Topic: Cadillac Frank

Former New England mob boss "Cadillac Frank" Francis Salemme, head of the Patriarca crime family, died in federal prison in Missouri at 89 last Tuesday.

The former head of a New England crime family has been indicted in the death of a Boston club owner, who also was a federal witness, more than two decades ago.

Human remains found behind a Providence, R.I., factory have been identified as a nightclub owner and presumed mob victim who disappeared more than 20 years ago.

U.S. prosecutors have asked a Boston judge to order an accused mobster to shave his beard so witnesses who saw him "before he was a fugitive" may recognize him.

An alleged New England mobster on the lam since 1994 has been arrested in Idaho living under an assumed name, the FBI said.

Former Boston mobster Francis "Cadillac Frank" Salemme is expected to get a plea bargain that will have him out of prison in less than a year.

Ex-FBI Agent John Connolly Jr. cited "utterly explosive" statements of a former Mafia driver in his request for a new trial on racketeering charges.

A 71-year-old gangster serving a life sentence will be the key government witness in the prosecution of a retired FBI agent in Miami on a murder charge.

An admitted mob killer jailed in Massachusetts may have cancer but officials are not letting him get medical treatment, the prisoner's attorney said.

A federal judge Monday sentenced a retired FBI special agent credited with putting many New England Mafia figures behind bars to 10 years and one month in prison for racketeering and obstruction of justice. John Connolly, 62, was convicted in May of prote