Club, an organized crime meeting place for which Guilmette was vice president.[76][79]
On October 27, 2022,Rhode Island State House senior deputy chief of staff John Conti resigned from his post amid allegations that he was a silent partner in a marijuana growing business with Patriarca family associate Raymond "Scarface" Jenkins.[72][80] A State Police probe revealed the two shared an interest in the Organic Bees marijuana grow operation, which started in 2017 and shut down in 2022 because Conti and Jenkins would not disclose their involvement in the business.[72][80] Conti and Jenkins were also surveilled in December 2020 camera recordings meeting just outside the State House and conversing for approximately 20 minutes.[72][80] The former chief of staff was also mentioned meeting with several other high-ranking Patriarca mobsters, including a 2020 Christmas party at a Providence restaurant attended by Conti, Guglielmetti, and Lato.[72][80] Conti's attorney Jimmy Burchfield Jr. stated toWPRI "Mr. Conti had no role in the business organization, Organic Bees […] Mr. Conti has been employed by the House of Representatives honorably, serving under four speakers since first hired in December 2006."[72][80]
In 2024, the Boston office of the FBI, which oversees much of New England, disbanded its organized crime squad, reassigning agents to other priorities such as terrorism, espionage, and cyber crime. According to former federal prosecutor Fred Wyshak, there is not "much of anything left" of the Patriarca family because "the leadership was destroyed and nobody really has the strength to step in and fill that void". Steven O'Donnell, a former superintendent of theRhode Island State Police, stated that although the family consists of around 30 "made" members it is "just not at the threat level that they were years ago" and that "there are other entities that are a greater threat in this country". FormerMassachusetts State Police detective lieutenant Steve Johnson described the family as "a shell of itself" with a membership consisting of "mostly figurehead people and wannabes".[81] On August 23, 2024, family underboss Edward Lato died of natural causes, aged 77, after surviving a heart attack and undergoing treatment for cancer.[82][83] On December 8, 2024, former bossLuigi Manocchio died inBristol, Rhode Island, at the age of 97.[84][85] On September 21, 2025, family boss Carmen "The Cheese Man" Dinunzio died at the age 68 of natural causes.[86]
Boss —Robert F. "Bobby Russo" Carrozza — Carrozza is the stepbrother of formerconsigliere andEast Boston mobsterJoe "J. R." Russo. He was part of the "renegade faction" of mobsters led bycapos Russo andVincent "Vinnie the Animal" Ferrara who challengedWilliam Grasso andFrank Salemme for control of the family. In 1990, Carrozza was among twenty mobsters indicted onRICO charges.[92] He was sentenced to 19 years in prison in 1992 after pleading guilty to federal racketeering charges.[93] Carrozza was promoted to boss of the family when Carmen DiNunzio died in 2025.[87]
Underboss —Matthew L. "Good-Looking Matty" Guglielmetti Jr.—was promoted to underboss again.[87] Guglielmetti is the former capo operating fromCranston.[69][68][76][78] The son of family soldier Matthew Guglielmetti Sr., he was favoritised by Patriarca from his early criminal career in the 1970s.[94] He was inducted in a Boston ceremony in 1977 along with seven other mobsters, and was arrested with his father in 1984 for liquor hijacking, though the charges were later dropped.[95][96] Guglielmetti was promoted to captain by Patriarca Jr. in the late 1980s and was put in charge of the family's Connecticut faction after the murder of Grasso in 1989.[96][97] That same year, he attended a making ceremony in Medford, Massachusetts presided by Patriarca Jr. and Russo.[96] Was sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2005 for "protecting" a shipment of cocaine passing through Rhode Island. He was also arrested that year for infiltrating labor unions in greater-Providence. On June 10, 2014, Guglielmetti was released from prison. Since his release, Guglielmetti has been working withPhiladelphia crime family capo George Borgesi.[98]
Acting underboss (Boston) —Biagio "Benny" DiGiacomo — serving as acting underboss to the acting boss Carrozza and helping consigliere Spagnolo work with East Boston capo Freddy Simone.[87] DiGiacomo is a Sicilian born mobster and former caporegime of East Boston crew, where he was based out of Roma restaurant, in East Boston.[99] DiGiacomo unknowingly allowed an undercover FBI agent Vince DelaMontaigne to infiltrated his crew during 1983 to 1987, the FBI surveillance team was able to record the October 29, 1989, Mafia induction ceremony.[100] In February 1987, DiGiacomo along with soldier Anthony Spagnolo were arrested and charged with illegal gambling and conspiracy to commit murder.[100]
