Patriarca crime family

Italian-American organized crime group

Criminal organization

Patriarca crime family

Raymond Patriarca, who was the boss from 1954 to 1984.

Founded| c. 1916; 109 years ago (1916)
Founder| Gaspare Messina
Named after| Raymond Patriarca
Founding location| Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Years active| c. 1916 – present
Territory| Primarily Greater Boston, the Providence metropolitan area and Greater New Haven, with additional territory throughout New England, as well as Las Vegas and South Florida[1]
Ethnicity| Italians as "made men" and other ethnicities as associates
Membership (est.)| 30 made members (2012)[2]
Activities| Racketeering, gambling, bookmaking, loansharking, extortion, labor racketeering, waste management, narcotics trafficking, smuggling, robbery, fencing, fraud, money laundering, prostitution, pornography, assault, and murder[3]
Allies|

* Bufalino crime family
* Chicago Outfit
* Colombo crime family
* DeCavalcante crime family
* Gambino crime family
* Genovese crime family
* Los Angeles crime family
* Philadelphia crime family
* Hells Angels MC[4]

Rivals|

* Charlestown Gang
* Gustin Gang
* Winter Hill Gang
* and various other gangs in New England

The Patriarca crime family (/ˌpætriˈɑːrkə/, Italian pronunciation: [patriˈarka]), also known as the New England Mafia, the Boston Mafia, the Providence Mafia, the Boston–Providence Mafia,[5] or the Office, is an Italian American Mafia crime family operating in New England. The family consists of two distinct factions, one based in Providence, Rhode Island, and the other in Boston, Massachusetts. The Patriarca family is primarily active in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, with other territory throughout New England.

Raymond Patriarca became boss of the family in 1954 and led the organization from the Federal 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 the Dunes hotel and casino in Las 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 son Raymond 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 by East Boston-based caporegime Joseph "J. R." Russo during the late 1980s. Patriarca Jr., Russo and numerous others were imprisoned on RICO charges in 1992, and Boston mobster Frank 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 by Robert Carrozza challenged Salemme loyalists for control of the family. Salemme and Carrozza were imprisoned during a string of convictions, and Luigi Manocchio took over as boss in 1996, returning the family's leadership to Providence.

The family is currently led by Carmen "The Cheese Man" Dinunzio, who is part of the Boston faction. As of 2012, the family's membership is estimated at approximately 30 "made" members.[2]

## History

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### Early years

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Before the start of Prohibition, two separate Mafia families emerged in New England: one based in Boston, Massachusetts, and the other based in Providence, Rhode Island.[8] Gaspare DiCola acted as boss of the Boston family until his assassination on September 21, 1916.[9] This allowed Gaspare Messina, a Sicilian mobster who had close ties to Bonanno crime family in New York City, to become the new boss.[10][11] Meanwhile, the Providence family formed in 1917 under Frank Morelli,[12] who went on to control bootlegging and illegal gambling operations in both Providence and Connecticut.[13]

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 the North End.[14] A power struggle ensued within the Boston mob as rival gangs fought for illegal gambling, bootlegging, loan sharking and rackets. East Boston mobster Filippo 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 temporary Capo dei capi of the wider American Mafia.[15]: 184  He retired from Mafia affairs in the early 1930s and died at his home in Somerville, Massachusetts, in June 1957.[15]: 231

During the early 1930s, Buccola battled other ethnic gangs for territory in Boston, along with his underboss Joseph Lombardo, another mobster from the North End.[13] In December 1931, Lombardo arranged the murder of Frank Wallace, the boss of South Boston's Irish Gustin 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 of Jewish mob boss Charles "King" Solomon at Buccola's command, Buccola became the most powerful gangster in Boston.[11] On April 27, 1952, Buccola held a party in Johnston, Rhode Island, to celebrate his retirement and Raymond Patriarca's ascension to boss of the family.[12] He retired to Sicily in 1954, where he ran a chicken farm. He died in 1987 of natural causes at the age of 101.[13]

### Patriarca era

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FBI chart of the Patriarca family in 1965

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, a vending machine and pinball business on Atwells Avenue, as a front organization.[17] The business was known to family members as "The Office."

Raymond Patriarca Sr.'s Rhode Island State Police I.D. photo

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 as pornography and narcotics, though mob informer Vincent Teresa insisted that Patriarca forbade the family to deal in drugs.

During his reign as boss, Patriarca formed strong relationships with the New York-based Genovese and Colombo crime families,[18] deciding that the Connecticut River would be the dividing line between their territory and his own.[18] His long-time underboss, Enrico Tameleo, was also a member of New York's Bonanno family. The New England family controlled organized crime in Boston and Worcester, Massachusetts, where Genovese capo Carlo Mastrototaro reigned as local boss for half a century,[19] while the Genovese family controlled organized crime in Hartford, Connecticut; Springfield, Massachusetts; and Albany, New York.[18]

In addition to having close ties to the Genovese family, Patriarca also sat on the Commission and had investments in two Las Vegas casinos. 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.

### Apalachin meeting and aftermath

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Main article: Apalachin meeting

FBI's 1963 La Cosa Nostra Commission chart

In 1957, more than sixty of the country's most powerful Mafia bosses, including Joe Bonanno, Carlo Gambino and Vito Genovese, met in Apalachin, 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, when U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy began an assault on organized crime.[20] Law enforcement agencies worked to develop informants within the Mafia and finally succeeded in 1966, when Joseph "The Animal" Barboza, a Patriarca family hitman, was arrested on a concealed weapons charge. Barboza claimed to have killed twenty-six people but became concerned when Patriarca did not raise his bail and two of his friends were killed for trying to do so. He soon decided to turn informant.

