Remnants of a crew that once was. Hence the reason they're now under the supervision of a New York crew.
What are you basing that on? There has been nothing but a huge drop-off in activity there over the past decade.We just saw Scibelli get pinched and there has been way more then just the tow truck extortion for activity in western Mass in the last 3-4 years.
One can see a similar drop off in activity in recent years in Connecticut. It's been a decade since the last Gambino bust. Whatever Genovese remnants are under the same crew as Springfield - the New York crew led by Ianniello ans O'Nofrio.They are definitely kicking up and also definitely part of a broader crew that is dug into Connecticut and even Albany area. Definitely a decent amount of activity out there.
Ok but what does that have to do with the current state of the Patriarca family?On this one I will agree to disagree. I am from New England . I definitely have lived one foot in and out of the criminal underworld in Northshore and Boston Route 1 corridor Massachusetts and even done some No Bond jail time before beating a string Ontario.
I have flat out said it, not just implied it. The can see the writing on the wall for the few remaining families outside New York, including New England.You didn’t really say nothing is going on but you implying that it’s all dying out is not reflective of reality. These guys definitely are still around and definitely have younger crews and textbox case associates and wannabes that manage to not got much attention because the targets of the state cops and organized crime task forces are mostly Dominican gangs and DTOs, with occasional theft rings and large scale frauds to keep them busy.
The family has half the membership it did 30 years ago. Like I said, only a handful of mostly old and inactive members in Providence and nothing in Connecticut. It's basically down to Boston. But whether we're talking Boston, Providence or elsewhere in New England, you can see the drop off in activity over the past decade.
The mob isn't really a priority for law enforcement there but it's not so much because of other groups but because of the state of LCN itself. As recently as 2011 the LCN was the FBI's top priority in the region and its not like those other groups just popped up since then.
One doesn't just have to look at the lists here. You can look at the figures put out by law enforcement over the years. Which, by the way, the New England charts here are pretty close to. There isn't a lot of made guys flying under the radar there any more than in Buffalo or Detroit.You have to remember, despite me abiding by the rules earlier with the membership estimates, I am going to empathetically state that there are quite a few guys that are 38, 40, 42, to mid 50s that are apparently made guys that have never been listed on these message boards.
If you're talking about some "knockaround" street guys here and there, I can see that, but I doubt there's 2 or 3 members living in southern Maine.It is rampant exaggeration that New England is on its way out. They are still a local phenomenon comparable to Philly in Revere, Lynn, Lynnfield, Medford, the North shore, the North end, East Boston and the neighborhoods by Logan, the suburbs south of Boston off 93/24, as well as 1 or 2 guys who live on the seacoast/valley and 2/3 that I know of in southern Maine. Everyone who grew up in the neighborhoods and aren’t brand new yuppie transplants know exactly who these guys are. I know there are other guys who may have a similar perspective on this board. Their little Italian men’s club doesn’t stop because we don’t see them. I know for a fact the FBI barely pays attention to them. Way more dangerous fentanyl analogues and financial crimes to fry. Plus Black Lives Matter and a bunch of psycho redneck militias (incidentally a good example is those black guys from Rhode Island starting a stand off on 95)
