Napoleon Andrade, finishing sentence for robbing Gambino associate. Apparently Eddie Lato in same halfway house

Some guy on here posts sometimes think he said the napoleon guy is his brother. Some guy that robbed that old gambino guy meli down in ct. Tide him up took 250k

Wow. Thanks for the news.

So gambinos whacked him?

These guys better start calling shots because at 45 @ 55 the judges are handing out 20 or 25 year sentences for racketeering ect. so they better try to get the upper hand in these families or they are going to continue to have rats not just sniching but actually working “ for the government some of these guys are doing it making some cash then going to hide somewhere in America let alone if the scum gets away with a armed robbery of a known five families.

Hard to say. This seems like a guy who could have had many enemies across many organizations.

pmac your memory is good man i remember that poster as well. i also remember in that thread PB mentioned that melia had ties to canada and may have been made with the calabrians. maybe they're the ones who did this. but if you do a lifetime of dirt like this guy did i guess it could have come from anybody who held a grudge.

The guy who got robbed Melia also has ties to 'ndrangheta.

I read somewhere him and his brother were tied to Canada. And Melia did debt collections for Megale, is that true?

yaeh the guy would claim he was his half brother. they guy new all types of shit. like he was a bouncer at one of the strip clubs run by the mob in providence. he new the in n outs of the whole robbery and case. he said the one of the mob guys came up with the plan to rob the old guy melia.

melia brother was in ndrangheta cell it was spread out around down in ct up to cananda. they were into cocaine an herion trafficking back 70ty 80tys. is melia still locked up? he got 5yrs a few back and his son

Nope. Is went out in 2015.

The wolf lose the Fur but not the vice.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/patch....h-mob-connections-indicted-for-extortion

Stamford Man With Mob Connections Indicted for Extortion

Nicola "Nick" Melia is facing five counts of collecting extensions of credit by extortionate meansBy Chandra Johnson Greene

     

A New Haven federal grand jury has indicted Nicola Melia, 78, of Brushwood Road, Stamford, with five counts of collecting extensions of credit by extortionate means.

Melia, who was on March 23 after an investigation by the and the FBI, made “street loans” to an individual in Fairfield County at high interest rates, according to the allegations set forth in the indictment and statements previously made in court.

On five separate occasions between November 14, 2010, and January 30, 2011, according to a press release from David B. Fein, U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut, Melia threatened this individual that he/she would be subject to violence if these debts were not paid.

If convicted, Melia, who has well-known connections to the Stamford Gambino crime family, faces a maximum term of imprisonment of 20 years and a fine up to $250,000, on each count.

Melia's son Philip was also arrested on March 23 for on assault charges following an incident that occurred last April.

Don't have access to Twitter in work but apparently the retired State Police mob investigator, Steven O'Donnell think this isn't a coincidence that Andrade and Lato were in the same halfway house (Lato no longer there) and may be the first RI mob hit in decades.

Damn, I remember a poster on here who said he was his brother. Andrade was rumored to be a tough and reasonably feared street guy in RI.
"If" this is a mob hit, it means that they're still making statements and setting examples.

I don't think its a coincidence either. I think if anything he'd be trying to up Prov's relationship with a NY family considering how weak their wing of the family is right now.

Making a ton of assumptions way too early here, but if this is a favor to Gambino's/NY, would the Cheeseman have to give the go ahead? I don't remember him being involved in any hits on any level.

Oh its a complete shot in the dark. But if this was a mob hit, esp as retaliation, someone had to give the OK since it was technically on his turf.

im gonna assume this guys been robbing dudes around new england since high school. probaly some younger guy who he strong armed his quarter pound of brick weed 15 yrs ago finaly settle the score. sucks for lato he probaly didnt have a thing to do with it but just the lcn connection he gets lugged back behind the wall and will have to wait for another halfway house bed to open somewhere else i think theres 1 in springfield and 1 in chelsea ma area. this nfl free agency day is crazy today. come for the king ya best not miss. omar/patriots

He was also a mixed martial artist?

He had one or two MMA fights. Very well known reputation on the street for being both a legitimate tough guy with his hands and a stone killer. He dropped bodies, roughed people up, collected, etc. Almost 0% chance this has anything to do with LCN. My guess is someone from the street taking revenge for any number of reasons. He was in the crack game back in the day too. Live by the sword....

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/pawt...-to-former-mob-boss-manocchio/1840724596

Article with video

https://www.wpri.com/target-12/feds-relocate-ri-mobster-after-pawtucket-shooting/1849272552

Joe Deluca relocated after Andrade hit. I seriously doubt that there is anything to this.

"Sources say Joseph DeLuca, 79, of North Providence, was moved to an undisclosed location out of an abundance of caution, amid concerns that there would be a flare-up of violence in the underworld."

"As Target 12 previously reported, detectives are looking to see whether Andrade was killed in retribution for a 2010 home invasion during which he tied up an associate of New York's infamous Gambino crime family."

Yea that was my brother.....

sorry about your loss did they ever figure out who did this?

Thanks.....and we know what happened and who is responsible.

Very sorry for your loss. I'm as guilty as anyone discussing these things. Have to remember that victims have family's that suffer.

Its all good at least your not a coward like that bostongeorge guy who post on here.

You said this in another thread. Did the mafia kill him or was it someone else?