Hippie House
Before I left 40 Anderson Street, I did things that made it appear no good had come to me. The Oakland Judge that oversaw the child custody case of my stepdaughter, was my Judge in Boston. I got scared. What cause him to move? He was trying to recall where he saw me and had me handcuffed to his desk. He told me he cause two prisoners trying to escape by climbing down sheets. He took his gun out of his desk, and aprehended them. I just spent an hour trying to find an account of this. I found an article about a Bostone Mafia boss – that was not going to give up!
I told my wife’s attorney about this judge, and he said don’t tell him. If the Mafia was after him, they were threatening his family. He would give me up.
Above is the market down the street where I went on December 23, 1972, and, saw the Immaculate Reception. The owner told me;
“They want their building back. They will cut you in pieces and shover you in the sewer!”
He liked me. Those guy are psychos. I met with one a year prior,
John Presco
Judge orders Boston mobster accused of plotting to kill federal officials detained
- Published: Jul. 01, 2025, 2:38 p.m.
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A federal court judge on Tuesday ordered 82-year-old mobster Ralph DeLeo detained pending a hearing to revoke his supervised release, after federal prosecutors said they found evidence that DeLeo was planning to kill federal officials.
The decision by District Judge Stacy Neumann came after a hearing in federal court on Thursday to determine whether there was probable cause DeLeo violated the terms of his supervised release and whether he should be detained while he waits for a revocation hearing. Neumann found there was probable cause and ordered DeLeo detained.
Probation filed a motion to revoke DeLeo’s supervised release on three grounds: that he lied to federal agents, that he communicated with other convicted felons and that he possessed drugs.
Investigators began looking into DeLeo in May after receiving a tip that he was plotting to kill several officials involved in his most recent criminal conviction, including a federal prosecutor, a judge and a retired agent. During a search of his home, they found several burglary kits, a handwritten note about silicone masks and what investigators believed to be marijuana.
Most critically, investigators found hard copies of information DeLeo compiled about the officials, including names of possible family members and addresses. During an interview, DeLeo was asked if he had help compiling the information. He said he didn’t, which prosecutors contend was a lie.
His cell phone records showed he communicated with at least two convicted felons: John Willis, who ran the Asian organized crime operations in Boston’s Chinatown, and Frank Goldman, a fellow member of the Colombo crime family.
DeLeo was the former street boss of the Boston mafia, serving as the acting leader when the person at the top of the organization was detained. He spent 15 years in prison after pleading guilty to racketeering and other charges, and was released in 2024.
At the hearing, Kevin Barron, a lawyer for DeLeo, challenged the credibility of the person who tipped off investigators about the purported assassination plot. But Neumann said the accusations were “particularly concerning.”
“Mr. DeLeo contends that the evidence against him is weak because the source of information is unreliable, and that the violations are minor,” she wrote. “To the contrary, the false statements concern Mr. DeLeo’s request for and possession of documents containing federal officials’ home addresses and their family members’ names.”
Neumann notes in the order that DeLeo has previously said he wanted to “chop the heads off” the officials involved in his case.
As to the issue of detention, Neumann said DeLeo posed a “substantial risk to the specific federal officials he has already investigated and others.”
She dismissed the argument from his lawyer that his health issues rendered him relatively harmless.
“There is no evidence that these health issues thwarted Mr. DeLeo’s capabilities,” she wrote.
Neumann also pointed to what she described as DeLeo’s “determination to engage in deceitful acts even while in custody” as further evidence of his “risk of flight and danger to the community.”
At the hearing, a Massachusetts State Police trooper revealed that DeLeo wrote a note documenting the confidential source’s criminal history, had another inmate copy it to another piece of paper, then turned it over to a corrections officer, suggesting he had simply stumbled upon the note, which was left on his bed.
On the issue of detention, it is DeLeo’s burden to prove he is neither a danger nor a flight risk. Neumann said he met neither prong.
Fifty Years Later: A Raiders Oral History of the Immaculate Reception
December 23, 1972.
On a 42-degree day in Three Rivers Stadium, a defensive slugfest between the John Madden-led Oakland Raiders and Pittsburgh Steelers was underway. The winner would move one step closer to the Super Bowl, while the loser would go home empty-handed.
Up 7-6 after quarterback Ken Stabler ran 30 yards for the Raiders’ only score of the day, the Silver and Black had the Steelers facing a fourth-and-10 at the Pittsburgh 40-yard line with 22 seconds left.
What happened next has become one of the most controversial and well-known plays in NFL history.
Raiders.com went through the Silver and Black’s extensive library of sound and story to bring to life the Raiders’ perspective of the Immaculate Reception, through the eyes of those who lived it.
“IT WAS JUST NUTS”
Mike Siani, Raiders wide receiver: “I can remember John [Madden] getting the offense together, and saying, ‘OK, there’s 18 seconds left. They got one more play. We’re gonna get in there, and we’re gonna take a knee and we’re gonna get the hell out of here.’”
Franco Harris, Steelers running back: “Their defense is playing great so I’m thinking they’re pretty good with the amount of time left in the game and the way their defense is playing. … Little do we know that it comes down to fourth down.”
Fred Biletnikoff, Raiders wide receiver: “In that game, you’re not expecting to go blow people out. It’s gonna be a grind. It’s gonna be a tough battle. And that’s what it was. We came down, we battled all the way and stayed in the game with them.”
Phil Villapiano, Raiders linebacker: “We got in the huddle, it was fourth-and-22. I said, ‘Guys, no penalties, no penalties.’ That’s the thing that could kill us. To make a stupid penalty.”
Harris: “My assignment, stay in the backfield and block. The play is called, go up to the line, ball is hiked. I’m in the backfield. Protection breaks down because I didn’t block very well.”
John “Frenchy” Fuqua, Steelers fullback: “I come out. I am wide open. I make my move and I see [Terry] Bradshaw. We make eye contact. … I run to a point where the ball is thrown. He didn’t throw it directly to me. He threw it to my left a little bit. I run to the ball, and what I can hear is footsteps. Boom, boom, boom, boom. I said to myself, ‘Damn. That’s [Jack] Tatum.’”
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