87-year-old former New England mob boss moved from federal prison to halfway house
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Former New England mob boss Luigi "Baby Shacks" Manocchio (mah-NAH'-kee-oh) has been moved from prison to a halfway house.
A spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons says Manocchio was moved from a federal prison in North Carolina to a halfway house Tuesday. Manocchio was the head of the Patriarca crime family from the mid-1990s until 2009.
The 87-year-old Providence man pleaded guilty in 2012 to charges he organized a shakedown ring focusing on Providence strip clubs, generating as much as $1.5 million for the mob. He was sentenced to 5½ years in prison.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The prison spokesman didn't specify the location of the halfway house. But he tells WPRI-TV inmates are usually assigned to facilities near their home.
The closest halfway house to Providence is in Boston.