I-Team: Size, Impact Of N.E. Mafia Dwindling

The late Raymond L.S. Patriarca ran a mafia empire in New England for decades until his death in 1984.

And after his son, Raymond "Junior" Patriarca, was deposed as mob boss, the Patriarca Mafia family still controls the rackets in New England, but the illegal clan's membership is dwindling.

The current boss of the Patriarca family, Louis "Baby Shacks" Mannacchioi, also known as "The Professor," is an old-school Mafiosi, according to state and federal law enforcement sources.

He lives below the radar above a Laundromat on Atwells Avenue in Providence.

"He is the head of the Patriarca crime family, which runs the rackets in New England," said Maj. Steven O’Donnell of the Rhode Island State Police.

Law enforcement intelligence officers are keeping an eye on about a dozen made men remaining in the Patriarca family in Rhode Island. The last to be made, Alfred "Chippy" Scivola, is now in prison for shaking down a strip club operator in Connecticut.