Justin CascioFeb 13
New today on Mafia Genealogy: The father of West Springfield, Massachusetts' Pugliano brothers, and co-founder of the popular Monte Carlo Restaurant, was a prolific bootlegger during Prohibition. https://mafiagenealogy.com/2026/02/13/the-bootlegging-pugliano-family-of-west-springfield-massachusetts/ #MafiaHistory #WestSpringfieldMA #SpringfieldMA #Genovese #Patriarca
The bootlegging Pugliano family of West Springfield, Massachusetts

The father of two notorious gangsters from West Springfield, Massachusetts, was a co-founder of the Monte Carlo Cafe, and a prolific Prohibition-era bootlegger.

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Mob HistoryDec 22

#OTD (Dec 22) in 1938, Daniel H. Coakley, aide to #Massachusetts Governor Hurley, is widely blamed for arranging the pardon of career criminal Raymond L.S. #Patriarca (shown).

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Mob HistoryDec 21

#OTD (Dec 21) in 1938, the governor of #Massachusetts pardons Raymond L.S. #Patriarca, allowing him to go free after serving just a few months of his three- to five-year armed robbery sentence.

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Mob HistoryDec 16

#OTD (Dec 16) in 1930, with the arraignment of Raymond L.S. #Patriarca in #ProvidenceRI, federal agents announce they have broken up a human trafficking ring operating on the coasts of #RhodeIsland and #Connecticut.

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Mob HistoryDec 5

#OTD (Dec 05) in 1980, #NewEngland crime boss Raymond #Patriarca is arraigned for #murder in a hospital intensive care room.

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Mob HistoryDec 4

#OTD (Dec 04) in 1980, #NewEngland crime boss Raymond #Patriarca (shown) is arrested for the 1965 murder of Raymond Curcio.

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Mob HistoryDec 3

#OTD (Dec 03) in 1963, the #FBI learns of secret investments by #NewEngland #Mafia boss Raymond L.S. #Patriarca in the Dunes Hotel in #LasVegas.

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Mob HistoryDec 3

#OTD (Dec 03) in 1991, Raymond J. 'Junior' #Patriarca pleads guilty in federal court to #racketeering and related charges.

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Mob HistoryNov 12

#OTD (Nov 12) in 1941, Raymond L.S. #Patriarca of #RhodeIsland is sentenced to two and a half to three years in #Massachusetts prison for robbery and assault.

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Mob HistoryOct 27

#OTD (Oct 27) in 1981, a judge rules that #ProvidenceRI crime boss Raymond #Patriarca is too ill to stand trial for the February 1965 murder of Raymond 'Baby' #Curcio.

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