Former 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.

Date: 2018-06-22
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, June 22, 2018. “Francis P. Salemme, 84, and Paul M. Weadick, 63, were convicted of one count of murder of a federal witness.” The release calls Salemme “a former boss of the New England Family of La Cosa Nostra (NELCN)” and Weadick a “former NELCN associate.”

It states that Steven A. DiSarro, killed on May 10, 1993, managed a South Boston night club in which Salemme and his son had a financial interest, that federal investigators had approached him, and that his remains were recovered behind a mill in Providence, Rhode Island in March 2016. Judge Allison D. Burroughs set sentencing for September 13, 2018.

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.itemFormer 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.