On January 6, 1992, all of the defendants in the RICO trial pleaded guilty and received lengthy sentences and large fines. Patriarca was sentenced to 8 years in prison in June 1992 after pleading guilty to racketeering charges. On October 2, 1992, Rocco Scali, the owner of a North End restaurant and an associate of Vincent Ferrara, is shot in the back of the head in the parking lot of IHOP in Dedham, Massachusetts. On December 8, 1992, Vincent Arcieri is gunned down in the driveway of his Orient Heights, East Boston residence. It is believed he was murdered after an argument occurred at his restaurant in November 1992 between himself and capo-turned informant Mark Rossetti.