Based on Barboza's testimony, Patriarca and Tameleo were indicted in 1967 for the murder of Providence bookmaker 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, including time served. He was paroled in March 1969 and told to leave Massachusetts permanently. In 1971, Barboza pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge in California and sentenced to five years at Folsom Prison; he was murdered in San Francisco by Joseph "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 the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) to kill Fidel 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 a heart attack on July 11, 1984, aged 76.

### Patriarca Junior and decline

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FBI surveillance photograph of Angelo "Sonny" Mercurio (right), with Raymond Patriarca, Jr. (left)

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, while Larry Zannino, the family's top lieutenant, backed Patriarca's son Raymond Patriarca, Jr. for the position. The Commission approved Patriarca, Jr.'s ascendancy to leadership, and his position was confirmed. Zannino was made consigliere, 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, an East 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 and Robert 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 thirteen mafiosi 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 on Racketeer 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.

### Internal warfare

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FBI mugshot of Frank Salemme

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, Patriarca soldiers Ronald Coppola and Pete Scarpellini were shot and killed at a social club in Cranston, 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 his fire-torched car in Revere, Massachusetts.[30]

In January 1995, Salemme was indicted along with Stephen Flemmi and James "Whitey" Bulger on extortion and racketeering charges,[31] and Salemme discovered through court documents that his close allies Flemmi and Bulger were long-time FBI informants.[31] Bulger's friend, FBI agent John Connolly, let him run his criminal operations with impunity for informing on the Patriarca family.

After Salemme was imprisoned, a renegade faction led by Robert 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 in Medford, 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] The grand jury testimony that resulted in the indictments was dominated by Sean Thomas Cote, who was the first of four indicted members to turn state's evidence. The jury ultimately acquitted the defendants of most charges but was deadlocked on murder and racketeering charges. Following Salemme's indictment, Providence family member Luigi "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]

### Limone and the Boston faction regain control

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In the late 2000s, the power of the family shifted back to Boston faction when longtime family boss Luigi "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 a suspended sentence on July 1, 2010.[35][36][37]

On January 19, 2011, Manocchio was arrested in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and was charged with extortion and conspiracy.[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 the Rhode 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 operates from Boston's North End and is the younger brother to Carmen DiNunzio.[52] In 2010, DiNunzio extorted Rhode Island strip clubs with members of the Gambino 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]

### DiNunzio brothers and Boston North End crew

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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 in Cranston, Rhode Island.[74][75] He had been the target of a two-year investigation by the Rhode Island State Police into the sale of cocaine and lorazepam, 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 to WPRI "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]

On August 23, 2024, family underboss Edward Lato died of natural causes, aged 77, after surviving a heart attack and undergoing treatment for cancer.[81][82] On December 8, 2024, former boss Luigi Manocchio died in Bristol, Rhode Island, at the age of 97.[83][84] The same year, 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 the Rhode 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". Former Massachusetts State Police detective lieutenant Steve Johnson described the family as "a shell of itself" with a membership consisting of "mostly figurehead people and wannabes".[85]

## Historical leadership

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### Boss (official and acting)

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Excluding: Frank Morelli the leader of the Providence family from 1917–1932, when he stepped down becoming underboss to Buccola.[13]

* c. 1910–1916: Gaspare DiCola—murdered on September 21, 1916.[9] Boston
* 1916–1924: Gaspare Messina—stepped down, died in 1957[14] Boston
* 1924–1954: Filippo "Phil" Buccola—united both families in 1932, retired, died in 1987[13] Boston
* 1954–1984: Raymond L. S. Patriarca, Sr.—imprisoned in 1970, died on July 11, 1984[8] Providence
* 1968–1973: Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo—stepped down Boston
* 1984–1991: Raymond "Junior" Patriarca, Jr.—stepped down in 1991[8][11] Providence
* Acting 1990–1991: Nicholas "Nicky" Bianco—became official boss Providence
* 1991: Nicholas "Nicky" Bianco—imprisoned on December 28, 1991, and died on December 14, 1994[8] Providence
* 1991–1996: Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme—jailed in 1995,[8] turned government witness[34] died December 2022[27] Boston
* Acting 1995–1996: John "Action Jack" Salemme—brother to Frank Salemme; jailed Boston
* 1996–2009: Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio—stepped down, imprisoned;[17] died December 8, 2024 Providence
* 2009–2016: Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone[17]—arrested December 2008; died on June 19, 2017[64] Boston
* Acting 2009–2012: Anthony L. DiNunzio—arrested on April 25, 2012[52][54] Boston
* Acting 2012–2015: Anthony "Spucky" Spagnolo—arrested on October 2, 2014[57] Boston
* Acting 2015–2016: Carmen "The Big Cheese" Dinunzio—became boss Boston
* 2016–present: Carmen "The Big Cheese" Dinunzio Boston
* Acting 2024–present: Robert "Bobby Russo" Carrozza[86] Boston

