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FBI searching in Providence for body of Mass. mob murder victim
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Federal investigators are digging for the remains of a Boston businessman who prosecutors have said was murdered in a gangland slaying 23 years ago, the Target 12...
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Human remains recovered from mob dig site in Providence
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The FBI says its agents have recovered human remains from behind a mill building where the victim of a mob slaying is believed to have been buried 23 years ago. “Earlier this...
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Dental records may be quickest route to identifying remains from behind...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – On Friday, FBI agents took pictures and chained off the area behind a Providence mill building, shutting down what was an active scene all week. The human remains that were...
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Accused of perjury, Ex-FBI agent from RI reaches agreement with prosecutors
BOSTON (WPRI) – A retired FBI agent – accused of committing perjury during the James “Whitey” Bulger trial – has reached a plea agreement with prosecutors. Robert Fitzpatrick, 76, of Charlestown R.I.,...
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New England mob associate accused of lying to grand jury in strip club case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A five-year-old federal case that decimated the ranks of the Rhode Island mob has reared its head again. Mob associate Gaythorne “Poochie” Angell, 81, of East Greenwich, was...
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FBI ID’s body exhumed from Providence as Massachusetts mob murder victim
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The human remains exhumed from behind a mill building in Providence in March have been positively identified as a Boston nightclub owner believed to have been murdered in a...
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Mobster DeLuca arrested in connection with 1993 gangland slaying
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Notorious Rhode Island mobster Robert “Bobby” DeLuca has been arrested and charged with lying to investigators about a 1993 gangland slaying. Jim Martin, a spokesperson for...
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Florida detention hearing looming for mobster Robert DeLuca
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A judge in Florida will decide Thursday whether or not Rhode Island mobster Robert “Bobby” DeLuca should remain behind bars or be set free before he returns to the Northeast...
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Rhode Island mobster DeLuca to be returned to Northeast
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Five years after Robert “Bobby” DeLuca vanished from the streets of Providence, the veteran mobster is coming home. Or close to it. On Thursday DeLuca waived his right to a...
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Secret 2011 case against mobster Robert DeLuca unsealed
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – A secret 2011 case against a veteran Rhode Island mobster was quietly unsealed by a federal judge late Friday, revealing never-before-seen details about the case that...
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Mobster DeLuca pleads not guilty to charges linked to 1993 murder
BOSTON (WPRI) — A veteran Rhode Island mobster was arraigned in a federal courtroom in Boston Thursday on charges related to the 1993 murder of a Massachusetts businessman. Robert “Bobby” DeLuca, who...
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Former mob boss charged with murder of witness
BOSTON (WPRI) – Aging former mob boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme is being held without bail on charges that he took part in a 1993 gangland slaying of Boston nightclub owner. Salemme, 82,...
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How ‘Cadillac Frank’ Salemme got his mob nickname
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – It’s one of those things I was pretty sure I knew. When you cover something for a long time as a reporter, there can be a lot of information that just sort of bounces around...
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In hiding, former mob boss remained loyal NE sports fan
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Former mob boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme left Boston to enter the Federal Witness Protection Program years ago, but his loyalty for Boston sports apparently never...
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Unsolved 1992 Federal Hill mob murder getting fresh look
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The recent arrests of two high-profile organized crime figures has prompted state and federal investigators to reexamine a 1992 gangland slaying, the Target 12 Investigators...
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Former mob boss accused of driving murder victim’s body to Providence
BOSTON (WPRI) – Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the former head the New England crime family, and another man were indicted Friday for their role in the 1993 murder of a Boston nightclub owner whose...
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High-ranking RI mobster talking to investigators in murder case against...
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Robert “Bobby” DeLuca cooperated with law enforcement in a major organized crime crackdown in 2011, and a court document indicates he’s now talking again. In an affidavit...
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Mobster ‘Bobby’ DeLuca poised to plead guilty in 1993 murder case
BOSTON (WPRI) – Rhode Island mobster Robert “Bobby” DeLuca is poised to plead guilty to charges that he lied to investigators about what he knew of a 1993 gangland slaying. A change of plea hearing...
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Doc: Four RI men given immunity in gangland slaying case against former mob boss
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Four Rhode Island men have been granted immunity by federal prosecutors in a murder case against a former mob boss. Joseph DeLuca, brother to imprisoned mobster Robert...
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Mobster ‘The Saint’ now a free man
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Notorious Rhode Island mobster Anthony “The Saint” St. Laurent has been released from federal prison. St. Laurent, 75, of Johnston, was serving seven years for attempting to...
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