Arthur E. Coia

Cheat Sheet 57, FBI Files: Did Patriarca Run Laborers’ International

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


Patriarca's Prayer Card

Cheat Sheet 56, FBI Files: Raymond Patriarca Dies

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 56 (Quonset Robbery)

It wasn't the Brinks robbery or the Bonded Vault, but in 1980 Patriarca's crime family made a big score in a robbery… Read More


PHOTOS: Murders Tied to Patriarca Family (Warning Graphic)

The legacy of Raymond Patriarca has often been romanticized, aka "he kept Federal Hill safe." The reality is that he oversaw… Read More


slides: PHOTOS: Patriarca’s Crime Family

The Patriarca crime family reigned for fifty years and the range of crimes were endless. GoLocal has secured police line-up… Read More


Cheat Sheet 55, FBI Files: FBI Source is Marked for Death, Col. Stone and Maj. Benjamin

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 55 Col. Stone Protecting a Source

Colonel Walter Stone dominated RI law enforcement for more than 50 years. He served as Providence Police Chief and… Read More


NJ Governor Brendan Byrne

Cheat Sheet 54, FBI Files: FBI Track Alleged Bribes to NJ Governor Brendan Byrne

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


Breakers, West Palm

FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 54

This week’s FBI Files focus on the Bureaus' investigation into allegations that the Laborers International and… Read More


Cheat Sheet 53, FBI Files: Key Witness is Killed

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


Letter to FBI Director Webster

FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 53, Informant Wanted $140,000 Payment

What is the price the FBI should pay to support an informant?… Read More


See Page 35 to read the indictments

Cheat Sheet 52, FBI Files: Federal Courts Battle Over Indictments of Coia and Patriarca

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - The Battle Between the Feds and Coia, Laborers, and Patriarca

This week's selection of documents from the FBI files of New England crime boss Raymond Patriarca focus on the indictment… Read More


Federal Magistrate Jacob Hagopian

FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 51 (Patriarca Is Too Sick to Stand Trial)

Federal Magistrate Hagopian rules Patriarca is too sick to stand trial.… Read More


Arthur Coia, Sr.

Cheat Sheet 51, FBI Files: Indictment of Patriarca, Coia, & Other Laborers International

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


Raymond Patriarca

Cheat Sheet 50, FBI Files: Winter Hill Gang, Bonded Vault, Bevilacqua’s Relationship with Patriarca

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


Joseph A. Bevilacqua's Obit, Chicago Tribune, June 22, 1989

FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 50 (Patriarca and Bevilacqua’s Relationship)

Raymond Patriarca dominated New England organized crime for nearly half a century and during much of that time, Joseph… Read More


Las Vegas Casinos controlled by Mafia Families

Cheat Sheet 49, FBI Files: Las Vegas Casinos, RI Corruption, Callei Murder, Bonded Vault

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More


Vault at Hudson Fur Photo: YELP

FBI Files - The Patriarca Papers - Entry 49 (Bonded Vault Robbery Okayed By Patriarca)

In the summer of 1975, Raymond Patrairca gives the green light to rob the Bonded Vault at the Hudson Fur Building. According… Read More


Walter Cronkite, CBS News

Cheat Sheet 48, FBI Files: Patriarca Asks to Appear on CBS News with Cronkite

Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released,… Read More