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The boss of the Genovese crime family’s Springfield crew, Eugene "Rooster" Onofrio, who was sentenced to 30 months in prison earlier this month , referenced an unknown part of the story of the Genovese crime family's control of the West Mass, city. Eugene "Rooster" Onofrio Onofrio, during a 2014 recorded call, referred to himself as "the skipper" of Springfield -- meaning the crew's capo.  Springfield "was given to him" he added, though he never named by who. It is likely that he took over the crew sometime after 2011, when former Springfield chief Arthur Nigro -- who ran Springfield from the Bronx and had also been a Genovese family acting boss -- was sent away to prison for murder. Nigro had given the nod for Adolfo "Big Al" Bruno to be removed from his position running the Genovese family's Springfield crew (as well as life on this earth). In 2011, Nigro and enforcers Fotios "Freddy" Geas, of West Spr...

Genovese crime family associate Gerald Daniele, 53, of Longmeadow, Mass., was sentenced Monday (March 12) in federal court in Worcester for loansharking. Genovese crime family associate Gerald Daniele, 53. U.S. District Court Judge Timothy S. Hillman sent him to prison for two years, followed by three years of supervised release. Daniele was arrested with four other men in the Genovese crime family's Springfield crew in 2016 for extorting legitimate and illegitimate businesses in western Massachusetts. He admitted that he gave loans and threatened an individual with physical violence while demanding repayment. The extortions took place during a six-month period in 2015.  In December 2017, Daniele pleaded guilty to one count of using extortion. Daniele is ordered by U.S. District Judge Timothy Hilllman to report to jail by May 7. Advertising Continuing story of John Alite... Last December, Daniele pleaded guilty to one count of using extor...

Five reputed members of the Genovese crime family's " Springfield Crew " were arrested in August as part of the " East Coast LCN Enterprise"  case that alleges wide-ranging Mafia-related activity in New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Florida ( and New Jersey, supposedly ). Four of the five Springfield Crew members have been released on bail; the one Genovese associate still being held is Ralph Santaniello, 49. Believed to be running the Springfield Crew for the Genovese crime family, he was transported in October to New York City for a hearing that is not slated to occur anytime soon. He is the only mobster arrested in August who wasn't granted bail. Others being held were already imprisoned when the indictment came down. Why is Ralph Santaniello still being held in Brooklyn? Santaniello is running Springfield reportedly with the backing of his father, Amedeo Santaniello, a longtime Springfield mobster and a former confidante of Genovese boss ...