Consigliere —Antonio L. "Spucky" Spagnolo — serving as familyconsigliere.[87] Spagnolo former acting boss andcapo of East Boston crew. Spagnolo is an old time East Boston mobster who used to work with Bobby Carrozza and Bobby's stepbrother J.R. Russo.[101] In 1976, Spagnolo along with East Boston capo Joe "J.R." Russo murdered notorious New England mob turncoat Joe "The Animal" Barboza, in San Francisco.[102] During the 1980s, Spagnolo reported to East Boston capo Biagio DiGiacomo, a Sicilian born New England mobster operating from the Roma restaurant.[102] In the late 1980s, an FBI undercover agent named Vince DelaMontaigne, infiltrated the DiGiacomo (East Boston) crew and Spagnolo ran illegal cards games with the agent.[102] In 1990, he participated in a Mafia induction ceremony where they burned the card of a saint at a house in Medford, and he was arrested afterwards.[101] In 1990, Spagnolo was arrested along with Vincent Giacchini after it was revealed that an undercover FBI infiltrated their East Boston crew, that was headed by Biagio DiGiacomo.[99] After his release from prison Spagnolo took over as capo of the East Boston crew.[99] In the early 2000s Spagnolo started a feud with soldiers Frederick Simone and Vincent Gioacchini over gambling territory in East Boston.[99] The feud almost led to an internal war until then-boss Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio and Rhode Island–based captain Matthew Guglielmetti were able to settle it.[99] In early 2000, Spagnolo and Gioacchini were indicted and charged with extortion.[99] In 2012, Spagnolo became the family's acting boss. On October 2, 2014, Spagnolo and Pryce "Stretch" Quintina were arrested and charged with extorting thousands of dollars in protection payments from a video poker machine company.[57] In October 2017, Spagnolo was released from prison.[102]
Anthony "Bennington Street Tony" Ciampi —capo of the "East Boston (Carozza—Russo) crew". Ciampi is a protégé of Robert Carrozza.[103] He was a member of the East Boston crew along with Carrozza underJoseph "J. R." Russo when the East Boston mobsters challengedFrancis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme during his ascension to boss of the family. After Salemme's top enforcer, Richard "Richie the Hatchet" Devlin, began attempting to extort tribute from Ciampi and Michael "Big Mike" Romano in October 1993, Ciampi and Romano sought and received the permission of imprisoned soldier Carrozza to lead a rebellion against the Salemme leadership. On March 31, 1994, Ciampi opened fire on Devlin and another Salemme enforcer, Richard "Richie Nine Lives" Gillis, outside theBreed's Hill Social Club. Devlin was killed despite wearing a bullet-proof vest, while Gillis survived being shot three times.[104] Ciampi was indicted alongside 14 others on federal murder and attempted murder charges in April 1997.[105] On November 1, 1999, Ciampi pleaded guilty to killing Devlin and wounding Gillis, and participating in several other attempted murders.[106] He was sentenced to 18 years in prison.[107] Ciampi was released from prison in 2013.[103]
Gregory "Fat Boy" Costa; also known as "Fat Greg" — was promoted tocapo of the "North End (DiNunzio) crew" by Carmen DiNunzio during aninduction ceremony in 2015, in which Johnny Scarpelli, Salvatore Marino, and Louie DiNunzio were inducted.[61] Costa was DiNunzio's bodyguard and driver and was described as his "top collector".[63] He served a prison sentence and was released on May 10, 1996.[108] Costa was arrested in 2002, and again in 2006 with Carmen DiNunzio on racketeering charges but was acquitted.[63]
Anthony "The Little Cheese" DiNunzio — powerful Boston mobster, former acting boss, and brother to boss Carmen "The Cheeseman" DiNunzio.[61] DiNunzio along with his brother Carmen control Boston's North End crew.[109] In 2012, acting boss Anthony DiNunzio was indicted along with Providencecapo Edward Lato and Providence soldier Alfred Scivola for extorting a number of Rhode Island strip clubs.[109] In September 2017, Anthony DiNunzio was released from prison.[109][110]