### Underboss (official and acting)

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* c. 1920–1932: Joseph "J.L." Lombardo[13]—became consigliere Boston
* 1932–1947: Frank "Butsey" Morelli—retired Providence
* 1947–1954: Raymond L. S. Patriarca, Sr.—promoted to boss Providence
* 1954–1968: Enrico "Henry the Referee" Tameleo—imprisoned for life in 1968, died 1985 Boston
* 1968–1983: Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo[11]—imprisoned in 1983, died 2009 Boston
* 1984–1985: Francesco "Paul" Intiso—died[11]
* 1985–1989: William "The Wild Guy" Grasso—murdered[11]
* 1989–1991: Nicholas "Nicky" Bianco—promoted to boss Providence
* 1991: Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme—promoted to boss[17] Boston
* 1991–1996: Robert DeLuca—indicted in 1994, imprisoned Providence
* Acting 1994–1996: Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio—promoted to boss Providence
* 1996–2004: Alexander Santoro "Sonny Boy" Rizzo—imprisoned in 1995–1998[87] Boston
* 2004–2016: Carmen S. "The Cheese Man" DiNunzio Boston—promoted to acting boss
* Acting 2008–2009: Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone—promoted to boss[17] Boston
* Acting 2009–2011: Robert "Bobby the Cigar" DeLuca—turned government witness Providence
* 2016–2020: Matthew "Good Looking Matty" Guglielmetti[68]—stepped down[73][76][78][72] Providence
* 2020–2024: Edward "Eddie" Lato[72][73] Providence—died on August 23, 2024[81][82]
* 2024–present: Matthew "Good Looking Matty" Guglielmetti[86] Providence
* Acting 2024–present: Biagio "Benny the Greaser" DiGiacomo[86] Boston

### Consigliere

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* 1932–1954: Joseph "J.L." Lombardo—retired, died on July 17, 1969[16] Boston
* 1954–1976: Frank "The Cheeseman" Cucchiara—committed suicide on January 23, 1976 Boston
* 1976–1984: Vittore Nicolo "Nicky" Angiulo—demoted, died 1987 Boston
* 1984–1987: Ilario "Larry Baione" Zannino[11]—imprisoned in 1985, died 1996 Boston
* 1987–1992: Joseph "J.R." Russo[11]—imprisoned in 1990, died 1998 Boston
* 1992–1998: Charles "Cue Ball" Quintana—imprisoned in 1998 Boston
* 1998–2002: Rocco "Shaky" Argenti—died Providence
* 2003–2009: Peter "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone—promoted to Boss[17][42] Boston
* 2015–2018: Joseph "Joe the Bishop" Achille—died[88][70][71] Providence
* 2018–2024: Unknown
* 2024–present: Antonio "Spucky" Spagnolo[86] Boston

## Current members

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### Administration

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* Boss: Carmen S. "The Cheese Man" DiNunzio—also known as "The Big Cheese"; boss of the family since 2017 after the death of Limone.[68][67] During the 1980s, DiNunzio and his brother Anthony were underlings of Angiulo.[59][68] Their relationship soured in 1983 after DiNunzio attempted to extort Angiulo's protégé Vincent "Dee Dee" Gioacchini, and Angiulo put a contract on him.[59][68] The DiNunzio brothers sought refuge in Las Vegas and Los Angeles, where they worked as bookmakers and debt collectors for the Chicago Outfit.[59][68][89] In 1992, they were both indicted along with the Outfit leadership on racketeering charges and sentenced to four years in prison.[59][89] 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][90] Shortly after, DiNunzio was made capo 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.[91] He pled guilty to bribery charges[92] and was sentenced to six years in prison on September 24, 2009. In February 2015, DiNunzio was released from prison.
* Acting boss: Robert "Bobby Russo" Carrozza—was promoted to acting boss of the family.[86] Carrozza stepbrother was former consigliere and East Boston mobster Joe "J.R." Russo.
* Underboss: Matthew L. "Good-Looking Matty" Guglielmetti Jr.—was promoted to underboss again.[86] Guglielmetti is the former capo operating from Cranston.[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.[93] 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.[94][95] 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.[95][96] That same year, he attended a making ceremony in Medford, Massachusetts presided by Patriarca Jr. and Russo.[95] 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 with Philadelphia crime family capo George Borgesi.[97]
* 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.[86] DiGiacomo is a Sicilian born mobster and former caporegime of East Boston crew, where he was based out of Roma restaurant, in East Boston.[98] 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.[99] In February 1987, DiGiacomo along with soldier Anthony Spagnolo were arrested and charged with illegal gambling and conspiracy to commit murder.[99]
* Consigliere: Antonio L. "Spucky" Spagnolo—serving as family consigliere.[86] Spagnolo former acting boss and capo 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.[100] 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.[101] During the 1980s, Spagnolo reported to East Boston capo Biagio DiGiacomo, a Sicilian born New England mobster operating from the Roma restaurant.[101] 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.[101] 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.[100] 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.[98] After his release from prison Spagnolo took over as capo of the East Boston crew.[98] In the early 2000s Spagnolo started a feud with soldiers Frederick Simone and Vincent Gioacchini over gambling territory in East Boston.[98] 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.[98] In early 2000, Spagnolo and Gioacchini were indicted and charged with extortion.[98] 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.[101]

