Friends of Ours

It's Good To Have Friends In Low Places

John M. Cicilline, a former defense lawyer and brother of Providence, RI Mayor David N. Cicilline, recently was released from Fort Devens, a federal detention facility about 40 miles west of Boston, MA, where he served 16 months for "scheming to collect $150,000 from drug-dealer clients to manipulate the criminal-justice system," and he apparently was well protected while in the joint as reported by W. Zachary Malinowski for The Providence Journal:

A friend . . . gave him the names of two inmates who would take care of him: Rex Cunningham and Blind Eddie. Cunningham, a tough-guy from Springfield, Mass., is a longtime associate of the New York-based Genovese crime family who has specialized in loansharking, racketeering and collecting debts from deadbeat gamblers. Blind Eddie is a Boston mobster. The first day, Cicilline wandered over to the prison track to look for his new contacts. One of the guys walking the track was Bobby Joost, a mob associate and career criminal from Providence, serving a 26-year sentence for plotting an armored car robbery. "Hey, John," yelled Joost. He hustled over and gave him a big hug. "He took care of everything," Cicilline said. "Bobby looked out for me." The prison was loaded with wise guys from Boston, New York and New Jersey. Most of them knew Cicilline's father, John F. "Jack" Cicilline, the longtime lawyer for the Patriarca crime family, otherwise known as the New England Mob. Cicilline's new friends were Theodore "Teddy" Persico, brother of Carmine "The Snake" Persico, the one-time boss of the Colombo crime family in New York. He said that Persico, 72, was like a "grandfather" to him during his 18-month prison stay. He also grew close to Giovanni "John" Riggi, the 85-year-old boss of the DeCavalcante crime family in New Jersey.

Gambinos Plead Not Guilty To Fred Weiss Murder

Gambino capo John "Jackie the Nose" D'Amico and long-time family associate Joseph "Joe the German" Watts both pleaded not guilty yesterday to the 1989 murder of Staten Island businessman Fred Weiss, and prosecutors said that they won't seek the death penalty against the two gangsters.  D'Amico and Watts were indicted last month for the murder of Weiss whom the late boss John Gotti believed was cooperating with authorities:

Weiss was gunned down as he entered his vehicle in front of his home on Wellington Court. The murder was ordered by Gotti, authorities say. Weiss, 49 at the time of his death, was staring at 70 years in prison for his alleged role in a Mafia-connected dumping operation in Arlington and was rubbed out when Gotti and company feared he might turn canary.

D'Amico, who currently is serving a 2-year sentence for extortion that ends in November, allegedly arranged for New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family to carry out the hit against Weiss:  "Elderly Jersey mob boss John Riggi confessed from behind bars several years ago that he ordered the hit on Weiss as a favor to Gotti."  Gotti dismissively referred to the Jersey mobsters as "our farm team."

D'Amico, Watts Indictment

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Gambino Indictment For 1989 Murder

Gambino capo John "Jackie the Nose" D'Amico and long-time family associate Joseph "Joe the German" Watts have been indicted in New York for the 1989 murder of Staten Island real estate developer and trash man Fred Weiss whom the late boss John Gotti believed was cooperating with authorities:

Weiss was gunned down as he entered his vehicle in front of his home on Wellington Court. The murder was ordered by Gotti, authorities say. Weiss, 49 at the time of his death, was staring at 70 years in prison for his alleged role in a Mafia-connected dumping operation in Arlington and was rubbed out when Gotti and company feared he might turn canary.

Update:  D'Amico, who currently is serving a 2-year sentence for extortion that ends in November, allegedly arranged for New Jersey's DeCavalcante crime family to carry out the hit against Weiss:  "Elderly Jersey mob boss John Riggi confessed from behind bars several years ago that he ordered the hit on Weiss as a favor to Gotti."  Gotti dismissively referred to the Jersey mobsters as "our farm team."

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