The New England mafia also known as the Patriarca crime family has been the target of a disruptive onslaught from the feds over several years which largely decimated the Cosa Nostra family’s hierarchy.
The New England mob has seen its power base shift from Providence over to Boston and the family now seems poised to reorganize as some key members return to the streets. Recently released Carmen “The Cheeseman” DiNunzio is believed to now be calling the shots as acting boss while his predecessor Anthony “Spucky” Spagnolo heads off to prison. Spagnolo took over as acting boss back in 2012 after the conviction of Carmen’s younger brother Anthony DiNunzio.
“Carmen DiNunzio“
It’s still unclear if Carmen will handle the day to day operations for the Patriarca family while he is still “on paper” and may be looking to keep a lower profile. According to sources, ranking member Anthony “Pony Tail Tony” Parillo may be called upon to handle the mob families day to day operations in the meantime. But the cheese man is still putting his new role in the family to use promoting his former protege Gregory “Fat Greg” Costa to captain according to sources. He served as Carmen’s bodyguard and collector and went to prison along with DiNunzio in same racketeering case a few years and is one of the cheesemans most trusted allies.
The Patriarca family seems to be in position to rebound at least to some extent heading into the new year if they can successfully avoid the feds. That may be easier said then done as their recent track record indicates but with some of its current hierarchy back in place and more to come the opportunity is there. The mafia family like many others will never again rise to the heights of its heyday, but as we have seen in the past Cosa Nostra families seem to have a knack for adapting and staying alive.
The feds have really had this families number over the last decade or so and have been pretty relentless in knocking them down every chance they get. The rackets have definitely shrunk there and like many families they have some adapting to do and aren’t likely to be any more then a pretty small family from here on out even if they do find a way to reorganize and rebuild some. The Boston faction seems like it may be able to keep things together and maybe even hit an upswing heading into next year big question is even if so how long can it lasts before that fed hammer drops again.
to be honest john i think carmine could have a good run rememeber how long baby shacks got on the street he was on the streets for 10 years running things carmine is very smart and was baby shacks top guy before he got busted in 2005. Greg is in his 40s but he is wild alot of guys think he is unstable very loyal to carmine.
From all accounts Carmen seems quite capable of putting a solid run together and getting things back in line although the feds def have a hard on for those guys so i think at best its really and wait and see kind of thing. If they avoid any major cases and any rats in next year or so they could be back to being business as usual and back in a fairly stable state.
Yearh carmine is capable smart as well he can run a good thing if like you said he can avoid rats for a year he is smarter than his brother as well that’s a good thing Anthony was dumb
it reminds me of how ligambi and those guys bounced back after the merlino indicments
To be honest i think the decline of this family has been exaggerated they were hurt but the results were exaggerated when they busted baby shacks he was retired and they busted a 85 year old peter got probation matty g got time for the coke thing but he is out carmine for that bribing FBI thing but he is out. Anthony DiNizuio is getting out soon and that whole case was his own fault bragging to nicky skins about murdering guys. Eddie is doing hard time but even the capos they flipped did they do alot of damage rosseti they dropped him as a witness and deluca the underboss he never testified i think he helped with information but for a guy who was supposed to be underboss he did little damage
the rhoden island faction was hurt badly but not destroyed matty g is there parillo is there and Joe Ruggiero who is a millionaire
i think there could be as many as 40 made guys on the streets and more in prison
I am not sure it was exaggerated perhaps to an extent but that Providence faction was decimated and they not only lost a lot of its hierarchy but also some of their street swagger. I don’t think it was to the point of the family death as some thought but it definitely hurt them and they are still searching for a foothold again now.
Don’t get me wrong that providence was hurt badly bobby deluca flipping matty g going away for that coke thing baby shakcs and his guy getting busted for the strip clubs . It as hurt badly and even now it is still feeling it that faction the Feds hit hard. But guys survived parillo and Billy blacjack (billy was capo before Joe ruggerio) survived the capo before Joe ruggerio. To be honest though I hear joe is a capo he is more of business man he is ridiculous rich I mean richest guy in that mob he had the fall river mayor alledgly on his pay role till the mayor got kicked out in 2013 he was followed to a meeting with baby shacks several times and went to Italy with deluca
Merry Christmas pal
Merry Christmas!
john I have some news for you it not been reported by media yet but it will soon
its really heating up in south philly I think bodies could start falling I can only saw from what I am reading and hearing. Johnny changes guy on the street got stabbed by Philip narduccci and the 10 and Oregon gang at there Christmas party in the neck with a bottle. The guy is a rat and he is hanging around with johnny chang there is a photo of him with the rat and maria testa. Philip hates johnny chang. Its all kicking of Philip is ready for war with johnny chang and with the whole mob he runs the 10th and Oregon they hate the philly mob even steve he is beefng with now. Joey pung is civil with merlino he does not like them either.Geogre hates marty. Guys talking about merlino saying he cant run the family.
These guys were in a position to become a strong family but too much greed treachery and backstabbing
Wow TM that’s a lot more made guys than I thought there would be. But yeah this family is in a good position to rebuild. A lot of key players are back on the street. Like y’all said the Feds seem to have their number and are always on them. I guess Boston/Providence doesn’t have as much to worry about than say New York meaning other criminal groups.
And Merry Christmas to you guys.
Merry Christmas! And your right location definitely helps as the competition wouldn’t seem to be nearly that of NY. Still some cash to be made on streets and they will surely be out to get it, maybe its an interesting 2016 in New England mob wise.
Oh yeah there will always be money on the streets in New England. It’s such a sports area there will always be some good bookmaking going on.
Merry Christmas pal
Who are the current Capos? I know Greg Costa and Freddie Simone are two Boston Capos and Joseph Ruggiero and Joseph Achille are two Providence Capos (as Guglielmetti recently got bumped up to consigliere) but Boston must have at least 1-2 more and I’m assuming Providence would have at least 1 more too.
Wikipedia says Joseph Tiberi is a capo but I’ve heard that’s not correct and that he isn’t even made, he just an associate who runs a gambling and prescription pill racket out of a Providence social club.