Vincent "Vinnie The Animal" Ferrara —capo operating fromNorfolk County.[111] According to the FBI, Ferrara was made into the family in 1983 and was sponsored by North End capo Donato "Smiling Danny" Angiulo.[111] After the Angiulo brother's were indicted Ferrara became the boss of the North End crew. In 1990, Ferrara was indicted on racketeering and pleaded guilty to ordering the October 28, 1985, murder of mob associate Jimmy Limoli and other racketeering charges.[111] In 2005, Ferrara's lawyer had the charge of Limoli's murdered removed and had six years removed from his prison sentence. In 2006, Ferrara was released prison and claimed he retired from Mafia affairs. In 2008, Ferrara was on trial in Norfolk County for bookmaking, but the charges were later dropped.[111]
Frederick "Freddie the Neighbor" Simone —capo of the "Day Square crew" operating inEast Boston andRevere. Simone is longtime member of East Boston crew serving under Biagio DiGiacomo and Anthony Spagnolo.[99] In the early 2000s Simone along with Vincent Gioacchini started a serious feud with their capo Anthony "Spucky" Spagnolo over gambling territory in East Boston.[99] The feud almost led to an internal war until Manocchio and Rhode Island based captain Matthew Guglielmetti were able to settle it.[99] In 2009, after Simone was released from prison Federal authorities label him as the new captain of the crew "East Boston (Spagnolo/Day Square) crew".[99] Simone is a close ally to boss Carmen DiNunzio.[69]
Joseph "Joe" Ruggiero Sr. —capo operating fromFall River, Massachusetts.[112][113] ABarrington resident, Ruggiero was a close associate of former bosses Salemme and Manocchio, for whom he acted as a driver and bodyguard.[112][113][114] In 1997, Manocchio ordered him to reclaim the family's illegal operations in Fall River after the incarceration of high-ranking associateGerard "The Frenchman" Ouimette, who previously oversaw rackets in the area.[112][113] Around 2015, Ruggiero was promoted to capo of retired Providence mobster William "Blackjack" DelSanto's crew.[112] A prominent businessman, Ruggiero has owned many establishments and properties, including a bar and grille in Fall River, a restaurant called The Regatta, car dealerships in Barrington and East Providence, the old Fall River police station and the Edmund Place Health Center.[112][113][114][115][116] In 2012 he bought the Fall River Ford automobile dealership and was shortly thereafter elected to the city's Board of Economic Development.[112][114] Ruggiero's connections to former Fall River mayorWilliam A. Flanagan were scrutinized, and Flanagan even publicly referred to him as "a key to the city's economic future".[112][114]
William "Billy The Angel" Angelesco — soldier and enforcer[117] in the North End Crew.[118] According to informant reports and former associates, Angelesco became sponsored by DiNunzio as a made member for the 1999 murder of gang rival, Kevin "Mucka" McCormack, although he was never arrested for the crime[119](it is important to note that the informant reports were based on "hearsay").[118] He would later be charged and acquitted for a 2001 murder at a Revere strip club and convicted for extortion in 2005.[119][120] In 2020, he was sentenced to 37 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for a 2018 robbery he committed inAbington, Massachusetts.[117][120]
Louie "Baby Cheese" DiNunzio — son of Anthony DiNunzio, he was inducted into the family by his uncle Carmen DiNunzio.[61]
Salvatore "Tea Party Tore" Marino — soldier operating from the North End.[60][62] Marino and John Scarpelli were both Carmen DiNunzio's protégés and were arrested with him on racketeering charges in 2006.[62][61] According to the indictment, Marino, Scarpelli and Gregory Costa were involved in a shooting scheme in 2001 to defraud bookmaker Jamie Candelino by collecting the revenues of bets if they won and not paying for their losses.[121][60] Marino, Scarpelli and Louis DiNunzio were reportedly inducted by Carmen DiNunzio at a making ceremony in July 2015 in the basement of a North End bar, which was also attended by boss Peter Limone, acting boss Antonio Spagnolo and capo Matthew Guglielmetti.[62][61]
John "Johnny" Scarpelli — soldier operating from the North End.[60][62] A protégé of Carmen DiNunzio along with Salvatore Marino, they were both arrested on racketeering charges with DiNunzio in 2006.[62][61] According to the indictment, Scarpelli devised a shooting scheme with Marino and Gregory Costa in 2001 to defraud bookmaker Jamie Candelino by collecting the revenues of bets if they won and not paying for their losses.[121][60] Scarpelli, Marino and Louis DiNunzio, the nephew of Carmen DiNunzio, were reportedly inducted by the older DiNunzio at a making ceremony in July 2015 in the basement of a North End bar, which was also attended by boss Peter Limone, acting boss Antonio Spagnolo and capo Matthew Guglielmetti.[62][61]
North End (former Angiulo) crew
Pasquale "Patsy" Barone — protégé of North Endcapo Vinnie "The Animal" Ferrara. He was released from prison in 2003.[122]
