The Tiberi brothers keep on plugging away. They were busted for gambling in 2015 and Richard was charged with the retail theft ring the year after. Both were also charged in 2010 with gambling and running a prescription drug ring.
Mob associate sentenced for receiving stolen goods at Providence club
By Amanda Milkovits
Journal Staff Writer
March 21, 2019
Richard G. Tiberi, 76, his Decatur Social Club on Federal Hill have been known for criminal activity for more than half a century. His latest conviction stems from a scheme to sell goods that had been shoplifted from CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Stop & Shop.
PROVIDENCE — A man known as an associate of the Rhode Island mafia was sent to prison this month for, once again, running an organized retail crime network at the Decatur Social Club.
Richard G. Tiberi, 76, and the social club that he operates on Federal Hill have been known for criminal activity for more than half a century.
Tiberi, a former associate of the late capo Rudolph Sciarra, started building his criminal record in 1962, with arrests for bookmaking, keeper of gambling places, and receiving stolen goods and lottery slips, according to court records.
The Decatur has long been known as a meeting place for those affiliated with organized crime, according to state police. Tiberi and his older brother, the late Joseph Tiberi, have been investigated for crimes stemming from the Decatur since 1968.
Together, Richard Tiberi and the Decatur have outlasted the careers of the state police investigators who’ve tried to shut them down. In writing his affidavit for a search warrant in this latest investigation, state police Detective Nicholas Rivello noted that he was familiar with Tiberi’s voice on the phone. He remembered the sound from the previous investigation into Tiberi’s organized retail crime operation in August 2016.
This investigation began in December and found that the operation worked this way, according to Rivello’s affidavit:
“Boosters” would shoplift from CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid and Stop & Shop, taking products that would be in high demand, such as razors, teeth whitening strips, Rogaine and medication sold over the counter.
The “boosters” would bring the stolen goods to the Decatur during business hours or Tiberi’s home at 12 Woodbine St. in Johnston, and Tiberi would pay cash for the items, buying them at about a quarter of the value. Then, Tiberi could resell the items.
While Tiberi had sold stolen goods on eBay before, the state police learned that he’d changed his habits and was now shipping merchandise out in bulk.
After an investigation, the state police searched Tiberi’s house in Johnston, his 2015 Cadillac XTS, and the Decatur in February. They seized enough items to start a mini-pharmacy: razor blades, pregnancy test kits, Rogaine for men and women, cologne and over-the-counter medication, according to an arrest report. They also seized 20 New England Patriots hats and more than $7,600 in cash, according to an arrest report.
Tiberi pleaded no contest on March 6 to receiving stolen goods and was sentenced to two years, with 93 days to serve. A felony charge of soliciting another to commit a crime and a misdemeanor conspiracy charge were dismissed in a plea agreement.
The details about the investigation were revealed in court documents. While the state police released a list of the stolen items in the arrest report, the agency refused to release the narrative explaining the arrest or the offense report.
“Our offense reports aren’t considered public record,” state police spokeswoman Laura Meade Kirk said in an email Wednesday.
The state Access to Public Records Act does not prevent police from releasing narratives and offense reports; other police agencies do release those reports.
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NE mob associate sentenced for running theft ring
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