Was only an associate, was meant to get his button after the Greene hit but got arrested, then flipped.
He flipped only because the Cleveland mafia put out a hit on him after he did them the very nice deed of eliminating Greene. Amazingly, after a year in Witnesss Protection, he went back to Erie and resumed working his old territory and rackets
I didn't know he left witness protection but have you watched the crime inc series that was made in the early 80's? He's talking in the episode they did on Cleveland several times during the programme, he said he regretted ratting, it sounded like he genuinely meant it and was honest about everything he said, unlike most rats.