Richard Ernest Gambale—Boston mobster who worked forGennaro Angiulo. On September 14, 1984, Gambale was indicted along with Jason Angiulo, James Limone and others and charged with RICO violations.[123]
North End (former Salemme) crew
Darin "Nino" Bufalino — was former boss Frank Salemme's driver and bodyguard. In 2009, Bufalino was arrested for robbery and 2010, he was arrested for racketeering and extortion case alongside East Boston crew capo and FBI informant Mark Rosetti. He pleaded guilty to both cases in 2012 and was sentenced to seven years in prison. In December 2018, Bufalino was released from prison.[124]
Dennis "Champagne Denny" Lepore — ally of former boss Frank Salemmes's North End Boston crew. Lepore a North End mobster was Salemme's buffer to communicate with the East Boston crew.[125]
Vincent Federico — close ally to formerconsigliere and East Boston mobster Joe "J. R." Russo[126]
Vincent "Dee Dee" Gioacchini — close ally to Frederick Simone[99]
Michael Prochilo — East Boston mobster who worked for formercapo-turned-government informant Mark Rossetti.[127]
Pryce "Stretch" Quintina — close ally to Anthony Spagnolo[57]
Carmen Tortora — soldier. Tortora was a close ally to East Boston mobster Joe "J. R." Russo[126] He worked closely with Boston mobster Vincent M. Ferrara. On March 22, 1990, Tortora was indicted with seven others on various crimes including RICO.[128]
Vito "The Ox" DeLuca — Providence mobster who worked closely with Anthony "The Saint" St. Laurent. In 2000, DeLuca was deported to Italy after his conviction in a bookmaking case alongside St. Laurent.[129]
Raymond "Junior" Patriarca—served as boss of the family for a short time after his father Raymond L. S. Patriarca died. During the early 1990s, Patriarca Jr. stepped down as boss and retired from mob life. Patriarca Jr. became involved in real estate in Rhode Island.
Mariano "Mario" Grasso — is the son of former underbossWilliam "The Wild Guy" Grasso.[130] In 2004, Grasso was arrested along with New Haven, Connecticut mobster Anthony Ascenzia and charged with running an illegal sports betting operations.[131]
Eddie Parrette — leader of Connecticut faction of the Patriarca family with the base of operations in New Haven andBranford.[132][133] Parrette has been a longtime member of the Ascenzia-Connecticut crew, serving as the driver and bodyguard to Connecticut mobster Rico Petrello and controlling bookmaking operations for then crew leader Anthony Ascenzia.[132] The Ascenzia-Connecticut crew can be traced back to the remnants of the crew that former caporegime William Grasso controlled before Grasso was killed in 1989.[132] In 2020, Connecticut crew leader Anthony Ascenzia died and Parrette risen to become the new leader.[133] Parrette reports directly to Providence based Caporegime Matthew Guglielmetti and his Connecticut crew includes mobsters John Taddei Jr. and Francis Gratta.[133][132]
Anthony "Ponytail Tony" Parrillo — Providence-based associate and protégé of former boss Luigi Manocchio. In August 2016, Parrillo was sentenced to five-year prison term for felony assault.[50] He was previously served 11 years for a double homicide that he committed in 1977.[47][134]
Dino Guilmette — Providence-based associate. On July 18, 2022, former boxer and actor Dino Guilmette was arrested on drug trafficking charges inCranston, Rhode Island.[74] Guilmette was involved in narcotics trafficking under the authorization of Guglielmetti.[76][78][77]
Vittore Nicolo "Nicky" Angiulo — formerconsigliere who operated from Boston'sNorth End.[135] Vittore Nicolo was the eldest of all the Angiulo brothers. In 1983, Angiulo was indicted along with his four brothers. The FBI stated that Nick Angiulo was demoted fromconsigliere position after his brotherGennaro Angiulo tried to become the new boss of the family. On September 13, 1987, Angiulo died from a kidney ailment.[135]
Donato F. "Danny" Angiulo — formercapo. Born in March 1923, Angiulo was identified in 1983 as a captain based in Boston.[136][137] In February 1986, Donato was sentenced to 20 years in prison for racketeering, and fined $40,000, he was released in 1997.[138][139] He died in May 2009.
Emilio "Bobby the Greaser Labella" Cucchiella — former soldier. Cucchiella operated from a coffee shop/after-hours bar in North End, Boston called Labella’s.[140] He suppliedBoston mobsterJohnny Martorano a World War II machine gun from his arsenal of weapons, to kill rival gangster Al "Indian" Angeli.[141] Cucchiella was loyal to Boston MafiacapoIlario Zannino and Providence based family bossRaymond L. S. Patriarca. Cucchiella died in 1993.
