Ok

Bits from behind the paywall (courtesy of r/Mafia poster CT-CT):

New England looking for an article? Wow

so Newengland, what’s the deal with this guy?

Did NE really made a guy with a French last name?

I was wondering the same thing, what a fucking desperate move. There's no Italian criminals from the motherland they could've inducted instead?

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Especially considering that RI has a one of the largest Italian population in the country

If this becomes common I think I'll stop even following the mob.

I can't believe Guglielmetti is 75 but I guess he is and Dino is Italian, he runs a social club in P-Town.

What’s the rule these days 50% Italian?

It went from 100%
To just on your dads side

To 50% I think.

Matty is trying to rebuild the RI branch of NE LCN

If I remember correctly a NY guy was caught on a wiretap saying they went back to 100% around the early 2000’s. Capeci (or some other legit reporter maybe Marzulli?) also wrote about it roughly about the same time. But my memory is faded and I can’t find the articles that mentioned it. Aside from Porter in Pittsburgh I don’t know of any made guy who wasn’t at least Italian on his father’s side. Tommy Del Giorno in Philly was half polish on his mom’s.

I’m no expert on the NE but from what I remember form the Manocchio era, Providence always had guys, and they didn’t suffer that many indictments during the last decade or so.

There’s also the possibility that Dino’s last name was somehow misspelled a generation or two ago but the roots are Italian…I dunno…

I read he's hispanic, but I don't know the surname sounds French.

His dad is French/Portuguese. His mom is Italian. He’s not Hispanic lol

There’s also the possibility that Dino’s last name was somehow misspelled a generation or two ago but the roots are Italian…I dunno…[/quote]

That probably makes the most sense.

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I’ll say it again. Guilmette is a French last name. It’s a very popular name here. His dad is French and Portuguese. His mom is Italian. That is what makes sense

It makes no sense that a guy with that background gets made.

I knew that last name was French but I couldn’t believe it so I tried to find some way he got a pass.

I share that with you, it doesnt make any sense. However, his dad has been friends with Matty for a very long time. And most of the guys that Dino hangs out with are attached to Lato's crew. We have no recent info on made guys in NE so have they weakened their requirements to get a button? It's def possible

If this turns out to be true…I don’t trust Scott’s reporting…but if this time he got it right, then it’s a terrible sign. I mean, it’s hard to believe that, even in this day and age, they couldn’t find a single Italian in Providence (of all places!) to straighten out.

Need to start making non-Italian guys. The Mexican Mafia makes non-Mexican-Americans, even though they're loaded with Mexican-American Surenos to choose. It's about capabilities.

The guys name is Dino for fuck sakes. I’d rather a guy named Dino Guimette than Brandon Rossi

Or Jason

I don't give a fuck, rules are rules. It's an ethnic organization, they're only inducting non-Italians because they're desperate, and it looks desperate. Now if it started out as a multi-racial organization, I wouldn't have a problem with it.

These are some of the most ridiculous takes I’ve ever read.

I’d much rather have a guy named Kevin DiFalco who’s of full Italian heritage than someone named Vito McKinley who’s more Irish/German/Polish/French-Canadian than Italian! There are plenty of black guys with Italian or Italian inspired names…should they be made too? DeMarco Jefferson? Savino Williams? Carmelo Andrews?

GTFO

If a mob family located in the most Italian area in the country can’t find Italian criminals willing to join then it’s a sign they’re so terribly weak and pathetic that they’re better off disappearing or getting absorbed by other LCN families and act like a crew. Period.

I don’t care what other criminal groups do. They have a complete different history and identity.

Knowing what a hack Scott is I still want to give them the benefit of the doubt so I won’t believe Guilmette got made until it’s confirmed by more reliable sources or prosecutors.

im sorry but if your italian and your parents name you justin or brayden or some shit, they are probably removed several times from their italian heritage.

I know plenty "full blooded italians"(with heritage from sicily and calabria mind you) who are ginger, listen to rap, and cant point out their hometown in italy on the map. Being italian/italian american culturally is partly a state of mind

Billy Angelesco is made. His father's last name is Russell. He took his mother's maiden name.

Why are people getting upset over Dino allegedly getting his button when you guys don't even know if he's Italian or not for all we know his name was changed like many Italians did or maybe his father was non Italian and his mother is and for the record that's what I heard. Stop pretending this has anything to do with where the Mafia stands today when guys with non Italian last names but Italian heritage were being made decades ago in their heyday. The weirdest shit sets you guys off

Going by what I read and heard about Matty G he's a very respected and serious guy. If he made someone I'm inclined to believe it's for a good reason.

Go ahead and name off non-Italians with non-Italian names getting made in their heyday, I bet you can't come up with 5.

Speaking of Rhode Island made guys with a French surname, you have Anthony St Laurent. He was a made guy in the Patriarca family but I think he had an italian name which was somewhat turned into a French one in America.

By the way, Guilmette or more exactly "Guillemette' is the exact French version of the Italian name "Guglielmetti" so who knows, maybe they are related.

Kind of like Eugene Castelle and John Castellucci.