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Gennaro Joseph " Jerry" Angiulo Sr. (; March 20, 1919 – August 29, 2009)Reppetto, Bringing Down the Mob, p. 247 was an American mobster who rose to the position of underboss in the Patriarca crime family of New England under Raymond L. S. Patriarca. He and Angiulo brothers oversaw the Boston, Massachusetts faction of the Patriarca family. Angiulo was convicted of racketeering in 1986 and was imprisoned until being released in 2007. According to Massachusetts State Police colonel Thomas J. Foley, Angiulo was "probably the last very significant Mafia boss in Boston’s history".
After the Kefauver hearings began in 1950, Joseph Lombardi, a senior member of the American Mafia in Boston, ordered all bookmaking operations in the city to cease or to operate without a central layoff bank and without police protection, fearing the publicity from the hearings may expose his rackets. As a result, bookmakers lost the protection of the Mafia but gained freedom to operate independently. The Providence Mob: Succession of Power Allan May, Crime Library Angiulo obtained Lombardi's permission to enter the bookmaking rackets in 1951. The Providence Mob: New England Crime Family Allan May, Crime Library The Mafia's overreaction to the Kefauver hearings, which ultimately had little effect on organized crime in Boston, allowed Angiulo to take control of the city's newly independent gambling operations.
By the late 1950s, Angiulo was being extorted by the mafioso Ilario Zannino. Whitey World A-Z: Ilario Zannino (1920-1995) Howie Carr, Boston Herald (September 6, 2009) To end the shakedown, Angiulo paid $50,000 to Raymond "the Man" Patriarca, the Crime boss of the Patriarca crime family in Providence, Rhode Island, in exchange for being inducted as a "Made man" member of the family, agreeing to pay an additional $100,000 per year. The payment allowed Angiulo to become a full-fledged member of the Mafia without having to commit a murder, which is typically required for prospective mafiosi. The relationship between Angiulo and Patriarca was strictly financial. Although Angiulo was not popular or well-respected in Providence, he retained the protection of Patriarca due to his high-earning status.
In around 1962, one mobster, Vincent Teresa, drew the ire of Angiulo when he beat up an associate of Joseph Paterno, a New Jersey-based caporegime in the Gambino crime family. Paterno complained to Angiulo, who never like Teresa and solicited to have him killed over the beating. Only the intervention of Patriarca saved Teresa's life. Teresa became a confidential informant for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) afterwards. Vinnie Teresa cooperated much earlier than he let onEdmond Valin, The American Mafia
Gennaro and his brothers ran the criminal organization out of their headquarters, the "Dog House", located at 98 Prince Street in the North End, which was the location of the Angiulo family home and former premises of the luncheonette operated by their parents in the 1940s. Carr: Last link to epic Boston mob family gone Howie Carr, Boston Herald (June 2, 2015) Gennaro and his brothers were popular figures in the Italian enclave. 'The Two Dons Are Dead' David Boeri, WBUR-FM (September 3, 2009)
A period of gang warfare erupted in Boston beginning in September 1961 and involving the rival Irish mob groups, the Charlestown Mob of Charlestown and Somerville's Winter Hill Gang. The Boston Irish Gang Wars Terrify a City New England Historical Society The feud resulted in over 50 murders. Angiulo talks about gang warfare on FBI tapes United Press International (September 4, 1985) Many gangsters went into hiding to avoid the bloodshed, resulting in their illicit operations being neglected and Patriarca receiving less money from the Boston rackets. Patriarca threatened to "declare martial law" and ordered the leaders of both gangs to hold peace talks in January 1965, but the negotiations failed. Angiulo and Patriarca sought advice from the New York crime boss Vito Genovese, who advised them to cede some territory to appease the Irish gangs. Determined to end the war, Patriarca decided to back the Winter Hill Gang to eliminate the McLaughlin Gang. Angiulo claimed to have killed twenty Irish mobsters to quell the gang war, saying he and his brothers "buried 20 fucking Irishmen to take this fucking town over".
