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Feds Ask to Empanel Anonymous Jury in Mob Trial

February 3, 2012
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The trial against accused former mob boss Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio and six others who are accused of running a continuing criminal enterprise that engaged in extortion of strip clubs for protection payments is scheduled to begin on April 23. The Rhode Island U.S. Attorney’s office, citing concerns over jury safety and extensive media...

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Providence’s Federal Hill vs. Boston’s North End

January 30, 2012
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A really nice pictorial stroll down the streets of Boston’s North End and Providence’s Federal Hill, both centers of organized crime. Both have been the the Little Italie's of their respective cities for well over a century, yet the two neighborhoods could not look more different. Worth checking out. Source: Boston.com addGooglePlusOne(12986, "http://newenglandorganizedcrime.com/providences-federal-hill-vs-bostons-north-end/");

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Convicted Mob Associate Iafrate Hospitalized

January 25, 2012
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In Providence Thomas Iafrate has been hospitalized after suffering a heart attack two weeks before having to report to a federal prison. Iafrate, 70, of Johnston, pleaded guilty to racketeering conspiracy in July and was sentenced to 30 months behind bars. Iafrate's defense attorneys said their client was suffering from health problems and in...

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Another Bite Of the Apple For “Baby Shacks”

January 24, 2012
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U.S. District Court Judge William Smith gave Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio’s lawyers the okay to file an appeal with the First Circuit after missing a 14-day deadline to get the paperwork in. One of Manocchio’s attorney's Joseph Balliro asked the judge for leeway because he said a close family member had fallen ill. Prosecutor...

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Tale of the Tape: Folcarelli too “violent”

January 20, 2012
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Following the requests of Raymond “Scarface” Jenkins and Albino "Albi" Folcarelli for separate trial's from reputed former mob boss Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio, the Rhode Island U.S. Attorney’s office filed a 19-page response shedding new light on some of the evidence in the case. The filing reveals the investigators plan to use a taped...

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New Book: “Boston Organized Crime”

January 20, 2012
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For the past decade, Dorchester native and longtime reporter Emily Sweeney has spent hours pouring through police records and press clips concerning some of the bloodiest stories in Boston’s rich history of organized crime – Curran’s included. Sweeney will release a book, “Boston Organized Crime” on Jan. 30 with more than 200 rarely-seen images...

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“Baby Shacks” Defense Team Out Of Time

January 20, 2012
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In Providence R.I. the U.S. Attorney’s Office said the clock has run out on Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio’s request to be freed on bail. In a Thursday filing, federal prosecutor William Ferland said Manocchio’s attorneys had 14 days to notify the courts they were going to appeal the decision that kept the 84 year...

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R.I. Mob Trial to Begin in April

January 19, 2012
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Luigi “Baby Shacks” Manocchio, reputed former boss of the New England crime family and others are accused of shaking down area strip clubs for protection money. Also charged in the case is reputed capo regime Edward “Eddie” Lato and reputed mobster Alfred “Chippy” Scivola. They have all pleaded not guilty. A U.S District Court...

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Third Delay in Enrico Ponzo Theft

January 18, 2012
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Kelly Verceles was supposed to begin a jury trial Tuesday on felony charges of criminal conspiracy, grand theft, and burglary after FBI and Owyhee County Sheriff’s officials say he tore up the floor of accused mobster Enrico Ponzo’s Marsing home and stole more than $150,000 in cash and gold last winter. The trial has...

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“Mitch” Lanoue, Bonded Vault Thief, Dies

January 17, 2012
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Lawrence “Mitch” Lanoue, a Rhode Island career criminal has died one year after leaving federal prison. He was 90 years old. Lanoue, formerly of Woonsocket, died of heart failure on Jan. 8, according to the Department of Health. His most famous “job” was the 1975 Bonded Vault heist where he was part of the...

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