Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States. The chief of state is the President of the United States of America. The head of government is an elected Governor. There are two legislative chambers: the House of Representatives, 51 seats, and the Senate, 27 seats. Puerto Rico has authority over its internal affairs.
Patriarca crime family soldier Louis R. Failla is charged with the attempted bribery of the East Hartford police chief. Nicholas A. DeLucia Jr., owner of several Pittsburgh massage parlors for the LaRocca crime family, is convicted of tax evasion. January - Seven Rochester mobsters, including Frank D. Frassetto, are convicted in a federal court of racketeering crimes including several mob-related bombings.
CON-FATHER: Mafia boss Vincent Gigante dodders down the streets of Greenwich Village in his bathrobe, in a bid to stay out of prison. (Andrea Renault/Gobe Photos). CON-FATHER: Mafia boss Vincent Gigante dodders down the streets of Greenwich Village in his bathrobe, in a bid to stay out of prison. (. ). It was the most cunning and comical farce in mob history: crime boss Vincent âThe Chinâ Gigante shuffling dazed through the West Village in powder-blue pajamas, mumbling to himself. Turns out the daughter of the âOddfatherâ was in on the act.