NEW: Indictments Announced for Alleged Mobsters
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Four alleged members of the La Cosa Nostra family in New England have been charged with racketeering, extortion, extortion conspiracy, and other related crimes in a superseding indictment unsealed in federal court today.
Four men are facing charges: New England LCN boss Luigi Manocchio, 83, aka “Louie,” aka “Baby Shacks,” aka “the Professor,” and aka “the Old Man; and alleged associates Thomas Iafrate, 61; Richard Bonafiglia, 57; and Theodore Cardillo, 67.
Manocchio and Iafrate had been previously charged in indictments unsealed Jan. 20.
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The superseding indictments were announced today by U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha.
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