NEW: Indictments Announced for Alleged Mobsters

NEW: Indictments Announced for Alleged Mobsters

Four alleged members of the La Cosa Nostra family in New England have been charged with racketeering, extortion, extortion conspiracy, and other related crimes in a superseding indictment unsealed in federal court today.

Four men are facing charges: New England LCN boss Luigi Manocchio, 83, aka “Louie,” aka “Baby Shacks,” aka “the Professor,” and aka “the Old Man; and alleged associates Thomas Iafrate, 61; Richard Bonafiglia, 57; and Theodore Cardillo, 67.

Manocchio and Iafrate had been previously charged in indictments unsealed Jan. 20.

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The superseding indictments were announced today by U.S. Attorney Peter Neronha.