The Nation : Mob Suspects Enter Pleas
Eight reputed mobsters indicted as members of the Mafia’s ruling “commission” pleaded not guilty in federal court in Manhattan. Reputed Bonanno family crime boss Philip Rastelli, 67, collapsed into a chair as the arraignment ended and was taken to a hospital for observation. He later was returned to jail. The 15-count racketeering indictment names five of the defendants as the godfathers of New York’s five powerful Mafia families: the Gambino, Bonanno, Genovese, Lucchese and Colombo crime brotherhoods.
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