Anthony “Ponytail Tony” Parillo a reputed high-ranking member of the New England mafia is headed back to prison for 5 years after being found guilty on felony assault charges.
The 65-year-old mobster is believed to hold the rank of consigliere in the Patriarca crime family. He was found guilty back in November of 2015 after he and his bouncer assaulted an innocent couple at his now-defunct lounge in Providence, Rhode Island five years ago. The beating was the result of a misidentification leading to a sentence of 5 to 15 years, 5 of which are to be served.
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According to court documents Parillo and his bouncer misidentified Jack Fernandez as a patron who stabbed a club employee after an incident inside the establishment on a previous occasion. The assault took place inside the club’s bathroom and into a back alley where Fernandez and his wife were roughed up. Fernandez was eventually taken to a hospital where he was diagnosed with several cracked ribs and a broken nose. It could have been even worse of an outcome for the innocent man, but according to testimony but Parillo called off the attack, saying “Stop, no more right now, there’s too many people around, we’ll get him later.”
Parillo is a convicted murderer and was the one-time protege of former New England mob boss Luigi Manocchio. It was rumored that he was possibly in line to take over as acting boss of the Patriarca family after previous acting boss Anthony Spagnolo ran into legal problems. But former underboss Carmen DiNunzio is believed to have taken over as acting boss of the family since his release from prison last year as the New England mafia power base has shifted to Boston. Matthew Guglielmetti is thought to have taken an administrative position in the Cosa Nostra family possibly now serving as underboss. If Parillo is replaced even on an acting basis Bobby Carrozza of East Boston or Joseph Achille of Providence are rumored options.
Guglielmetti would make sense as the new underboss considering he has the most pull in Rhode Island (other than Baby Shacks obviously), but it’ll be interesting to see who Dinunzio makes his new consigliere.
Agreed , I have seen Guglielmetti listed as underboss and even likely new consigliere but I think Guglielmetti is most likely the new underboss as it just seems to fit. DiNunzio seems to be quite capable and there may be some upswing in the NE family in near future if those key guys can stay out the can for a while.
this family has options not like some in the pres potrayed this family matty is the most likely. Matty will be the number 1 guy in rhoden island now there other skippers like joe ruggerio and Achille but matty g will step up i think he is the best guy out there. DiNunzio whole crew on the street
there is things going on over there though the feds found that body of that night club owner Cadillac Frank has already been convicted of ling about that hit deluca apparently gave up where the body was Cadillac Frank and rosseti could both be facing charges apparently. That casino case is on trial at the moment the one with lightbody and buflanio
What other relevant crews are there in Massachusetts? Obviously there’s Dinunzio’s/Costa’s crew but Boston has almost triple the amount of made guys as Rhode Island so there must be at least 2-3 other captains.
There are Patriarch or N.E.mob members in Connecticut and back in 1980s the Under Boss of patriarch family was Billy wild guy Grasso New Haven Connecticut..So to answer your question..Boston and Rhode island are power bases…But From New Haven to Rhode island border and Hartford East..There are associates and wise guys in Connecticut that are loyal to New England mob
Guglielmetti is a powerhouse he got his stripes back right away), always did his time like a man. He’s the new Consig and could have any position he wants down the road. He’s just getting to know DiNunzio (carmine) as they were never really on the street together.
Guglielmetti is a real gangster alot of respect on tbhe streets but him and DiNunzio do know each other well late 90s and early 2000s they were on the strete together if my memory is correct they were both busted in 2005. The DiNunzio brothers took over tony splitros loanshark operation when he got killed for awhile.
I know this is asking alot from these men,but can’t they learn from others downfalls. He’s goung away for at leadt 5 yrs b/c of beating wrong person,but Gaspipe killed the wrong man just b/c he had same name as have others. Couldn’t he have “talked” to this man if only to see if it was the right one? Like i said that’s asking alot. Also,do many Consigliors actually get out and do the “dirty” work now? I now back in the day they did even a boss did (The Mad Hatter) real name skips my mind right now.