Former LCN Boss Arrested in Connection with the Murder of a Federal Witness (U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 2016)

Press release of August 10, 2016: Francis P. Salemme, 82, was arrested in Connecticut and charged with murder of a witness. The charge was an allegation; the release states his earlier racketeering and obstruction convictions.

Date: 2016-08-10
Kind: press-release
Source: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Massachusetts
Retrieved: 2026-10-12
Rights: A press release of the United States Department of Justice. A federal work, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105.

Press release of the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts, August 10, 2016. It opens: “Frank ‘Cadillac’ Salemme, a former boss of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra (NELCN), was arrested today and charged with murder of a witness.” Francis P. Salemme, 82, was arrested in Connecticut.

The release states: “In the early 1990s, Salemme was the ‘boss’ of the New England La Cosa Nostra until he was indicted on racketeering charges in 1995 and convicted in 1999. He was subsequently convicted of obstruction of justice in 2008 for lying to federal authorities about the murder of Steven A. DiSarro.”

At the time of this release the murder charge was an allegation, and the release notes the presumption of innocence. The verdict is in the June 2018 release.

itemFormer Mafia Boss and Associate Convicted of 1993 Murder (U.S. Attorney, District of Massachusetts, 2018)Press release of June 22, 2018: a federal jury convicted Francis P. Salemme and Paul M. Weadick of one count of murder of a federal witness in the 1993 killing of Steven A. DiSarro.itemFormer Mafia Boss and Associate Sentenced to Life in Prison for 1993 Murder (U.S. Attorney, District of Rhode Island, 2018)Press release of September 13, 2018: Judge Allison D. Burroughs sentenced Francis P. Salemme and Paul M. Weadick to life in prison in federal court in Boston for the 1993 murder of Steven A. DiSarro.