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  1. New today on Mafia Genealogy: The father of West Springfield, Massachusetts' Pugliano brothers, and co-founder of the popular Monte Carlo Restaurant, was a prolific bootlegger during Prohibition. mafiagenealogy.com/2026/02/13/ #MafiaHistory #WestSpringfieldMA #SpringfieldMA #Genovese #Patriarca

  2. #OTD (Dec 22) in 1938, Daniel H. Coakley, aide to #Massachusetts Governor Hurley, is widely blamed for arranging the pardon of career criminal Raymond L.S. #Patriarca (shown).

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  3. #OTD (Dec 22) in 1903, Ignazio #Lupo marries Salvatrice #Terranova in #Manhattan, with Giuseppe #Morello and Nicolina Salemi serving as witnesses.

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  4. #OTD (Dec 21) in 1938, the governor of #Massachusetts pardons Raymond L.S. #Patriarca, allowing him to go free after serving just a few months of his three- to five-year armed robbery sentence.

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  5. #OTD (Dec 21) in 1946, convicted counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo is released from Atlanta Federal Prison upon the expiration of his sentence.

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  6. #OTD (Dec 16) in 1930, with the arraignment of Raymond L.S. #Patriarca in #ProvidenceRI, federal agents announce they have broken up a human trafficking ring operating on the coasts of #RhodeIsland and #Connecticut.

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  7. #OTD (Dec 07) in 1920, paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo files an application for executive clemency to end his parole and permit travel overseas.

    #MafiaHistory #Histodons @mafiahistory #NYC

  8. #OTD (Dec 04) in 1980, #NewEngland crime boss Raymond #Patriarca (shown) is arrested for the 1965 murder of Raymond Curcio.

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  9. #OTD (Dec 01) in 1908, creditors note that Ignazio #Lupo has abandoned his grocery business in #NewYork, leaving behind more than $100,000 in debts.

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  10. #OTD (Nov 15) in 1909, Giuseppe #Morello (shown), Ignazio #Lupo and a dozen others are arrested in #NewYorkCity for running a #counterfeiting plant at an upstate #NewYork location.

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  11. #OTD (Nov 12) in 1941, Raymond L.S. #Patriarca of #RhodeIsland is sentenced to two and a half to three years in #Massachusetts prison for robbery and assault.

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  12. #OTD (Oct 30) in 1921, Attorney General Harry M. Daugherty advises Ignazio #Lupo that he has permission to travel to Sicily.

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  13. #OTD (Oct 29) in 1959, John #DeMarco of #Cleveland suffers a heart attack on the first day of an #Apalachin related obstruction trial of 22 defendants in #NewYork.

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  14. #OTD (Oct 29) in 1921, President Warren #Harding grants paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo (shown) a conditional #commutation of his sentence so Lupo can travel to Sicily.

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  15. #OTD (Oct 29) in 1921, U.S. President #Harding granted paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo a conditional commutation of his original 30-year sentence, permitting Lupo to travel outside the country.

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  16. #OTD (Oct 27) in 1981, a judge rules that #ProvidenceRI crime boss Raymond #Patriarca is too ill to stand trial for the February 1965 murder of Raymond 'Baby' #Curcio.

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  17. #OTD (Oct 21) in 1931, Raymond #Patriarca of #RhodeIsland is released from #Atlanta Federal Prison after serving 10 months of a one-year sentence for Mann Act violation.

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  18. #OTD (Oct 12) in 1936, following extortion charges, the federal parole of Ignazio #Lupo is formally revoked.

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  19. #OTD (Oct 05) in 1921, #Brooklyn parole officer Louis Miller writes to President Warren #Harding to request a conditional pardon that will allow paroled counterfeiter Ignazio #Lupo to travel to Sicily.

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  20. #OTD (Oct 01) in 2008, #FBI agents begin digging for suspected mob murder victims at #Farmingdale, Long Island.

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  21. #OTD (Oct 01) in 1964, #NewEngland boss Raymond L.S. #Patriarca instructs his underlings to have no involvement with Joseph #Bonanno or any of his people, as they have been cast out by the #Commission.

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  22. #OTD (Sep 28) in 1938, Raymond L.S. #Patriarca is sentenced to three to five years in prison for a #Massachusetts armed robbery.

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  23. #OTD (May 22) in #OrganizedCrime #History: future #Pittsburgh boss is born in Calabria, boss of #RockfordIL passes, #Lansky discusses #Cuba situation with #FBI, two dozen are charged as heroin ring, Tony Pro goes to trial for extortion in #NewarkNJ, #Colombo dies seven years after being shot, #Patriarca is too ill to stand trial

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  24. CW: Historic New England gangland violence

    #OTD in 1989: #CadillacFrank Salemme was severely wounded in a #SaugusMA shooting. Later in the day, the remains of #WildGuy Grasso were discovered along the Connecticut River at #WethersfieldCT. About a decade later, #FBI manipulation was found to be the cause of this #NewEngland gangland violence.

    Read about it:
    writersofwrongs.com/2018/06/to

    #MafiaHistory #Patriarca #Histodons