### Caporegimes

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#### Boston faction

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* Gregory "Fat Boy" Costa—also known as "Fat Greg"; was promoted to capo of the "North End (DiNunzio) crew" by Carmen DiNunzio during an induction 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.[102] Costa was arrested in 2002, and again in 2006 with Carmen DiNunzio on racketeering charges but was acquitted.[63]
* Vincent "Vinnie The Animal" Ferrara—capo operating from Norfolk County.[103] According to the FBI, Ferrara was made into the family in 1983 and was sponsored by North End capo Donato "Smiling Danny" Angiulo.[103] 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.[103] 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.[103]
* Frederick "Freddie the Neighbor" Simone—capo of the East Boston crew. Simone is longtime member of East Boston crew serving under Biagio DiGiacomo and Anthony Spagnolo.[98] 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.[98] The feud almost led to an internal war until Manocchio and Rhode Island based captain Matthew Guglielmetti were able to settle it.[98] 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".[98] Simone is a close ally to boss Carmen DiNunzio.[69]

#### Providence faction

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* Joseph "Joe" Ruggiero Sr.—capo operating from Fall River, Massachusetts.[104][105] A Barrington resident, Ruggiero was a close associate of former bosses Salemme and Manocchio, for whom he acted as a driver and bodyguard.[104][105][106] In 1997, Manocchio ordered him to reclaim the family's illegal operations in Fall River after the incarceration of high-ranking associate Gerard "The Frenchman" Ouimette, who previously oversaw rackets in the area.[104][105] Around 2015, Ruggiero was promoted to capo of retired Providence mobster William "Blackjack" DelSanto's crew.[104] 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.[104][105][106][107][108] In 2012 he bought the Fall River Ford automobile dealership and was shortly thereafter elected to the city's Board of Economic Development.[104][106] Ruggiero's connections to former Fall River mayor William A. Flanagan were scrutinized, and Flanagan even publicly referred to him as "a key to the city's economic future".[104][106]

### Soldiers

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#### Boston faction

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North End (DiNunzio) crew

* William "Billy The Angel" Angelesco—soldier and enforcer[109] in the North End Crew.[110] 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[111](it is important to note that the informant reports were based on "hearsay").[110] He would later be charged and acquitted for a 2001 murder at a Revere strip club and convicted for extortion in 2005.[111][112] In 2020, he was sentenced to 37 months in prison and 3 years of supervised release for a 2018 robbery he committed in Abington, Massachusetts.[109][112]
* Anthony "The Little Cheese" DiNunzio—former acting boss, brother to boss Carmen "The Cheeseman" DiNunzio, and powerful Boston mobster.[61] DiNunzio along with his brother Carmen control Boston's North End crew.[113] In 2012, acting boss Anthony DiNunzio was indicted along with Providence capo Edward Lato and Providence soldier Alfred Scivola for extorting a number of Rhode Island strip clubs.[113] In September 2017, Anthony DiNunzio was released from prison.[113]
* 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.[114][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.[114][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 Boston (former Angiulo brothers) crew

* Pasquale "Patsy" Barone—protégé of North End capo Vinnie "The Animal" Ferrara. He was released from prison in 2003.[115]
* Richard Ernest Gambale—Boston mobster who worked for Gennaro Angiulo. On September 14, 1984, Gambale was indicted along with Jason Angiulo, James Limone and others and charged with RICO violations.[116]

North End Boston (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.[117]
* 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.[118]
* James Martorano—Boston mobster

East Boston (former Russo) crew

* Vincent Federico—close ally to former consigliere and East Boston mobster Joe "J.R." Russo[119]
* Vincent "Dee Dee" Gioacchini—close ally to Frederick Simone[98]
* Michael Prochilo—East Boston mobster who worked for former capo turned government informant Mark Rossetti.[120]
* 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[119] He worked closely with Boston mobster Vincent M. Ferrara. On March 22, 1990, Tortora was indicted with seven others on various crimes including RICO.[121]

#### Providence faction

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* 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.[122]

#### Inactive members

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* 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.

### Associates

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#### Providence faction

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* 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][123]

* Dino Guilmette — Providence-based associate. On July 18, 2022, former boxer and actor Dino Guilmette was arrested on drug trafficking charges in Cranston, Rhode Island.[74] Guilmette was involved in narcotics trafficking under the authorization of Guglielmetti.[76][78][77]

#### Connecticut faction

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* Mariano Grasso—also known as "Mario", is the son of former Underboss William "The Wild Guy" Grasso.[124] In 2004, Grasso was arrested along with New Haven, Connecticut mobster Anthony Ascenzia and charged with running an illegal sports betting operations.[125]
* Eddie Parrette—leader of Connecticut faction of the Patriarca family with the base of operations in New Haven and Branford.[126][127] 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.[126] 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.[126] In 2020, Connecticut crew leader Anthony Ascenzia died and Parrette risen to become the new leader.[127] Parrette reports directly to Providence based Caporegime Matthew Guglielmetti and his Connecticut crew includes mobsters John Taddei Jr. and Francis Gratta.[127][126]

