Dismissal of mobster’s federal appeal sought

Prosecutors want a court to dismiss a federal appeal by Anthony M. “The Saint” St. Laurent Sr., who is accused of trying to hire someone to kill a mob rival and is appealing a judge’s decision not to dismiss the case.
St. Laurent wants the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, in [...]

Case against reputed RI mobster can proceed

A federal judge has refused to dismiss an indictment accusing a reputed mobster of trying to arrange the killing of a Mafia rival.

A lawyer for Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent (Luh-RAWNT’) argued that prosecutors had agreed not to seek criminal charges in the alleged murder-for-hire plot as part of an earlier plea [...]

Shakeup in Patriarca crime family

We’ve learned a major shift in power is happening right now inside the Patriarca crime family . It’s an historic move with major implications.
According to the FBI, the leadership of the New England mob has been in the hands of Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio for the past 12 years. But Target 12 has learned that [...]

St. Laurent secret FBI wiretap revealed

It’s an infamous murder-for hire plot pitting two mobsters against each other. The feds says mafia captain Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent tried to hire hitmen to gun down his arch enemy, rival mobster Robert “Bobby” Deluca. Only Target 12 has obtained the secret FBI recording at the center of this case.
For the first time, [...]

New England Mafia Underboss Sentenced To 22 Years In Prison

A reputed New England Mafia underboss, who is also the brother-in-law of convicted former FBI agent John J. Connolly Jr., has been sentenced to more than 22 years in prison.
Prosecutors say Arthur Gianelli was sentenced in federal court in Boston on Wednesday to 22 years and seven months following his conviction [...]

Reputed RI mobster wants charges dropped in plot

An indictment accusing a reputed mobster of trying to arrange the killing of a Mafia rival should be dismissed because prosecutors promised not to seek criminal charges as part of an earlier plea deal, a defense attorney said Monday.

The U.S. attorney’s office has denied ever making such an agreement with Anthony [...]

Reputed mob underboss sentenced in Big Dig bribery

The reputed former underboss of the New England mob has been sentenced to six years in prison for bribing an undercover FBI agent posing as a state official to try to win a $6 million contract on Boston’s Big Dig highway project.Carmen “The Cheeseman” DiNunzio, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court.

DiNunzio [...]

Mob Tapes: Gianelli in his Own Words

There’s no doubt, the Mafia isn’t what it used to be. It seems like all the colorful mobsters
have been shipped off to federal prison.
This week, the Boston Mob is scheduled to say goodbye to another one of its throwback gangsters, and we’ve got some choice recordings from government wiretaps that may make [...]

Former mob boss faces sentencing in bribery case

The former underboss of the New England mob is scheduled to be sentenced this week for bribing an undercover FBI agent posing as a state official in an attempt to win a $6 million contract on the Big Dig highway project.
Carmen “The Cheeseman” DiNunzio, pleaded guilty to federal bribery charges, as well [...]

Patriarca Family captain DeLuca a free man

For the first time in more than 14 years, reputed Patriarca Crime Family captain Robert “Bobby” DeLuca, is a free man.
Shortly before 11 a.m. Friday morning, DeLuca walked into a downtown federal building with his attorney Artin Coloian to officially end his federal probation. Minutes later, clutching what federal probation officials call “a letter of [...]

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