PROVIDENCE, R.I. ( WPRI) – Louis Manocchio, the last Rhode Island boss of the New England crime family, has died. He was 97.

“He was in a suit and tie holding a briefcase ... His decision to step down as mob boss had not spared him liability in a national crackdown into organized crime by the U.S. Department of ...

The unassuming and notoriously health-conscious mobster rose to the underworld’s top job in 1995 following the arrest of then-boss Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme. Despite being the subject of ...

“He was in a suit and tie holding a briefcase ... His decision to step down as mob boss had not spared him liability in a national crackdown on organized crime by the U.S. Department of Justice.