More than half of his prison time was for a murder conspiracy charge during the 1960s.įrom an early age he possessed the right combination of brawn and brains to make him successful in his chosen field. During his lifetime Patriarca was arrested or indicted 28 times, convicted seven times, imprisoned four times, and served 11 years in prison. Over the next 13 years his arrests included failing to stop for a policeman, breaking and entering, white slavery and masterminding a jail break in which a prison guard and a trusty were killed. Just 17, Patriarca was arrested and convicted of breaking prohibition laws in Connecticut.
Patriarca's early life was uneventful until his father died in 1925.
He was 3 years old when the family moved to Providence, where his father operated a liquor store. Raymond Salvatore Loreda Patriarca was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, on St.
