Cheat Sheet 48, FBI Files: Patriarca Asks to Appear on CBS News with Cronkite

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Monday, July 04, 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.

PAGE 7 Prosecutor Bruce Selya Cross-Examines Raymond Patriarca

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PAGE 33 Attorneys for Raymond Patriarca argued motions for a new trial before Superior Court Judge James C. Bulman. “Judge Bulman has taken the motion under advisement with no date set for a decision.”

PAGE 33 “There was also a discussion to picket the Federal Building in Providence the same way the Italians have done in the New York City recently.”

PAGE 34 Judge Bulman denies the motion requests for new trails of the following:

RAYMOND L.S. PATRIARCA

RUDOLPH G. SCIARRA

JOHN E. ROSSI

ROBERT E. FAIRBROTHERS

MAURICE LERNER

PAGE 35 On August 31, 1970, Judge Bulman hands down the following sentence on Raymond Patriarca:

“Ten years starting today, and to run concurrent with his federal sentence he is now serving.”

Patriarca was also notified on this day, that he was going to be retried on separate murder charges (relating to Rudolph Marfeo and Anthony Melei).

PAGE 41 Stress Between Raymond Patriarca and Danny Raimondi

“Informant advised that DANNY RAIMONDI and REDACTED both have been “shut out” and cannot get into the “can” to see RAYMOND. Informant advised that DANNY RAIMONDI bought a new 1971 Cadillac automobile and RAYMOND PATRIARCA has sent out word that DANNY is doing stupid thing in buying a news car at this time in as much as he has been indicted.”

PAGE 46 FBI Director Hoover in Memo to U.S. Attorney General Mitchell Concerned that Boston Globe Has Gotten Copies of FBI’ Secret Recordings of Patriarca

“It appears that the “Boston Globe” is now printing this information.”

PAGE 48 Memo from Assistant U.S. Attorney General to Hoover

“In accordance with the Department’s long-standing policy of non-disclosure of sensitive intelligence information, we have uniformly declined requests from state and local investigative and prosecutive agencies for transcripts of unauthorized electronic surveillance involving members of organized crime.”

PAGE 52 Patriarca Contacted Walter Cronkite to be interviewed. He wanted to refute testimony given to the U.S. Senate Investigation Subcommittee.

PAGE 56 “…RAYMOND PATRIARCA is completely disgusted with DANNY RAIMONDO and has called him a “weak; sniveling coward.”