Carmen Salvatore "The Cheese Man" DiNunzio; also known as"The Big Cheese" — former boss. During the 1980s, DiNunzio and his brother Anthony were underlings of Jerry Angiulo.[59][68] Their relationship soured in 1983 after DiNunzio attempted to extort Angiulo's protégé Vincent "Dee Dee" Gioacchini, and Angiuloput a contract on him.[59][68] The DiNunzio brothers sought refuge in Las Vegas andLos Angeles, where they worked as bookmakers and debt collectors for theChicago Outfit.[59][68][142] In 1992, they were both indicted along with the Outfit leadership on racketeering charges and sentenced to four years in prison.[59][142] While incarcerated, the brothers regained their prestige in the Boston Mafia through their association with New York mobsters, and after their release in 1997, both were made into the Patriarca family by Manocchio.[59][143] Shortly after, DiNunzio was madecapo of the North End crew and in 2003 was promoted to underboss of the family.[59][68] In 2008, DiNunzio was indicted on corruption charges stemming from an undercover operation.[144] He pled guilty to bribery charges[145] and was sentenced to six years in prison on September 24, 2009. In February 2015, DiNunzio was released from prison. He became boss of the family in 2017 after the death of Peter Limone.[68][67] DiNunzio died on September 21, 2025, at the age of 68.[146][147][86]
Samuel S. "Sammy" Granito — formercapo. Granito was born inBrooklyn, New York in June 1907 and raised inRevere.[148] By September 1956, he was serving a 16 to 20 year prison sentence for an armed robbery in November 1947, netting over $110,000.[149] In 1983, Granito was identified as the captain of theEast Boston crew.[150][151] In October 1989, he attended aninduction ceremony inMedford which was covertly recorded by theFBI, and was subsequently imprisoned.[148] Granito died on September 26, 1997, aged 90.[152]
Ralph "Ralphie Chong" Lamattina — former soldier operating from Boston; Lamattina was part ofcapoIlario Zannino's crew.[153] He was the brother of fellow Boston faction soldier Joseph "Joe Black" Lamattina. He managed a coffee shop in the North End called the Nite Lite Café. According to government witnessVincent Teresa, Lamattina was in charge of the family's narcotics operations.[154] He was suspected as a culprit in the death of Irish mobster George Killeen, who was shot to death on May 20, 1950.[155] On November 15, 1966, Lamattina was involved in the murders of Greek gangster Arthur "Tash" Bratsos and his bodyguard Thomas "Tommy D" De Prisco, who were lured into the Nite Lite Café and shot to death by Zannino.[156] He was convicted as an accessory after the fact and sentenced to two years in prison.[156] On September 14, 1984, Lamattina was indicted along with six other mobsters on racketeering, conspiracy and illegal gambling charges.[157] He avoided prosecution and fled to Italy, remaining a fugitive for 11 years before turning himself in on August 14, 1995.[158] He was sentenced to five years in prison, being released on June 1, 2000.[153][159] Lamattina died on April 10, 2017.[160]
Dennis D. "Champagne" Lepore — former soldier. Born in September 1946, Lepore was identified as a soldier under the "Granito-East Boston crew" in 1983.[161] In April 1992, Lepore was sentenced to between 14 and 16 years in prison for racketeering, to be followed with 5 years supervised release, and a forfeiture of $766,700.[162][163]
Peter J. "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone — former boss.[17] In 2001, Limone was released from prison after serving 33 years for a murder that he didn't commit.[36] Limone later won a $26 million judgment for his wrongful conviction.[36] Limone operated from Boston and served as the family'sconsigliere before 2009, after which he was promoted to boss. He was arrested on gambling charges in 2009; in 2010, he was given a suspended sentence.[36] He died on June 19, 2017.[64]
Joseph "J. L." Lombardo; also known as"Big Joe" — former underboss andconsigliere. In 1932, Lombardo was charged with the murders ofGustin Gang leadersFrankie Wallace and Bernard "Dodo" Walsh, who were each shot dead as they entered Lombardo's headquarters, C & F Importing Co., onHanover Street in Boston's North End in December 1931. He and two others were cleared of the charges.[164] In order to avoid investigation in theKefauver hearings, Lombardo retired from racketeering in 1950, turning over his gambling operations toGennaro Angiulo.[165] Lombardo died, aged 72, at Boston'sMassachusetts General Hospital on July 17, 1969 after suffering a heart attack.[164]
Charles "Q-Ball" Quintina — formerconsigliere. Quintina was the uncle of Patriarca soldier Pryce Quintina.[166] In his teenage years, Quintina was convicted of assault with intent to rob and armed robbery inWorcester, and sentenced to 10-to-12 years in prison.[167] As aRevere-basedcapo, he operated from Fiore's Market and controlled rackets on theNorth Shore.[168] In 1972, he was indicted on federal gambling charges but the case was dismissed.[167] In late 1990, Quintina was promoted toconsigliere. Quintina was arrested on February 2, 1994, along with three former members of his crew, onRICO charges.[167] He pleaded guilty and was sentenced on April 5, 1995 to five years in prison.[169] He was released on June 12, 1998.[170] Quintina died on August 12, 2001.[90]
Alexander Santoro "Sonny Boy" Rizzo — former underboss.[171] Rizzo was born in 1913. He was a major organized crime figure inRevere for decades.[88] Rizzo was a suspect in the May 5, 1959 murder ofHull gambler Philip Goldstein, who was found garrotted to death in the trunk of Rizzo's car inKingston, New Hampshire. On November 21, 1959, the murder charge against Rizzo was dismissed due to a legal technicality because the indictment failed to specify that the crime he was accused of took place in the United States.[172] In 1994, Rizzo was indicted along with three other aging Revere mobsters, known as "the Oldfellas", on federal racketeering charges relating to illegal gambling and extortion. On April 5, 1995, he was sentenced to five years in prison after pleading guilty.[169] Rizzo was released June 12, 1998.[88] He died, at the age of 91, on January 20, 2005.[89]
Joseph "J. R." Russo — formerconsigliere. Russo was acapo of an East Boston crew and headed a renegade faction in an unsuccessful attempt to seize control of the family fromRaymond Patriarca Jr., who promoted Russo toconsligliere as part of a truce to end the rebellion. He was convicted of racketeering in 1992 and died from cancer in federal prison in 1998.