## Former members

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* Vittore Nicolo "Nicky" Angiulo—former consigliere who operated from Boston.[128] 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 from consigliere position after his brother Gennaro Angiulo tried to become the new boss of the family. On September 13, 1987, Angiulo died from a kidney ailment.[128]
* 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.[129] Ascenzia shared the New Haven gambling profits with his Providence-based capo Matthew Guglielmetti. In 2004, Ascenzia was sentenced to three years in prison and fined $25,000 after pleading guilty to racketeering and tax fraud.[125] Ascenzia died on July 23, 2020.[130]
* Emilio "Bobby the Greaser Labella" Cucchiella—former soldier. Cucchiella operated from a coffee shop/after-hours bar in North end Boston called Labella’s.[131] He supplied Boston mobster Johnny Martorano a WW2 machine gun from his arsenal of weapons, to kill rival gangster Al "Indian" Angeli.[132] Cucchiella was loyal to Boston Mafia capo Ilario Zannino and Providence based family boss Raymond L. S. Patriarca. In 1993, Cucchiella died.
* Ralph "Ralphie Chong" Lamattina—former soldier operating from Boston; Lamattina was part of capo Ilario Zannino's crew.[133] 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 witness Vincent Teresa, Lamattina was in charge of the family's narcotics operations.[134] He was suspected as a culprit in the death of Irish mobster George Killeen, who was shot to death on May 20, 1950.[135] 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.[136] He was convicted as an accessory after the fact and sentenced to two years in prison.[136] On September 14, 1984, Lamattina was indicted along with six other mobsters on racketeering, conspiracy and illegal gambling charges.[137] He avoided prosecution and fled to Italy, remaining a fugitive for 11 years before turning himself in on August 14, 1995.[138] He was sentenced to five years in prison, being released on June 1, 2000.[133][139] Lamattina died on April 10, 2017.[140]
* Edward C. "Eddie" Lato Jr.—also known as "Little Eddie"; underboss of the family from 2020 to 2024.[72] A former capo and career criminal, Lato had 32 arrests and 18 convictions by 2012.[141][142] He was part of Frank "Bobo" Marrapese's crew during the 1970s and 1980s.[143][144] Lato was investigated for the murder of Patriarca family enforcer Kevin Hanrahan on September 18, 1992.[145][146] Hanrahan was shot to death by a pair of masked gunmen outside a steakhouse in Federal Hill.[145][146] 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.[147][148] He was sentenced to five years in prison, being released in 2004.[149] Lato was arrested and charged with being the leader of an illegal sports betting ring in Providence on December 10, 2006.[149] 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;[150][151] on November 19, 2014, he was given a 10-year suspended sentence and 10 years of probation.[152][153] 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.[154][155][156] Lato received the stiffest sentence in the case; nine years in prison.[157] He was released from prison and into a Pawtucket halfway house on January 30, 2019.[146][142] 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.[81][82]
* Peter J. "Chief Crazy Horse" Limone—former boss of the family.[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's consigliere 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]
* Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio—served as boss of the family from 1996 to 2009, 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 in Bristol, Rhode Island, on December 8, 2024, at the age of 97.[158]
* Joseph "J. R." Russo—former consigliere. Russo was a capo of an East Boston crew and headed a renegade faction in an unsuccessful attempt to seize control of the family from Raymond Patriarca Jr., who promoted Russo to consligliere as part of a truce to end the rebellion. He was convicted of racketeering in 1992 and died in federal prison in 1998.
* John J. "Action Jack" Salemme—former acting boss. John Salemme was the brother of Frank 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 the Winter Hill Gang.[159] During a meeting with Pappas at the Four Seas Chinese restaurant in Boston's Chinatown in the early hours of October 13, 1981, Halloran shot Pappas in the head and killed him.[160][161] Salemme and Halloran were each charged with Pappas' murder.[162] Halloran was then killed by Winter Hill boss James "Whitey" Bulger on May 11, 1982 after he became an FBI informant.[163] After almost two years as a fugitive, Salemme surrendered to Boston police in March 1983.[159] He was convicted of first-degree murder on February 13, 1984 and sentenced to serve life at Cedar Junction State Prison.[164] In 1985, the verdict was overturned by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.[159] 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 to capo. When Frank Salemme became a fugitive, John Salemme served as acting boss during 1995 and 1996.[165] Salemme died on May 23, 2024, at the age of 81.[166]
* 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 hundred La-Z-Boy chairs they knew to be stolen.[167] In 2005, he was convicted of shaking down Stamford, Connecticut, strip clubs and was sentenced to two years in prison.[143] On September 23, 2011, Scivola was indicted along with retired boss Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio and five others of extorting a number of strip clubs in Providence.[168] He was sentenced to nearly four years in prison and was released on January 23, 2015.[169][170] Scivola died on July 14, 2017.[171]

## Government informants and witnesses

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Name | Rank and Year

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Joseph Barboza | Associate (1967)
Vincent Teresa | Soldier (1971)
Angelo "Sonny" Mercurio | Soldier (1987/1988)
John "Sonny" Castagna | Soldier (1991)[172]
Gaetano Milano | Soldier (1991)
Antonino "Nino" Cucinotta | Soldier (1995)[173]
Frank "Cadillac Frank" Salemme | Boss (1999)
Mark Rossetti | Capo (2010)[174]
Robert "Bobby" DeLuca | Capo (2011)[175]

## List of murders committed by the Patriarca crime family

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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (April 2025)

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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 in Manhattan, New York by George Basmajian and Gerald "Jerry" Tillinghast after he was charged in a case involving the seizure of seven tons of marijuana in Rhode Island.[176][177]
George Basmajian | November 30, 1978 | 28-year-old loan shark and hit man Basmajian was shot nine times and left in a car in Providence, Rhode Island by the brothers Harold and Gerald Tillinghast because he was indiscreet about his criminal activities.[177][178]

## In popular culture

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* The Patriarca crime family is considered an important part of the plot of the 2015 biopic crime film Black Mass, as they are considered the main enemies of the Winter Hill Gang, led by the bloodthirsty James "Whitey" Bulger (played by Johnny Depp). In the film, the Winter Hill Gang is involved in a bloody feud with the Boston branch of the Patriarca crime family, led by Gennaro "Jerry" Angiulo (played by Bill Haims), who was also the leader of the Angiulo Brothers and the underboss of the main branch (or Providence branch) of the Patriarca crime family (which was led at that time by Raymond L. S. Patriarca, the fourth boss of the Patriarca crime family).

