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Ten Arraigned in Gambling Ring Led by Mobster16 November 2000PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island – Nov. 16, 2000 – As reported by the Associated Press; "Ten people were arraigned Wednesday on charges they helped run a lucrative gambling ring that mobster Anthony M. `The Saint' St. Laurent allegedly supervised from his Kentucky prison cell. "Michael Budz, 30, of West Warwick, ran the operation out of St. Laurent's home in Johnston while Rudolph `The Captain' Sciarra, a longtime soldier in the Patriarca crime family, mediated problems, police said. "During a three-month investigation, police recorded phone conversations Budz had with St. Laurent, 59, several times a day to discuss collection methods and accounting for the operation that police said netted $600,000 in one month. "…On Oct. 31, a grand jury indicted 15 people on charges they were a part of the gambling operation, which police said accepted bets primarily on college and professional football games…" |