Mob boss pleads guilty to federal charges
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Mob boss pleads guilty to federal charges
(NECN: Boston, Mass.) - One of Boston's most notorious gangsters has pleaded guilty to federal charges of obstruction of justice and making false statements. Former New England mob boss Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme agreed to a plea deal Monday that could get him released from prison in nine months. The 74-year-old struck the deal after he began cooperating with authorities during an investigation into the FBI's handling of mob informants James "Whitey" Bulger and Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. Salemme headed the New England mob during the early 1990s. read more
Submission | April 14, 2008