## See also

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* Crime in Massachusetts
* Crime in Rhode Island
* History of Italian Americans in Boston
* List of Italian Mafia crime families

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## General and cited references

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* Capeci, Jerry. The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Mafia. Indianapolis: Alpha Books, 2002. ISBN 0-02-864225-2.
* Critchley, David. The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891–1931. New York: Routledge Publishing, 2009. ISBN 0415990300.
* DeVico, Peter J. The Mafia Made Easy: The Anatomy and Culture of La Cosa Nostra. Tate Publishing, 2007. ISBN 1602472548.
* Ford, Beverly; Schorow, Stephanie (2011). The Boston Mob Guide: Hit Men, Hoodlums & Hideouts. Charleston, SC: The History Press. ISBN 978-1-60949-4209..
* Morelli, Rocco. Forgetta 'Bout It: From Mafia to Ministry. Orlando, FL: Bridge-Logos Foundation, 2007. ISBN 0882703234.
* Puleo, Stephen. The Boston Italians: A Story of Pride, Perseverance, and Paesani, from the Years of the Great Immigration to the Present Day. Boston: Beacon Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8070-5036-1.
* Silverman, Mark and Scott Deitche. Rogue Mobster: The Untold Story of Mark Silverman and the New England Mafia. Strategic Media Books, 2012. ISBN 9780984233380.

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Patriarca crime family

Bosses|

* Gaspare Messina
* Filippo Buccola
* Raymond Patriarca Sr.
* Raymond Patriarca Jr.
* Nicholas Bianco
* Frank Salemme
* Luigi Manocchio

Current members|

* Robert Carrozza
* Vincent Ferrara
* Matthew Guglielmetti
* James Martorano

Past members|

| Made men|

* Gennaro Angiulo
* William Grasso
* Joseph Russo
* Enrico Tameleo
* Ilario Zannino

|

Associates|

* Rocco DiSiglio
* Bobby Donati
* Kevin Hanrahan
* Maurice Lerner
* Carlo Mastrototaro
* Timothy Mello
* Gordon O'Brien
* Gerard Ouimette
* Harry Sagansky
* Byron Vlahakis
* Philip Waggenheim

Informants|

* Joseph Barboza
* Richard Castucci
* Anthony Fiato
* Vincent Flemmi
* Stephen Flemmi
* John Kelley
* Angelo Mercurio
* Frank Salemme
* Vincent Teresa

Factions and crews|

* Angiulo brothers

Family events|

* Blackfriars Massacre
* Bonded Vault heist

Relation to other groups|

| Allies|

* Bufalino family
* Chicago Outfit
* Colombo family
* DeCavalcante family
* Gambino family
* Genovese family
* Los Angeles family
* Philadelphia family

|

Rivals|

* Charlestown Gang
* Gustin Gang
* Winter Hill Gang

Related articles|

* Crimetown

* v
* t
* e

Italian-American Mafia

* List of Mafia crime families
* Mafia bibliography

Families|

| Five Families of
New York City|

| Bonanno|

* Calabrian group
* Motion Lounge crew
* New Springville Boys
* Sicilian group

|

Colombo|

Colombo

Gambino|

* Baltimore Crew
* Ozone Park Boys

Genovese|

* 116th Street Crew
* Broadway Mob
* Greenwich Village Crew
* New Jersey faction
* Springfield faction

Lucchese|

* Brooklyn faction
* New Jersey faction
* Tanglewood Boys

East Coast|

* Buffalo
* DeCavalcante (Northern New Jersey)
* Patriarca (New England) (Angiulo's Boston crew)
* Philadelphia (10th & Oregon Crew)

Midwestern/Western|

* Chicago
* Detroit
* Kansas City
* Los Angeles

Mostly defunct|

* Bufalino (Northeastern Pennsylvania)
* Cleveland
* Colorado
* Dallas
* Genna (Chicago)
* Lanzetta (Philadelphia)
* Morello (Italian Harlem)
* D'Aquila (Little Italy, Manhattan)
* New Orleans
* Milwaukee
* Pittsburgh
* Rochester
* Rockford
* San Francisco
* San Jose
* St. Louis
* Trafficante (Tampa)

Structure|

| Chain of command|

* The Commission
* Boss
* Underboss
* Consigliere
* Caporegime
* Soldato
* Associate

|

Members (made men)|

* List of Italian-American mobsters
* List of Italian-American mobsters by organization

Terms|

* Initiation ritual
* Made man
* Bagman
* Black Hand
* Black Hand in Chicago
* Vendetta
* Capo dei capi (boss of bosses)
* Mustache Pete
* Omertà
* One-way ride
* Sixth Family
* Zips

