Lol...Frank Marrapese just can't stay out of trouble! This guy must be so familiar with the inside of a prison cell its ridiculous.


http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14587271

UPDATE: Frank "Bobo" Marrapese, Eddie Lato, Others Arrested in Sweep
Updated: May 06, 2011 12:08 PM PDT

State Police announced Friday the arrests of 24 people, including several well-known organized crime figures, as a result of a six-month wiretap investigation into alleged illegal gambling operations, and other illegal activities.

Lt. Col. Raymond White (acting RISP Superintendent) and Attorney General Peter Kilmartin discussed the investigation at a press conference Friday.

The investigation dates back to the fall of 2010, when former Attorney General Patrick Lynch was given approval for a wiretap of Vincent Tallo's cell phone. Tallo was the subject of an organized criminal gambling operation. The wiretap told authorities that Tallo was accepting illegal sports wagers at the college and pro level. Also, that Tallo was allegedly buying and selling prescription drugs out of his Johnston home.

Later, several of Tallo's accomplices were identified, including Edward Lato, age 65; Frank "Bobo" Marrapese, Jr., age 68; and Alfred "Chippy" Scivola, age 69, of 104 Brown Avenue, Johnston, RI. All are long-standing members of the Patriarca crime family. Marrapese is currently on parole from a life sentence for the 1987 murder of Richard "Dickie" Callie. He had been released from prison in 2008.

All in all, the investigation led to a sweep Friday morning of 23 people (24 including Tallo) on various charges. Police departments from Warwick, Cranston, Providence, Johnston, North Providence, Pawtucket, Glocester, and Smithfield served arrest and search warrants related to the investigation.

Police also seized one handgun, about $75,000 cash, several cars, and thousands of prescription pills.

The names of those arrested and charged, as provided by the Rhode Island State Police:


· Frank L. Marrapese Jr, age 68.
-Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
-Conspiracy to Commit Extortion (6 counts)
-Usury
-Parole Violation

· Edward C. Lato, age 65.
-Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)

· Alfred Scivola, age 69.
-Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
-Conspiracy to Commit Extortion
*Arrested this morning by Las Vegas Police Department in Las Vegas, Nevada.

· Vincent Tallo, age 49.
-Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Conspiracy to Commit Extortion (4 counts)
-Bookmaking
-Conspiracy to Violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
-Possession of Firearm while Committing Crime of Violence
-Possession of Controlled Substance with Intent to Deliver

· Karl Anastasi, age 20.
-Conspiracy to Violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act

· Richard Calabro, age 58.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Bookmaking

· Paul Calise, age 56.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Conspiracy to commit Extortion
-Bookmaking

· Melissa Cato, age 36.
-Conspiracy to Violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act

· Richard Cato, age 38.
-Conspiracy to Violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act

· John Conaty, age 58.
-Conspiracy to Violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act

· Gerald Coro, age 40.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
Bookmaking

· Anthony Delmonico, age 55.
-Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
-Conspiracy to commit Extortion (4 counts)

· Gennaro Dicarlo, age 53.
-Criminal Solicitation

· Christopher Disanto, age 64.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Bookmaking

· Thomas Hartley, age 74.
-Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO)
-Usury

· Robert Ianiero, age 53.
-Organized Criminal Gambling

· Kevin Kitson, age 51.
-Conspiracy to commit bookmaking
-Bookmaking

· Shaun Macdonald, age 30.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Bookmaking

· Alfred Maiello, age 49.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Bookmaking

· Walter McClean, age 52.
-Felony Shoplifting

· Anthony Palumbo, age 65.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Bookmaking

· Michael Romano, age 58.
-Criminal Solicitation

· Helene Tallo, age 50.
-Conspiracy to Violate the Uniform Controlled Substances Act
-Possession of marijuana

· Raymond Vallante, age 56.
-Organized Criminal Gambling
-Bookmaking

http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14586395[/quote]

News video -

http://www.abc6.com/Global/story.asp?S=14586395

wow the new england family may turn into the boston famly with a crew in providence if these 3 guys get convicted. That will only leave providence with about 5-6 active members left.

It would make sense that providence could be consolidated to one crew with a capo who reports to boston

There's still quite a bit of mob activity in Providence. Below are cases involving that wing of the family in recent years...