On August 8, 1967, Angiulo was indicted by the Suffolk County Grand Jury on charges of conspiracy to murder Rocco DiSiglio, a Mafia associate and former boxer who was shot five times and left in a sports car in Topsfield in June 1966. Angiulo allegedly incited three others—Richard DeVincent, Marino LePore, and Bernard "Bernie" Zinna, who were each charged with first-degree murder—to kill DiSiglio. The indictments were the result of the Grand Jury testimony of former hit man Joseph Barboza. Angiulo Indictment Gives Boston A Break in Gang-Busting Attempt The Harvard Crimson (August 11, 1967) Angiulo utilized two underlings, Stephen Flemmi and Frank Salemme, to ensure he was acquitted by jury tampering. Former mob boss tells of access to FBI Shelley Murphy, The Boston Globe (February 13, 2004) In 1968, Anguilo and his co-defendants were found not guilty. Mobster of the Week: Bernard Zinna Howie Carr, Boston Herald (August 12, 2007)
Angiulo recruited the Winter Hill Gang for assistance in a war against the Somerville-based Notarangeli crew, headed by Alfred "Indian Al" Notarangeli. Trail of corpses and grief Boston Herald (June 2, 2013) Testimony: Rival Gang Leader Killed After Altercation With Patriarca Crime Family WCVB-TV (August 9, 2011) Notarangeli's gang had begun extorting bookmakers who were under the protection of the Patriarca family, James ‘Whitey’ Bulger linked to 11 murders CNN (August 12, 2013) and while on furlough from prison in 1972, Notarangeli murdered one of Angiulo's bookies, Paulie Folino. Joe Notarangeli, 1937-1973 Howie Carr, Boston Herald (May 22, 2011) Folino disappeared in September 1972 and his remains were discovered in a shallow grave in Boxford a month later. Surviving Killeen ready to quit gambling The Boston Globe (October 5, 1972)
In March and April 1973, the Winter Hill Gang carried out a series of hits, resulting in the deaths of mobsters Michael Milano, Al Plummer, William O'Brien, James Leary, and Joseph "Indian Joe" Notarangeli. Winter Hill Gang Leader Pleads Guilty Drug Enforcement Administration (October 14, 2003) After several failed attempts on his life, A Look At The 19 Murder Victims In Bulger Trial CBS News (August 12, 2013) Al Notarangeli was shot in the head and left in the trunk of his car by the Winter Hill Gang on February 22, 1974 at the request of the Patriarca family. Caught In Santa Monica, Mobster Appears Addled Tampa Bay Times (June 24, 2011) Ex-hit man John Martorano ties Whitey Bulger to murder as federal trial continues in Boston Boston.com (June 17, 2013)
Angiulo became a multimillionaire. Mobster keeps truckin’ at 88: Bigmouth set to get out of big house Howie Carr, Boston Herald (July 8, 2007) He lived in a beachfront mansion in the suburb of Nahant and drove a Jeep with "Italian Stallion" inscribed on the license plate. Boston indictments give glimpse into mob Ed Lion, United Press International (September 25, 1983)
On September 19, 1983, following a three-year federal investigation, Angiulo was arrested alongside his brothers Francesco and Michele at Francesco's Restaurant in the North End. Donato Angiulo was arrested nearby. U.S. Investigation of Boston Mob Yields Indictments Against 7 Men The New York Times (September 21, 1983) As Angiulo was being taken in handcuffs from the restaurant, he yelled, "I'll be back before my pork chops get cold." The four, along with a fifth Angiulo brother, Vittore, as well as Ilario Zannino and Samuel Granito were indicted on racketeering charges involving murder, loan sharking, obstruction of justice, obstruction of law enforcement, interstate travel involving racketeering and illegal gambling. The indictment listed six murders, including that of Joseph Barboza. Reputed head of Boston underworld and five deputies arraigned William Poole, United Press International (September 20, 1983) Angiulo and his associates allegedly made $250,000 per week from the rackets. Authorities hope arrest of Boston 'godfather' will crack mob Ed Lion, United Press International (September 26, 1983)
After the death of Patriarca in July 1984, Angiulo sought the leadership of the family. His closest lieutenant, Zannino, instead lent his support to Patriarca's son, Raymond Patriarca Jr., however, who promoted Zannino to consigliere after he was appointed the successor to his father. Following Angiulo's arrest, and amid newspaper reports that revealed his carelessness in allowing the FBI to infiltrate the Boston mob, the Patriarca family formally demoted him to the rank of Soldato as a symbolic rebuke. Francesco "Paul" Intiso succeeded Angiulo as underboss. Mob War in Beantown Allan May, American Mafia (September 4, 2000)
While sitting in court, the mobster often sarcastically commented on the evidence presented and cracked jokes, prompting District Court Judge David Nelson to repeatedly reprimand him for contemptible behavior.
In an affidavit filed in federal court in 2004, he wrote that he was in poor health and his term was "tantamount to an illegal death sentence". Angiulo, who had been incarcerated at the federal prison hospital in Devens, was paroled on September 10, 2007. He had been undergoing Kidney dialysis treatment since his release while living at his waterfront home in Nahant. Prior to his death, he was spending time with his wife, Barbara, with whom he had three children.
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