Crime

Former mob boss Francis ‘Cadillac Frank’ Salemme indicted in connection with murder of South Boston club owner

September 2, 2016

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FROM MERLIN ARCHIVE DO NOT RESEND TO LIBRARY ** FILE ** This is a photo released by the FBI showing reputed New England Mafia leader Francis P. "Cadillac Frank" Salemme, after his arrest Aug. 11, 1995, in West Palm Beach, Fla. Salemme has been charged with lying to investigators about his role in the 1993 killing of a nightclub owner in order to get a shorter sentence for his racketeering conviction. Salemme, 71, was charged in 1995 with participating in eight murders. He pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with federal investigators. He was astar witness for the government in the trial of corrupt FBI agent John Connolly Jr. (AP Photo/FBI) Library Tag 11102004 Metro Library Tag 11242004 Metro Library Tag 07122005 Metro Library Tag 07212005 Metro Library Tag 08182005 Metro Library Tag 08282008 / OUTTAKe 0303 Library Tag 07032011 National/Foreign northernlight whiteyglobebook /// **whiteybulgerarchive

Francis P. “Cadillac Frank” Salemme.

Former New England organized crime boss, Frank “Cadillac” Salemme, was indicted Friday in connection with a 1993 murder of a South Boston club owner. He was arraigned last month in federal court on similar charges.

The unsealed indictment charges Salemme with one count of murder of a federal witness. Authorities said Salemme killed club owner Steven A. DiSarro in his Stoughton on May 10, 1993 “to prevent DiSarro from communicating with federal law enforcement officials about violations of federal laws by Salemme and others.”

In 2003, gangster Stephen”The Rifleman” Flemmi told investigators that he walked into Salemme’s Sharon home as DiSarro was being strangled by Salemme’s now-deceased son. Flemmi later told authorities that the elder Salemme said he disposed of the body in Rhode Island, according to authorities. DiSarro’s remains were recovered by federal authorities behind a mill in Providence, Rhode Island, in March.

Salemme’s former mob associate, Paul Weadick, was also indicted on one count of murder of a federal witness Friday.

The charge of murder of a federal witness has a maximum sentence of death or life in prison, five years of supervised release, and a fine of $250,000.