Wearing orange jail garb, 40-year-old Michael Cecchetelli, a Springfield man described by prosecutors as the Latin Kings regional boss with ties to the Genovese crime family, entered his plea to the RICO count, which prosecutors said carries a maximum prison term of 20 years upon conviction.

Cecchetelli — who has historical ties to the local faction of the Genovese crime family and a previous bookmaking conviction — had managed to stay out of trouble since his release from federal prison in 2007. He has reinvented himself as a social media personality and has starred in a yet-to-be-released independent TV series called “The Flanagans,” an Irish crime family drama, according to supporters.