PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Louis Manocchio, the last Rhode Island boss of the New England crime family, has died. He was 97. 12 News law enforcement analyst Steven O’Donnell, a former Rhode Island ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) – The FBI says its agents have recovered human remains from behind a mill building where the victim of a mob slaying is believed to have been buried 23 years ago. “Earlier this ...

Here are some of The Providence Journal's most-read stories for the week of Dec. 8, supported by your subscriptions. PROVIDENCE – Luigi Giovanni Manocchio, the once powerful boss of the New England ...

New Jersey may claim Tony Soprano, but Rhode Island now has the equally menacing mobster Tony “Untouchable” Martone, thanks to the imagination of a Connecticut author and filmmaker. Streaming on ...

50 years ago thieves broke open 146 safe deposit boxes where mobsters stored their stolen goods and robbed them of millions. Investigators said mob boss Raymond L.S. Patriarca sanctioned the robbery ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The acting head of the New England Mafia was sentenced on Wednesday to 6 1/2 years in prison for shaking down local strip clubs for protection money. Anthony L. DiNunzio, 53, ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Carmen “The Cheeseman” DiNunzio, the reputed boss of the Patriarca crime family, has died. He was 68 years old. The longtime Boston mobster was born on Aug. 17, 1957, and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Federal agents on Friday said they have put a major dent in the ranks of the New England mafia after arresting four of its alleged members and associates, including a capo ...