Events|

| Meetings|

* Atlantic City Conference (1929)
* Havana Conference (1946)
* Apalachin meeting (1957)
* Palermo Mafia summit (1957)

|

Hearings|

* Kefauver Committee (1950–1951)
* Valachi hearings (1963)

Wars|

* Mafia–Camorra War (1914–1917)
* Castellammarese War (1929–1931)

Trials|

* Pizza Connection Trial (1985–1987)
* Mafia Commission Trial (1985–1986)

Closely related
and affiliated
organizations|

| Active|

* Luppino crime family
* Musitano crime family
* Papalia crime family
* Jewish Mafia
* Philadelphia Greek Mob
* Rizzuto crime family
* Sicilian Mafia
* Inzerillo Mafia clan
* Stidda
* Velentzas Organization

|

Defunct|

* Broadway Mob
* Bugs and Meyer Mob
* Bumpy Johnson gang
* New York Camorra
* Colacurcio Organization
* The Corporation
* Cotroni crime family
* The Council
* Cuntrera-Caruana Mafia clan
* Dutch Schultz Mob
* East Harlem Purple Gang
* Five Points Gang
* Forty-Two Gang
* Italian-American National Union
* Maceo Organization
* Marat Balagula gang
* Murder, Inc.
* National Crime Syndicate
* New Springville Boys
* Rudaj Organization
* South Brooklyn Boys
* Tanglewood Boys
* Unione Corse
* Westies
* Winter Hill Gang

Other topics|

| Government
operations|

* Collaborations between the United States government and Italian Mafia
* Operation Family Secrets
* Operation Old Bridge
* Operation Solare
* Operation Underworld
* Operation Wasteland

|

Crimes|

* French Connection
* Hired Truck Program
* Lufthansa heist
* Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
* Rochester bombings

Related articles|

* Barrel murder
* Buster from Chicago
* Cement shoes
* Shotgun Man

Category

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Organized crime groups in the United States

African-American|

* 31 Gang
* 39ers gang
* Bailey Boys
* Black Disciples
* Black Guerrilla Family
* Black Mafia
* Junior Black Mafia
* Black Mafia Family
* Black P. Stone Nation
* Bloods
* Black Spades
* Bloods
* Black P. Stones
* Bounty Hunter Watts Bloods
* Cedar Block Piru
* Crenshaw Mafia Gangster Bloods
* Elm Street Piru
* Fruit Town Piru
* Mob Piru
* Nine Trey Gangsters
* Pirus
* Sex Money Murder
* Tree Top Piru
* United Blood Nation
* Byrd Gang
* CBL/BFL
* Chambers Brothers
* The Council
* Crips
* Grape Street Watts Crips
* Kelly Park Compton Crips
* Nutty Blocc Compton Crips
* Rollin' 30s Harlem Crips
* Rollin' 60s Neighborhood Crips
* Rollin' 90s Neighborhood Crips
* South Side Compton Crips
* Venice Shoreline Crips
* D-Block Boys
* D.C. Blacks
* The Family
* Four Corner Hustlers
* Fruit Belt Gang
* Gangster Disciples
* OutLaw Gangster Disciples
* Hidden Valley Kings
* KUMI 415
* Lenox Street Boys
* LRGP
* Lucerne Street Doggz
* Metz Gang
* Miami Boys
* Mickey Cobras
* Orchard Park Trailblazers
* Savage Nomads
* Schuele Boys
* Somali Outlaws
* Supreme Team
* Vice Lord Nation
* Westmob
* Young Boys Inc.

East and
Southeast Asian|

* Asian Boyz (Southeast Asian)
* Bahala Na Gang (Filipino)
* Born To Kill (Vietnamese)
* Fullerton Boys (Korean)
* Menace of Destruction (Hmong)
* Satanas (Filipino)
* Tiny Rascal Gang (primarily Cambodian)
* Tokyo Boyz (Japanese)
* Yakuza (Japanese)

Chinese and
Chinese-American|

* Bamboo Union
* Big Circle Gang
* Black Dragons
* Chung Ching Yee
* Flying Dragons
* Four Seas Gang
* Fujianese organized crime
* Snakeheads
* Ghost Shadows
* Jackson Street Boys
* Ping On
* Tongs
* Bing Kong
* Four Brothers
* Hip Sing
* Hop Sing
* On Leong
* Suey Sing
* Ying On
* Triads
* 14K
* Sun Yee On
* Wo Hop To
* Wah Ching
* White Tigers

Hispanic and
Latin American|

* 10th Street Gang (primarily Hispanic, also African-Americans)
* 7th Street Gang
* Almighty Saints (primarily Hispanic, also Whites)
* Barrio Azteca (Mexican)
* The Corporation (Cuban)
* Dominicans Don't Play
* Fresno Bulldogs (Mexican)
* Ghetto Brothers
* Hermanos de Pistoleros Latinos (primarily Mexican)
* Jheri Curls (Dominican)
* La Raza Nation (Mexican)
* Latin Counts (Mexican)
* Latin Eagles
* Latin Kings (Mexican / Puerto Rican)
* Maniac Latin Disciples
* Marielitos (Cuban)
* Mexican Mafia
* Mexikanemi
* MS-13 (Central American)
* Ñetas (Puerto Rican)
* Norteños (Mexican)
* Nuestra Familia (Mexican)
* Puro Tango Blast (Mexican)
* Savage Skulls
* Los Solidos
* Spanish Cobras
* Spanish Gangster Disciples
* Sureños (Mexican)
* 18th Street gang
* 38th Street gang
* Avenues
* Azusa 13
* Barriox13
* Culver City Boys
* El Monte Flores
* Florencia 13
* Logan Heights Gang
* OVS
* Playboys
* Puente 13
* Santa Monica 13
* Toonerville Rifa 13
* Varrio Nuevo Estrada
* Venice 13
* Vineland Boys
* Westside Locos
* White Fence
* Temple Street
* Texas Syndicate (primarily Mexican)
* Tren de Aragua (Venezuelan)
* Trinitarios (Dominican)
* Vatos Locos
* Young Lords