In January 2005, as a result of an investigation into Mafia involvement in the Laborers Union and local construction industry, 3 Patriarca Family members and associates, including captain Matthew "Matty" Guglielmetti, who was also an official of LIUNA Local 271, were indicted in Providence on charges of conspiracy to distribute 67 kilos of cocaine brought through Rhode Island en route to Canada.

In February 2005, 15 Patriarca Family members and associates, including captain Joseph Achille, were indicted in Providence on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports betting operation that took in over $500,000 in bets in the months leading up to the Superbowl, weapons possession, trafficking in prescription drugs, and assault conspiracy involving Laborers Union jobs.

In January 2006, 24 people tied to the Patriarca Family, including Raymond "Scarface" Jenkins and Richard Angell, were indicted in Providence on charges of racketeering, organized criminal gambling and conspiracy involving a sports betting operation in Rhode Island and Massachusetts , which took in $3 million a month in bets and layoffs, as well as possession of marijuana and vicodin with intent to deliver.

In April 2006, Patriarca Family member, Anthony "The Saint" St. Laurent , was indicted in Providence on charges of collecting two seperate vig payments of $2,000 a week from loans to 2 men of $100,000 each. In February 2009, St. Laurent was indicted in Providence on charges of murder conspiracy. In February 2010, the wife and son of St. Laurent were indicted in Providence on charges of extorting tribute payments from local bookmakers for reportedly between $800,000 and $1.5 million from 1988 to 2009.

In December 2006, 12 Patriarca Family members and associates, including Edward Lato, were indicted in Providence on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running of a sports betting operation that took in over $675,000, as well as trafficking in marijuana, steroids, and vicodin.

In October 2008, the nephew of Patriarca Family boss, Luigi "Baby Shanks" Manocchio, a LIUNA Local 271 official, and a contractor were indicted in Providence on charges of labor racketeering, bribery, and receiving kickbacks for contracts.

In November 2008, 25 people tied to the Patriarca Family, including Nicholas "Nicky" Pari and Gerlad "Gerry" Tillinghast, were indicted in Providence on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports betting operation, trafficking in cocaine, marijuana, and vicodin, selling weapons, counterfeiting, and fencing stolen goods. In a follow-up case in February 2009, 30 additional people, including George Eunis and Donald St. Germain, were indicted in Providence on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports betting operation, extortion, selling firearms, insurance fraud, and marijuana trafficking.

In December 2008, 10 people tied to the Patriarca Family, including Jason McMahon and Michael Sepe, were indicted in Providence on charges of racketeering, conspiracy, running a sports betting operation that took in more than $400,000 in wagers in 2 months, as well as marijuana trafficking and weapons possession.

In November 2010, 27 people, including Patriarca Family associates Joseph and Richard Tiberi and Joseph Acchile, were indicted in Providence on charges of running a prescription drug trafficking ring that distributed oxycontin, oxycodone, percocet, and vicodin, conspiracy to deliver a controlled substance, possession with intent to deliver, soliciting another to commit a crime, an attempting to make an illegal bet.

In January 2011, and in a superseding indictment in March 2011, 4 Patriarca Family members and associates, including former Boss Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio, and Thomas Iafrate, Richard Bonafligia, and Theodore Cardillo, were indicted in Rhode Island on charges of racketeering, conspiracy and extortion involving monthly protection payments of $4,000 to $6,000 from the owner of adult bookstores and 2 strip clubs from 1993 to 2011.

In May 2011, 24 Patriarca members and associates, including Edward Lato, Frank Marrapese Jr., Alfred Scivola, and Vincent Tallo, were indicted in Providence on charges of racketeering, conspiracy to commit extortion, loansharking, organized criminal gambling, bookmaking, illegal trafficking in prescription drugs, criminal solicitation, felony shoplifting, and marijuana possession.

ivy i totally agree with you there is still alot of mob activity in rhode island. All i meant was if these 3 power players all went down there wud only be about 6 made guys left in prividence so technically they cud work together as one crew and report to boston.

A reasonable guess wud be you make deluca the capo and let hm report to boston.

In both the Boston and Providence factions of the family, several recent cases have involved many defendants, of whom only a few were actually made members. This one is just the latest example of that.