I was writing in the forum YESTERDAY how I was surprised Baby Shacks was never arrested when he was Boss.

I heard Bobby Vernace was arrested from the Gambinos

Included in the arrests were four of the Colombo crime family's New York-based captains, as well as one Colombo captain based in Florida, a source said.

"Early this morning, FBI Agents along with our law enforcement partners began arresting over 100 organized crime members for various criminal charges," said FBI spokesman Diego Rodriguez.

Luigi Manocchio, the reputed head of New England’s Patriarca crime family, was arrested Wednesday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the U.S. attorney’s office in Providence said.

A newly unsealed indictment accused him of collecting protection payments from strip club-owners.

Also busted was Thomas Iafrate, who worked as a bookkeeper for strip clubs and set aside money for Manocchio, prosecutors said.

The takedown followed a lengthy probe that was orchestrated by the US Attorney's Office in Brooklyn focusing on mainstay crimes of organized crime: racketeering, gambling, extortion and other alleged crimes including murder.

Among those charged in the sweep was Bartolomeo Vernace, a Gambino captain, who was arrested for an April 1981 mob double-hit, and Joseph "Jo Jo" Corazzo, consigliere of the Gambino crime family, sources said.

Authorities believe that Vernace is responsible for the murder of John D'Agnese, a Queens bartender, and Richard Godkin, in the three-decades-old case.

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