Cheat Sheet 45, FBI Files: Valachi Called to be Deposed in Patriarca's Suit Against Boston Herald

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Monday, June 13, 2016

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Each week accompanying the segments of the FBI files on Raymond Patriarca and expert analysis on the documents released, GoLocal provides a “cheat sheet” of some of the key elements from the documents.

Make no mistake about it, the files are layered with information about a time where the scope and reach of the Patriarca crime family permeated nearly every aspect of life in New England.

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PAGE 2 Tommy Callahan wants assurances from Patriarca that the hit is still on.

PAGE 3 Battling to bids to get demolition contract — legal intrigue.

PAGE 14 NYO of the FBI, report that Dominick Alloca is killed. Newspaper describes him as a gambler, shakedown artist and stool pigeon.

PAGE 24-25 Patriarca says Edward Bennett is “stool pigeon.”

“Patriarca said that this ‘is the last straw’; that anyone who would call upon law enforcement to help them when they have a problem has got to be a ‘stool pigeon.”

PAGE 30 Joseph Valachi called to be deposed in Patriarca’s lawsuit against the Boston Herald.

“VALACHI explained a deposition is being taken from him, inasmuch as he, VALACHI, is in a position to identify PATRIARCA as a member of La Cosa Nostra.”

“VALACHI stated that he is not in a position to identify PATRIARCA as a Cosa Nostra boss but only as a soldier at the time, he, VALACHI met him.”

PAGE 32 “…that REDACT and JOSEPH BARBOZA requested permission from PATRIARCA to kill EDWARD ‘TEDDY’ DEEGAN, as they are having a problem with him. PATRIARCA ultimately furnished this ‘OK.”

PAGE 56 Patriarca gets updated about the union strike at Electric Boat Yard in Groton, CT.