Melia brothers Connecticut/Toronto/Montreal/Italy

[motorfab]

Thank you very much for the article antimafia.

I know the book on Kirby a little, I have already seen extracts on archive.org. But actually as I know Toronto less than Montreal, I would have to get it one day.

Speaking of Allô Police, are the old issues available on the net? I know those from the 40s and 50s are available on google books but I have never managed to find the others.

[motorfab]

I wonder if that Andrade guy who was whacked outside the halfway house that Eddie Lato stayed in was due to him messing with Melia and tying him up etc

Ther article below it is noted that the detectives were looking into that as a possible motive per Tim White

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/feds-rel ... S3hwRnV3LQ..

'As Target 12 previously reported, detectives are looking to see whether Andrade was killed in retribution for a 2010 home invasion during which he tied up an associate of New York’s infamous Gambino crime family."

Unfortunately can't open it from Europe, can you copy paste the content here or in a private message please ?

[Tonyd621]

Posted: Mar 14, 2019 / 05:14 PM EDT / Updated: Mar 14, 2019 / 06:21 PM EDT

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – Federal authorities have relocated a made member of the Patriarca crime family in the wake of Sunday’s brazen shooting in Pawtucket, the Target 12 Investigators have learned.

Sources say Joseph DeLuca, 79, of North Providence, was moved to an undisclosed location out of an abundance of caution, amid concerns that there would be a flare-up of violence in the underworld.

DeLuca and his younger brother – former mob capo Robert “Bobby” DeLuca – both testified against Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme, the former don of the New England crime family, during his trial last year.

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Following weeks of testimony at federal court in Boston, Salemme and codefendant Paul Weadick were found guilty of murder this summer and sentenced to life in prison.

Robert DeLuca is currently serving a federal prison sentence, also at an undisclosed location, for lying to FBI agents.

On Sunday, Napoleon Andrade, 37, of Central Falls, was gunned down shortly after leaving a Pawtucket halfway house where he was completing a federal sentence.

As Target 12 previously reported, detectives are looking to see whether Andrade was killed in retribution for a 2010 home invasion during which he tied up an associate of New York’s infamous Gambino crime family.

TARGET 12: Andrade had ties to former mob boss Manocchio
On Wednesday night, the reputed Gambino crime boss Francesco “Franky Boy” Cali was assassinated outside his Staten Island home. But law enforcement sources tell Target 12 they believe the two shootings are unrelated.

In another development, Pawtucket detectives have obtained video surveillance from the day Andrade was murdered.

The video was taken from security cameras attached to St. John the Baptist Church, which is across the street from the halfway house.

The cameras did not capture the shooting, but they did show a car speeding away after the shooting.
Target 12 has learned investigators are trying to determine if the car was involved in the hit.

Another mob capo, Edward “Eddie” Lato, is currently staying at the halfway house as he nears the end of a nine-year prison sentence in a case that he shook down strip clubs for protection money.

There is no indication Lato has been moved.

Tim White (twhite@wpri.com) is the Target 12 investigative reporter and host of Newsmakers for WPRI 12 and Fox Providence. Follow him on

[Tonyd621]

I wonder if that Andrade guy who was whacked outside the halfway house that Eddie Lato stayed in was due to him messing with Melia and tying him up etc

Ther article below it is noted that the detectives were looking into that as a possible motive per Tim White

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/feds-rel ... S3hwRnV3LQ..

'As Target 12 previously reported, detectives are looking to see whether Andrade was killed in retribution for a 2010 home invasion during which he tied up an associate of New York’s infamous Gambino crime family."

Unfortunately can't open it from Europe, can you copy paste the content here or in a private message please ?

Take a look..

[antimafia]

Thank you very much for the article antimafia.

I know the book on Kirby a little, I have already seen extracts on archive.org. But actually as I know Toronto less than Montreal, I would have to get it one day.

Speaking of Allô Police, are the old issues available on the net? I know those from the 40s and 50s are available on google books but I have never managed to find the others.

You're welcome.

The one-page article (1 PDF) is from Le Journal de Montréal. The two-page article (2 PDFs) is from Allô Police -- you and I are in the same boat re: trying to find more issues of this discontinued publication online, as I'm certain there are no other old issues available online other than the ones you and I have each found on his own.

Another good book I recommend that goes into great detail about the murder plot and sting is Police Undercover: The True Story of the Biker, the Mafia & the Mountie -- it can be read online at https://archive.org/details/policeunder ... ia+mountie. One day I'll disclose who edited this book.

[antimafia]

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Paul Volpe's brother John (middle name: Anthony) lived in Bridgeport, CT for several decades. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that Sandalo and John Volpe had ties.

Corrections: John Volpe's middle name was Albert. He at one time lived in Devon, in Milford, where his home address had been cited as both 353 and 355 Bridgeport Avenue.