BOSTON, MA - A former Medford man was convicted yesterday, in U.S. District Court
of conspiracy to possess cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute.
United States Attorney Michael J. Sullivan and Warren T. Bamford, Special Agent in
Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation - New England Division, announced that
ROBERT C. LUISI, age 46, formerly of Medford, was convicted by a jury sitting before U.S.
District Judge William G. Young of drug charges.
Evidence presented during the nine-day trial proved that LUISI was a Capo Regime, or
lieutenant, in the Philadelphia Family of La Cosa Nostra, commonly known as the mafia, and
that he and his crew operated in the Boston area. An undercover FBI agent successfully
infiltrated LUISI’S crew and recorded numerous conversations relating to illegal activity
including principally sales of cocaine. Recordings played for the jury evidenced LUISI
orchestrating drug sales. LUISI was convicted of conspiracy to distribute cocaine during the
period February 1999 through June 28, 1999 and distribution of cocaine on April 30 and June 3,
1999. In 2002, LUISI was tried and convicted on these same charges. The United States Court
of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed that conviction and ordered a new trial.
LUISI faces a mandatory minimum term of 10 years' imprisonment up to a maximum of
life imprisonment on the conspiracy charge and a maximum of 20 years' imprisonment on the
distribution charges, to be followed by 5 years of supervised release. Judge Young scheduled
sentencing for May 8, 2008.
U.S. Attorney Sullivan said, “LUISI’S conviction is the direct result of outstanding work
by the F.B.I. in investigating this case, both in the District of Massachusetts and in Philadelphia.
The case should serve as a cautionary tale for any organized crime groups that might be tempted
to test the waters in Massachusetts. The consequences will be severe.”


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