BOSTON (AP) — Jurors are set to resume deliberations in the case of a New England Mafia boss accused of killing a nightclub owner in 1993.
FILE – This 1995 file booking photo taken in West Palm Beach, Fla., and released by the FBI shows Francis P. “Cadillac Frank” Salemme. Opening statements are expected Wednesday, May 9, 2018 in federal court in Boston, in the trial of the ex-mafia boss Salemme and co-defendant Paul Weadick. Prosecutors said Salemme watched his son strangle nightclub owner Steven DiSarro in 1993 while Weadick held DiSarro’s legs off the ground. Salemme and Weadick deny participating in DiSarro’s killing. (Federal Bureau of Investigation via AP, File)
Francis “Cadillac Frank” Salemme is charged with murder in the slaying of Steven DiSarro.
Jurors failed to reach a verdict on their first day of deliberations Tuesday and will return to federal court in Boston Wednesday.
Prosecutors say Salemme and his co-defendant, Paul Weadick, killed DiSarro to prevent him from cooperating with authorities investigating the mobster. DiSarro’s remains weren’t found until 2016.
Lawyers for Salemme and Weadick say their clients are innocent and the government’s star witness is lying.
Salemme was head of the New England family of La Costa Nostra in the early 1990s.
He and Weadick face up to life in prison if convicted.
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