John J. "Action Jack" Salemme — former acting boss. John Salemme was the brother ofFrank Salemme. Along with Brian "Ballonhead" Halloran, he was dispatched to resolve a dispute with the drug dealer George Pappas, who had defrauded a joint cocaine and marijuana venture operated by the Patriarca family and theWinter Hill Gang.[173] During a meeting with Pappas at the Four Seas Chinese restaurant in Boston'sChinatown in the early hours of October 13, 1981, Halloran shot Pappas in the head and killed him.[174][175] Salemme and Halloran were each charged with Pappas' murder.[176] Halloran was then killed by Winter Hill bossJames "Whitey" Bulger on May 11, 1982 after he became an FBI informant.[177] After almost two years as a fugitive, Salemme surrendered to Boston police in March 1983.[173] He was convicted of first-degree murder on February 13, 1984 and sentenced to serve life atCedar Junction State Prison.[178] In 1985, the verdict was overturned by theMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[173] Salemme's partial Irish ancestry initially prevented him from becoming a "made" member of the family but he was inducted after his brother Frank became the boss in the early 1990s. He was then promoted tocapo. When Frank Salemme became a fugitive, John Salemme served as acting boss during 1995 and 1996.[179] Salemme died on May 23, 2024, at the age of 81.[180]
Frederick "Freddie the Neighbor" Simone — former soldier. Born in April 1950, Simone was identified as a member of the "Granito-East Boston crew" in 1983. In 1988, Simone was sentenced to a 15 to 20 year prison sentence for participating in the June 1981 murder of Angelo Patrizzi, and by 2000, he had been released from prison.[181][182] In December 2000, Simone was arrested for firearm charges.[183] In December 2003, Simone pleaded not guilty to 29 charges, including extortion, loan sharking, illegal gambling and money laundering, law enforcement alleged Simone had engaged in loansharking and protection payments between 1991 and January 2002.[184][185] He died in 2017.
Anthony "Tony the Beaver" Ascenzia — former made member who operated a multimillion-dollar illegal sports betting operation in Greater New Haven, Connecticut, area for the family.[186] Ascenzia shared the New Haven gambling profits with his Providence-basedcapo Matthew Guglielmetti. In 2004, Ascenzia was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $25,000 after pleading guilty to racketeering and tax fraud.[131] Ascenzia died on July 23, 2020.[187]
Louis R. Failla — former soldier. Born in December 1927, Failla was identified as a member in 1983. Failla served as a soldier under the "Grasso-Connecticut crew".[188] In August 1991, Failla was convicted of racketeering, he had also been accused of extortion and loansharking.[189][190] He died in August 1999.
Gaetano J. Milano — former soldier. Born in October 1951, Milano was identified as a soldier in 1983, under the crew of captain William Grasso. Milano was granted bail of $1.6 million in October 1989 for conspiracy and racketeering.[191] In August 1991, Milano was sentenced to 33 years in prison for murdering Grasso in June 1989, and he was released in April 2013.[192][193][194][195]
Americo "Cigars" Petrillo — former soldier. Born in March 1934, Petrillo was identified as a member in 1983, serving as a soldier under the "Grasso-Connecticut crew". In August 1991, Petrillo was convicted of extortion and operating an illegal gambling den based inHartford, Connecticut, he was sentenced to 6 years in prison.[196][197] He died in December 2007.
