Notorious New England mafia capo turned rat Robert “Bobby” DeLuca plead no contest to conspiracy to commit murder during a surprise hearing.
The 71-year-old mobster made the guilty plea as part of a plea agreement according to a spokesperson from the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office. According to the report, the state laid out the charges against DeLuca saying they could prove he conspired to kill mafia enforcer Kevin Hanrahan back in 1992. Hanrahan has been a decades-long unsolved murder after getting gunned down on Federal Hill in September of 1992. DeLuca said he planned the murder with now deceased mobster Rocco Argenti and other unnamed individuals.
“Robert DeLuca”
DeLuca is facing a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison on the murder conspiracy charge. The elder Cosa Nostra member is also facing prison time for pleading guilty to charges that he lied to the feds about the 1993 murder of Steven DiSarro. The DiSarro case was brought to the forefront after the discovery of his body in March of last year. DeLuca was laying low down in Florida after cooperating with the feds back in 2011 when he was arrested for lying to the feds. He admitted to his role in the DiSarro hit telling investigators that fellow mobster Frank Salemme called him to retrieve the body after DiSarro was dead.
“Kevin Hanrahan”
During the newly reopened DiSarro case, the decades-old Hanrahan case resurfaced and now may potentially lead to further charges for other members of the New England mob also known as the Patriarca crime family. The plea agreement seemingly called for DeLuca to admit his role in both the DiSarro and Hanrahan murders although no one has yet been charged with the murder of Hanrahan.
Got to think if DeLuca is singing again and he has now admitted to his roles in both these murders that chances are he is going to also be fingering some others. Question now is will it be guys still in the loop or not in New England.
In my opinion Bobby the rat DeLuca probably has more information about Frankie the Cadillac S….and few semi retired wise guys….but don’t think DeLuca can hurt or damage Carmen and Anthony Dinuzzio crews …N.E mob or Patriarch family as I refer to it will survive this situation
He may have some dirt on some of the elder members as mentioned and perhaps some of the old-ish timers still active but I doubt he has any real useful info on the DiNunzio’s as well. Perhaps he could have some info on guys like Matty G though.
I really don’t understand how these rats can get up every day and look themselves in the mirror. Take your sentence like a man and keep your mouth shut.
It seems like a trend that is not destined to end. Just don’t make stand up guys the way that they used to.