White American|

* Chicago Gaylords
* Dead Man Incorporated
* Dixie Mafia
* State Line Mob
* Popes
* Simon City Royals (primarily White, also Hispanics)

European-American|

* Albanian mafia
* Albanian Boys
* Rudaj Organization
* Greek mafia
* Philadelphia Greek Mob
* Velentzas crime family
* Polish Mob
* Russian mafia
* Serbian mafia

Irish-American|

* Irish mob
* Charlestown Gang
* Egan's Rats
* Gustin Gang
* Hogan Gang
* K&A Gang
* Mullen Gang
* North Side Gang
* Westies
* White Hand Gang
* Winter Hill Gang

Italian and
Italian-American|

* American Mafia
* Bufalino crime family
* Buffalo crime family
* Chicago Outfit
* Cleveland crime family
* Colorado crime family
* D'Aquila crime family
* Dallas crime family
* DeCavalcante crime family
* Detroit Partnership
* Five Families (New York City)
* Genna crime family
* Kansas City crime family
* Los Angeles crime family
* Lucchese crime family
* Milwaukee crime family
* Morello crime family
* New Orleans crime family
* Patriarca crime family
* Philadelphia crime family
* Pittsburgh crime family
* Rochester crime family
* San Francisco crime family
* San Jose crime family
* Seattle crime family
* St. Louis crime family
* Trafficante crime family
* 10th & Oregon Crew
* Broadway Mob
* Camorra
* New York City
* East Harlem Purple Gang
* Jousters
* Murder, Inc.
* 'Ndrangheta
* New Springville Boys
* Sicilian Mafia
* South Brooklyn Boys
* Tanglewood Boys

Jewish-American|

* Jewish Mob
* Bugs and Meyer Mob
* Eastman Gang
* Lenox Avenue Gang
* Murder, Inc.
* Odesa mafia
* The Purple Gang
* Yiddish Black Hand
* Zwi Migdal
* Israeli mafia
* Abergil crime family
* New York divorce coercion gang

Polynesian and
Native American|

* The Company
* Native Mob
* Red Skin Kingz
* Sons of Samoa
* Tongan Crip Gang

West and South Asian|

* Armenian Power
* Chaldean mafia
* Independent Soldiers
* Israeli mafia
* Punjabi mafia
* Turkish mafia
* VVT (Tamil)

West African|

* Cape Verdean organized crime
* Nigerian mafia

Outlaw motorcycle gangs|

* Bandidos
* Breed
* Brother Speed
* Devils Diciples
* Diablos
* Dirty Dozen
* El Forastero
* Free Souls
* Galloping Goose
* Grim Reapers
* Gypsy Jokers
* Hells Angels
* Red Devils
* Highwaymen
* Iron Horsemen
* Mongols
* Outlaws
* Black Pistons
* Pagans
* Sons of Satan
* Sons of Silence
* Vagos
* Warlocks (Florida)
* Warlocks (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
* Wheels of Soul

White supremacist|

* 211 Crew
* Aryan Brotherhood
* Aryan Brotherhood of Texas
* Aryan Circle
* Aryan Nations
* Aryan Republican Army
* Atomwaffen Division
* Combat 18
* The Covenant, the Sword, and the Arm of the Lord
* European Kindred
* Hammerskins
* Keystone United
* Lynwood Vikings
* Manson Family
* Nazi Lowriders
* The Order
* Public Enemy No. 1
* Soldiers of Aryan Culture
* Spook Hunters
* Universal Aryan Brotherhood
* Volksfront

See also
Gangs in the United States
List of gangs
Organized crime groups in the Americas

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Organized crime groups in Boston

African-American|

| Active|

* Columbia Point Dawgs
* Lenox Street Boys
* Lucerne Street Doggz
* Orchard Park Trailblazers

|

Inactive|

* Campbell brothers

East and Southeast Asian|

| Active|

* 14K
* Asian Boyz
* Tiny Rascal Gang

|

Inactive|

* Ping On

Hispanic and Latin American|

| Active|

* Dominicans Don't Play
* Latin Kings
* MS-13
* Ñetas

|

Irish-American|

| Inactive|

* Charlestown Gang
* Gustin Gang
* Killeen Gang
* Mullen Gang
* Winter Hill Gang

|

Italian-American|

| Active|

* Patriarca crime family

|

Inactive|

* Angiulo brothers

Outlaw motorcycle gangs|

| Active|

* Hells Angels

|

Events|

* Blackfriars Massacre
* Boston Chinatown massacre
* Great Brink's Robbery
* Murder of Edward Deegan
* Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum theft

See also
Organized crime groups in the United States
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