AG: Duo use muscle to take cash.(News)
Article from: The Boston Herald | May 11, 2006 | Sweet, Laurel J. | Copyright

Byline: LAUREL J. SWEET

Two reputed wise guys - who sources say are suspects in "several" unsolved murders - have allegedly put the bite back in loan-sharking, using knives, guns and baseball bats to persuade debtors to cough up cash, according to Attorney General Tom Reilly and state police special services investigators.

William "Billy" Angelesco, 35, of Chelsea, a "made man" in the Mafia, according to sources, and his crony Gene Giangrande, 33, of Malden extorted thousands of dollars from at least four victims over the past 17 months, authorities said.

In Middlesex Superior Court yesterday, where the pumped-up pair were scheduled to be arraigned …