He's basically a cousin of the Caruso's (and is through marriage now) but he's a street guy who still runs around Bridgeport beating up drug dealers and involved in street crime. Major player was probably the wrong term there...more like "active" on the street level shit that the Caruso's wouldn't touch anyway. But I guarantee he is still kicking something up...he had the entire LaMantia/Szaflarski family in on the hired truck scandal company...and the powers that be didn't let just anyone into that exclusive club.