Stephen "Peanuts" Broccoli — former soldier. Born in July 1914, Broccoli served as a soldier under the Rhode Island regime. Between 1935 and 1952, Broccoli had been arrested numerous times for participating in illegal gambling, robbery in Rhode Island, carrying a firearm and crashing a car.[198] In May 1952, Broccoli was sentenced to 7 years in prison for robbery.
William "Blackjack" DelSanto — former soldier. Born in November 1943. According to law enforcement, DelSanto became a soldier in the Patriarca family during the 1970s, and he was identified as a soldier under the Rhode Island regime in 1983.[199] DelSanto served as a city sidewalk inspector and allegedly as a driver toBuddy Cianci, the Mayor of Providence.[200] He died in January 2022.
Edward C. "Eddie" Lato Jr.; also known as"Little Eddie" — underboss of the family from 2020 to 2024.[72] A formercapo and career criminal, Lato had 32 arrests and 18 convictions by 2012.[201][202] He was part of Frank "Bobo" Marrapese's crew during the 1970s and 1980s.[203][204] Lato was investigated for the murder of Patriarca family enforcerKevin Hanrahan on September 18, 1992.[205][206] Hanrahan was shot to death by a pair of masked gunmen outside asteakhouse in Federal Hill.[205][206] On March 25, 1999, Lato and several members of his crew were indicted on racketeering and loansharking charges as part of a four-year FBI investigation.[207][208] He was sentenced to five years in prison, being released in 2004.[209] Lato was arrested and charged with being the leader of an illegal sports betting ring in Providence on December 10, 2006.[209] In 2011, he was first arrested on May 6 for being involved in an illegal gambling ring along with Marrapese and Alfred "Chippy" Scivola, as well as 23 others;[210][211] on November 19, 2014, he was given a 10-year suspended sentence and 10 years of probation.[212][213] Then, he was indicted on September 22, 2011, on racketeering and extortion charges stemming from his shakedown of Providence strip clubs along with Scivola and retired boss Manocchio, among others.[214][215][216] Lato received the stiffest sentence in the case; nine years in prison.[217] He was released from prison and into aPawtuckethalfway house on January 30, 2019.[206][202] Lato was identified as the family's underboss in a State Police affidavit released in 2022 which also mentioned him attending a Christmas party on December 22, 2020, with other Patriarca family mobsters and Conti, who was investigated for corruption allegations.[72] He died of natural causes on August 23, 2024.[82][83]
Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio — served as boss of the family from 1996 to 2009, when he stepped down. In 2011, he was arrested for his involvement in "shaking down" Rhode Island strip clubs. In 2015 he was released from prison. Manocchio died inBristol, Rhode Island, on December 8, 2024, at the age of 97.[218]
Frank "Bobo" Marrapese — former soldier. Born in March 1943, Marrapese was identified as a member in 1983, serving as a soldier under the Rhode Island regime. In April 1988, Marrapese was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Richard Callei in March 1975.[219] Marrapese had been acquitted in the May 1982 murder of Anthony “The Moron” Mirabella, who was killed at the Fidas restaurant in Providence, and also for the August 1982 murder of Ronald McElroy, who was beaten to death with a baseball bat after accidentally cutting off Marrapese and his friends, who were street racing in Providence.[220][221] Marrapese was released from prison in May 2008. Marrapese was indicted in May 2011, after a six month joint investigation by the Office of Attorney General and the Rhode Island State Police. In November 2013, Marrapese pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering, five counts of conspiracy to commit extortion and one count of conspiracy to commit usury, he was sentenced to 9 years in prison.[222][223][224][225] In September 2017, Marrapese was denied parole.[226] He died in December 2017.
Edward J. Romano — formercapo. Born in November 1924, Romano served as a captain based in Rhode Island. In August 1969, former U.S. Attorney GeneralJohn N. Mitchell identified Romano as a captain in the Patriarca family to the Senate Investigations Committee.[227]
Rudolph "Rudy" Sciarra — former soldier. Born in March 1924, Sciarra served as a soldier under the Rhode Island regime. In June 1981, Sciarra was convicted of supplying two firearms used in the murder of Raymond "Baby" Curcio in February 1965, Curcio had burglarised the home of Joe Patriarca, the younger brother of former boss Raymond Patriarca, Sciarra was sentenced to life imprisonment.[228][229][230] He died in March 2012.
