Writers of Wrongs#OTD (June 16) in 1989, violence erupts in the #NewEngland #Mafia. Frank #Salemme is wounded by gunmen near #Boston MA. William #Grasso is found dead near #Hartford CT.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/06/top-new-england-mobsters-targeted.html
Mob History#OTD (Dec 23) in 1967, #Boston area nightclub owner William #Bennett is murdered. Police suspect Francis #Salemme, Stephen #Flemmi (shown) and Hugh Shields.
#OTD (Dec 13) in 1990, #NewEngland mafioso Frank #Salemme is arrested on a warrant from #California charging him with trying to steal millions from a #Teamsters pension fund.
#OTD (Dec 09) in 1999, #NewEngland #Mafia leader 'Cadillac Frank' #Salemme pleads guilty to federal #racketeering charges, admits conspiring with #SouthBoston racketeer 'Whitey' #Bulger (shown) in the #extortion of bookmakers, loan sharks and drug dealers.
#OTD (Nov 22) in 1978, U.S. Court of Appeals upholds the car-bombing conviction of Frank #Salemme of #SharonMA.
#OTD (Oct 27) in 1973, government witness Robert Daddieco disappears two days before he is to testify against #NewEngland mafioso Francis #Salemme.
#OTD (Oct 09) in 1969, fugitives Francis #Salemme and Stephen #Flemmi (shown) are indicted for attempting to kill a #Massachusetts attorney with a #bomb.
#OTD in 2018, 84-year-old former #NewEngland boss “Cadillac Frank” #Salemme was convicted of the killing of a government witness. Codefendant Paul Weadick, 63, was also convicted.
https://www.writersofwrongs.com/2018/06/ex-boss-salemme-84-convicted-of-murder.html
Tom Hunt has moved#OTD (June 15) in #OrganizedCrime #History: Giancana is born in #Chicago, young #Valachi leaves Sing Sing, #Tampa police chief resigns, #YoungstownOH racketeer completes shortened term, former #Boston boss dies, #Salemme is guilty of car-bombing, Balistrieres get a discount for Argent share.