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where are they now? gennaro “jerry” angiulo Died in 2009 at the age of ninety and given a full Mafia boss funeral, complete with nearly two hundred floral arrangements. Angiulo was also given a full U.S. Navy honor guard for his service in the Pacific during World War II. “He is probably the last very significant Mafia boss in Boston’s history,” said retired State Police colonel Thomas J. Foley. “In these times you don’t have anybody who exerts the control, the force, or even maintains the discipline like he had with his organization during his day.”* larry baione (aka ilario zannino) Died in 1996 of natural causes while imprisoned for loansharking and illegal gambling. james “whitey” bulger Formerly one of America’s Most Wanted fugitives, Bulger was captured in 2011 and is now imprisoned on charges that he committed at least nineteen murders. dennis condon Died in 1999 at age eighty-five after serving as Massachusetts state police commissioner and undersecretary of public safety for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. john connolly Currently serving a life sentence for second-degree murder in Florida for the death of Boston businessman John Callahan. patsy fabiano Murdered by the Mafia in 1976 shortly after the hit on Joe Barboza. nicky femia Shot and killed during attempted robbery of an auto body shop in 1983. john fitzgerald Relocated by federal government to South Dakota, where he became a circuit court judge. Died during heart surgery in 2001. stevie “the rifleman” flemmi Currently serving a life sentence for murder at an undisclosed location. * “Mob Boss Gennaro ‘Jerry’ Angiulo Dies at 90,” by Shelley Murphy, Boston Globe, August 30, 2009. 242° where are they now? vincent “jimmy the bear” fLemmi Alleged to have murdered self-confessed Boston Strangler Albert DeSalvo behind bars in 1973 to stop him from recanting his confession. Died in prison of drug overdose in 1979. edward “teddy” harrington Currently serving as a federal judge in Massachusetts. peter Limone Arrested in 2008 on charges of extortion, gambling, and loansharking and still believed to be a high-ranking member of La Cosa Nostra. george mcLaughLin Imprisoned since 1964 and still serving a life sentence in Massachusetts. john partington After leaving the U.S. Marshals Service in 1980, Partington served as police chief in his hometown of Cumberland, Rhode Island, and later served fifteen years as commissioner of public safety in Providence, RI. He died in 2006 from a viral infection following surgery. He was seventy-seven years old. joseph j. r. russo Died in federal prison of throat cancer in 1998 at the age of sixty-seven. “cadiLLac frank” saLemme Released from federal prison in 2009 and living in Massachusetts. joseph saLvati Currently living in Massachusetts enjoying both his freedom and his family. ...

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