This rooster never ratted

I never understood why the Mafia didn’t whack Whitey Bulger before he went on the lam.

Didn’t they notice that while Whitey and so much of the Irish mob skated, the feds led procession after procession of guys with vowels on the end of their names off to jail?

Then it dawned on me: [...]

Mafia Looking For Cut Of Stimulus Pie

Everybody is looking for stimulus money.
From bridge builders to food stamp recipients, from roofers to subway riders, from teachers to housing project residents, people are eager to feel some part of a tidal wave of federal dollars in their lives.
The mob is eager, too.
Federal and state investigators who track organized crime believe that some members [...]

Boston Mafia boss Jerry Angiulo dies

Gennaro “Jerry” Angiulo, who ruled Boston’s Mafia with an iron fist for two decades, died at 4:30 p.m. yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital, a hospital spokeswoman confirmed.
Angiulo suffered a broken hip and was hospitalized earlier this month while also fighting a losing battle with kidney failure.
The ex-gangster was 90 years old.

His brother [...]

Mafia murders four in Sicily

Suspected Mafia hitmen gunned down four people in Sicily, shooting dead the nephew of a Mafia informer hours after they had murdered three people in the eastern port of Catania, police said. Domenico Buscetta, the nephew of supergrass Tommaso Buscetta, was shot with a single bullet to the head in a [...]

Mob ties complicate Palm Beach County divorce

It’s not easy being in the federal witness protection program for ratting out members of the Gambino crime family – particularly when you’re going through a messy divorce.
There’s those pesky FBI agents that you have to drag around with you everywhere – even if you just want to take your kid out [...]

FBI loses appeal on old Mafia Hit for 101.7M

A federal appeals court upheld yesterday a landmark verdict for four men framed by the FBI in a gangland slaying, although the appellate judges said the $101.7 million damage judgment awarded by a lower court was “at the outer edge of the universe of permissible awards.’’

The US Court of Appeals for the [...]

Victim wants cash from mobster

A Billerica man severely injured by a drunk driver traveling the wrong way on Route 128 wants convicted racketeer Arthur Gianelli and his gang to pay his medical bills.
In a petition filed in federal court in Boston, R. Paul Dube claims the driver who struck his vehicle head-on on the night of [...]

John “Junior” Gotti Trial

Prosecutors in the upcoming trial of John “Junior” Gotti intend to call former Bonanno crime family member and turncoat Dominick Cicale to the stand.
In all likelihood Cicale, whose exploits with Vincent Basciano are outlined in “King of The Godfathers” at Chapter 28, will be asked to testify about a conversation he may have had in [...]

New claims, gun surface in Hoffa saga

A family member of a late Teamsters official has turned over to the FBI a handgun that an ex-convict claims was used to kill former union boss James R. Hoffa, an author of a book about Hoffa said Monday.
The ex-con, Ted Lee Stall, 60, also claims he witnessed the burial of Hoffa [...]

Tips that Bulger in Fla. increase as he nears 80

As fugitive crime boss James “Whitey” Bulger approaches his 80th birthday, the FBI has had an increase in reported sightings in Florida of the notorious South Boston gangster.
That’s not surprising, given the high concentration of older citizens in the Southern state, the FBI says.
But still, authorities are investigating the tips and [...]

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