Alfred "Chippy" Scivola Jr. — former soldier operating from Rhode Island. Scivola was arrested in January 1983 along with capo Frank "Bobo" Marrapese for purchasing a hundredLa-Z-Boy chairs they knew to be stolen.[231] In 2005, he was convicted of shaking downStamford, Connecticut, strip clubs and was sentenced to two years in prison.[203] On September 23, 2011, Scivola was indicted along with retired bossLuigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio and five others of extorting a number of strip clubs in Providence.[232] He was sentenced to nearly four years in prison and was released on January 23, 2015.[233][234] Scivola died on July 14, 2017.[235]
Albert J. Vitali — former soldier. Born in April 1924, Vitali served as a soldier under the Rhode Island regime. In 1967, Vitali was convicted of possessing stolen goods.[236] He died in July 2014.
Salvatore "Sal" Cesario — former associate. Cesario was a drug trafficker and former professional boxer from Boston's North End who controlled the Patriarca family's narcotics racket. He also had links to New Jersey through his association withNewark-basedGambino familycapo Joseph Paterno.[237] Cesario was sentenced to five years in prison in 1953 after he was arrested for sellingheroin at a hotel in theSouth End of Boston.[238] Ralph Lamattina subsequently took over the family's drug operations.[237] Cesario was arrested for loansharking in 1964.[238]
Vincent A. DeSciscio — former associate. DeSciscio was a partner-in-crime of anotherEast Boston gangster,Joseph "J. R." Russo, with whom he formed a duo known as the "Gold Dust Twins". DeSciscio died from cancer.[239]
Willie Fopiano — former associate. Fopiano was a minor gangster in Boston'sNorth End who later relocated toLas Vegas. Fopiano released a book,The Godson, in 1993, in which he claimed to have worked forMeyer Lansky.[240]
Carmen Raymond "Gags" Gagliardi — former associate. Gagliardi was a Patriarca family "hit man" during the Boston gang wars of the 1960s.[241] On April 8, 1967, he shot and killed North End bartender and police informant Joe Lanza. Afterwards, police inMedford stopped the car in which Gagliardi and two associates were traveling, finding Lanza's body sitting upright on the front passenger seat.[242] Gagliardi escaped and was placed on theFBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list.[241] He was arrested at his mother's home in Medford on December 23, 1968.[243] Gagliardi was convicted of second-degree murder and imprisoned atWalpole State Prison, where he was a suspect in the November 25, 1973 murder ofAlbert DeSalvo, the alleged "Boston Strangler". He died at Walpole of a drug overdose in January 1975.[241]
Hannon and Delaney carried out a series of burglaries on the homes of Mafia-protected bookmakers.[248] Days after their last heist, an $80,000 robbery on theNorth Shore, the duo were forced off the road while driving in Boston'sFranklin Park and taken to an apartment inMattapan, where both men were beaten.[249] 54-year-old Hannon was tortured and strangled to death, while 27-year-old Delaney drowned when both men were thrown intoBoston Harbor.[250] Their bodies were discovered in the harbor the same day.[251]
Elliot Bassett
April 26, 1978
Bassett, a drug smuggler who was being extorted by the family, was thrown from the window of a hotel room inManhattan, New York by George Basmajian and Gerald "Jerry" Tillinghast after he was charged in a case involving the seizure of seven tons ofmarijuana in Rhode Island.[252][253]
Joseph "Joe Porter" Patrizzi
November 11, 1978
38-year-old Patriarca associate Patrizzi owed a $450,000 debt to boss Raymond Patriarca.[254] He was shot dead, and his body found in a stolen automobile inRevere.[255] Frederick Simone and Cono Frizzi were allegedly involved in the killing.[256]
George Basmajian
November 30, 1978
28-year-old loan shark and hit man Basmajian was shot nine times and left in a car inProvidence, Rhode Island by the brothers Harold and Gerald Tillinghast because he was indiscreet about his criminal activities.[253][257]
Angelo Patrizzi
March 13, 1981
The 38-year-old half-brother of Joseph Patrizzi vowed to avenge the murder of his half-sibling by killing Simone and Frizzi.[256] On June 11, 1981, three months after he disappeared,[258] Patrizzi was found hog-tied and asphyxiated to death in the trunk of a car inLynn.[255]
The Patriarca crime family is considered an important part of the plot of the 2015 biopic crime filmBlack Mass, as they are considered the main enemies of theWinter Hill Gang, led by the bloodthirstyJames "Whitey" Bulger (played byJohnny Depp). In the film, the Winter Hill Gang is involved in a bloody feud with the Boston branch of the Patriarca crime family, led byGennaro "Jerry" Angiulo (played by Bill Haims), who was also the leader of theAngiulo Brothers and theunderboss of the main branch (or Providence branch) of the Patriarca crime family (which was led at that time byRaymond L. S. Patriarca, the fourth boss of the Patriarca crime family).
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