Marble Guy, I don’t know who you have been asking, but Joe Ruggiero is definitely very well known through the state by LE and street guys alike. He had a body shop on Route 44 in East Providence long time ago, now he owns Hyundai, Ford, Chrysler dealerships, tons of property all throughout southern New England, had a club on the water in Providence. His wife’s father was Frank Intiso, heavy hitter from Boston, he was in tight with Salemme when he was running the family, and very close with Shanks. New England is right though, a lot of people feel a certain way about him re: his money and what it got him, mostly rightfully so if you ask me. That being said, I wouldn’t charicuturize him as some kind of punk bitch. Money or not, not someone I’d look to fuck around with. But my point is, old timers and new guys alike, everyone at least knows of him regardless of opinion