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The trial lasted for four months and was "the lengthiest, most costly trial in state history", according to Rhode Island Public Radio. [6] The courtroom became known for outbursts and other drama; Tillinghast's lawyer Paul J. DiMaio stopped inviting him to the courtroom due to his comments, including antagonizing and threatening the prosecutor. [3]
Gerald M. Tillinghast spent the majority of his life breaking the law as a criminal, doing time as a prisoner and then telling stories about it. Notorious RI mobster Gerald Tillinghast, who ...
Gerald "Gerry" Tillinghast, a Vietnam veteran turned mob enforcer for Patriarca. Tillinghast helped to get Buddy Cianci elected and, despite Cianci running on an anti-corruption platform, he was given a high-profile government job in exchange. He was acquitted in the Bonded Vault heist trial, but convicted on a later murder charge.
Gerard Thomas Ouimette (March 6, 1940 – April 19, 2015), commonly known as The Frenchman, was an American mobster and author from Providence, Rhode Island who was a prominent associate of the Patriarca crime family.
In 2010, DiNunzio extorted Rhode Island strip clubs with members of the Gambino crime family. [48] On April 25, 2012, DiNunzio was arrested and charged with racketeering and extortion. [48] [49] [50] On September 13, 2012, DiNunzio pleaded guilty to shaking down Rhode Island strip clubs [51] and was sentenced to six years on November 14, 2012. [52]
In 1842, Tillinghast partnered with Charles S. Bradley, who would later become Rhode Island's chief justice. In 1843, Tillinghast represented Providence for a single term in the Rhode Island General Assembly. Tillinghast & Bradley was well known in Rhode Island until the firm dissolved in 1858. At that time, Tillinghast and his son James, who ...
Peter Mawney (c. 1689 – 1754) was a member of one of the few French Huguenot families that remained in Rhode Island, following violent clashes with the English citizens of East Greenwich, Rhode Island over disputed land.
Tillinghast Mill Site, a Registered Historic Place in Rhode Island, United States; Tillinghast Road Historic District, a Registered Historic Place in Rhode Island, United States; Tillinghast Licht, a now defunct law firm in Rhode Island, United States; Tillinghast, Nelson & Warren Inc., an American company that is now a part of Willis Towers Watson